Working languages:
English to Hausa
Simple English to Hausa
Hausa to English

Dahiru Argungu
I've a PhD in Linguistics

Nigeria
Local time: 17:13 WAT (GMT+1)

Native in: Hausa Native in Hausa
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Services Editing/proofreading, Transcription, Native speaker conversation, Translation
Expertise
Specializes in:
LinguisticsAdvertising / Public Relations
FolklorePoetry & Literature
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings

Payment methods accepted MasterCard, PayPal
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Translation education PhD - Islamic University in Uganda
Experience Years of experience: 38. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2009.
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Software Trados Online Editor, Trados Studio, XTM
Professional objectives
  • Meet new translation company clients
  • Meet new end/direct clients
  • Network with other language professionals
  • Find trusted individuals to outsource work to
  • Build or grow a translation team
  • Get help with terminology and resources
  • Learn more about translation / improve my skills
  • Learn more about interpreting / improve my skills
  • Learn more about additional services I can provide my clients
  • Learn more about the business side of freelancing
  • Find a mentor
  • Stay up to date on what is happening in the language industry
  • Help or teach others with what I have learned over the years
  • Transition from freelancer to agency owner
  • Transition from freelancer to another profession
  • Buy or learn new work-related software
  • Improve my productivity
Bio
I'm a native Hausa speaker from northern Nigeria, the territory with the largest Hausa speakers in Africa and the world, and whose demographic spread cuts across nearly a dozen African countries while its overall speaker strength borders close to two hundred (200) million across the continent, representing a huge market for localisation and the translation industry. Besides Hausa, I'm a fluent speaker of English while my French and Arabic are fairly good enough, along with some knowledge of Swahili. My academic background is in Linguistics (PhD), a subject I've taught at university level for close to four decades. My specialization is in Sociolinguistics and within this field, I've a special interest in Hausa Cultural Linguistics for which I have written a book titled "AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE: ASPECTS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AMONG THE HAUSA-SPEAKING PEOPLE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA. The book was published in 2017 by Partridge Africa Publishers and is currently available at Amazon.com. In it, I discussed linguacultural problems as they relate to translation particularly from the perspective of Hausa language. I'm also the Director of Africa Language & Communication Academy (ALCA), a translation and language teaching hub based in Sokoto, northern Nigeria. Besides translation and teaching, we do transliteration, text-editing and transcription particularly with regard to the Ajami, which is the system of writing indigenous African languages using Arabic characters for which large amounts of manuscript exist in Africa. At ALCA, we look forward to partner with organisations and agencies with interest in developing African languages technologies.
Keywords: language teaching, translation, text-editing, typing, transcription, transliteration, writing of books


Profile last updated
Jun 7, 2020