Ihab Abdelhafiz

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·        Objective

Freelance English<>Arabic translator and editor with opportunity for advancement

·        Experience

Fulbright Scholar (FLTA)

Arabic language instructor at Middle Tennessee State University, August 2008 – Present.

Under this grant, I am teaching Arabic to English native speakers and doing post-graduate studies in English linguistics and Professional Writing.

LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS SERVICES, Maine, US

Part-time translator and editor, November 2008 – Present. I am handling translation and editing tasks, both from English to Arabic and vice versa.

LINGO-SOFT, Giza, Egypt

Full-time translator and editor, January - July 2008. Through this job, I undertook the translation as well as the revision of translation jobs both from Arabic and English. I worked 40 hours per week.

FUTURE GROUP, Cairo, Egypt

Full-time translator, August 2007 - January 2008. In this translation agency, my duties included translating texts from English into Arabic and vice versa. The main focus was on software and website localization, and translating manuals for different hardware. I worked 40 hours per week.

·        Education

ü      Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

College: Faculty of Languages & Translation, Dept. of English

Academic Degree: B.A.

Graduation: June 2007

Major: English-Arabic-English Translation

Grade: Very Good with Honors

ü      Middle Tennessee State University, TN, USA

Post Graduate Courses in:

Professional Writing                                          Grade: A+

English Grammar & Usage                                  Grade: A+

·        Areas of Experience:

Throughout my work for these different agencies, I gained a lot of experience in a variety of fields. Following is a summary of the fields and the corresponding projects I worked on:

§         UN Projects (Camp Management Toolkit Project, UN newsletters, UN Aid Missions Animation, UNICEF Website Material, Abu Dhabi Intangible Heritage Workshop “2009”, Types of UN International Instruments)

§         Marketing (Avari Limousine website, McCain Foods website, WebMd Healthcare website, and others)

§         Hardware (Samsung DVD Player Manual, Canon, HP “Printers”, Dell, Toshiba)

§         Software (Windows XP Operating System UI, Office Online Arabic website updates, Windows Live “Messenger – Mail” Microsoft Office localization)

§         E-Learning Projects (NETg “including ICDL – ECDL”, Microsoft Office E-Learning)

§         Medical (Webmd “Healthcare Website Material”)

§         Website Localization (Webmd, McCain food products)

§         Telecommunication (Siemens “Manual”, Nokia “User Manual – UI”, Motorola)

§         Automotive (Kia Motors “Trainers Manual”, Troop Seating vehicle operations manual, MiniScreed Machine for Concrete Screeding)

§         Journalism (translating a weekly article from Arabic into English for the known website watchingamerica.com)

§         Certificates/CVs (a variety of certificates including birth certificates, death certificates, marriage contracts, divorce contracts, etc.)

§         Religious Texts (participated in translations of religious and more specifically Islamic texts)

§         Legal Contracts (translated a variety of legal texts that relate to different areas)

§        Sporting (translated full text of the 2008 Arab Gulf football tournament)

·        CAT Tools & Computer Skills:

§         Microsoft Office Package (WORD, POWERPOINT, EXCEL) (V. 2000, 2003, XP, 2007)

§         Adobe Reader (version 7,9 full versions)

§         TRADOS, Tag Editor (Versions 5.5, 6.5, 7, 7.5)

§         Across Personal Edition

§         SDLX

§         MS Loc Studio

§         MS Helium

§         Wordfast

§         Logoport

·        Memberships & Certifications:

§         Member of the American Translators Association (ATA)

§         Certified member of ATN / APTS (Arab Translators Network - Arab Professional Translators Society)

§         Full member of (proz.com and translatorscafe.com)

·        Personal Interests & other languages:

§         Fair command of German. My hobbies include reading, surfing the internet and playing soccer.

·               References & Portfolio:      

§         Available upon request

• Across
• Adobe Acrobat
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Wordfast
• MS Helium
  MS LocStudio
  SDLX
  Logo port
  Catalyst