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Noor Azlan Ahmad, Assoc CIPD
66, Jalan 10/27A Wangsa Maju Section 5, Setapak 53300 Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
+60123152890
+60341481977
mocklan@yahoo.com
mocklan52@gmail.com
Profile summary
I am Noor Azlan Ahmad and I am a freelance English-Malay translator. I passed the examination with distinction
for formal general translation conducted by the Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books (ITBM) in April 2014. I
had also attended 4-day Intensive workshop in editing at the same institute. Prior to this I had significant but
informal translation works during my studies and employment. Those were done as to communicate to the most
understandable version of documents, emails, HR policy, standard operating procedures, assignment, write-ups,
collective agreements and etc. to the targeted readers.
Malay has become my mother-tongue and I am also proficient in English, since I have been polished and trained
in these two languages. I am a Malaysian nationality and used to study in the United Kingdom. I had my first
degree in Accounting and Finance from the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK in 1997. Later after more
than a decade of experience particularly in Human Resources across a couple of industries, I pursued my Masters
of Business Administration (MBA) specializing in Strategic Management at the International Islamic University of
Malaysia (IIUM) and graduated in 2011. I am having more than 15 years of experience with different
organizations such as banking in CIMB and Bank Islam (M) Bhd, non-profit in the World Health Organization
(WHO) and government-linked in Sime Darby Berhad. During these phases, I have significantly gathered much
experience, giving me a strong insight of various areas of different industry. I had also completed the first level
Professional Membership in Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) in 2012 and later was awarded
an Associate Membership (Assoc CIPD) in 2014.
As I move on, I am right now pursuing my passion towards translation. With my vast experience working with
different people in different countries and culture, I see myself in great advantage to contribute into this industry
as a full time freelance translator
Academic Qualifications
Highest Qualification
Level
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Grade/CGPA
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Graduation
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Institution
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Master of Business Administration (MBA), Specializing in Strategic Management
3.417/4.00
August 2011
International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM)
2nd Highest Qualification
Level
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Grade/CGPA
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Graduation
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Institution
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Bachelor of Art (Honors) in Accounting and Finance
2nd Class
July 1997
Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
1
3rd Highest Qualification
Level
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Grade/CGPA
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Graduation
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Institution
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Diploma in Accountancy
3.44/4.00
July 1995
Mara Institute of Technology, Terengganu, Malaysia
Other Qualification
24 May 2014: Attended the 4-day Editing Workshop conducted by Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books
(ITBM)
19 Apr 2014: Completed a 10-day intensive course conducted by Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books
(ITBM) and passed the examination with distinction.
31 Jan 2014: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), UK
Associate Member: 23241581
Certified Human Resource Practitioner (CHRP)
Units:
1. Contributing to the Process of Job Analysis
2. Developing Coaching Skills for the Workplace
3. Understanding Organizations and the Role of Human Resources
4. Supporting Good Practice in Performance and Reward Management
5. Recording, Analyzing and Using Human Resources Information
6. Resourcing Talent
7. Supporting Change within Organizations
8. Developing Yourself as an Effective Human Resources or Learning and Development Practitioner
Experience
1. Founder/Co-owner
 Big Grin Enterprise
October 2012 – 31 March 2014
Food & Beverage Industry
Worked from scratch and successfully set up the restaurant from acquiring of equipment, manpower,
finalizing the documentation, financial budgets and the supply chains.
Involved directly on cost control through improvisation of supply chain, working hours, staff hospitality and
benefits, energy usage and cycle of demands/supplies.
Understudied the target markets, methods of marketing and promotions, social media interventions and
customer relationship management.
Some documents were translated from English to Malay for easier communications with relevant authorities
and customers.
Achievements:
Full fledge running business with comprehensive control of supply chain, accounts, marketing, human
resources and standard operating procedures.
Disposing the running business to the new owner as to focus into translation. Remaining 12.5% will be sold
off once terms have been agreed.
2. Assistant Vice President - HR Operations (HQ)
 Sime Darby Berhad
May 2012 – August 2012 (4 months) Wisma Sime Darby
Completed the assigned Project Tree – Salary Benchmarking for HQ.
Talent Management on critical positions in HQ – Closely worked with the Talent Management team.
Performance Calibration – annual performance review for each department in HQ. Meeting the stakeholders
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for calibration. This is for the purpose of annual performance increment and bonus pay out
Day to day operations of HR in Sime Darby HQ
Achievements:
Successfully implemented the assigned Project Tree for Sime Darby HQ
3. National Professional Officer (B) - Contract Management
 World Health Organization
January 2008 – January 2012 (4 years 1 month) Cyberjaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
WHO Global Service Centre (GSC)
Led several cross functional teams on special projects for the WHOGSC.
Spearheaded the planning and organizing of works or assigned tasks for the team.
Focal person for the team with the regions and other departments on Contract Management, Travels and
CRM (Siebel)
Led the Contract Management Team on the issuance of contracts for Fixed Term, Temporary 420.4,
Temporary 60 days or less, Conference Staff contracts – interpreters, revisers, and translators for WHO
regional offices such as WPRO - Manila, EURO – Copenhagen, SEARO – New Delhi, EMRO – Cairo and HQ
(Geneva, Switzerland including UNAIDS, UNICC, UNITAID and etc.).
Led the separation workflows including Repatriation Travels, payments of relocation and repatriation grant,
shipping and etc.
Managed and controlled the team to comply with the eSLAs and SOPs for the Contract Management Team
Selected and participated for the User Acceptance Tests (UAT) on the new system (Oracle database) in
Geneva, Switzerland (HQ for WHO)
Trained the team members in technical areas, business context of the organization and Oracle workarounds
for Contract Management.
Led and worked on the Data cleansing project for the HQ cases
Spearheaded the Service Requests (SIEBEL) logged
Achievements:
Successfully migrated the Contract Management, Benefits Administration and Travel functions in HQ and
other Regions to WHO Global Service Centre, Cyberjaya
Successfully implemented the User Acceptance Tests (UAT) on different modules in Geneva early of 2008
Successfully trained and coached the teams in HR for related modules – the pioneer teams
Worked with the HR Coordinator and other functional heads to establish the workflows, standard operating
procedures and e-SLA (Service Level Agreement)
Completed the data cleansing for HQ and other regions on omission during data migration
4. Manager Compensation & Benefits
 Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad
August 2007 – December 2007 (5 months) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Head for Payroll, HR Information System (HRIS), Medical Benefits, Staff Financing and HR Administration
Translated significantly the scheme of service from Malay to English for communication with the staff
members.
5. Assistant Manager, Benefit Section
 CIMB
September 1997 – July 2007 (9 years 11 months) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Medical Benefit, E-Leave and Retirement benefit
Translated most of English communications via email or official letters into Malay when communicating with
Government offices; e.g. Inland Revenue Department (IRD), Employee Provident Fund (EPF), Social Security
Organization (SOCSO) and etc.
Translated some collective agreements and HR policies from English to Malay when communicating.
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The price rate for translation:
English to Malay
Currency
Service
Rate (per source word)
Non-Technical
Technical
USD
US$0.10
US$0.15
MYR
RM0.20
RM0.25
Malay to English
Currency
Service
Rate (per source word)
Non-Technical
Technical
USD
US$0.15
US$0.20
MYR
RM0.25
RM0.30
Proofreading and Editing is 50% from the mentioned rates
Recent completed Translation
1. Completed Translation
English-Malays
No
No. of
Words
Title
Date
1
IBM Cognos Sales Performance Management on
Cloud
298
2
External Bracing
235
3
Mazda Genuine Trunk Tray: Installation and User's
Instructions
331
4
AVR-Advanced Functions
283
5
6
7
The Mapping of POs and PEOs According to Vision
and Mission of HEP UiTM
MQF Learning Outcomes and the BSc. (Hons.)
Foodservice Entrepreneurship Management
Learning Outcomes
Program Educational Outcome
4
138
28-May14
28-May14
28-May14
28-May14
31-May14
77
31-May14
110
31-May-
8
Program Learning Outcome
135
9
Programme Justification
110
Questionnaires on Entrepreneurship
816
10
14
31-May14
31-May14
10-Jun14
2. Proofread and Edit translated documents
English-Malays
No
1
No. of
Words
Title
Questionnaires on Ecosystem Recluster
Date
949
5
10-Jun14