Ann-Christine Aida Nassar

Languages

1. Arabic and Swedish (native speaker)

2. French (since 1998)

3. English (since childhood)

Education

2002 Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Score 263/300.

1999 Diplôme d´Etudes Françaises, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon.

1997 Master of Arts in Arabic (minor in Middle Eastern Studies) from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

1991 Courses in English at the City Lit in London, England.

Translation Experience

Ongoing Translation and Interpreting Assignments

• Translator of legal documents, letters, appeals, receipts, CVs, attestations and certificates, among other documents, from Arabic, English and French into Swedish.
  

• Translator of health-related information sheets dealing with maternity, breast-feeding, gay rights, etc, from Swedish into Arabic.
  

• Over 1000 hours of French <> Arabic interpretation for the Criminal Investigation Department and the Border Service, Dijon.
  

• Translator of information the city council distributes to its inhabitants, in many fields, such as mother- and child care, rights of gays,
  rights of newly arrived immigrants to Sweden, existing sport activities in the cities, Domestic Violence Hotline, etc... SV > AR. Ongoing since three years.

Representative Ad Hoc Assignments

• Translated political parties' election campaign for 2010, SV > AR.

• Translated medical documents EN > SV.

• Translated the reformed educational system in Secondary schools in Sweden, SV > AR.

• Translated  over 500 letters and application forms for immigrants seeking asylum in Sweden, SV > AR.

• Translated food label documents EN > AR.

• Translated skin care documents EN > SV.

• Translated legal documents FR > SV.

• Translated Astid Lindgren's story 'Emil i Lönneberga', SV > AR.

• Translated a much debated article about the Lars Vilks affair, SV > AR.

• Translated a user manual for diabetics, SV > AR.

• Translated a user manual EN > SV for industrial engineers.

• Interpreter and translator EN <> AR <> FR for the Border Service at Charles de Gaulle Airport.

• Translated 20 stories AR > SV for Dr Zuhayr al-Adhami, senior visiting lecturer at the University of Uppsala.

• Guide, interpreter and trainee for Caritas Internationalis in Lebanon. Accompanied Caritas Sweden groups inspecting ongoing projects. Updated all projects (receipts, file creation, data entry) for which Caritas Sweden was responsible.

Teaching Experience

Member of the Arabic examining jury at the CNFPT, French inter-regional centre for public service admission exams.

Multi-level English teacher for Globe Langue Solution, Buc, France.

Multi-level English teacher at Dijon area.

Multi-level Arabic teacher for college students, School of Commerce, Dijon.

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