Peyman Nojoumian

Education
• PhD in Computational Linguistics, University of Ottawa
• MSc in Speech & Language Technology  2002-2003 Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Holder of Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) and International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) certificates in Speech and Language Technology
• MA in Linguistics, Allameh University, Tehran    1996-1999
• BA in English-Persian Translation, Allameh University, Tehran  1992-1996

Technical Skills
• CAT Tools: Trados, SLDX, and digital dictionaries
• Platforms & Applications: Windows 7 and Office 2010
• Graphic & Web Design: Adobe CS6 Suit with Middle Eastern version, HTML and XML, DTP with InDesign and PageMaker
• Language Proficiency: English: Near-native fluency  French & Dutch: Partial  
Arabic: Partial  Persian: Native-speaker
                                                                                                                                              
Work Experience
Localizer     Alberta-based company
• Working on-line based on a contract on a cell phone messaging database 

Software Localizer    Future Group, Egypt
• Worked on-line as a Software Localizer on Nokia, Epson and BGS projects (Freelance). Doing technical translations in various industrial and technological fields. 

Computational Linguist    L&H, Belgium (Nuance)
• Worked in the Linguistic Engineering Department (R&D) developing the Realspeak text-to-speech system. Designed and implemented a Morphological Decomposition Engine and a Parser. Created an enriched stem dictionary in MS-Access using VBA. Experience in speech recording, speech segmentation and processing. Worked on the development of linguistic resources, corpus processing, text analysis and speech base

Additional information:
• Associate Translator of the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario (ATIO)
• Member of The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
• Analytical, problem-solver, innovative, creative, fast learner

Reference:
• References are available upon request

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• TRADOS
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