Freelance translator profile for Safwan Zahran



Translator's name:Safwan Zahran
Lanaguage pair:English to Arabic translator
Country of residence:Egypt
Activity:Acitive since 2013
Membership status:Basic member

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I am Safwan Zahran, Translator and Reviser English<>Arabic with 12 years experience. I worked as a translator in CI Capital Research (a CIB group member) for seven years (2006-2013), where I initiated all the Arabic products of the company (Arabic platform), such as the Arabic Daily Notes which in a part translated from CICR's English Daily Notes, and the other part from English websites in addition to some Arabic sources. Also, the most of my work was in the economic, financial and political fields. From the other side, as a freelancer for more than 12 years (2001-current), I have hands on all the other translation fields. All the references are available upon your request. My translation capacity; 7,000-10,000 words/day. I will be honored if I join your team work as a part-timer or freelancer. Finnaly I hope that my Resume meets your standards:


R E S U M E:


Safwan Zahran


Education:
University: Bachelor of Arts, English Department, Menofeya University, Egypt (1996 - 2000, Grade Good)

Languages:
- Arabic (Mother Tongue)
- English (Excellent Command)
- French (Good Command)


Courses:
- Trados Course in Elocalize Institution (Grade Excellent)
- Translation Course in the American Universty in Cairo (AUC) (Grade A+)


Work Experience:


12 years of experience as follows:
Full Time: 2005 - current
- Assistant Analyst & Translator in CI Capital Holding Research Co. (A CIB Group Mrember) (Sept., 2006 -Current)
- Head of Translation Team in Gold & Jewlery Magazine (2005 - 2006)


Part Time: (2001 - current)
- Translator in Gulf Center for the Strategic Studies
- Translator in El-Waqea El-Arabia Newspaper
- Translator in many translation agencies & Websites


Language Pairs:
- English to Arabic
- Arabic to English


Translation Fields:
The most of transaltion fields such as:
- Economic

- Financial

- Technical
- Information Technology
- Metals & Mining
- Political
- Press
- Education
- Religious
- Media


Work Skills:
- Fast yet accurate translation
- Desktop Publishing, Editing & Design books using Adobe PhotoShop,

MS. Word, MS. Publisher, Adobe Reader & Writer
- Work under pressure
- Best of timeliness


Computer Skills:
- Windows (98, 2000, Millinum, XP, Vista, 7)

- SDL Trados (Translators' WorkBench, Tag Editor)
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher)
- Adobe PhotoShop
- Adobe Reader & Writer
- Visual Basic
- Internet
- Lotus Notes Database
- Reuters
- Bloomberg

- Software and Hardware maintenance


Personal & Contact details:
- Address: Dokki, Giza, Egypt
- Date & place of birth: September 28, 1978, Menofeya, Egypt
- Gender: Male
- Religion: Muslim,
- Marital Status: Married
- Military Service: Exempted,
- Mobile: +00200108777657,
- E-Mail: Safw1@yahoo.com

All References Available Upon Request