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Member since Nov '05

Working languages:
English to Arabic
Arabic to English
Arabic (monolingual)
English (monolingual)


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Sat, Jul 19, 2008
1:41am GMT+3

Ahmad Wadan
Arabic Financial/Legal/IT Translator

Al Kuwayt, Kuwait / Native in: Arabic Native in Arabic
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User message  
Quality in everything I deliver
Account type  Freelancer, Identity Verified Verified member
Services  Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Subtitling, Desktop publishing, Project management, Vendor management
Expertise
Specializes in:
AccountingEconomics
Computers (general)Computers: Software
Computers: Systems, NetworksIT (Information Technology)
Telecom(munications)Investment / Securities
Law (general)Law: Contract(s)
Poetry & Literature
Rates
English to Arabic - Standard rate: 0.18 EUR per word / 60 EUR per hour
Arabic to English - Standard rate: 0.10 EUR per word / 60 EUR per hour
KudoZ activity   Questions answered: 1025, Questions asked: 97, PRO-level points: 1800
Project History 14 projects entered    4 positive feedback from outsourcers
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 2
Glossaries Ahmad Wadan Glossary
Translation education BA-Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Experience Years of translation experience: 12. Registered at ProZ.com: Feb 2005. Became a member: Nov 2005.
Credentials Arabic to English (Faculty of Al Alsun, Ain Shams University, Cairo)
English to Arabic (Faculty of Al Alsun, Ain Shams University, Cairo)
Arabic to English (Arab Translators Network - Arab Professional Translators Society, verified)
English to Arabic (Arab Translators Network - Arab Professional Translators Society, verified)
Memberships ARABLISH.COM, ATN / APTS, WATA
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Catalyst, Dreamweaver, FrameMaker, Frontpage, Fusion, Indesign, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Other (Active Server Page (ASP)), Other (Adobe Acrobat Reader), Other (Adobe Distiller), Other (Adobe Illustrator), Other (Adobe Photoshop), Other (Freehand), Other (HTML - DHTML), Other (Internet Security Acceleration Server (ISA Server)), Other (Javascript), Other (Macromedia Dreamweaver), Other (Macromedia Flash), Other (Microsoft HTML Workshop), Other (Microsoft Office), Other (Microsoft Visio), Other (Microsoft Visual InterDev), Other (MS Office), Other (NetObjects Fusion), Other (Swish), Other (Ulead Gif Animator), Pagemaker, Powerpoint, QuarkXPress, SDL TRADOS, SDLX, Wordfast
Forum posts  251 forum posts
Website, CV http://wadan.arablish.com, CV / Resume: English
About me

Name: Ahmad Wadan
Title: Senior Translator
Categorization: English-Arabic Financial Translator
Language Pairs: Arabic-English-Arabic
Web page: http://wadan.arablish.com
Primary e-mail Address: a.wadan@arablish.com
Secondary e-mail Address: ah_w@hotmail.com
Current Residency: State of Kuwait
Mobile Phone: +965 9218168
Place of birth: Egypt


Education-Academic Degree

BA Degree in English Language (First Language), and Spanish (Second Language), Faculty of AL-ALSUN (languages), Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.


Courses

  • CIW™
  • Microsoft ISA (Internet Security & Acceleration Server)
  • Developing Web Applications Using ASP.NET
  • I-NET+
  • CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)
  • CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Macromedia Flash
  • MS Office



  • Computer Skills

  • Trados
  • TagEditor
  • Microsoft Office Word
  • Microsoft Office Power Point
  • Microsoft Office Excel
  • Microsoft Office Access
  • Microsoft Office Outlook
  • Microsoft FrontPage
  • Microsoft Office Visio
  • Microsoft Visual InterDev
  • Microsoft HTML Workshop
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver
  • Macromedia Flash
  • Macromedia Freehand
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Reader
  • Adobe Writer
  • Adobe ImageReady
  • Adobe PageMaker
  • ULead Gif Animator
  • QuarkExpress
  • HTML / DHTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • NetObjects Fusion
  • DTP (Desktop Publishing)
  • Software Testing
  • Web Designing
  • Web Administration
  • Graphic Designing
  • Assembling Computers



  • Professional Experience (Translation & Projects)

    Translation

  • Arabic Financial Translation
  • Translation of United Nations (UN) Projects
  • Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)
  • Translation of International Accounting Standards (IAS)
  • Translation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • Translation of Financial Statements
  • Translation of Initial Public Offering (IPO) Prospectus
  • Translation of Corporate Finance
  • Translation of Private Placement
  • Translation of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) related documents
  • Translation of Internal Control Reports
  • Translation of Foreign Investment Studies
  • Translation of Anti-Money Laundry (AML) reports
  • Translation of Foreign Exchange (ForEx)
  • Translation of Real Estate Companies
  • Financial Translation
  • Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis reports
  • Translation of listed companies financials
  • Translation of IT Audit
  • Translation of Banking Systems Audit
  • Translation of BAS (Business Advisory Services)
  • Translation of Accounting field
  • Translation of Feasibility studies
  • Translation of HR (Human Resources) Manuals
  • Translation of Human Resources and Administration Policies and Procedures Manuals
  • Translation of Stock Market field
  • Translation of Information Systems Audit
  • Translation of Information Security Audit
  • Translation of Annual Reports
  • Translation of Quarter Reports
  • Translation of Taxation
  • Translation of Telecommunication companies audit
  • Translation of Electronics
  • Translation of Electronic devices manuals
  • Translation of Autos Manuals
  • Translation of Automobile Manuals
  • Translation of Comics
  • Translation of Fiction
  • Translation of History
  • Translation of Marketing field
  • Subtitling
  • Software localization
  • Translation of ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
  • Translation of IRM (Information Risk Management)
  • Translation of Contracts
  • Translation of CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) terms
  • CTranslation of ISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) terms
  • Translation of ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) terms
  • Translation of IS (Information Systems) Audit including the most world-wide Banking, Billing, GSM and ?Security systems)?
  • Translation of Electronics



  • Projects

  • English Summarizer
    (A program that is able to summarize long texts in a nutshell taking into consideration the most important points of the text).

  • Automatic Categorizer
    (A program that is able to categorize/classify Internet topics and downloading them each under its suitable category).

  • Roget’s International Thesaurus Related Projects
    (Projects that depend on Roget’s International Thesaurus' method of classification, categories & taxonomies).

  • Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)
    (In collaboration with the same Belgian company, comes ASR to convert speech into text, so it is so much helpful in dictation and transcription, the matter that enables us to say bye bye to keyboard).

  • Text-To-Speech (TTS)
    (In collaboration with L&H (Learnout & Hauspie), the leading company in
    Speech Technology in Belgium, comes a powerful program in Speech Technology that can convert any computer readable text into human-sounding synthetic speech. So it can read your messages or any written text you choose).

  • S@feChildNet (SCN)
    (A program that can filter and block the Internet sites that contain undesirable content depending on artificial intelligence with helping tools for monitoring and controlling Internet access time and internet management, Home Edition.

  • S@feBizNet (SBN)
    (Internet filtering & management software, Corporate Edition.)

  • Professional participations in two of the big four auditing firms (KPMG and Ernst & Young)

  • Various reports in the following subjects: finance, accounting, banking financial statements, IT (Information Technology), IRM (Information Risk Management), ISO (International Organization for Standardization), feasibility studies, tax, legal contracts, laws, decrees, circulars, CISA (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), BAS (Business Advisory Services) and communications.

  • Content authoring (technical writing) of Manual/help files.

  • Web Designing

  • Designing portals and websites for a variety of companies and ministries.

  • Walt Disney Publications
    I had publications for a variety of children worldwide magazines (Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Donald Duck, Holiday with Mickey, Disney and Me).


  • Designing & Authoring

  • Designing portals for certain Ministries in Kuwait.
  • Designing a web site for blocking software (home & corporate editions).
  • Designing a web site for Al-Bader Group.
  • Web sites optimization for matching the best search engines ranking.
  • E-mail Administration (Web Based).
  • Web sites’ content proofreading.
  • Designing and authoring Manuals/Help.
  • Web sites maintenance.
  • Technical Support.
  • Search Engine Optimization.


    Clients & Employers Sample

  • KPMG KPMG Logo
  • Ernst & Young Ernst & Young Logo
  • Moore Stephens International Moore Stephens International Logo
  • Sakhr Software
  • Alqabas Newspaper
  • Al-Bader Group



  • Membership & Certification

  • WATA (World Arab Translators' Association)
  • Proz Platinum Member
  • Certified Member in ATN APTS (Arab Translators Network - Arab Professional Translators Society)


  • Categorization

  • Although I have tracked many translation fields along ten years till now I would like ‎to categorize myself basically as an Arabic financial translator and ‎Arabic information technology translator (IT translator). I have practices ‎Arabic financial translation and Arabic information technology translation in ‎international corporations.‎


  • Travels

  • INDIA
  • MALAYSIA
  • State of Kuwait
  • Kingdom of Bahrain
  • United Arab Emirates (UAE)
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
  • 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: 2134
    PRO-level pts: 1800


    Top languages (PRO)
    English to Arabic1274
    Arabic to English490
    Arabic28
    English8
    Top general fields (PRO)
    Other666
    Bus/Financial340
    Tech/Engineering215
    Law/Patents194
    Social Sciences107
    Pts in 4 more flds >
    Top specific fields (PRO)
    Finance (general)140
    Law (general)129
    Other127
    Business/Commerce (general)111
    Government / Politics83
    Medical (general)72
    Law: Contract(s)67
    Pts in 71 more flds >

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

    Project History Summary
    Total projects14
    With client feedback4
    Corroborated4
    100% positive (4 entries)
    positive4
    neutral0
    negative0

    Job type
    Translation10
    Proofreading/editing4
    Language pairs
    English to Arabic13
    Arabic to English1
    Specialty fields
    Business/Commerce (general)4
    Finance (general)4
    Accounting4
    Economics3
    Real Estate3
    Human Resources3
    Investment / Securities3
    Medical: Instruments2
    Medical (general)2
    Poetry & Literature1
    Education / Pedagogy1
    Law: Contract(s)1
    Tourism & Travel1
    Transport / Transportation / Shipping1
    Other fields
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