Usman Muhammad

Experienced English ⇄ Hausa translator, annotator, and AI trainer with 5+ years delivering high-quality localization and linguistic data for ML projects and private clients. Proven track record on freelance marketplaces and with corporate partners: recorded 600+ high-quality Hausa utterances for speech models, completed 120+ translation/annotation projects with an average client satisfaction >95%, and consistently met fast turnaround targets (24–48 hours) while maintaining linguistic and cultural accuracy. Skilled with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, design apps (Canva, Adobe Illustrator), and standard localization workflows.

AI Hausa Trainer at Silencio (2025-12 – Present)

• Recorded 600+ high-quality Hausa sentences and utterances used to train speech and language models
• Performed segmentation, noise-profile tagging, and quality checks for 100% of submissions

Hausa Translator, Annotator and Transcription at Pacteria Global Track, Hong Kong, China (2022-03 – 2025-10)

• Translated and localized 1.2M+ words of content (documents, UI strings, and training data), completing 50+ projects and maintaining an average quality score of 97% on client QA reviews.
• Completed 3,000+ annotation tasks (NER, intent tagging, reference alignment), increasing dataset coverage for low-resource Hausa dialects by 40%.
• Transcribed 4,500+ minutes of Hausa audio with a target turnaround of 48 hours; maintained a transcription accuracy rate of ≥95% after QA.
• Led weekly client workshops and clarified scope on 100% of active projects, which reduced revision cycles by 25% and improved on-time delivery to 99%.

Freelance Hausa Translator at Translation Directory, Proz and Upwork (2021-02 – Present)

• Completed 10+ paid projects across platforms (document translation, localization, proofreading)
• Maintained an average client rating of 4.9/5 (or 98% satisfaction) on major platforms

Bachelor of Arts in Hausa Language – Kaduna State University (KASU) (2019-12)