Member since Apr '07
Working languages:Arabic to English
English to Arabic
French to Arabic
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| | Freelancer,  Verified member | | | Translation, Editing/proofreading, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling, Training |  | | Specializes in: | | Law: Contract(s) | Finance (general) | | Business/Commerce (general) | Economics | | Investment / Securities | Mechanics / Mech Engineering | | Manufacturing | Petroleum Eng/Sci |
| Also works in: | | Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) | Paper / Paper Manufacturing |
| | | Arabic to English - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 USD per word / 35 - 40 USD per hour
English to Arabic - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 USD per word / 35 - 40 USD per hour
French to Arabic - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 USD per word / 35 - 40 USD per hour
| | | Questions answered: 2, Questions asked: 0 Easy / 0 PRO | | | 1 projects entered | Project Details | Project Summary | Corroboration |
Translation
Volume: 12828 words
Completed: Oct 2007
Languages:
Arabic to English | 59-page translation of Kuwait/Egypt loan agreements and related decrees
Loan agreement between the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and the Government of Egypt; Project agreement between KFAED and Egypt's Social Fund for Development (SFD); Presidential resolution creating Egypt's SFD; Subsequent presidential resolution amending some provisions of the latter; Internal memorandum responding to a related legal query by the African Develoment Bank.
Finance (general) | No comment. |
| | | BA-Sorbonne Nouvelle - Licence in Arabic | | | Years of translation experience: 15. Registered at ProZ.com: Mar 2007. Became a member: Apr 2007. | | | N/A | | | N/A | | | DejaVu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint | | About me
ALISON BROOKS / RAED NAKSHBANDI
Nationality: American & British / Syrian
Native Language: English / Arabic
POB: Wisconsin, USA / Damascus, Syria
Working Languages: Arabic>English / English>Arabic, French>Arabic
Specialist Genres: Finance, Economics / Engineering, Legal, Islamic studies, Literature
Representative 2005-2007 Translations
(Joint since September 2007 only, otherwise Nakshbandi)
Arabic to English
Various loan agreements between Kuwait and Egypt, and a related Egyptian legislative decree - 59 pp, for US-based translation company
The 10th Syrian Five-Year Economic Plan - 60 pp, for State Planning Commission of Syria
Survey of Syrian Families on Standards of Living under the Socioeconomic Reforms - 275 pp, for Syrian Commission for Family Affairs
Syrian Legislative Decree No. 54: The Basic Financial Law - 12pp, for Syrian European Documentation Center
Support for Trade Regulation and Trade Promotion: Export Guide - 45pp, for UNDP
Technical Conditions for the Damascus Metro Project (Environment), Conditions for the Geotechnical Study of the Damascus Metro Tunnel, and Terms of Reference for the Executive Study of the Damascus Metro Green Line as Suggested by BCEOM - 25pp, for the Syrian Ministry of Transport
Enhancing the Syrian Government’s Implementation and Monitoring of the EU-Syria Association Agreement (Report) - 290pp, for the Institutional and Sector Modernization Facility (ISMF)
English to Arabic
Focus on Finance (SME training course material): - 105pp, for Syrian European Business Center
Feasibility Study on the Establishment of an Insurance Company in Syria
- 76pp, for Ernst & Young
Climate of Fear (report) - 18pp, for Human Rights Watch
Statutes, Financial and Accounting System, Faculty System - 60pp, for Al-Andalus Private University for Medical Sciences
Gender Equality in Sector Wide Approaches - A Reference Guide - 20pp, for OECD Development Assistance Committee
Legislative Decree No. 54 – the Basic Financial Law, 12pp, Syrian European Documentation Center
What Do We Know about Democratization after Twenty Years? by Barbara Geddes, in Annual Review of Political Science 2 (1999) - 30pp, for private client
Facets of Administrative Modernization: Principles and Cases from the Greek Experience, 70pp, Syrian Ministry of Finance
The Hidden Force, a novel by Louis Couperus, Daremar Publishers - 116pp, for private client
French to Arabic and Arabic to French
Brochure: Semaine culturelle iraquienne, 12 pp, for UNESCO
Décret Législatif No. 33 de l’an 2005 sur la lutte contre le blanchiment de l’argent et le financement du terrorisme - 14pp, for private client
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE - Alison Brooks
Lecturer in Finance, Arab European University, Damascus, Syria, September 2007 - Present
Founder and CEO, FinTuition Ltd (financial training company), London, 1996-2006
Created and expanded this financial training company, building up prestigious worldwide client list of international banks, securities firms and institutional investors. Sold in 2006, the company continues today under new ownership: http://www.fintuition.com
Associate, Director, Managing Director, London, 1985-1996
Lehman Brothers International, 1985-1987; DC Gardner & Co. (bank training), 1988-1990; Citicorp Investment Management, 1990-1991; Alison Brooks Associates (own financial training company), 1991-1996
Translator/Editor, Arabic to English
Center for Arab Unity Studies, Beirut, 1982
Translated many conference papers from Arabic and edited all the English text in the book Arab Monetary Integration (Croom Helm, London, 1983).
Associate Editor
Reader's Digest (Arabic edition), An-Nahar Newspaper, Beirut, Lebanon, 1981-1982
Translator, Arabic to English
Morning Press Report, Beirut, 1981
Translated Lebanese Arabic-language newspapers into English every morning, as part of a team of six people, all Lebanese except for myself.
Translator, Arabic to English
United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA), Beirut, 1980 - 1981
Translated various UN documents, field reports, etc., from Arabic into English. Attended annual ECWA conference in Baghdad, worked as French-English simultaneous interpreter at conference in Abu Dhabi.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE - Raed Nakshbandi
Private Consultant, Mechanical Engineering, 1998- Present
Worked with several industrial companies in the fields of machine maintenance, machine repair and renewal, installation of production lines, safety control, machine tool design, etc.
The activities of these companies include:
• Plastics (injection, extrusion, thermoforming, etc)
• Food (soft drinks, ice-cream, canning)
• Paper
• Printing
• Construction (ventilation, air–conditioning, central heating)
• Oil field services
QUALIFICATIONS
Alison Brooks
General Securities Representative Exam (Series 7), New York, NY
MSc, Foreign Service (Business Diplomacy), Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Recipient, Edward Weintal Scholarship for Writing on Foreign Affairs
Recipient, Award for Academic Excellence
Passed proficiency tests in both Arabic and French upon entry
Licence ès lettres in Arabic, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III)
BA, Linguistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Raed Nakshbandi
Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Department of Production Methods and Machine Design
University of Damascus
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