Josina Dineo
Principal Language Practitioner (Afrikaans) - Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture (DSRAC)
About
To learn as much as I possibly can in order to advance / enhance my career through the skills and work experience that I have acquired
Experience
Principal Language Practitioner (Afrikaans – English) - Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture (DSRAC)
(2022-11)
- Rendering language services / duties such as translation of official documents from and into Afrikaans, English for our department and other government departments
- Rendering language advisory services, developing and recording terminology
- Minute taking and record keeping regarding departmental projects and events
- Assisting with the management of the day-to-day operations of the office, including scheduling meetings and appointments, attendance registers, minutes, and handling correspondence
- Maintaining bookings diary and keep the bookings systems up-to-date and clear for others to access if necessary
- Assisting with accommodation and transportation bookings
- Assisting some executives with leave applications and online submissions of relevant supporting documents
- Transcribing interviews and dialogues of deliberations
- Providing and facilitating any language-related development initiative
- Facilitating provisioning of interpreting services when required to
- Facilitating editing, proofreading and preparing manuscripts for publication
- Working hand in hand with district officials and managing projects
- Liaising and meeting with stakeholders from various districts for language development projects as well as organizing language-related events.
Language Practitioner: Afrikaans / English - Office of the Ombud for Financial Services Providers
(2021-10 - 2022-09)
- Translating documents such as complaints from clients that are written in Afrikaans to English within a prescribed time / deadline
- Editing and proofreading Afrikaans complaints
- Rendering language advisory services
- Translating information from email correspondences from Afrikaans to English
- Transcribing telephone conversations from Afrikaans into a written language, i.e., English
- Assisting with the translation of official documents written in English to isiNdebele and isiZulu
- Developing processes and procedures related to the core function
- Quality checking on all documents before submission
- Monitoring workflow to ensure that targets are met
- Assisting with the voice recordings in these languages
- Assisting with the editing and proofreading of the organization's newsletter
- Attending employee trainings
- Performing administrative duties: Record keeping, compiling monthly and quarterly progress reports of activities, and making copies of the translated work.
Freelance Afrikaans Translator - Adv. Thabang Mafumo, CEO Election Facilitator of South Africa
(2021-09 - 2021-09)
- Translating and Editing Ten [10] Pre-election Documents from English into Afrikaans
- Proofreading final translated transcripts
- Performing administrative / paper work
Freelance IsiNdebele Audio Transcriber and Translator - Mavuba Media and Communications (P.T.Y) L.T.D
(2021-09)
- Transcribing Ten (10) Interview Audios in both IsiNdebele and English into IsiNdebele
- Translating texts from both English and IsiNdebele into a standard written IsiNdebele, and sometimes into English
- Edit and proofread a translated text in the target language which is IsiNdebele
- Performing administrative / paper work
Freelance IsiNdebele Translator and Audio Recorder - Village People Productions
(2021-06 - 2021-06)
- Translating a radio script from English to IsiNdebele
- Recording an IsiNdebele translation in an audio form
IsiNdebele Dubbing Assistant / Language Advisor - Better Language Company at Ochre Media
(2020-05 - 2020-07)
- Assisting the voice artist and the dubbing team in instances where the IsiNdebele translation doesn’t work and needs an alternative
- Checking if the voice artist’s pronunciation is correct / good
- Providing expert advice by adding a contemporary linguistic and cultural dimension to the dubbing team
- Creating an emotionally warm and supportive environment where the dubbing team could work collaboratively in order to achieve mutual goals
Freelance Afrikaans Translator - Mmaboroa Lingua Consulting
(2020-02)
- Rendering translation services from English to Afrikaans
Freelance Interpreter - The General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council
(2019-09)
- Rendering interpreting services during Arbitration / Hearing processes from IsiNdebele / IsiZulu into English and vice versa
- Performing administrative / paper work
Freelance Interpreter and Translator - Mzansi Communication
(2019-11)
- Rendering interpreting services during a parliamentary sitting from English into IsiNdebele and vice versa
- Rendering translation services from English to IsiNdebele
- Performing administrative / paper work
Call Centre Agent - Transafrica Life
(2019-08 - 2019-11)
- Marketing and selling membership and funeral insurances / policies to individuals, families and organisations
- Answering phone calls from clients and dealing with inquiries
- Making copies and performing other administrative duties
Language Practitioner Intern - South African Police Service Language Management Section
(2018-02 - 2019-01)
- Translating official documents written in English to Afrikaans and vice versa
- Editing and proofreading official documents written in English to Afrikaans, vice versa
- Attending interpreting proceedings, transcribing recorded information from discs, USBs, DVDs, SMS into written language, i.e. from English to Afrikaans and vice versa. Performing office administrative duties: making copies, recording incoming work in the register. Responding to emails and phone calls, scanning and lamination documents
- Taking down minutes during meetings and compiling reports on the work done quarterly as well as at the end of a term. Performing messenger duties
Call Centre Student Assistant - TUT - Department of Enrolment, Planning and Coordination: Office of the registrar
(2018-01 - 2019-02)
- Providing students with application, admission and registration information
- Assisting with Late Application Inquiry System
- General telephonic inquiries and answering incoming calls
Student Assistant - TUT - Department of Campus Protection Services
(2017-01 - 2017-02)
- General telephonic inquiries and answering incoming calls, liaising with students regarding access cards
- Responsible for the production of access/ID cards, responsible for loading of cards and consumables on the printers
- Responsible for issuing out crime awareness pamphlets and educating 1st years about crime on campus, responsible for all the hardware and consumables used for the card production
- Responsible to distinguish between original documents of the university and fraudulent documents
Student Assistant - TUT - Department of Accommodation, Residence Life and Catering
(2016-01 - 2016-02)
- Performing administrative duties, communicating relevant information to students concerning residence operations and applications
- Receiving phone calls, printing, photocopying, scanning as well as laminating official documents
- Dealing with inquiries relating to residence operations, capturing of residence applications and cancellations of accommodation information
Student Assistant - TUT - Department of Accommodation, Residence Life and Catering
(2017-01 - 2017-02)
- Performing administrative duties, communicating relevant information to students concerning residence operations and applications
- Receiving phone calls, printing, photocopying, scanning as well as laminating official documents
- Dealing with inquiries relating to residence operations, capturing of residence applications and cancellations of accommodation information
Academic Tutor - TUT - Department of Applied Languages
(2016-05 - 2016-10)
- Clarifying and teaching a student or a very small group on aspects that have been taught by primary lecturers of Language and Translation Practice Theory II
- Assisting students in problem solving and getting answers
Student Assistant - TUT - Department of Library and Information Services Electronic Resources Centres
(2015-02 - 2016-04)
- Monitoring computers by checking whether they are functioning properly
- Creating accounts by signing in students to use computers
- Assisting users with the internet
- Printing, photocopying, scanning, laminating, receiving facsimile and telephone etiquette
Education
Matric / Senior Certificate - Mabusabesala Senior Secondary School (2006-01 - 2006-12)
Baccalaureus Technologiae - Language Practice - Tshwane University of Technology (2015-01 - 2015-12)
National Diploma - Language Practice - Tshwane University of Technology (2012-01 - 2014-12)
