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Tarek Salem

Tarek Salem

Senior Translator/Interpreter

Summary

1. Translator/interpreter with 10+ years of experience in various fields in the translation industry, including legal translation, financial translation, technical translation, pedagogical translation and general translation; as well as simultaneous and consecutive interpretation. Possess experience in working for both private and public sectors.
2. Language paris: English <> Arabic & Italian <> Arabic.
3. Educational qualifications: Bachelor degree in literature and translation, 2 post-graduation translation and interpretation diplomas, and Master's Degree in Translation Studies at University of Birmingham (Merit).
4. Certificates: Test Of Legal English Skills (TOLES) and Qualified Translator (MITI) .
5. Memberships: ITI association.
6. Other qualifications: administrative assistance, web development, and data Analytics.
7. Interests: Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
4
4
Languages

Work History

Freelancer Translator

Self-employed
01.2013 - Current
  • Translate different projects in the legal, financial, educational, and technical fields with local (Egypt), regional (UAE) and international clients (US and Europe).
  • Provide OVI interpretation services to international clients (US).
  • Consult specialized dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books to identify closest equivalents for nuanced terminology, words and phrases.
    Confer with subject matter experts and other colleagues to establish precise understanding of specialized concepts.
    Replicate flow, style and overall meaning of original texts.
    Work with other translators to facilitate real time conversations.
  • Draft tailored memos, minutes, and other documents according to the client request.
  • Provide customer care and customer support services to various projects.

Senior Translator/Interpreter

Public Prosecution Of Emirate Of Ras Al Khaimah (Julfar Consultancy Services)
Cairo
08.2023 - 10.2023
  • Translate legal cases documents from English to Arabic and from Arabic to English.
  • Provide life consecutive interpretation from English to Arabic and from Arabic to English in court sessions and Public Prosecution investigations.
  • Review final works made by colleagues to spot and correct errors in punctuation, grammar, and translation.

Legal Translator

Shuraa Management & Consultancy LLC
Dubai
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Translate Memorandums of Association (MOAs), Powers of Attorney (POAs), Contracts and all other sorts of legal documents.
  • Draft memos, emails and letters tailored to satisfy the clients needs as per their instructions.
  • Assume additional admin tasks including typing different forms as needed.

Administrative Assistant /Translator

Trade and Domestic Market Enhancement Programme (TDMEP)
Cairo
09.2018 - 09.2019
  • Work for Trade and Domestic Market Enhancement Programme (TDMEP), It is a cooperation program between the European Union Delegation in Egypt, Ministry of international cooperation of Egypt and Ministry of Trade and Industry of Egypt.
  • Perform various administrative tasks along with translation assignments, according to the Terms of Reference of my position in the program: Program Assistant (2). These tasks included translating documents related to the industrial aspects in Egypt's 2030 Vision. These aspects included policies, good governance practices, internal migration problem and solutions, urban planning and border control.

Senior Translator & Reviewer

Elaph Translation
Cairo
04.2016 - 02.2018
  • Perform a wide variety of translation tasks, including the general, legal, technical, marketing and medical texts.
  • Assign translation work to other translators.
  • Review other translators work and provide feedback and score.
  • Manage projects from start to finish.
  • Act as team leader.

Translator

Leadership Training and Consultancy (LTC)
Cairo
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Translate content of human development programs.
  • Translate creative and advertising materials while maintaining the style and tone of the original texts.
  • Draft target language texts tailored to specific audience.

Translator

Arabic Trader LLC
Cairo
06.2012 - 05.2014
  • Translate some pieces of news and articles about Foreign
    Exchange Market (i.e. fundamental and technical analysis of
    foreign currencies, central banks' statements and speeches in the U.S., Europe and Asia from many financial websites) from English into Arabic.

Customer Care Representative

Stream Global Services (now Concentrix)
Cairo
06.2011 - 05.2012
  • Help large volume of customers every day with positive attitude and focus on customer satisfaction.
  • Assist call-in customers with questions and orders.
  • Resolve concerns with products or services to help with retention and drive sales.
  • Respond to customer needs through competent customer service and prompt problem-solving.
  • Activate services and/or products for customers.
  • Resolve billing issues for customers.
  • Resolve technical problems for customers.

Education

Master of Arts - Translation Studies

LCAHM, University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
04.2020 - 2023.07

Professional Diploma - Legal & UN Translation Diploma

The American University in Cairo (AUC)
Cairo, Egypt
06.2016 - 2017.08

Academic Diploma - Translation & Interpretation Diploma

Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
09.2012 - 2014.06

Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics & Translation

Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
08.2007 - 2011.06

Skills

    Translation

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Certification

Test of Legal English Skills (TOLES)

Affiliations

Institute of Translation & Interpreting (ITI)

Qualified (MITI) Translator

Membership No. 00020809.

Software

SDL Trados

Microsoft Office

Volunteering

1- Translators Without Boarders (TWB) [ Online ]
Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS)

Translate documents related to how to keep children safe in areas of conflict.


2- EU Aid Volunteers [ Online ]
Online Volunteer: Translator from English to Arabic for GVC Tunisia

Translate documents to help vulnerable groups, specifically Syrian refugees, survive in the refugees camps.

Timeline

Senior Translator/Interpreter

Public Prosecution Of Emirate Of Ras Al Khaimah (Julfar Consultancy Services)
08.2023 - 10.2023

Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

06-2021

Master of Arts - Translation Studies

LCAHM, University of Birmingham
04.2020 - 2023.07

Legal Translator

Shuraa Management & Consultancy LLC
01.2020 - 01.2022

Web Development Diploma

11-2019

ACTFL (RPT) - Advanced High

09-2019

ACTFL (WPT) - Superior

09-2019

ISO 17100:2015, Translation services

11-2018

Administrative Assistant /Translator

Trade and Domestic Market Enhancement Programme (TDMEP)
09.2018 - 09.2019
Test of Legal English Skills (TOLES)
08-2018

Professional Diploma - Legal & UN Translation Diploma

The American University in Cairo (AUC)
06.2016 - 2017.08

Senior Translator & Reviewer

Elaph Translation
04.2016 - 02.2018

Translator

Leadership Training and Consultancy (LTC)
01.2015 - 01.2016

Freelancer Translator

Self-employed
01.2013 - Current

Academic Diploma - Translation & Interpretation Diploma

Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University
09.2012 - 2014.06

Translator

Arabic Trader LLC
06.2012 - 05.2014

Customer Care Representative

Stream Global Services (now Concentrix)
06.2011 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics & Translation

Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University
08.2007 - 2011.06
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