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Working languages:
English to Arabic
Arabic to English
Italian to Arabic
French to Arabic
Arabic to Italian

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Nadia Ayoub
Never lost for words!

Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Local time: 06:05 EET (GMT+2)

Native in: Arabic Native in Arabic
Willingness
to Work Again

11 Positive entries

User message
Creative Translation for Literary and Marketing Texts.
Account type Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services Translation, Editing/proofreading, Transcription
Expertise
Specializes in:
Marketing / Market ResearchAdvertising / Public Relations
Cosmetics, BeautyPoetry & Literature
Art, Arts & Crafts, PaintingJournalism
Tourism & TravelManagement
International Org/Dev/CoopLaw (general)


Rates
English to Arabic - Rates: 0.07 - 0.09 USD per word
Arabic to English - Rates: 0.07 - 0.09 USD per word
Italian to Arabic - Rates: 0.07 - 0.09 USD per word
French to Arabic - Rates: 0.07 - 0.09 USD per word
Arabic to Italian - Rates: 0.07 - 0.09 USD per word

KudoZ activity Questions answered: 3211, Questions asked: 3 Easy / 70 PRO, PRO-level points: 5357
Project History 0 projects entered
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 24

Translation education BA-in Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo, Emphasis on Journalism & Translation
Experience Years of translation experience: 23. Registered at ProZ.com: Feb 2008. Became a member: Mar 2008.
Credentials Arabic to English (The American University in Cairo, verified)
English to Arabic (The American University in Cairo, verified)
Memberships WATA
TeamsArab Translators, Arabic PRO linguists
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint
CV/Resume English (DOC)
Contests won 6th ProZ.com Translation Contest: English to Arabic [download]
7th ProZ.com Translation Contest: English to Arabic [download]
Professional practices Nadia Ayoub endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines.
About me

I graduated in 1983 with High Honors at the American University in Cairo majoring in Mass Communication, emphasis on Journalism, and Translation. I had two translation courses as a part of my major, one of them was Advanced Translation, a 400 level course, and I got A’s in both courses.

After graduation I started self education in the Egyptology field, and passed the Tour Guide Examination at the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism in 1985. I worked as a freelance tour guide for more than twenty years. I still am a licensed guide in the English, French and Italian languages. I also started translating very early in the 80s when I helped my uncle, who was one of the founders of the Administrative Control Authority in Egypt. They hadn't completed their staff and I translated the necessary documents for free!

For two years in Dubai I collaborated with the Italian Consulate. I translated documents from Arabic to Italian for clients who needed to submit these documents to the Consulate. I also freelanced for several advertising agencies usually translating from Arabic to English and vice versa, but occasionally translating from and into Italian and French.

The most important translation work I did in Egypt was translating an M.A. thesis on Coptic Monasteries. It was a challenging yet very satisfying endeavor. I also had the opportunity to translate a variety of business documents in all three languages.

Recently my work was focused on the translation of marketing literature, and creative translation in general, as I found it was my favorite field. I enjoy the thrill of figuring out how to best adapt a slogan, a key phrase or a play on words so it feels as if it has been written specifically for a particular market.

I am keen on knowledge. I loved AUC because you did not work only on one discipline, but you had plenty of general requirement courses, collaterals, electives as well as a minor! I could therefore, satisfy my curiosity about many different disciplines such as Anthropology, Egyptology, Psychology, Sociology, Astronomy, Literature, Economics, Politics, Astronomy, Biology and most of all the History of Art.

I love literature and I read many among the masterpieces of the great Egyptian, French, English, American, Italian and Russian authors.

I had French schooling and was raised up in Rome, where I lived till the age of 17. The great art and architecture of this city have left their sign on me. Close and early contact with the Western civilization, as well as an excellent education in a cosmopolitan school have broadened up my horizons, and led me to appreciate cultural differences, and to value and respect my own culture and traditions.

I also am an artist! I paint, make silver jewelry, and mosaic and stained glass artworks. If there is any time left I crochet for my newborn granddaughter!

I think that anything you learn will eventually turn out to be useful.

I believe that "when there's a will there's a way".
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: 5641
PRO-level pts: 5357


Top languages (PRO)
English to Arabic3455
Arabic to English1460
Italian to English157
French to Arabic87
Italian to Arabic84
Pts in 4 more pairs >
Top general fields (PRO)
Other2036
Art/Literary645
Law/Patents589
Social Sciences560
Bus/Financial424
Pts in 4 more flds >
Top specific fields (PRO)
Poetry & Literature451
Other415
Law (general)328
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters207
Business/Commerce (general)204
Human Resources199
Education / Pedagogy187
Pts in 87 more flds >

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Profile last updated
Nov 13



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