Working languages:
English to Arabic
Arabic to English
AHMED AL-HAMDI
Certified Translator & Cons Interpreter

Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Local time: 05:24 BST (GMT+1)

Native in: Arabic Native in Arabic
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Services Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Software localization, Subtitling, Native speaker conversation
Expertise
Specializes in:
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVsPoetry & Literature
Business/Commerce (general)Law: Contract(s)
Education / PedagogyFood & Drink
Government / PoliticsLaw (general)
International Org/Dev/CoopMilitary / Defense

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Translation education Master's degree - Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Experience Years of experience: 46. Registered at ProZ.com: Sep 1999.
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Software Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, SDL Studio 2019, Word, Powerpoint, QuarkXPress, SDLX, Subtitle Edit
Website http://www.arabictranslatoruk.com
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  • Meet new translation company clients
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  • Learn more about translation / improve my skills
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Bio
TRANSLATION Translation (English - Arabic) and (English- Arabic)
SKILLS Sight translation and dictation -Text to oral (English-Arabic)

INTERPRETING Ad hoc bilateral interpreting (English-Arabic)
Consecutive interpreting (English into Arabic)
Simultaneous conference interpreting (English into Arabic) SPECIALTY Commerce (Contracts, Reports, Correspondence)
Technical (Computers & Data Processing, Technical Manuals)
Law (Contracts)

EXPERIENCE Translation . Subject: Technical, Law, Commerce, literature, linguistics.

Interpreting for conferences, courts, police, solicitors, delegations, immigration, business and community.

Typesetting and DTP Technical manuals,books, brochures and leaflets.

Voice-over of commercial, and documentaries. Videos and
audio-visuals.

Localisation of computer software and Internet home pages for both Macintosh and PC windows.

RESEARCH AND Translation theory and practice, text-linguistics,
LECTURING Teaching Translation and Interpreting DPSI course, Stylistics and Teaching English as a Foreign Language TEFL

EDUCATION
1996-97 Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
(high performance in component 5 - Conversation)

1992-93 Cambridge First Certificate in English, Grade A

1991-92 City and Guilds, Computing, MANCAT, Manchester

1990-91 MSc English-Arabic Translation and Interpreting
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland

1987-88 Institute of Linguists, Part I, Final Diploma, London

1981-82 Postgraduate Diploma, Linguistics, SOAS, University of London

1973-77 BA English Language and Literature, Average 78.22%, Iraq

1966-72 Baccalaureate in Science, Sections A and B, Iraq


PUBLICATIONS Translation of mediaeval manuscript (Classical Arabic) into English
Translations of literary criticism and art articles into Arabic, 1978
Translations of short stories and children literature into Arabic
Translation of "Songs of Life"- Seventy English poems translated into Arabic
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    Profile last updated
    Oct 3, 2022



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