insaf issa, Translator\ Interpreter \ Editor

insaf issa

Translator\ Interpreter \ Editor

Freelancer

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Bachelor's degree, English Translation/Linguistics
Experience
32 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :32 years, 3 Months

Translator\ Interpreter \ Editor at Freelancer
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since November 2014

 Translate and edit legal, commercial, political, literal, medical documents and texts.
 Prepare document on Microsoft application according to the required form to be translated.
 Translate tax return and other civil status forms.
 Translate legal contracts for selling and buying real estates and cars and other types of agreements.
 Translate terms of conditions and bill of lading and other related documents for shipping companies.
 Translate commercial certificates; copyright, trademark, joint liability company … etc.
 Edit translated books in terms of checking linguistic errors and rewrite some passages if needed. Check details and research information and references. (366 Stories from Quran and Hadith)
 Prepare and type legal documents in both Arabic and English - Sharia legislative documents and contracts.
 Translate children religious books - stories from the Holy Quran, and part of the book - the Vision of Islam
 Languages - from Arabic to English and English to Arabic.
 Organize required translated material and complete it according to set standards related to order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology

Head of Drama, , Script Writer & Music Department –Gr. 5, 6, & 7 at Int'l School of Choueifat - Abu Dhabi
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2010 to June 2014

 Prepare and handle all communication and correspondence procedures regarding every event of music and drama departments including paper work, protocols and decoration …etc.
 Train new teachers from our school and other branches such as al Ain and Khalifah, help them adopt with the Sabis points system, after preparing necessary charts, graphs, or forms that helps facilitate the training.
 Prepare write, rewrite, and direct the school plays and scripts, in addition to editing, standardizing and/or making changes to other writers’ materials.
 Train the senior Musical Concerts of the school (our school performed four musical plays three of them were written by me; Environment and Let’s Communicate. The third play was - Music Through Time - and the last one was a popular Musical called Annie).
 Teach music for grades 5, 6, and 7 - the school follows a curriculum of teaching note reading and playing recorder and history of music with listening to music example, and finally students provide a project about a composer or musical era.
 Train and instruct students in the music clubs; Recorder club, Instrumental club, Choir club for the Inter-Choueifat Regional Music Competition as it is held between all the school annually with around 300 to 400 participants.
 Participate in invigilation during final exams.
 Volunteer in counseling with students when a problem occurs or if I feel I am to interfere in order to solve a problem or to help students improve their personality or develop a certain skill.

School Production Director – Head of Drama & Music Dept., Script Writer – English Teacher at Maadi Narmer School - Narmer School Network
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2007 to July 2010

•  Review delivered documentation and recommending revisions or changes in scope, format, content, methods and material submitted by teachers in all other departments to be used for the school website.
 Proofreading for grammar and spelling of the submitted material for the school website.
 Teach English literature for Grade 7 (students resulted making their own magazine along with their own presentation of their audiovisual project - they also acted the play that they were studying - Macbeth).
 Write monthly progress reports about students and their academics and characteristics, including their conduct and personality progress.
 Teach Music and Drama for Grade 7 & 8 in the IG section.
 Direct the Musical plays of the school in terms of training students acting and movements on stage, facial and dramatic expressions along with the vocal effects. In addition to training the choir and direct the show as a whole.
 Participate in writing the grammar and literature exams for grade 7 - monthly and final exams.
 Hosting the school events such as Sports Day, Music concerts and Musical play, etc.
 Edit, revise, type the script of the chosen musical, and set it according to a certain adaptation which suits the school and social environment.

Music and Drama Teacher, Script Writer – Curriculum Developer for Music and Drama at International School of Choueifat - Amman
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2003 to July 2007

•  Prepare write, rewrite, and direct the school plays (our school performed four musical plays three of which were written by me; (Occupations, Around the World, and The Continents.)
 Teach music in the infant school according to the points system.
 Teach in the summer club for the upper grades of age group 10 - 15 years old.
 Participate in invigilation during final exams.
 Volunteer in counseling with students when a problem occurs or if I feel I am to interfere in order to solve a problem or to help students improve their personality or develop a certain skill.
 Develop a music curriculum for the KG department that copes with the themes of three main subjects; English, Arabic, and Math.

- Event Manager & Public Relations at National Music Conservatory - King Hussein Foundation
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 1991 to August 2003

 Plan and organize conferences, concerts, master classes, and workshops including all preparations and correspondence.
 Marketing campaign NMC events and educational courses - campaign (Succeeded to increase the audience number from 20 to 90% relatively, and co-founded regular audience on weekly basis within a calendar of events.
 Prepare press campaign - press releases and press conferences - for all events.
 Provide sponsors for the NMC events as the institution is an NGO.(founded an annual fund for student concerts)
 Organize annual summer camps including music educational program - age 4-14 years.
 In cooperation with Jerash Festival, NMC annually prepares classical concerts; Arab and Western Concerts for the NMC orchestra accompanying international Musicians and Conductors.
 Organize workshops for important musicians. One of the greatest musicians that I have organized and stayed during the whole work shop was Mr. YoYo Ma the popular Cellist and he gave more than one workshop and I have learned a lot from him in terms of organizational skills from him and his team. I have prepared more than 100 works shops and I have learned from every single session.
 Assist and then lecture music appreciation for adults who had no music background; explaining and simplifying operas and where music came from and how musician were influenced by society and their circumstances and how this affected their music…etc.

Education

Bachelor's degree, English Translation/Linguistics
  • at University of Zaytoonah Jordan
  • February 2007

Honor list, Dean's List, and President's list. Top Ten students for the last three years up to graduation.

Diploma, Piano/Musicology
  • at Higher Institute for Music
  • June 1990

Honor List, the Second Place on the Class of 1990

Specialties & Skills

Translational Research
Teaching English
Teamwork
Leadership Communication
Planning
Microsoft office
Class Management
Translation
Planning and Research
Brain Storming
School Inspection

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Red Crescent
  • Volunteer
  • August 2013

Training and Certifications

Advanced Microsoft Office 2007 (Training)
Training Institute:
The Information Technology Community
Date Attended:
September 2014
Duration:
36 hours
ADEC School Inspection Program – Part 2 (Training)
Training Institute:
Tribal Company
Date Attended:
October 2014
Duration:
16 hours
ADEC School Inspection Program – Part 1 (Training)
Training Institute:
Tribal Company
Date Attended:
August 2014
Duration:
16 hours
Perfect Translation Training Program (PTTP) – 500 hours (Training)
Training Institute:
Leading Arabian Trading Company
Date Attended:
November 2014
Duration:
500 hours