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Member since Oct '07
Working languages:English to Arabic
Arabic to English
German to Arabic
| Ibrahim Nassef
VA, / Native in: Arabic  |  Contact:   
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| | Freelancer,  Verified member | | | Translation, Editing/proofreading, Subtitling, Post-editing, Transcription |  | | Specializes in: | | Poetry & Literature | Agriculture | | Internet, e-Commerce | Advertising / Public Relations | | Science (general) | Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | Textiles / Clothing / Fashion |
| Also works in: | | Media / Multimedia | Management | | Law (general) | Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | Fisheries | Education / Pedagogy | | Economics | Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | | Manufacturing | Government / Politics | | Nutrition | Marketing / Market Research |
| | | Arabic to English - Standard rate: 0.15 USD per word / 0 USD per hour
German to Arabic - Standard rate: 0.15 USD per word / 0 USD per hour
| | | Questions answered: 1, Questions asked: 0 Easy / 0 PRO | | | Sample translations submitted: 1| Arabic to English: زمن الغربة Away from Home | Source text - Arabic
بينما تتزايد أعداد البشر في العالم مع 8000 طفل يولدون كل ساعة، تتناقص الموارد المائية والغذائية خاصة في البلدان الفقيرة بشكل مطرد.
حيث يعاني سدس سكان العالم من سوء التغذية (16 مليون من حالات الفقر الشديد يعيشون في الولايات المتحدة)، ويموت بسبب المجاعة ثمانية عشر ألف طفل في اليوم جلهم من العالم النامي.
في وضع كهذا يغدو السعي للقمة العيش وتأمين قوت العيال أمرا ملحّا يدفع شباب بلدان الجنوب إلى الاتجاه نحو الشمال، حتى ولو رمياً بأنفسهم بين ذراعي مصير مجهول محفوف بشتى المخاطر، بما في ذلك احتمال خسارة حياتهم على قوارب الموت.
لم تعد بلدان الجنوب فحسب طاردة لأبنائها بعد فشلها في معركة التنمية، بل أصبحت أيضا مرتعا لنهب ثرواتها بتضافر جهود الفساد الداخلي والهيمنة الخارجية.
وخير مثال على ذلك البلدان العربية التي يمكنها أن تستوعب ثلاثة أضعاف حجم سكانها لو أحسنت استعمال وتوزيع ثرواتها النفطية والمعدنية والزراعية الهائلة واقتنعت بضرورة كسب معركة الديمقراطية.
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أما بلدان الشمال التي امتصت خيرات بلدان الجنوب بما فيها طاقاتها البشرية يوم كانت بحاجة لسواعدهم وشبابهم لبنائها العمراني والديمغرافي، فقد شرعت منذ إغلاق حدودها في سن قوانين أشد إجحافا بهؤلاء المهاجرين.
وذلك للتخلص ممن اعتبرتهم فائضا لا حاجة لها بهم، وانتقاء من هي بحاجة له فقط من اختصاصييهم الذين لم تنفق مليما على تعليمهم. ولم تعد بالتالي الحظوة بأوراقها الشرط الكافي لتجنب المهانة والتشرد والجوع في عالم يفترض أنه بات قرية كونية في زمن العولمة وثورة الاتصالات..
| Translation - English
As the world’s population grows by 8000 newborns every hour, water and food recourses especially in poor countries are on a continuous decline. One sixth of the world inhabitants suffer from malnourishment (16 millions people under the poverty line live in the USA) 18000 children mostly from developing countries die of famine every single day.
Under such conditions, putting food on the table becomes a necessity that drives the young people from southern countries to go north even under very risky conditions including facing the possibility of loosing their lives on the death boats.
After failing to keep up in the development race, those counties in the southern hemisphere do not only expel their own citizens, they also became a breeding ground for elements that exploit and waste its own wealth. Both internal corruption and foreign dominance orchestrate their efforts for achieving this goal.
The Arabic countries are the best example for such a phenomenon. They could easily triple their current population with better management and distribution of their enormous oil, mineral and agricultural resources, and with acknowledgement of the importance of winning the bid for a true democracy.
As for the countries in the northern hemisphere which have exploited the wealth of the southern countries including their human resources back then when they needed them for laying its urban and demographic foundation, these countries began –after sealing its borders- issuing and implementing of tougher and unfair immigration laws. It is time to get rid of what they consider to be an unneeded population surplus and be selective in choosing needed specialists on which education they didn’t spend a dime.
Consequently, just getting the legal residency in those countries is not enough anymore to avoid humiliation, homelessness and famine in world which is supposed to become a global village in the age of globalization and telecommunication revolution.
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| | | Years of translation experience: 15. Registered at ProZ.com: Oct 2007. Became a member: Oct 2007. | | | English to Arabic (University of Graz/ Austria)
Arabic to English (BA from the University of Graz/Austria)
German to Arabic (Mag. Phil. Universitaet Graz/Austria)
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Currently, I am working as a freelancer for transcription and translation of Audio files [various Arabic dialects] into English. Moreover, I am in the final phase of the certification process to become a certified Arabic language tester for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ACTFL and the Defense Language Institute DLI. |
Keywords: Audio files transcription, translation, editing. |
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