Badr Marwan Shaweesh

Badr M. Shaweesh

Freelance Translator

Arabic to English- English to Arabic

Full Name, Postal Address and Contact Details:

Mr Badr Marwan Shaweesh,
PO.Box 44044- Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates.

Mobile                   : +971 (50) 6992080

Telephone        : + 971 (2) 665-8666

Fax Number            : +971 (2) 666-2688
E-mail                  : badr_shaweesh@hotmail.com

Software: Windows XP/ Vista, 7 and Office 2010 Applications.

Professional Profile:

• Mother Tongue: Arabic
• Language Combination: English > Arabic>English
• Languages: Arabic (mother tongue), fluent in English
• Familiarity with a wide range of translation subjects as a result of professional studies and experience.
• 6 years' professional freelance experience of translating texts from diverse English sources into Arabic and vice versa.
• Subjects of Experience:     
  • Arts and Humanities (biography, film, fine arts, literary extracts, literary criticism, academic essays, contemporary letters)
  • Business (general, financial, corporate literature, employee communications, invoices, e-mails, contracts)
  • Tourism and Leisure, Web-page Translation / Editing, Marketing Official Documents (birth certificates, life certificates, university degrees / diplomas, equivalences), CVs.
  •  Journalism (specialized, semi- specialized, general)

• Translation and/or editing work of a more general, multidisciplinary, or semi-specialized nature is also undertaken: Web-page Translation / Editing; Semi-technical and/or Scientific material (pharmaceutical, agro industrial, journalistic)

A Selection of Extracts drawn from Translation or Editing Projects completed between 2003 and 2009

• • Translation of Web-site copy concerning biographical details of a celebrated French singer and stage artiste;
  • Translation of a promotional text drafted for a Arabic chain store wishing to advertise its new skin care product on the English version of its Web site;
  • Translation of degrees, diplomas and a master’s equivalence for English-speaking clients seeking to enter Arab employment market.
  • Translation of company internal communications pertaining to evolving business practice and the shaping of environmental policy in order to comply with Swiss law;
  • Translation concerning the availability in regional France of subsidies and grants to help finance international film productions;
  • Translation of an academic essay dealing with the socio-economic evolution of Tudor England.
  • Translation of book-project research material for biographer (fields: History of Art, Literature, Literary and Art Criticism, Biography);
  • Translation of a company brochure detailing biological processes involved in the development and testing of a new range of fertilizers for the food production industry (fields: food production, agro industry);
  • Translation of business texts (correspondence concerning cooperation between companies and employee communications pertaining to company takeover).
  • Translation of tourist brochures.
    

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