Mohamed Saber

Curriculum Vitae
Mohamed Saber Mustafa Khallaf
Senior (Accredited) Translator & Editor
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mobile: +971504152952
Email: muhammadsaber110@yahoo.com

                                                                       muhammadsaber110@gmail.com
 

Key Areas of Experience:

A wide range of experience over a long period of work for different agencies and companies; the key areas include:

 Technical Translations:

• U-PARKIT System (U-Parkit Gulf LLC)
• Electronic Vehicle Registration (EVR) (Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System - Monitoring Vehicles for Compliance
• Caracal Gun Brochure
• Installed Fire Alarm System - Intruder Alarm System (Door Alarm) - Mimic Panel in Duty Officer Room
• Embraer Executive Care - EECX Warranty (Phenom 100 - Phenom 300 - Legacy 600 - Training Solutions: Phenom Training - Maintenance Training - Training Solutions: Legacy Training - Maintenance Tracking And Planning Service - Maintenance Management Flow)
• TANDBERG MXP Systems: Software version F1 - D13388.03  - June 2006
• Technology in the Workplace

Legal Translations:

• Articles of Association
• Memorandums of Understanding
• Joint Venture Agreement
• Distribution Agreements
• Rent & Lease Contracts
• Agency Agreements
• Building, construction and consultancy agreements and contracts

Banking & Finance:

• Financial annual reports;
• Corporate budgests;
• Feasibility Study For Al Bakht Women Resort - UAE;
• A Course on “Security Markets Analysis” Abu Dhabi 22/04 – 03/05/2007   Short-term and Long-term Security Markets (Central Bank of Sudan Experiment);
• Inflation: (Definition - Types of Inflation: Core Inflation - Creeping Inflation - Suppressed Inflation - Galloping Inflation -  Causes of Inflation: Cost-push Inflation - Demand-push Inflation - Change-based Inflation - Inflation resulting from practicing the economic blockade against other countries - Relation between Inflation and Exchange Rate - Relation between Inflation and Prices Increase - Relation between Inflation and Depression);
• Feasibility Study - Al Butain Mall;
• Feasibility Study - Commercial Building (Furnished Apartments)

Patent Translations:

• Improved Agitation System for Alkyl benzene Oxidation Reactors (Dow Chemicals)

Education:

2003 Faculty of Languages & Translation– Department of English – Al Azhar University – Cairo
                                                     (Grade: Very Good with Honors)
2005 Two-year Diploma, Faculty of Languages & Translation - Al Azhar University – Cairo
                                                     (Grade: Very Good)
2005 to date: working on M.A. “Ethics of War in Islam”

Work History:

May 2009 to Date

Full Time Freelance Translator with Big World Translation Companies

May 2008 to May 2009
Chief Translator – UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 

Responsibilities:

• Translating the H.E. Minister of the State for Foreign Affairs Speeches in different occasions, including but not limited to His speech as a Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking at the United Nations General Assembly Thematic Debate on Human Trafficking, 3 June 2008, New York, the UN Drugs and Crime Office correspondence to the Minister of Foreign Affairs;

Legal (Authorized) Translator
LinguistHouse Translation & Linguistic Services – Abu Dhabi – UAE

Responsibilities: (Senior (Legal) Translator, Editor, Copywriter, Ghostwriter and Researcher)

• Translating all legal documents issued from the local/ international authorities and companies (including – but not limited to – agreements, contracts, articles of associations, memorandums of understanding, bylaws, power of attorneys, consultancy agreements, agency contracts, feasibility studies, certificates, diplomas…etc);
• Translation, copywriting, ghostwriting and editing of the press releases and periodicals for many big companies and brands in all fields inside and outside UAE, including but not limited to DOW Chemicals, Al Dar Prosperities, Dolphin Energy, ADCO, ADGAS, NDC, GASCO, ADGAS, Abu Dhabi Police, Dubai Police, Department of Municipalities and Agriculture, Department of Planning & Economy and Dar Al Handasa.
• Complete translations in a timely manner and expedite urgent requests

September 2001– September 2006
(Bayan Translation Services "BTS") Cairo – Egypt

Responsibilties:(Senior Translator – Localizer - Reviser - Team Leader - Group Manager - Project Manager)

January 2006– September 2006
Working as a freelance translator for NAHDET MISR Publishing

June 2003- September 2004
(Arab Radio & TV (ART) - Cairo – Egypt

Job Title: Freelance Translator

Responsibilities:
      • Subtitling stories, religious and historical texts in addition to Film Scripts

June 2003- September 2004
(Al-Arabia for Information Technology) - Cairo – Egypt

Job Title: Translator

List of Main Clients:

World Companies:

Dow Chemicals; RR Donnelly; Nokia; The Desjardins Group (Investing World Leader); Benq; 3M SAFETY AND SECURITY SOLUTIONS Company; VALCOMA HOLDING GMBH – Germany; ZEMSON GMBH.

Governmental and Semi-Governmental Departments & Authorities:

National Consultative Council; Abu Dhabi Municipality; Abu Dhabi Police GHQ; Dubai Police; Chamber of Commerce; Department of Planning & Economy; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Public Works; Ministry of Finance & Industry; Abu Dhabi Health Authority; Urban Planning Council; Abu Dhabi Distribution Company; Etisalat; Emirates Steel Industries (ESI); Higher Corporation for Specialized Economic Zones; Family Development Foundation; Food Control Authorities of GCC Countries; Road Transport Authority – Dubai; Civil Aviation – Dubai; Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC); Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company; Tripoli International Airport.

Oil & Gas Companies:

Dolphin Energy (Newsletters & Periodicals) covering the following subjects; Qatargas; ADCO (Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations); NDC (National Drilling Company); ADGAS (Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company Ltd); ADMA-OPCO (Abu Dhabi Marine Operations Company); GASCO; FERTILE; Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd.

Consultancy & General Contracting Companies:

Al DAR Properties PJSC; Emaar Developer; ADNEC Abu Dhabi; Etihad Airways.

Hotels:

Hilton Abu Dhabi; Amwaj Hotel; The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown; Ritz- Carlton; BIN AWEIDHA Group.

Finance & Banking:

Abu Dhabi Investment Company; Investment Bank (P.S.C.); Union National Bank; Abu Dhabi National Bank

Others:

Caracal – UAE; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.; Abu Dhabi Aviation Company;

Software:
• ICDL license in computer
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and related computer skill
• Trados Workbench, Trados MultiTerm, Trados Winalign, Adobe Acrobat, CAT tools

Operating Systems:
• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

• Adobe Acrobat
• PowerPoint
• SDLX Translation Suite
• TRADOS
• Wordfast