Osama Fathi Eissa

OBJECTIVE

Offer translation & Localization services in the language pair English into Arabic at the utmost level of quality, turn around delivery, commitment to deadlines, and competitive rates.

   
EDUCATION

B.A of Arts & Education, Department of English Language.       
LANGUAGES

Native Language: Arabic.
Second Language: English.

   
WORK EXPERIENCE

[Oct 2005 – Dec 2010] Translator & Localizer at ESRINEA www.esrinea.com  
Tasks:
-    Translating Geographical Information System Courses.
-    Localizing ArcGIS Versions interfaces into Arabic (ArcGIS 9.1, 9.2, 9.3)
-    Localizing documentation, help, Tutorials, and webinars into Arabic.
-    Translating proposals, tenders, and biddings into Arabic.
-    Translating contracts, agreements, and licenses of software.

[March 2003 – Now] Freelance Translator at many agencies around the world in the language pair English into Arabic.

COMPUTER SKILLS

-    Excellent Command to Operating Systems MS-Windows XP Professional, 2000, Server.
-    Excellent Command to Office Packages of MS-Windows XP Professional, 2000, Server.
-    Excellent Command to Computer Aided Translation Tools (Trados 6.5, SDL-Trados 2006, SDL-Trados 2007, SDL-Trados Studio, SDLX, Alchemy Catalyst 6.0, Microsoft Visual Studio).
-    Excellent web surfing and file conversion.

   
TRANSLATION TOOLS

Trados 6.5, SDL-Trados 2006, SDL-Trados 2007, SDL-Trados 2009 Studio, SDLX, Alchemy Catalyst 6.0.   
   
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Technical: Information Technology, Computers (Hardware & Software), Localization, Engineering (General), Manuals,

Automotive, Military, Mechanical, Petroleum, Oil & Gas, Science.

Non-Technical: Legal, Banking, Finance, Correspondences, Journalism, Humanitirians, and Literature.     

RATES FOR EGYPTIAN/ASIAN MARKET

   
RATES FOR AMERICAN MARKET
  
 

  

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Reading, Research, Following up translation periodicals, and Surfing.

Projects in Focus:
•    Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
•    Marketing and Translation at Quality Standards Information Technology with sufficient experience related to GPS and relevant computer hardware.
•    Localizing GIS applications from English into Arabic. I translated and localized ArcGIS 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 interface, manuals, help, tutorials, and courses. I also developed a huge glossary database the first of kind into Arabic from English. Samples are available.
•    Vodafone landmarks data
•    Translated, and established Vodafone great project in Egypt "Egypt landmarks surveying" which included translating commercial and economical entities trade names, logos, and activities. This project is like Yellow Pages in its reality concerning capturing all commercial activities in Egypt and documenting it. ALSO DEVELOPED MACHINE TRANSLATION ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND ITS EFFICIENCY IS CURRENTLY 98.5 %
•    Hercules Offshore
•    Safety huge manual in the field of petroleum for Hercules Offshore, United States.
•     Equity and Finance
•    A project of more than 1500 hard copy papers for Rafidain Bank, Iraq.
•    The annual budget for 2007 – 2008, Iraq.
•    Military & Automotive
•    Iraqi Light Armored Vehicle, Force Protection Industries, INC.

• TRADOS
• windows ( all version)
  Microosoft office packages with frontpage( all versions).
  SDL Trados 2006