| Translator's name: | Stephen Olowu |
| Language pair: | English to German translator |
| Country of residence: | Germany |
| Activity: | Active since 2025 |
| Membership status: | Basic member |
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Stephen Olowu Olusola Email: olusolacrown555@gmail.com LinkedIn: olowu olusola Professional Title Multilingual Language Specialist | German-to-English Translator | Data Annotation & AI Training Expert Professional Summary Highly skilled and detail-oriented German-to-English Translator with over 6 years of experience delivering high-volume translations across technical, medical, legal, marketing, and general content domains. Proficient in subtitle translation, transcription, and data annotation (image and text), with 4+ years of experience supporting AI model training through prompt creation, evaluation, and data labeling. Experienced in editorial content creation, logical writing, and AI output refinement for advanced LLM training. Adept in working with industry-standard tools like Trados Studio, memoQ, Smartcat, Aegisub, Subtitle Edit, Labelbox, Prodigy, and Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth. Equipped with a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Translation & Linguistics from reputable European institutions. Demonstrated ability to deliver precise, culturally adaptive, and deadline-driven outputs for global clients. Core Competencies & Tools • Translation (German ↔ English) | Localization | Proofreading • Subtitling & Timecoding | Transcription | QA & Review • Image & Text Annotation | Data Labeling | Prompt Creation & Evaluation • Editorial & AI Writing | Style Guide Adherence | Human-in-the-loop Training • CAT Tools: SDL Trados Studio, memoQ, Smartcat • Subtitling Tools: Subtitle Edit, Aegisub • Annotation Tools: Labelbox, Prodigy, Amazon SageMaker • File formats: SRT, VTT, DOCX, XLIFF, JSON, CSV Professional Experience 1. Freelance German-to-English Translator Self-Employed | Remote | Jan 2019 Key Responsibilities: • Translated technical manuals, healthcare documents, legal contracts, and marketing materials from German to English. • Collaborated with agencies and direct clients for localization projects across Europe. • Maintained terminology consistency using CAT tools. Key Achievements: • Delivered over 2 million words translated with 99.8% client satisfaction. • Completed 500+ projects with major clients including RWS, TransPerfect, and SDL. 2. Subtitle Translator & Transcription Specialist Beyond Translations GmbH | Munich, Germany | Aug 2020 Key Responsibilities: • Translated and timecoded subtitles for film, series, and educational content. • Reviewed and QA-checked subtitle files for sync and linguistic quality. Key Achievements: • Subtitled over 300 hours of content for Netflix, Amazon Prime, and ARD. • Reduced subtitle error rate by 85% through enhanced quality workflows. 3. Data Annotator – NLP & Computer Vision TELUS International | Remote | Jan 2021 Key Responsibilities: • Labeled image and text datasets for sentiment analysis, OCR, object detection, and facial recognition. • Followed strict annotation guidelines and quality control protocols. Key Achievements: • Achieved 98.5% QA scores across multiple annotation platforms. • Annotated and labeled over 150,000 data points across 25+ projects. 4. Prompt Engineer – LLM Training Specialist Scale AI | Remote | Jul 2022 Key Responsibilities: • Created and evaluated prompts for large language models (LLMs) to ensure accurate contextual output. • Conducted comparative assessments and quality scoring of AI-generated responses. Key Achievements: • Contributed to 7 fine-tuning cycles of AI chat models used in customer service bots. • Improved model accuracy by 12% through effective prompt optimization. 5. Localization QA Specialist Kubus Translations | Hamburg, Germany | Mar 2020 – Dec 2022 Key Responsibilities: • Conducted linguistic QA of translated files ensuring accuracy, tone, and cultural relevance. • Utilized CAT tools to track inconsistencies and terminology errors. Key Achievements: • Improved QA efficiency by 40% through implementation of automated quality checks. • Participated in ISO 17100-compliant localization projects. 6. Language Data Specialist – AI Training Lionbridge (now TELUS AI) | Remote | Sep 2019 – Jun 2021 Key Responsibilities: • Participated in multilingual data collection, labeling, and evaluation for AI speech and vision models. • Performed sentiment tagging, intent recognition, and entity extraction. Key Achievements: • Enhanced dataset diversity by contributing to multilingual corpus building. • Recognized for outstanding data accuracy in cross-functional evaluation team. 7. AI Writing & Editorial Specialist (Freelance) MindSpark AI | Remote | Jan 2023 Key Responsibilities: • Created original, nuanced, and contextually rich responses for AI training datasets across education, health, business, and cultural topics. • Edited and refined AI-generated outputs for style, grammar, tone, and factual accuracy. • Collaborated with QA reviewers to calibrate output quality to align with project specifications and linguistic nuance. Key Achievements: • Delivered over 3,000 prompt-response pairs with >97% approval rate. • Recognized for producing content used in benchmark datasets for LLM fine-tuning. • Reduced guideline deviation issues by 35% through peer-review process improvements. 8. Language Content Creator & Prompt Engineer VerbatimAI Projects (via Upwork & Prolific) | Remote | Oct 2022 Key Responsibilities: • Developed natural language prompts for Generative AI systems to evaluate logical reasoning and contextual understanding. • Crafted multilingual examples with English focus, incorporating domain-specific vocabulary and tone adaptation. • Proofread, fact-checked, and reviewed peer submissions to uphold editorial standards. Key Achievements: • Contributed to AI training projects for ed-tech and med-tech clients, resulting in 12% better response quality metrics. • Authored research-backed explanations for model corrections and logic enhancement. • Supported model alignment by preparing ethical, unbiased, and culturally sensitive content for reinforcement learning. Education MA in Translation & Linguistics Leipzig University, Germany | Graduated: 2019 Specialization: German-English Translation, Localization Techniques BA in Language and Communication Studies Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands | Graduated: 2017 Minor: Computational Linguistics & Media Translation Certifications • SDL Trados Studio 2021 Certified Translator • Coursera: AI For Everyone – Andrew Ng • Udemy: Complete Guide to Subtitling and Captioning • LinkedIn Learning: Data Annotation for AI & Machine Learning | |
