Senior Translator
Supreme Education Council
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :30 years, 6 أشهر
Reference to your advertisement about your need for a Professional Translator, I assure you that I have the necessary educational background and over 15 years professional experience in various fields of translation, English to Arabic and vice verse, both oral and written at Qatar News Agency and the Supreme Education Council. I also have excellent knowledge of the gulf, its culture, customs, politics and economy as I have been living and working in Qatar since 1982, and have visited all the GCC states. I am familiar with various oral and written translation works particularly in the trade, finance, business, legal, journalism, educational, cultural and technical fields.
You will find attached a brief summary of my educational background and some of the training courses I have participated in as well as jobs held since I graduated from college and after obtaining a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA in 1980.
My present job is "Senior Translator" at the Supreme Education Council and before that I worked as Senior Editor - Translator - English Desk at Qatar News Agency. I also worked for the German News Agency /dpa/ as correspondent in Qatar, and Part-Time Editor/Translator at Aljazeera.net.
Hoping to receive a positive response, I remain
Sincerely Yours
Abdel Ghaffar El-Dawi
Translate/Edit news and media reports from Arabic to English and vice-verse
Lead, coordinate and edit the work of a team of translators.