Special Qualifications:

• Certified Advanced Arabic Linguist by the Defense Language Institute 1989

• Certified Instructor for the National Cryptologic School (National Security Agency) to teach Arabic refresher and transcription classes

• Native speaker of English, translating into my primary language

• Top Secret Security Clearance

 

Employment:

United States Marine Corps	1989-1996
Network and Systems Administrator, Northwest Link	1997-1998
Arabic Software Tester, Volt Technical (At Microsoft)	1998-1999
Senior Systems Administrator, Semaphore Corporation	1999-2002
Titan Systems, Contract Linguist	2002-curr

 

Work Experience:

- Employed full time as an Arabic to English translator by the US Department of Defense with over five years experience

- Areas of translation include political, military, technical, communications and religion

- Developed customized class material from television, newspaper and magazines to ensure quality and current topics

- Translations provided to various US government agencies including the National Security Agency, Department of Defense and Federal Bureau of Investigation

- One year experience testing Arabic Office 2000 for Microsoft, including validation of translation of help files (completed product cycle)

- Over one year working as an instructor for US military personnel at Camp LeJeune North Carolina

- Document exploitation in support of national security operations

- Assigned to Quality Control, to proofread and correct translations as well as provide feedback to translators to improve the final product

- Instrumental in the design and implementation of a standard operating procedure document provided to create a consistent translation product

Arabic Education:

Modern Standard Arabic + Syrian Arabic Basic Course

• Defense Language Institute, Monterey CA

Intermediate Arabic Structure

Intermediate Arabic to English Translation

• National Cryptologic School, Fort Meade MD

North African Arabic Language and Culture (Libyan Dialect)

• Brigham Young University, Provo UT

Advanced Arabic Grammar, Intermediate Levantine Dialect

• Private Tutors, Baltimore, MD

Arabic-English/English-Arabic Translation Studies

• Inter-Col Network, UK (via internet)

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