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Working languages:
English to Arabic
Arabic to English

Khaled Al-Shehari
SDL TRADOS Certified Arabic Translation

United Kingdom
Local time: 05:11 GMT (GMT+0)

Native in: Arabic Native in Arabic
Willingness
to Work Again

6 Positive entries

Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling, Training, Desktop publishing, Project management, Vendor management, Sales, Operations management
Expertise
Specializes in:
Advertising / Public RelationsLaw: Contract(s)
Law (general)Media / Multimedia
JournalismInsurance
Finance (general)Economics
Business/Commerce (general)Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright

KudoZ activity Questions answered: 15, Questions asked: 1 Easy / 40 PRO, PRO-level points: 8
Project History 52 projects entered    23 positive feedback from outsourcers

Blue Board entries made by this user  6 entries

Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 3

Experience Years of translation experience: 11. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2000. Became a member: Mar 2005.
Credentials English to Arabic (UMIST, verified)
Arabic to English (UMIST, verified)
Memberships N/A
TeamsArabic PRO linguists
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, FrameMaker, Frontpage, Indesign, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Pagemaker, Powerpoint, QuarkXPress, SDL TRADOS
SDL TRADOS Translator's Workbench Certified
Website http://www.kshehari.com/
CV/Resume CV/Resume (DOC)
Professional practices Khaled Al-Shehari endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me

QUALIFICATIONS

2001: PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Manchester, UK.

1998: MSc in Translation Studies from the University of Manchester, UK.

EXPERIENCE

1998 - date: Freelance English/Arabic translator, working on different types of texts for different types of clients, including educational institutions, governmental institutions and ministries, marketing firms, courts, international organizations and NGOs.

September 2007- date: Full-time Teaching Fellow at the University of Durham, UK, teaching Arabic to BA students and Legal Translation, Practical Translation and Interpreting to MA students.

August 2006 - June 2007: Full-time Legal Translator at the GTZ Project of Yemen’s Support to Access the World Trade Organization, funded by the European Union. Tasks include translation into English of all Accession Submissions to the WTO Secretariat, including Answers to Questions from WTO members, translation of WTO-related materials into Arabic, preparation of draft translations of Yemeni Laws and Legislations, occasionally simultaneous interpretation in project-related events, including seminars, workshops, presentations, etc, and preparation of correspondences and reports in English.

April 2001 - July 2006: Assistant Professor of English and Translation at the Yemeni University of Science and Technology, teaching various subjects related to translation including On-Sight Translation, Translation for the Mass Media, Translation of Marketing Texts, Translation of News, Simultaneous Interpreting, Consecutive Interpreting and Electronic Tools for Translators.

SERVICES

I provide professional and reliable translation services from and into Arabic and English.

Using different resources and consulting with relevant experts, I can guarantee the quality of the translations. The original formatting of the documents is preserved whenever possible (be it, for example, a PowerPoint presentation, a Front page or an HTML document).

Though I have been for long time working on different types of texts, I specialise in translating legal, economic and marketing texts.

I am SDL TRADOS Certified.

You are most welcome to contact me for references and samples of my work.

For more information, please visit my official website.
This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 12
PRO-level pts: 8


Top languages (PRO)
Arabic to English4
English to Arabic4
Top general fields (PRO)
Social Sciences4
Other4
Top specific fields (PRO)
Government / Politics4
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs4

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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects52
With client feedback23
Corroborated23
100% positive (23 entries)
positive23
neutral0
negative0

Job type
Translation42
Proofreading/editing10
Language pairs
English to Arabic45
Arabic to English5
English3
Specialty fields
Law (general)23
Education / Pedagogy12
Tourism & Travel4
Marketing / Market Research3
International Org/Dev/Coop3
Advertising / Public Relations3
Management2
IT (Information Technology)1
Finance (general)1
Computers: Hardware1
Law: Contract(s)1
History1
Human Resources1
Food & Dairy1
Business/Commerce (general)1
Other fields
Medical (general)2
Environment & Ecology1
Other1
Psychology1
Medical: Health Care1
Architecture1
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Profile last updated
Jan 16



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