Professional History  and Achievements

10 May 2006 to date  The American University in Cairo

Part-time Translation Instructor

• teach UN translation (UN Manual for Arabic Translators)
• teach Legal and documentary translation

13 August 2005 –  13 September [ Apex Targum www.apextargum.com , Cairo]

    Part-time translator [approx. 22,500 words]

     ·    translated mainly legal texts [agreements and bank documents]

 In-house Translator [approx. 1000,000 words]

·        translate legal,  financial,  business, medical, computer [software localization] and religious texts, in addition to websites.

·        edit and proofread other translators’ jobs

·        supervise a small team of translators

2003 – to date              Technical College in Mataria

            English Language Instructor

• Teach students communicative and written English, translation and correspondence.

Jan 2005    June 2005     Technical College Project

   Course Developer

• developed courses of English language as a member of an official committee funded by the World Bank

 1998 – to date  [Different Agencies]

Freelance Translator  [approx. 900,000 words]    

translate documents in different fields (esp. agreements)  for different entities including but not limited to:

·      Al-Alsun Faculty  (http://net.shams.edu.eg/alsun.asp) (whose translation enjoys the   highest credibility before courts in Egypt)  

·        British Airways    (www.britishairways.com)

·        Mercedes Benz    (www.mbusa.com)

·        Shell    (www.shell.com)

·        EgyptAir    (www.egyptair.com)

·        Segate    (www.segate.com)

·        GlaxoSmith Klein    (www.gsk.com)

·        Bibliotheca Alexandrina    (www.bibalex.org)

·        Egyptian Ministry of Defense    (www.mmc.gov.eg)

·    Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation    (www.egpc.com.eg)

·    adidas    (www.adidas.com)

Author of "Super Grammar"

Summer training course at EgyptAir

·        Issued manual and automatic air tickets

   Education

          BA, Tourism and Hotel Management, Helwan University

                        Tourism Department.

                        Excellent with the honour degree [summa cum laude]

         Advanced Certificate of English Language, American University in Cairo  

        Legal and UN Translation Diploma ,American University in Cairo           

•             Translating legal documents from Arabic into  English [A]
•       Translating legal documents from English  into  Arabic [A]
•       UN Arabic Translators Guide [A]
•       Research Tools for Translators [A] 
•     Documentary Trans. from English into Arabic [A]
•       Arabic Language Grammar [A]

    Skills

·        Arabic         Mother tongue [Excellent Grammar and eloquence]

·        English        Professional (The AUC Advanced Grade)

·        French        Very Good

·        Operating systems             Windows (98,2000,Me,XP) MS Dos

·        Applications                      MS (Word, Excel, Power Point,  Access)

                ICDL (International Computer Driving License)

               Trandos Work bench

  Interests

       reading, web building, photography  computer games

  References

        Furnished upon request

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