Ilunga Clement

Translator-5-star, EN>FR, with 42 years in the industry

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Nairobi, Kenya

CEO, Translators' Coordinator & Senior Freelance Translator at Standard Interpretation & Translation Services

Consultant in translation matters at UNAFRI

Studied Information Technology at KU School of Applied Technology

Studied Accounting at ICI College of Accounting

Joined April 12, 2021

Skills

Languages

French

Native or Bilingual

English

Native or Bilingual

About

Veteran, skilled and reliable translator, proofreader, reviewer/editor and post-editor, with 42 years in the translation industry and with an extensive experience in legal, commercial, international cooperation/development, educational, religious, electronic, telecoms, software & IT, and books translations. Bilingual native French and near-native English speaker with a certification in Translation and a master’s degree in IT and a bachelor’s degree in commercial sciences, plus an undergraduate diploma of law, an undergraduate diploma of polytechnic engineering, an undergraduate diploma in divinity sciences, a diploma in French Literature, and a certificate in translation studies. My linguistic pair is from English to French as my main combination, and my secondary being from French to English, and I have been in the translation industry since 1980. MY FIELDS OF EXPERTISE - Social Sciences, Law, Banking & Finance, Business, Technology & IT, Electronics, Telecoms, Economics, Business, Education and Religion. I also offer SERMONS TRANSCRIPTION. MY ITINERARY: 1973 - Teacher of English, and French; 1980-1996 - In-house Translator, Shekinah Publications; Translation of Christian Books; 1997-To date - Approved Translator at UNAFRI, a Kampala-based UN Agency; 2000-2002 - Translator, and Teacher of French, Alliance française; 2003 - CEO at Entranslatraductfr, my Translation Company; and Senior Freelance Translator

Experience

Standard Interpretation & Translation Services

Jan 2003 – Present

Kenya

CEO, Translators' Coordinator & Senior Freelance Translator

My Translation Office was registered in 2008. Beside being a freelance translator, I am also in charge of the supervision of my team of translators of my company, working as the final layer of revision of each projected before its delivery to the customer.

UNAFRI

Sep 1997 – Present

Kampala, Uganda

Consultant in translation matters

UNAFRI is a Kampala-based UN Agency that has four working languages including English, Portuguese, French and Arabic languages. I am their Approved Translator in the English-French pair, and I have been translating for them since 1997 to present.

Alliance francaise

Jan 2000 – Dec 2002

Kampala, Uganda

In-house Translator

I was in charge of the French Translation Department, and during the two years I worked for them, I got the privilege to translate so many materials including scientific publications, official documents, books, blogs, articles, etc.

Shekinah Publications

Jan 1980 – Jul 1996

DRC-Kinshasa

In-house Translator

Publisher, specialized in books' translation in both directions, and languages, English and French. So, I had the privilege to translate bidirectionally all genres of books including novels, religious books, children's books, romance, fiction science, historical, philosophic books, etc. hundreds upon hundreds, 1980-1996

Education

KU School of Applied Technology

Sep 2008 – Jul 2013

Master's in IT, Information Technology

ICI College of Accounting

Sep 1985 – Jul 1989

Bachelor's of Commerce, Accounting