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Aliou Kalidou D.

French Linguist | EN to FR Translation | Transcription & AI Data QA

Top Rated French linguist and transcriptionist — 100% Job Success, 5.0 across 21 client reviews. I help AI teams, localization agencies and e-learning companies get accurate French (and Wolof/Pulaar) language data: clean transcripts, reliable EN↔FR translation and careful quality review. What I do • Audio & video transcription: French, English, Wolof, Pulaar (verbatim or clean, timestamps, speaker labels) • EN↔FR translation and machine translation post-editing (MTPE) • Proofreading and linguistic QA: consistency, terminology, style guides • Audio annotation & diarization QA, data validation, AI output evaluation in French and English • eLearning voice-over QA: mismatches between narration and on-screen text • Data entry and spreadsheet transcription How I work • I follow style guides and instructions to the letter, and flag ambiguities instead of guessing • Consistent quality on large batches, delivered on time • Based in Dakar (GMT), easy overlap with European hours Languages: French (native), English (fluent), Wolof (fluent), Pulaar (native) Send me your language pair, volume and deadline, and I'll reply with a clear plan.

🇸🇳Dakar, Senegal$25/hr100% JSS4.59 (22)Since Apr 2025

Earnings and projects

MRR
$187

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#115,725 / 412k
🇸🇳Country#18 / 62
Revenue, last 30 days
$47

Last 6 months: $1.1k

World#99,282 / 412k
🇸🇳Country#16 / 62
Total earnings
$17k

Billed in all: $18k

World#154,565 / 412k
🇸🇳Country#18 / 62
Per project
$398

$75 in the last 6 months

World#204,404 / 412k
🇸🇳Country#30 / 62
Projects, last 6 months
15
93% fixed7% hourly
World#9,890 / 412k
🇸🇳Country#1 / 62
Projects in all
42

Across 53 contracts

87% fixed13% hourly
World#72,392 / 412k
🇸🇳Country#5 / 62

Earnings, last 30 days

$17.8k+$47 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$17,775$17,800$17,825$17,850Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 23% in Editing & Proofreading

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #84Local Operations217 freelancers · 🇸🇳 #1Top 39%
  2. #111AI Fact-Checking330 freelancers · 🇸🇳 #1Top 34%
  3. #215Transcript674 freelancers · 🇸🇳 #1Top 32%
  4. #273Live Interpretation900 freelancers · 🇸🇳 #1Top 30%
  5. #329Video Transcription1,245 freelancers · 🇸🇳 #1Top 26%
  6. #705AI Content Editing1,630 freelancers · 🇸🇳 #1Top 43%
  7. #765Audio Transcription2,774 freelancers · 🇸🇳 #1Top 28%
  8. #925Data Annotation2,301 freelancers · 🇸🇳 #2Top 40%