Amira El-Adawy

Education

• B.A Language & Translation Section, English Dept, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University.
o Grade: Good.   
o Graduation year: 1998
• Primary, Preparatory and High school: EGC(English School)

 Membership & Credentials

• Certified English<>Arabic Translator (ATN/APTS)
• Egyptian Translators and Linguists' Association.

Work Experience

•    2000-to date freelance translator  

• March 2008 – July 2008 Part-time translator –System Online (a company for developing Internet and Intranet systems)

• 1998-2001 Language Instructor ESP Centre, Alexandria University
• 2002- to date Language Instructor, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. 

Recent Work

• Translation of  vehicle owner manuals  (+80,000ws)

 • Translation of a website on a steam wash machine (+11,000ws)

 • Translation of a website on Photovoltaic technology and products (15,000ws)

• • Translation of The Reiki Handbook (5700 words)

 • Translation and proofreading of official documents on human rights of detainees (+19,000ws)

 •Translation of a political statement for the Committee for a Democratic UN.

 • Transcription  & translation & of audio interviews (around 225 mintes)

•Translation of manuals of electric and mechanical device(engines, generators, refrigerators, ..etc), more than 22000 words so far.

• Translation of Aviation texts (+ 11,000 words).
• Translating various texts on advertising including (resorts, washing powder, nutritional products).
• Translating various official documents including (marriage certificates, official letters, questionnaires, diploma certificates). 

 
• Translation of various documents and presentations for an International organization for people with disabilities (more than 10000 words so far).

• Proofreading and editing of The Egyptian Plumbing Code.
• Translation of a book about the Red Indian Civilization.
• Translation of “The Power of Thinking”, “Love Will Endure Forever” and “In Darkness You Find Light”, articles published on “Steps on The Road”, a bulletin issued by the ESSCR (The Egyptian Society for Spiritual and Cultural Research) (Volunteer work).
• Member in the translation team which translated  “Islam from Adam to Muhammad and Beyond”, a book by Ali, Aliaa and Aisha Rafea. It was translated into Arabic under the name الإسلام رسالة من قديم وإلى قادم
• Member in the translation team which was in charge of translating all the presentations given at “The Peace Responsibility Symposium”, 18 -20 January 2008 Hilton World Wide Resort, Cairo.
• Transcription and translation of technical IT presentations.
• Website localization.
• Teaching Translation Courses for postgraduate students.
• Translation of texts, document, letters and titles of thesis as part of my work duties.

• Teaching English courses in the following faculties:
(Nursing – Pharmacy – Medicine – Physical Education – Arts’History’, ’Theatre’, ’Semetic Languages’ – Fine Arts – Agriculture.
• Teaching Arabic Language Course for a Canadian Student.

Certificates 

• Sun Certified Programmer For the Jave 2 Platform(7,May 2002)
• ESP Certificate 1999, ESP Center, Alexandria University
( a certificate in teaching English for special purposes)

Training

 • ESP Winter Institute January 2003 (workshop in teaching English for Specific Purposes). IELP-II USAID
• Computer and Internet Workshop (Computer and Internet Training WBI 2000, February 13 – 17, 2000) IELP – II USAID.
• Marketing & Selling Workshop (EFL Business Development Training Program Marketing and Selling Workshops, October 99) IELP II USAID

Computer Skills

• MS Word (typing speed = 50 w/min. English and Arabic)
• DivXLand Media Subtitler 2.0.5
• VirtualDubMod  

CAT Tools

• Trados

 Website

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http://amira.el.adawi.name

• Adobe Acrobat
• PowerPoint
• TRADOS
• MS Office
  DivXland Subtitler