Freelance Arabic–English–Japanese Trilingual Translator

Freelance Arabic–English–Japanese trilingual translator with over nine years of experience. Mainly specializes in clinical research and regulatory document translation, but also has experience in various fields, such as technical, legal, scientific, financial, marketing, gaming, and subtitle translation.

Education

• Global New Horizons Institute of Syria – Charter Training Centers
  English Language Program, Level 5A Final
  Certificate of Completion – September 2015
• Japanese Language Proficiency Test Administration Committee of Egypt
  Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 Certificate – August 2016
• Damascus University, Faculty of Dentistry
  Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry (DMD) – June 2025

Technical Skills

• CAT tools: SDL Trados 2022, memoQ 12.2, Smartcat, XTM Workbench, Phrase, and Wordfast
• QA tools: Xbench 3.0, Verifika Web, and QA Distiller 10
• Subtitling tools: Subtitle Edit, Aegisub, and YouTube captioning software
• Microsoft Office

Clinical Research and Regulatory Document Translation Experience

• Translated and reviewed over 2.3 million words of regulatory documents from Japanese to English and from English to Arabic, such as:
  • Informed consent forms (ICFs) for clinical trial subjects, pregnant partners, pharmacogenomic studies, and future scientific research
  • Clinical trial agreements and accompanying memorandums, including memorandums on expenses, amendments, and extensions
  • Clinical study protocols
  • Research papers
  • Local laboratory reference ranges
  • Investigator’s brochures
  • Institutional Review Board (IRB) notifications and deliberations
  • PMDA opinions and Q&A documents
  • Standard forms for requesting clinical trials:
    • Lists of subinvestigators and clinical trial staff members (Form 2)
    • Clinical trial request forms (Form 3)
    • Clinical trial review result notifications (Form 5)
    • Reports concerning protocol deviations to eliminate immediate hazards (Form 8)
    • Applications for clinical trial-related changes (Form 10)
    • Clinical trial progress reports (Form 11)
    • Drug and medical device serious adverse event reports (Forms 12, 13, 14, and 15)
    • Safety information reports (Form 16)
    • Clinical trial completion reports (Form 17)
• Projects involved clinical studies by major CROs, such as ICON Clinical Research G.K., IQVIA Services Japan G.K., Gilead Sciences K.K., Pliant Therapeutics, Inc., and Seagen, Inc., conducted at various study sites throughout Japan.
• Experienced in using both Trados and memoQ for all kinds of projects, as well as Microsoft Word with Track Changes for projects involving ICF version updates and the translation of standard forms for requesting clinical trials.
• Experienced in using Xbench 3.0 for project QA and identifying true positives.

Software Localization Experience

• Translated over 1.5 million words of technical documents from Japanese to English and vice versa for FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., a global manufacturer of world-class multifunction printers and provider of IT solutions.
• Translated various multifunction device user manuals, application and website UI/UX content, and legal master service agreements.
• Translated over 600,000 words for the recently launched beat-box service, including application and website UI/UX content.

Game Localization Experience

• Managed a large-scale localization project of approximately 2.6 million words for a popular Chinese mobile strategy game titled My Tank and My Regiment, from English to Japanese and from English to Arabic.
• Translated game strings and code for in-game text and menus, as well as in-game descriptions and dialogue, and tested various game scenarios to ensure the quality of the translated text.
• Worked on other puzzle and RPG games from the same company.

Subtitle Translation and QA Experience

• Created and time-coded Japanese–English–Arabic subtitles for over 1,500 episodes of TV series, dramas, movies, and documentaries for major TV channels and streaming services.
• Managed large-scale Japanese–English–Arabic subtitling projects, assigned tasks to recruited teams of experienced translators, ensured adherence to subtitling guidelines, and delivered projects in a timely manner.
• Managed a large-scale Japanese-to-English anime subtitling project for Bilibili, a leading Chinese anime streaming service. Created English subtitles and performed QA for over 350 episodes of mainstream Anime shows.
• Translated over 6,000 pages of Manga, ensuring cultural nuance, tone accuracy, and readability for English-speaking audiences.
• Translated 50,000 words of dubbing scripts for the Japanese comedy show titled かが屋 and performed QA on the dubbed scripts.
• Performed QA on final deliverables, including:
  • Style guide compliance
  • Accuracy
  • Readability, including reading speed, line breaks, visibility, and font positioning
  • Subtitle synchronization
  • Encoding issues, such as broken characters
  • Cultural and contextual appropriateness
  • Proofreading

Financial Translation Experience

• Translated and reviewed over 800,000 words related to finance for various Saudi government entities.
• Translated financial documents, such as:
  • Bank statements
  • Annual reports
  • Audits
  • Foreign transaction reports
  • Cross-border sales reports
  • Purchase orders from suppliers based in different countries
  • Foreign taxation documents
  • Merger and acquisition contracts
  • Property valuation reports
  • Regulatory filings

Marketing Translation Experience

• Managed a large-scale localization project for Italist.com, a notable American e-commerce website.
• Translated website UI/UX content, marketplace listings, and advertising campaigns.