Freelance translator profile for Latifa Mahmoud Ibrahim Salama



Translator's name:Latifa Mahmoud Ibrahim Salama
Lanaguage pair:English to Arabic translator
Country of residence:Egypt
Activity:Acitive since 2010
Membership status:Basic member

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LATIFA M. IBRAHIM
Translator, Interpreter, Proofreader, Subtitler

CONTACT DATA

Telephone : 002 02 2369 4071
Fax : 002 02 2369 4071
Mobile : 002 010 708 6626
E-mail : latifasalama@yahoo.com, latifasalama@gmail.com


PERSONAL DATA

Nationality : Egyptian
Date of Birth : 28 Dec, 1970
Address : 50 Hamouda St., 2nd Floor, Apt. 8, Hadayek Helwan
City : Cairo
Postal Code : 11433
Country : Egypt

QUALIFICATIONS
 B.A. IN ENGLISH, WITH GENERAL GRADE “GOOD”, 1992
 2 YEAR TRANSLATION DIPLOMA:
AUC Professional Certificate in Written Translation:
a) Groundwork in Written Translation (GWT)
b) Print Media Translation (PMT)
c) Legal and UN Translation (LUT)
Simultaneous Interpretation Certificate:
a) Simultaneous Interpretation
b) Consecutive and at Sight

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 till now
Cairo, Egypt
Working as a translator on a piecemeal basis with Ashraf Zakariyya Law Office specializing in patents and articles of association.

2002 till now
Cairo, Egypt
Working as a full-time freelance translator dealing with prestigious translation agencies and direct clients. My work includes translation, revision and proofreading. I translated a great variety of documents in various specialties as mentioned below.

1998 till 2003
Sabra Translation Office
Giza, Egypt
Worked as a translator on a piecemeal basis with Sabra Translation Office. I was specialized in legal translation. I translated a variety of documents, including articles of association and incorporation, by-laws, certificates, contracts, powers of attorney, etc.

1995- 1996
Palm Press
Cairo, Egypt
Worked as full-time translator.

1992- 1994
Faculty of Specific Education
Egypt
Worked as a demonstrator

SPECIALTY
Specialized in the following fields:
(1) Accounting
(2) Automotive
(3) Bus/ Financial
(4) Environmental & Ecology
(5) Human Resources
(6) Human Rights & Refugees
(7) Legal & Patents
(8) Management
(9) Marketing
(10) Medical
(11) Religious
(12) Technical

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
My accomplishments can be classified by field as follows:

ACCOUNTING
 Accounting book about accounting for non-accountants
 Balance sheets
 Budget proposals

AUTOMOTIVE
 Owner’s manuals

BUS/FINANCIAL
 Annual & half-year bank reports
 Bank minutes
 Company profiles
 Press releases
 SMEs documents

EDUCATION
 Course and training material
 Education credentials

ENVIRONMENT
 Environmental reviews

HUMAN RESOURCES
 Textbook on personnel motivation

HUMAN RIGHTS & REFUGEES
 Press releases on human rights defenders status
 Reports on human rights abuses
 A handbook on national human rights institutions (NHRIs)

LEGAL
 Articles of Associations
 Certificates of Incorporation
 Birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates
 By-laws
 Construction, employment, and supply contracts
 Legal briefs and lawsuits
 Powers of attorney

MANAGEMENT
 Textbooks dealing with time management, effective delegation, etc.

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
 A series of marketing books:
- Introduction to Marketing
- Customer Care
- Advertising and Promotion
- Pricing and Pricing Strategies
- Product Planning
- Target Markets
 A book about building public relations

MEDICAL
 Contact lenses flyers
 A brochure about cochlear implant system

RELIGIOUS
 A book about the religion of Islam

TECHNICAL
 Website translation

TOURISM
 Hotel fliers

TURNAROUND
 Non-Technical Translation: 3000 words/day
 Technical Translation: 2000 words/day

LANGUAGE PAIRS IN TRANSLATION
Translating from and into the following pairs:
 English to Arabic
 Arabic to English

CERTIFICATION
 Certified Translator by Arab Translators Network