Solafa Al Jerjawi, Translator

Solafa Al Jerjawi

Translator

Freelancing

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Translation and Interpreting
Experience
12 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 11 Months

Translator at Freelancing
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since June 2011

I translate almost all genres that range from news and political articles to literary texts and medical articles.

Education

Master's degree, Translation and Interpreting
  • at American University of Sharjah
  • May 2011

This degree allowed me to master the art of translating texts with the minimum loss of meaning in the target text. I learned that the important thing is to maintain the spirit of the text and convey it in the best way possible whether semantically, syntactically or pragmatically. Interpreting was a hole different thing. I learned how to work under pressure on how to convey the meaning in the most accurate way possible.

Bachelor's degree, English Literature
  • at University of Damascus
  • July 2001

I studied in English literature department which did not include only English literature. It included linguistics, translation, phonetics, international literature and comparative literature. That experience allowed me to have a larger scope of all the components of English, literature, criticism, language and translation.

Specialties & Skills

Arabic grammar
Editing
Very good command of transalating into Arabic
Interested in cultures and crosscultural issues in translation
Interested in Arabic hertitage and history
Microsoft (Word - Powerpoint)
iOS (Pages - Slides - Textedit)

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Assistant practioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2003
French course (Training)
Training Institute:
Alliance Francaise
Diploma in Neuro Linguistic Programming (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2002

Hobbies

  • Reading in general; novels, non-fiction, politics and history.