Hadi Hairan * English-Pashto, English-Urdu, English-Dari (Afghan Persian), Pashto-Urdu Translation * Reliability, quality, and professionalism * Translator Profile at TranslatorsCafe.com — Directory of Translators, Interpreters and Translation Agencies

Address: Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1100 AA, Netherlands
Phone: 003164450955, Cell Phone: 4509937

Copywriting, Desktop Publishing, Editing, Localization, Other, Project Management, Proofreading, Research, Subtitling, Teaching, Technical Writing, Terminology Research, Transcription, Translation, Voice-Over

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Curriculum Vitae

Name: Hadi Hairan

Nationality: Afghan

Mother Tongue: Pashto

Profession: Research, Journalism, Translations

Email: ahhairan@gmail.com

Web: www.hadihairan.com

Languages Skills

	Reading	Writing	Speaking
Pashto	Native	Academic	Native
English	Excellent	Excellent	Very good
Urdu	Excellent	Excellent	Fluent
Dari	Very good	Good	Good (improving)
Hindi	Nil	Nil	Very good
Dutch	Good	Good	Good
Punjabi	Good	Good	Good
Arabic	Basic	Basic	Basic

Work History

1. Correspondent (Current): Central Asia Online (English) (www.centralasiaonline.com)

Key responsibilities:

Providing new stories, interviews, opinion pieces and feature reports

2. Research Analyst (Current): Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS) (English), Kabul, Afghanistan (http://www.caps.af/staff/hairan.asp)

Key responsibilities:

· Writing weekly analyses about the current situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the tribal areas

Writing reports of important assessments (Assessing security, terrorism, governance, stakeholders; writing reports of legal programs, analyzing data from field research)

· Doing quantitative and qualitative field research studies

· Doing provincial assessments (security, terrorism, tribal conflicts)

· Writing suicide attack and insurgent groups profiles

· Preparing presentations on the above

3. Project Analyst (Jan. 2009) Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) (English), Kabul, Afghanistan (www.pajhwok.com)

Key responsibilities:

Working as lead analyst of the Tracking Campaign Promises project which identifies the promises of President Hamid Karzai during his campaign and tracks progress on them
Writing news and feature stories

4. Freelance interpreter/ translator (2002-current) Different organizations, newspapers and magazines, and UK, US, Canada, and Singapore–based translation companies (English>Pashto>Urdu>Dari)

Key responsibilities:

· English to Pashto, Urdu, Dari and vice versa translations

· Proofreading and editing other translators' translations

· The translations include: journalistic material, technical reports, military manuals, academic papers, literary books, highly important government sector monthly and quarterly reporters, legal cases, etc.

· Interpretation

· Transcription

Subtitles

· Voice-over

5. Pashto translator/localizer (Feb-Jul. 2009): Paiwastoon Networking Ltd. (One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)) (USAID sub-contact project) (English>Pashto), Kabul, Afghanistan

Key responsibilities:

· Translating computer and internet softwares, including: Etoys, Mozilla Firefox, Open Source, Joomla, etc.

· Translating official letters and statements

6. News Editor (2006-2008): Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) (Pashto, Urdu), Peshawar, Pakistan

Key responsibilities:

· Taking notes of the news from correspondents in the field by phone

· Writing the news stories in Pashto and Urdu

· Contacting officials, eyewitnesses, local people, and anti-government elements for more information about the incidents

· Compiling all the information into news stories in Pashto and Urdu

· Editing news stories written by sub-editors

· Translating and editing press releases of the governments, NATO, AGE, and others

7. Regional Editor, Afghanistan (2008): Instablogs.com (English)

Key responsibilities:

· Editing all the news reports and articles posted by contributors about Afghanistan region

8. Senior News Editor (2008): Bimonthly Jirga, (Pashto, Dari) London, UK

Key responsibilities:

· Preparing the whole paper.

9. Sub-editor/translator/columnist (2004-2006): Daily Wahdat, (Pashto), Peshawar, Pakistan

Key responsibilities:

· Writing features about important topics

· Preparing special editions on some important political, social and literary issues

· Writing a weekly column

· Translating news stories from English and Urdu into Pashto

10. Sub-editor/columnist (2006): Daily Khabroona, (Pashto), Peshawar, Pakistan

Key responsibilities:

· Writing features about important topics

· Preparing special editions on some important political, social and literary issues

· Writing a weekly column

· Translating news stories from English and Urdu into Pashto

11. Reporter/columnist/translator (2002-2004): Weekly Roshan-e-Pakistan (Urdu), Karachi, Pakistan

Key responsibilities:

· Translating articles from Pashto and English into Urdu

· Writing a weekly column

· Interviewing important personalities of Pashto literature

Web links

The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abdulhadi-hairan

Center for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS): http://www.caps.af/staff/hairan.asp

LinkedIn profile: http://af.linkedin.com/in/hairan

Proz Profile: http://www.proz.com/profile/633226

Translators’ Café Profile: http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/member81427.htm

Benawa (Pashto): http://www.benawa.com/fullstory.php?id=23092 (Pashto)

Tolafghan (Pashto): http://www.tolafghan.com/posts/15708 (Pashto)

Learn Pashto (blog): http://learnpashto.wordpress.com/ (Pashto)

Twitter Updates: http://twitter.com/hairan (Pashto)

Hadi Hairan

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