English < > Arabic Translator and Reviewer

Objective

Seeking a challenging position at a reputable company where my linguistic abilities can be utilized and developed efficiently.

Professional History (2006- to date)


In-House

Current Job:
• CEO & Founder of Al Alsun Translation Service (ATS), head office at 6 Sehraya St., First Settlement, New Cairo, Egypt (www.atstranslate.net)
(March 2013- 2014)
• Diwan Arabia, Head Office at 2/4 Anwar EL Mofty St., Behind Tiba Outlet Mall, 1st Zone, Nasr City, Cairo, E-mail: [email protected].

(1 February 2009- 2012)
• El Nasr for Services and Maintenance Co. (Queen Service) - National Service Projects Organization- Egyptian Ministry of Defence, Head Office at 21 El Nasr Road, beside Military Hotel, Cairo, Egypt www.queenserviceegypt.com- http://al-nasr-for-services.tradenote.net. (Part Time)

(5 February 2008- 1 February 2009)


• International Bureau of Allied Translators (Topnotch), Head Office at 23 Ahmed Kamel St., off Lasilky St., New Maadi, Cairo (www.topnotchegypt.com).

(15 July 2007- 4 February 2008)

• Arabize Computer Service, Head Office at 22 Anwar El Mofty St., Tiba 2000 Administrative Bldg., Rabaa Al Adawya, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt (www.arabize.com.eg).



Freelancing

(March 2007- to date)

• International Professional Group (IPG), Head Office at 6 Al-Gehad St., Lebanon Sq., Giza, Egypt. IPG is one of the eight Egyptian translation agencies authorized by the British Embassy.
• Diwan Arabia, Head Office at 2/4 Anwar EL Mofty St., Behind Tiba Outlet Mall, 1st Zone, Nasr City, Cairo, E-mail: [email protected].
• Administrator of Al Alsun Translation Team: I lead a team of seven professional translators graduated from Al Alsun Faculty (of Modern Languages) and have a great experience in various translation fields.
• Working for many translation companies in the Gulf specialized in the legal and financial translation (to be submitted up request).

(September 2008- to date)

• Faculty of Al Alsun (Modern Languages) whose translation has high credibility before governmental and official bodies in Egypt.
• Communication Legal Translation, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Arab Orient Translation Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

(January 2006- to date)
• International Bureau of Allied Translators (Topnotch), Head Office at 23 Ahmed Kamel St., New Maadi, Cairo.

• Deputy Manager of Al Alsun Group for Translation Services (AGTS).


(2005- 2010)

• Dar Al-Karaz Publication Firm at Manshiyat Al Bakry, Cairo, Egypt.
• Prof. Mohamed Nassar Tolba, (Lecturer of Translation and Poetry at Al-Alsun Faculty - an authorized translator in Refaa Translation Department, Faculty of Al-Alsun - manager of a translation office).

(2005- December 2007)

• InfoEgypt at Kasr El-Nile St., Tahrir, Cairo, Egypt.
• Specialized Translation Office at Al-Mirour St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
• Al-Manhal Translation and Computer Service at Tharwat St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Translating different fields for some individual and corporate clients in Egypt and UAE.


Fields of Experience


The Translation fields include, but not limited to:

o Laws/ resolutions
o Agreements/ contracts
o Powers of attorney
o Receipts/ warrants
o Judgments
o Actions/ appeals
o Declarations/ affidavits
o Wills/ letters
o Telecommunications
o Economics/ finance
o Trademarks/ patents
o Marketing/ advertising
o Insurance
o Real estate o Certificates/ diplomas/ licenses/ CVs
o Employment
o Taxation/ customs
o Management
o Ships/ sailing/ maritime
o Multimedia/ internet
o Transport/Shipping
o Petroleum engineering
o Localization
o Brochures/ manuals
o Websites
o Education
o All legal & financial forms

Education and Courses



B.A in English Language, Literature and Translation

Faculty: Faculty of Al–Alsun (Modern Language), Ain Shams University
General Grade: Good
Graduation Research: Translation
Year of Graduation: May 2007

Letter of Recommendation from the Faculty of Al Alsun for my contributions to the Translation Projects- submitted by Prof. Dr. Makarim El Ghamry, Dean of Al Alsun Faculty.


Translation courses at Arabize Computer Service including:


Translator Research Tools
Arabic Rules
Common Arabic Mistakes
Legal Translation
Tips for legal translation
Types of Documentation
CAT Tools
Tips for translating Legal Terms
What is Technical Writing
Your Guide to Economic Translation

Development courses in soft skills at Arabize Computer Service including:


Creative thinking
Time Management
Communication skills
Business Etiquette
How to Plan Your Own Development & Decision Making
Team work
Knowledge concept

Reading translation books including, but not limited to:

Translation of Contract, Mahmoud Mohamed Sabra
Translation of Governmental Contacts, Mahmoud Mohamed Sabra
Basics of Legal Drafting, Mahmoud Mohamed Sabra
Art of Translation, Mohamed Anani
Course Book in Translation, Mohamed Anani
Shortened CPA Law Review, George C. Thompson.

Translation Skills and Competences


• Dealing with all the kinds and levels of translation works efficiently depending on lingual abilities built over more than 10 years.
• Using all the dictionaries that the projects need, whether they are monolingual or bilingual, general or specialized, or hard copy, electronic or online dictionaries.
• A hard working and highly-organized translator who is ready to learn new skills.
• Ready to work under pressure in emergencies

Minimum number of words per day 2000 2000
Maximum number of words per day 3500

Language Skills

Arabic Mother tongue
English Professional
German Good

Computer Skills

Windows Professional (98-2000-XP) - MS Office - Internet.

CAT Tool

(Trados – TagEditor – LocStudio)
Touch typist ( Arabic – English)
Having a permanent access to internet (two laptops+ on PC)

Personal Data

Marital Status: Married
Military Service: Exempted
Date of Birth: 5 February 1986

References


• Dr. Mohamed Tolba Nassar, lecturer of Al-Alsun (Languages) Faculty, Tel. (+2) 010 5430599, E-Mail: [email protected]

• Mrs. Sherifa M. Elkerdany, Chief Translator and Manager of Topnotch, Tel. (+2) 01001779586, E-mail: [email protected]

• Mr. Mohamed Abu Al Makareem, Owner and chief translator of Diwan Arabia, Tel. (+2) 01002357669, E-mail: [email protected].