Ashraf Muhammad Amer

Contact Info

Mailing Address: Obour City – First District - Zone (5) - Building 301 (B) - Third Floor - Flat No. 24

Phone                       : +202 447 918 51

Fax                            : +202 447 918 57

Mobile  Phone       : +2 0100 - 27 304 89 - +2 0111 47 87 654

Website                    : http://www.TransProofEgypt.com

Default Email           : AshrafAmer@transproofegypt.com

Yahoo Messenger ID : AshrafAmer35@yahoo.co.uk (Primary IM)

Credentials

·                     Certified by ATN-APTS (Arab Translators Network - Arab Professional Translators Society)

·                     Certified by ETLA (Egyptian Translators & Linguists Association)

·         Testimonials:

o        On my Self-Promotion Page on TranslatorsCafe.com

o        On My Feedback Page on TranslatorsCafe.com (For TC members only!)

o        On My WWA ^(*) Page on ProZ.com (For ProZ members only!)
(*) WWA = Work With Again

·         My Published Works: (View) (Download)

Experience

- 2006-2011      Several Translation Agencies in Egypt & Abroad

Freelance Translator & Proofreader & Typesetter (Full Timer)

My Projects & Clients include the following:

·         Crestcom's gigantic management training course:
BulletProof Manager (800,000 words) (awarded twice 2007/8 & 2008/9)

·         University of Canberra,  (300,000 words) 2008-2009

·         A huge project about the British House of Commons
(250,000 words) 2007

·         Several Projects for the UK Government (244,000) 2009

·         DLA – Piper Dubai (UAE)  & Cairo (ARE) (350,000) 2010-2011

·         KPC (Kuwait Petroleum Corporation) & KNPC (Kuwait National Petroleum Company), Kuwait (98,000 words)

·         Masreya Media, Egypt (65,000 words)

·         STI (Steel Times International) Magazine, UK (73,000 words)

·         Baby Center, UK (63,500)

·         Cranfield University, UK  (29,000 words)

·         Taylors College, Australia   (20,000 words)

·         Several books printed and published by: Safeer Publishing House (Egypt) TipTop (Egypt) 2001-2007

·         Other clients: Weatherford Drilling International (WDI) - Panasonic – Sony – Toshiba – Mitsubishi – NHS (UK) - Abjad (UK/Egypt)

- 1994–2006                         Private Language Schools          Cairo, Egypt

English Teacher & (English Translator – Part Timer)

Excellent reputation!

Education

§     B.A., from the Faculty of Arts (English Department)

Year: 1994 University: Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

CAT  Tools

Wordfast Classic (I have purchased licence.)

Wordfast Professional (I have purchased licence.)

Computer Skills

MS Office     : MS Word – Excel – PowerPoint – Access

Web-design : (HTML – CSS - Java­Script)

I have designed my website www.TransProofEgypt.com myself using the bare codes of HTML and CSS!

Programming: Visual BASIC

Utilities include: Adobe Reader – Adobe Writer – WinZip – WinRar

Rates

Translation (Arabic<>English)^(*):

·         USD 0.06 per source word (English-Arabic non-technical jobs)

·         USD 0.07 per source word (Arabic-English non-technical jobs)

·         USD 0.08 per source word (English-Arabic technical jobs)

·         USD 0.09 per source word (Arabic-English technical jobs)

Proofreading (Arabic):

·         USD 0.04 per source word (*)

(*) 1- If CAT tools are used there will be an extra charge (at least 20%).

     2- For rush jobs there will be an extra charge (at least 30%).

Typesetting & DTP:

·         To be agreed according to the format of the source & target file(s).
(Word - Excel - PowerPoint – HTML - PDF – E-book – Autorun CDs etc.)

Payment Methods

Money Bookers - Western Union – Wire Transfer (I have got a bank account)

Daily Prod.

2,000 – 3,000 words

Days off

Friday & Saturday

Annual Leave

Month of Ramadan