Address: Zawyet Dahshour, Badrashain, Giza, Egypt                    E-mail: mmgawwad@g,ail.com

Home Tel: 002038054639                                                                     Cell: 0020109388812

MUHAMMAD MAHMOUD ABDUL-GAWWAD

Objective:- I seek challenge Translation Jobs posted by Progressive Organizations, where I can utilize my technical, creative and personal skills, my academic background and my experience, and to develop new skills and gain more experience in the field of translation and localization.

Education:-    BA degree in English/French<>Arabic Translation, Faculty of Al-Alsun, English  Department, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Languages:-               Spoken                 Read                      Written

                        ARABIC       Mother Tongue    Mother Tongue      Mother Tongue

                        ENGLISH     Excellent              Excellent                Excellent

                       FRENCH      Excellent              Excellent                Excellent

Experience:-            Dce. 2003 – Jan. 2005;

            ActSoft Co for Translation Services: (6 Dr. Hijazi St., Al-Sahafiyeen, Mohandeseen, ARE)

            Job Title:

            Senior Technical Translator/ Localizer, Gr. Manager& Revisor (Eng. > Arabic).

            Responsibilities:

v   Analyzing translation projects.

v   Translating IT, technical, medical and commercial works/ documents.

v Translating technical and marketing material for leading telecom and IT companies using standard translation tools including TRADOS Workbench.

v  Using standard localization and TM based tools: Trados & IMB CAT Tools

v  Conducting revisions on and checking translation production.

Done Localization, Translation and Revision Projects include: -

·  Sams' In 24-hour Series, including:

Teach Yourself Computer Basics in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Windows XP in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Word 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Excel 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Access 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Windows Server 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Microsoft Office ASP.NET 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Beginning Databases 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Web Services 2003 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself HTML and XHTML in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Flash MX 2004 in 24 Hours;

Teach Yourself Networking in 24 Hours.

·   Show Me Series!, including:

Microsoft Office 2003;

Microsoft Office Windows XP 2003;

Microsoft Office Word 2003;

Microsoft Office Excel 2003;

Microsoft Office Access 2003;

Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003;

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003;

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.

·  Visual Quickstart Guide Series, including:

Microsoft Office For Windows;

Microsoft Office XP For Windows;

Microsoft Office Word 2003 For Windows;

Microsoft Office Excel 2003 For Windows;

Microsoft Office Access 2003 For Windows;

Microsoft Office 3DS MAX 5 For Windows;

  NB. Working in other books is in progress.

Dce. 2003 – Present;

            Wathiqah Translation Company: (50 Al-Hijaz St., Mohandesseen. ARE)

            Job Title:

            Senior Translator/ Revisor & Gr. Manager (Arabic > Eng.)

            Responsibilities:

            Translating/ reviewing Islamic Books, historic texts & religion-related texts

            Done Localization, Translation and Revision Projects include: -

تصحيح الأخطاء بترجمة كتاب صحيح البخاري

كتاب "دعوة غير المسلمين إلى الإسلام".

كتاب "الفتاوى الجامعة للمرأة المسلمة".

كتاب "العبودية".

مجموعة كتب "فتاوى وأحكام".

كتاب "الصيام من البداية حتى الإسلام".

كتاب "عصرنا والعيش في زمانه الصعب".

كتاب "التربية الأسرية".

Dec. 2003 – Dec. 2003;

            AIS (Arabic Integrated Service): (9 Hafez Badawi St., 7^th District, Nasr City, Cairo, ARE).

            Job Title:

            Senior Technical Translator/ Localizer (Eng. <> Arabic)

            Responsibilities:

v  Analyzing localization projects.

v  Planning localization projects: setting objectives, defining required tasks and deliverables, scheduling and specifying timeframe.

v  Translating technical and marketing material for leading telecom and IT companies using standard translation tools including TRADOS Workbench.

v  Translating IT, technical, medical, commercial, scientific and literary works/ documents.

v  Translating and editing user manuals and documentation.

v  Managing and supervising a group of translators.

v  Conducting revisions on and checking translation production.

v  Using standard localization and TM based tools: TRADOS Workbench, TRADOS WinAlign, Trados MultiTerm, Adobe Acrobat…etc.

Done Localization, Translation and Revision Projects include: -

Building Digital Bridges; Egypt's Vision of the Information Society (Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt);

HP PSC 2500 Series “Printer” (HP);

New Pediatric Statements (Lexi-Comp Inc., The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO., and Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group, Inc);

SRP-300 Series “Calculator” (CASIO);

High Tolerance Pipe Couplings “MaxiFit, MaxiDaptor, MaxiStep, MaxitThread, MaxiFit Xtra, HandiRange, AquaFast, EasiRange, AquaGrip, UltraGrip, FlexLock, Juno”,  (Viking Johnson);

Stage Two Water Restrictions Are now in force in Melbourne (Australian Government);

Australian Official Website “Study in Australia”  (Australian Government). This website is targeting at overseas students and parents in United Arab Emirates region;

Calimero Help Text (NOKIA Mobile Cellular);

Annual Report – 2002 (European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI));

High Quality Baby Care and Travel Goods (Baby-Center^® Turkey);

ENJOY TAX-FREE SHOPPING IN ANTALYA (MIGROS Shopping Centre, Turkey);

Electronic Islamic Clock with Temperature (Power Electric Co. Asia);

MCIT’s Report – HR 2003 (Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt);

LSN Network Program Monitoring Examples of What to Measure to Monitor Progress. DRAFT-in PROGRESS (LSN Network);

Operation instruction of Series SDC-8410TEII 10DIGIT & SDC-8420TEII 12DIGIT “Calculators” (CASIO);

XNote Laptop “Reviewing previous translations and creating consistent TM” (LG Electronics, Inc., DigitalMate Co., Ltd);

Site Safety Rules (Avance UK) “Bakery Co.”;

QIBT Education Program (Mt Gravatt University, Australia);

DISTRIBUTION AND NETWORKING OF TELEVISION, VIDEO AND OTHER SIGNALS, INSTALLATION OF SUCH DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, AND CONTROL OF TELEVISION SETS (World Intellectual Property Organization, International Bureau);

170P, 09f & 201b “PC Monitors” (Philips);

The Online American Football Bet Options “Multilingual Assistance” (Intertops.com, online sports book and Casino);

CCTV Color Video Monitor, models WV-CQ200/G, WV-CV201E and WV-CV202E (Panasonic);

Notice of Privacy Practices (Children’s Hospital Boston);

Instruction Manual for Completing the Questionnaires on Education Statistics (UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS, Montreal, Canada). “Revision”;

Multi Level Marketing (MLM) ”The 5% Community,  the fastest-growing MLM company in Norway”;

AveS60 User Interface (NOKIA Mobile Cellular) ;

Windows software application for creating and editing 3D human faces with simple slider controls;

AMES Program: Quality Language and Literacy Services (New South Wales Department of Education and Training, Australia);

17” TFT-LCD Monitor “User Manual” (Beauty Of Technology);

Public Debt Management and Fiscal Vulnerability: Potential Roles for SAIs (Overseas Private Investment Corporation);

Outboard Motor (OBM), a portable petrol/ diesel driven power unit;

International Developments Concerning Transport & Environment (UN/ KSA);

Inmarsat Regional Broadband Global Area Network (Regional BGAN) Reference Manual (INMARSAT SATELLITE SYSTEMS);

Many Other small and medium sized translation jobs.

June 2002 – Dec. 2003;

            British Translation Center (BTC) & British Translation House (BTH)

            Job Title:

            Senior Translator/ Revisor (Eng./Fr.> Arabic)

            Responsibilities:

v  Translating legal, commercial, medical, technical, scientific, literary works.

v  Conducting revisions on and checking translation jobs.

v  Translating and editing user manuals and documentation.

June 2001- May 2002;

            MediaSoft Co. (Multimedia Production House)

            Job Title:

            Senior Translator (Arabic<>Eng.)

            Responsibilities:

v  Translating medical, , commercial, technical, religious, historical, legal and technical texts.

Jan. 2000 - May 2002;

            Heliopolis Business Center (HBC)

            Job Title:

            Translator (Eng. <> Arabic).

            Responsibilities:

v  Translating medical, legal, commercial, technical, scientific, literary works.

v  Translating and editing user manuals and documentation.

Aug. 1997 - Sept. 2000;

            Ummah Press Service (UPS)

            Job Title:

            Translator (Arabic<>Eng.)

            Responsibilities:

v   Translating medical, political, legal, commercial, military and artistic news.

NB. Throughout my work period, as a Full-time Translator, I contributed to accomplishing various translation jobs with many other Translation offices and Cos, such as World Translations, Kareem Translation, Arabize, Future Group and others. Now I work as an outsourcer for some translation-based companies in Egypt and Middle-East. I can also provide you with many work samples of mine as required.

Expertise Domains:-

Accounting, Agriculture, Architecture, Automotives (cars & trucks), Botany, Banking, Business & Commerce, Computers (general, hardware & software),  Ecology, Engineering (general, electrical & technical), Electronics, Finance, Government & Politics, Human Resources, Human Studies, Internet & Data Processing, Human resources, IT-based documentation, Journalism, Law, Localozation, Machinery, Marketing/Promotion, Medicine (general, instrumental, diseases, Pharmaceutical  & health care), Oil & Gas, Poultry, Telecommunication, Tourism & Travel, and Utilities. This is addition to All kinds of Brochures, Manuals & User Guides.

Freelance History

Qualifications:-

v  Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a co-operative work team member;

v  Strong research, investigation and analysis skills;

v  Ability to deal with ALL levels and branches and fields of written translation;

v  Ability to work under continuous work pressure;

v  Excellent command of Translation Tools.

Skills:-      Access to Computer

Software:

MS Office 97/2000/XP/2003, Internet Applications, Trados 5, Trados 5.5, Trados 6.0, Trados 6.5, Trados 7.0, IBM CAT Tools, MS Heluim, Déjà Vu X, Wordfast, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Indesign, Adobe FrameMaker, QuarkExpress, Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator, Coreldraw…etc.

Operating Systems:

Windows 98/NTME/2000/XP/XP sp3

Capacity:-             Five thousand (5,000) words per day

Rates:-                   Negotiable !

Reference:-           Available when required !

Work Samples:-   Available when required !

Personal Data:-

Full Name:     Muhammad Mahmoud Hussein

Last Name:    Abdul-Gawwad

DOB:              September 24^th , 1976

Address:        Zawyet Dah-shour, Al-Badrashain, Giza, Egypt.

Marital St.:     Married

Contact Means:-

Mobile:            0020109388812

Office Tel.:      0202 28054639

E-mails:          egyarabic_translation@yahoo.com

                         mmgawwad@gmail.com