Shebl El-Gendy, Independent Senior Translator & Editor

Shebl El-Gendy

Independent Senior Translator & Editor

Future Group

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, English
Experience
14 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months

Independent Senior Translator & Editor at Future Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2010

* Specialized in technical translation, specifically hardware
* Senior translator/Translation editor in accounts: Dell, Ciena, DMG, Alcatel, HTC, Samsung, Nokia, Nikon, etc.
* Involved in various projects in different fields: marketing, legal, medical, scientific, general, etc.
* CAT Tools (Trados, SDLX, Logoport (Translation Workspace), WordFast, Transit, TransTool, etc.)

* Achievements:
- Translation Team Reviewer in Dell account, the second leading account in FG
- Trained five junior translators in this account
- Providing sessions on CAT tools, like Trados and SDLX
- Best translator of the month in December, 2010

Language Team Lead (Arabic) at Bayan-Tech
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2012 to May 2015

* For Arabic projects:
- Hardware localization team: translation and editing phases
- Part-timer in software projects
- Translation accounts: Google, Cisco, HTC, Olympus, Yahoo, Adobe, IBM, CPP, Coach, etc.
- Language sign-off/Voice-over/Transcription
- Coordination in translation education plans
- CAT tools: Trados, SDLX, WordFast, Translation Workspace, Idiom, LocStudio, Helium, etc.
- QA language software: XBench, Linguistic Toolbox (LTB), online QA tools like Moravia PQAC

Education

Bachelor's degree, English
  • at Faculty of Education
  • May 2008

Specialties & Skills

Proofreading
Education
Editing
Translation
CAT tools (for translation)
MS Office

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Groundwork Certificate in Written Translation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006
Valid Until:
April 2009
Professional Certificate in Print Media Translation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006
Valid Until:
April 2009