A. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full Name: Ahmed Ismaiel El Sayed
Address: 67 Al Fath St., Fliming, Alexandria, Egypt.
Date of Birth: 26/08/1978
Mobile: +201002808663
Home: +2035839654
Nationality: Egyptian
Marital Status: Married with two children.
Email: aboukarim@gmail.com
B. EDUCATION
Year: 2000
Degree: Bachelor of Arts Major: Linguistics and Translation
Granting Institution: Alexandria University, Faculty of Arts, English Department
C. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE
03/2011–Present
Translator from Home Office, 67 Al Fath Street, Fliming,
06/2006–11/2007
Alexandria, Egypt
Position Title: Freelance Translator
Relevant Skills: Arabic to English and English to Arabic Translation, Proofreading, Editing,
Transcription, Language Training, Research, Quality Control, Summarizing, and
Scanning. Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Arabic culture, language/dialects, and idioms.
Self-motivated. Patient, cooperative, and good listener. Team worker. Professional. Able to
interact with technicians, professionals, and executives in industry and government. Superior
organizational and prioritization skills including punctuality, consistency, and the ability to meet
deliverable deadlines. Excellent communication skills (e.g., strong oral, presentation, and
written communication skills). Able to handle complaints and difficult situations in a patient,
calm, and effective way. Ability to work under pressure and without supervision. Able to use a
variety of software including MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; Trados; GTT; XTM; and World
Idiom Server.
Description of Current Project: Freelance Translator supporting about 13 clients, each with
diverse requirements; translating approximately 2,000 words per day for legal and political
clients in various legal, political, military, tourist, administrative, construction, engineering and
educational areas.
Description of Role on Current Project: Translating and proofreading from English to
Arabic and vice versa for various translation agencies that deal with large organizations and
firms such as United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), US Department of Defense (DoD),
Etihad Airways, Oman Airways, and www.booking.com. Provides translation from Arabic into
English and vice versa for multiple departments in the organizations and companies as an SME
in Arabic culture and language/dialects. Translates various kinds of legal documents, including
Powers of Attorney (POAs), cases, hearings, contracts, memos, non-disclosure agreements
(NDAs), non-compete agreements (NCAs), pledge agreements, employment agreements, rental
agreements, dissolution of partnership agreements, partnership agreements, and codes of
conduct. Translated more than 15,000 for official use only (FOUO) unclassified and classified
directives and orders, a huge volume (in the thousands) of tribunals and hearings for
determining the status of terrorists and enemy combatants, and a huge number of political
analyses articles and news updates about the Middle East. Used Translation-Related Services
(TRS) to prepare, translate, and edit PowerPoint presentations and other training documents on
search and rescue (SAR) and gender-based violence (GBV). Translates marketing surveys and
promotions, business cards and promotional material, business offers, insurance offers and
feasibility studies, finance reports, accounts, balance sheets, and customs clearance documents
such as bills of lading and various commercial invoices, certificates of origin, and shipping
labels. Translated a wide array of documents and education and e-learning materials in various
fields (such as social sciences, languages, mathematics, religion, business, and administration)
including brochures, training programs, research reports, and textbooks; educational surveys and
education marketing material; testing material, guide books, and special educational programs;
certificates of study; dissertations and thesis translations; and research projects, training
material, and academic papers. Translated a large amount of web content for www.booking.com
about hotels, resorts, and various tourist destinations all over the world that were published
online and translated a large amount of traveler reviews for Lionbridge for
www.tripadvisor.com. Accomplishments: Translated more than 35,000 documents in 12 years
of working as a translator. Interpreted more than 700 hours of meetings.
11/2007–02/2011
African Bottling Operations (Pepsi), Tripoli, Libya.
Position Title: Translator, Interpreter, and Executive Secretary (Reporting to Managing
Director)
Relevant Skills: Translation, Interpretation, and Executive and Administrative work
Description of Previous Project: Performing all Arabic to English and English to Arabic
translation, interpretation, and administrative work for various departments
Description of Role on Previous Project: Translated from Arabic to English and vice versa a
large volume of complex correspondence exchanged between the company and the government.
Drafted business communication and translated technical documentation relevant to work such
as internal memos, reports, newsletters, presentations, and minutes of meetings in English and
Arabic. Translated into English various Libyan government regulations and decrees related to
company operations, a miscellany of reports and circulars published by government agencies,
and newspaper articles of interest to the company. Translated into Arabic a variety of very
technical and involved contracts awarded by the company to local contractors and various
current and confidential reports to the government. Translated customs clearance documents
such as bills of lading and various commercial invoices, certificates of origin, and shipping
labels and documents. Also translated lists of spare parts and goods. Translated finance
accounts, balance sheets, monthly reports, loan agreements, and feasibility studies and estimates.
Translated technical documents including machines and tools manuals; safety instructions,
procedures, and checklists; and operation instructions and guidelines for the plant. Performed all
interpretation tasks in meetings among high-level management (English speakers) and
employees, customers, and officials. Performed all interpretation tasks in field visits and
orientation meetings with employees. Performed secretarial work. Prepared, registered, and
revised all outgoing correspondence of all departments; received, classified, translated, and
registered all incoming correspondence; handled phone calls, faxes, emails, and various queries;
arranged meetings, took notes, prepared meetings minutes, and followed up on issues; received
customers and guests to register their inquiries and informed management (English speakers) of
their issues and problems; followed up on various issues; filed documentation, processed all
paperwork, and performed daily administrative tasks; liaised and coordinated with all
departments in accordance with the instructions of the Managing Director.
Achievements/Impacts: Added value by providing translation, interpretation, coordination, and
teamwork to multiple departments across the organization.
04/2001–06/2006
Advanced Multi-Lingual Systems (AMLS) Software Co.
Position Title: Senior Translator, Lexicon Developer
Relevant Skills: Translation, Lexical Subcategorization, Lexical Taxonomy, Language
Research
Description of Previous Project: Translated an English database to be used as the core of a
machine translation project, including WordNet, Oxford Dictionary, and a large Corpus
Description of Role on Previous Project: Performed lexical Transfer of all lexical terminology
in all language registers; developed and handled the lexical database of a machine translation
engine based on the indirect, extensive linguistic knowledge approach; classified the lexical
database according to a semantic feature-based system (decompositional approach);
subcategorized the various parts of speech of the lexical database in order to use it within the
semantic parsing module; tested various modules of the machine translation system including
lexical database handling, lexical transfer and translation, and detecting the problems that occur
within the parsing module; and performed technical writing including preparing help files for
software developed by the company. Supervised, trained, and orientated 11 linguists throughout
the process of machine translation program development, including training them on lexical
taxonomy; syntactic, morphological, and lexical subcategorization; and lexical transfer through
preparing presentation and training materials and holding meetings.
Achievements: Participated in developing a machine translation tool, supervised a team of 11
linguists, participated in developing a parser tool and a bilingual corpus, participated in
preparing a huge language database, and participated in performing subcategorization and
taxonomical categorization of all lexical items.
D. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP
Member of Arab Translators Network
Platinum member of proZ.com: http://www.proz.com/pro/65797