| Translator's name: | Kawther |
| Language pair: | English to Arabic translator |
| Country of residence: | Egypt |
| Activity: | Active since 2026 |
| Membership status: | Basic member |
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Kawther Mahmoud Mohamed El Saeid ---------------------------------------------------- Personal information: • Mobile: +201096378585 • Email: kawther.elsaeid@gmail.com. • Address: 11 St. Samira Moussa – Fifth settlement –New Cairo – Cairo – Egypt. • Date of birth: 13 July, 1987. • Nationality: Egyptian. • Marital Status: Single. Profile & Objective: • Skilled English < > Arabic Subtitler/Translator/Reviewer/journalism enthusiast with an in-depth linguistic knowledge and a broad portfolio covering subtitling and translation activities ranging from complete works like books and Novels to texts from various fields (scientific, medical, marketing, legal … etc). Also, had extensive experience with media production (transcription, subtitling, dubbing), and a mild experience writing science communication short introductory articles on scientific topics. • Seeking a leading position in a distinguished organization where my skills and qualifications can be utilized and further developed within teamwork to accomplish meaningful services and aims. Working experience: 2019 to now English > Arabic Senior Translation Editor Springer Nature (current) Highlights: • Over the course of more than six years in this role, I reviewed and translated over 3 million words, ranging from science news, research abstracts to commentaries, editorials and opinion pieces, discussion papers for our regional portal; Nature Middle East and for several clients such as KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), KFAS Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, KAPSARC (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center). • Helped with the translation and revision of administrative documents for our regional operations. • Reviewed the subtitling of many videos (about 39) and streamlined our subtitling practices through establishing a subtitling style guide and conducting workshops with my fellow colleagues and our freelancers to facilitate and explain the application of these practices. • Contributed in establishing sections of our Springer Nature Arabic Style Guide. • Proposed engaging our audiences with periodic social media posts from a homegrown web-definitions library of scientific terms to simplify scientific concepts and terminology. Also, I catered about 60 terms to such library. • Added and revised over 700 terms our regional portal’s glossary. • Worked on improving the quality of our end products for the different publications we translate by cooperating with my teammates to establish a feedback system, provided several feedbacks and orientations to our translators and reviewers. • Took part in cross-team collaborations by catering occasional and periodic articles to our Engagement team and took part in the Life on land work group for promoting the UN SDG goals. • Contributed in our podcast production. 2017 to 2019 English < > Arabic Translator/Reviewer Bayan Tech for Translation and Localization Services (continuing later as a freelancer for the company) Highlights: • Contributed in the translation and revision of many projects such as: Mayo Clinic, Uber, Baidu, Google, Ajman international Conferences. 2014 to 2016 English < > Arabic Translator/Linguistic Reviser Pharmamed (continuing later as a freelancer for the company) Highlights: • Translated and revised various types of texts such as: Patents, ICFs (Informed consent forms), PILs (Patient information leaflets), SPCs (Summaries of pharmaceutical products characteristics), research articles as well as other legal documents for health authorities and pharmaceutical companies such as: Novartis, Abbvie, Merck Serono. 2013 to 2014 English < > Arabic subtitler/dubbing script writer Tanweer Group (continuing later as a freelancer for the company) Highlights: • Subtitled and provided dubbing script for many episodes of different kinds, including among others: - Golden Girls (sitcom) (dubbing) - Rules of engagement (sitcom) (subtitling) - Sci Fi (science show for Discovery channel) (dubbing and subtitling) - Are we there yet (sitcom) (subtitling) - My Kitchen rules (culinary competition) (subtitling) - Happy Endings (sitcom) (subtitling) - Man Caves (do it yourself show) (subtitling) - Sharkmen (National geographic series) (dubbing) - Iconoclasts (Economics) (subtitling) - Continued working as a freelancer with the company. 2011 to 2013 English < > Arabic Translator Elaph Translation Highlights: • Translated and revised a lot of texts from different kinds (EX: administrative, economic, legal, Technical, Education, Media...etc) for different multinational companies and governments such as: Audi, ADEC (Abu Dhabi Education Council), Radisson Blu Hotels, Abu Dhabi’s Road and Transportation Authority, National Geographic Channel, Lush for cosmetics and bath products, among several others 2009 to 2011 English < > Arabic Translator Hindawi Publishing Corporation (continuing later as a freelancer for the company Highlights: • Worked in Hindawi Publishing corporation and translated thirteen books: - The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi (political biography) - The Big Switch: Rewiring the world from Edison to Google (popular science) - The Stoning of Soraya (novel) - Peter Pan (children’s book) - Moby Dick (children’s book) - The Time machine (science fiction) - Inside Egypt: The Land of The Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution (politics) - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (children adventure story) - The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle (children’s book) - Martin Luther: A very short Introduction (biography) - Diplomacy: A very short Introduction (politics/history) - When news was new: A very short Introduction (journalism) - New Ideas from Dead Economists (economics) • Selected to co-translate the Egyptian Ministry’s Higher Education report for 2008. Training: 2008 – 2010 AUC’s translation diploma in Print Media Translation • Courses for the certificate: - Arabic Editing skills (course Grade: B) - Translation linguistics (Course Grade: A) - Contrastive analysis (Course Grade: A) - Arabic Grammar (Course Grade: A) - Lexicography & Terminology (Course Grade: A) - Research tools (Course Grade: A) - Economic Translation into Arabic (Course Grade: A) - Economic Translation into English (Course Grade: A) - Newspaper Translation into Arabic (Course Grade: A) - Newspaper Translation into English (Course Grade: A) - Translating Speeches (Course Grade: A) - Problem Solving Techniques (Course Grade: A) - Literary and Media Translation (Course Grade: A) 07/2008 - 09/2008 07/2008 - 09/2008 07/2007 - 09/2007 05/2011 - 06/2011 05/2011 - 06/2011 11/2019 - 12/2019 08/2021 - 09/2019 05/2021 - 12/2021 03/2019 - 12/2022 International Computer Driving License course (Information Systems Institute) Translation and editing course (The Egyptian Gazette journal) Course at Al- Jumhuria journal (Trainee translator in the foreign affairs department) Stress and Time Management course (Logic for Training and HR development) Master communications at Work (Taraqi for HR development) Advanced English conversation syllabus (British Council) Science Journalism Forum workshops Learning to Lead Workshop at Springer Nature Different soft skill Courses on LEAP! Learning platform Education: 2004 – 2008 Ain Shams University /faculty of Al-Alsun (English Department) • Accumulative grade: Good (77%) • Graduation research: Untranslatability. • Brief research description: Linguistic and cultural limitations on translation and problem-solving techniques applied to some stories by the Egyptian writer Yahya Haqqi • Research grade: Excellent. • Rank: Ranked number 14 over the entire department (600 students). Personal skills: • Used to teamwork. • Tolerant and patient. • Fast learner • Working under pressure • Time management • Effective communication skills Language skills: • Quality conscious translator. • Extensive knowledge of the English culture. • Thorough knowledge of English and Arabic linguistics. • Expert at using translation research tools. Computer skills: • Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power point). . • Internet: strong knowledge of all useful search tools. • Trados. • MemoQ. • Wordfast (Classic, Pro, Anywhere). • Memosource. • TWS (Translation Workspace). • Subtitle Edit. • Aegisub • Poliscript 3000. • Speed typing (into Arabic and into English). Languages: • Arabic: Mother tongue. • English: Fluent spoken and written. • German: Had 6 levels and still studying. • Others: Mildly acquainted with French (preparatory and high school) Hobbies: • Reading • Speed ball • Listening to music • Sight-seeing • Travelling Further documents shall be refurbished upon request. | |
