Bayan Taleb

Translation

General, Legal, Political, Education, Religion, translation, transcription, Syrian, Iraqi, Jordanian

Business General, Economics, Education, General, Islamic Studies, Law and Legal, Medicine (General), Religion, Science (General)

 

 

Email: bayanta@hotmail.com

 

Personal Information:

Nationality: Syrian

Country of residence: Jordan

 

Education:

      BA in English Literature from the English Department, Damascus University.

 

Certificates:

-        TOEFL.

-     IELTS. 

-         A Certified Professional Translator from the Arab Translators Network. (www.arabtranslators.org).

-        Wordfast certified.

 

Experience:

• Work as s freelance translator for the following:

- Al-Halabi Office in Almarjah, Damascus (2004 until 2007) (all kinds of topics, English >< Arabic).

- Aya Legal Translation, Dubai, UAE ( 2007 until 2009) (Legal, General and Marketing text, English > Arabic).

- YYZ Translations (Transcription project, Arabic > English).

- ATG Translations (a couple of English > Arabic projects).

- Aram Translation (transcription and translation projects, English >< Arabic, mainly about the iraqi conditions, tens of hours of transcription and tens of thousands of words, still counting!)

 

• A private English teacher.

 

Voluntary work:

• Taught basic computer skills as part of a nonprofit project for ending computer illiteracy (three courses in several institutes in Syria).
• The Koran Miracles Encyclopedia website: www.55a.net (2005 until 2007) (translating articles Arabic > English. Subject: Religion+ Science).
• Watching America (translating articles, Arabic > English. Subject: General and Political).
• Global Lives Project (subtitling+ translation, Arabic > English, about 2 hours).
• Landmine Monitor (about 7500 words English > Arabic).

 

Specializations:

Science (general)	Religion
Business/Commerce (general)	Tourism & Travel
Law: Contract(s)	Education
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters	Politics

 

References:

Provided upon request.

 

CAT tools:

Wordfast.

 

 

 

  

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