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Shorouk Magdy Mohamed Darwish

English <> Arabic Translation Reviewer, Interpreter, Voice-over & Dubbing Artist

Sheikh Zayed, Giza, Egypt

Work Experience

Midlocalize

  • English <> Arabic Translation ReviewerFull Time

    Nov 2022 - Present -2 yrs, 9 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:Working, with a creative team and in a friendly environment, as an English <> Arabic Translation Reviewer, subtitler, trans-creator, and localizer for different clients and accounts related to marketing, legal, healthcare, medical, economic, general, and IT fields: Netflix, UN, Apple, NYC, Cybesafe, Kasper, Philips, Mariott, Exness, Spotify, TLC, Canva, etc.

  • Senior TranslatorFull Time

    Jul 2020 - Jan 2023 -2 yrs, 6 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:• Netflix Shooter and Reviewer for Netflix Meta-data Content and other materials (Synopses, title localization, marketing and promotional discourse, epi-titles, Genesis, Games, CS, PR, and Legal content) • Reviewing, editing, and proofreading Arabic into English-translated materials in legal, healthcare, general, and medical fields • Handling translation, editing, revision, and proofreading of multiple projects with essential clients such as Philips, Canva, Spotify, NYC, TLC, Isaac, Epson, Cisco, Amazon, and others • Helping junior translators and other team members get introduced to the various accounts and aiding them with a variety of tasks, using CAT tools, and providing them with support and information concerning how to achieve the best quality and performance. • Coordinating with PM teams to best serve clients and achieve their projects' requirements within specified timelines, in addition to time-management planning to commit to the specified deadlines of tasks and projects. • Handling clients' queries, arbitration sheets, tasks of LSO, LQA, QA, Post-editing, and Third-party Review in medical, humanitarian, e-commerce, legal, general, scientific, healthcare, and e-learning fields • Working on the translation and revision of MTPE and Human translation tasks with clients such as "Isaac" • Performing at-sight interpreting tasks for audio-visual materials from Arabic (colloquial/standard) to Egnlish and vise versa.

  • Classical Arabic voiceoverFreelance / Project

    Iqr2aly

    • Job Details:Playing the role of "Rawan"; a housemaid for Ibn Sina in a novel about him called "Sheikh Al-Arab".

  • Translator And InterpreterFull Time

    Midlocalize

    Jun 2018 - Jul 2020 -2 yrs, 1 month

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:Worked on multiple accounts and projects: Netflix (meta-data, including, synopsis, title localization, PR, CS, legal, and epi-titles) – Marketing – Legal – Medical – General – Economic – IT (Cybesafe, etc.) – Health Care (Kasper, NYC, etc.) – Technical – Exness – TLC – Apple – Spotify – Philips • Translating and transcreating various Netflix materials • Localizing various marketing, healthcare, and medical content • Performing Third Party Reviews of legal, general, e-learning, and technical projects • Translating, editing, and proofreading Arabic into English-translated materials for legal, general, technical, and healthcare projects • Performing project management responsibilities and allocation duties • Transcription for different Arabic and English audio-visual materials (Court Cases’ recording evidence – Immigrants’ interviews, etc.) • DTP post-editing for different translated texts from English into Arabic and vice versa in general, legal, medical, and technical fields. • Localizing varied marketing content; brochures, medical reports, flyers, health care materials, immigration newsletters, etc.

  • English/Arabic editor, proofreader and translatorPart Time

    ICU Translation Service Center

    Mar 2018 - Apr 2018 -1 month

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:Translating, editing, and proofreading legal materials such as birth certificates, contracts, agreements, marriage certificates, etc. and medical reports.

    • Education

    • MA in Transcreation and Cognitive linguistics in Interpretation (Consecutive-Simultaneous-At sight)

      Ain Shams University (ASU)

      Jan 2017 - Jan 2023 - 6 yr

    • College Diploma in English/Arabic Interpretation and Translation

      Ain Shams University (ASU)

      Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 - 1 Year

    • Bachelor of English Language and Literature in English Language, Translation, Literature and Linguistics

      Ain Shams University (ASU)

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2017 - 4 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      Shoubra Secondary School for girls

      Jan 2013 

    Activities

    • Voiceover Actress and Dubbing Artist at Dublish

      Volunteering

      Mar 2016 - Present -9 yrs, 5 months

    • Radio Member at MOIC (Model Organization of Islamic Cooperation)

      Volunteering

      Feb 2017 - Mar 2017 -1 month

    • HR Participant at Our Vision

      Volunteering

      Mar 2016 - Apr 2016 -1 month

    • English Instructor at LSC Egypt

      Student Activity

      Oct 2014 - Sep 2015 -11 months

    Achievements

    - Published an academic research paper on "Translation-Adaptation and Transcreation in Netflix English Epi-titles and their Arabic Equivalents (2016-2021): A Pragmatic, Socio-cultural, and Socio-cognitive Approach, Journal of Center for Developing English Language Teaching (CDELT): 10.21608/OPDE.2022.282204 - Won Top Performer of the Month, Midlocalize (September, 2020/2021/2022) - Became a Certified Intern Interpreter, Arabic Booth, United Nations Arabic Interpretation Service, New York (September, 2020) - Became a Kato Verified English <> Arabic Translator and Reviewer, Translators Without Borders (2020) - Finished Pre-Masters Program with Excellency (3.73 GPA) (February, 2019) - Won Best Employee with Best Communication Skills and was among top 3 performers (2019). - Earned Interpretation and Translation Diploma with Excellency, Credit Hours System, Ain-Shams University (2018).

    Skills

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    Languages

    • English

      Fluent

    • Spanish

      Advanced

    • Hindi

      Intermediate

    • French

      Intermediate

    Training & Certifications

    • United Nations Arabic Interpreter Training

      United Nations and Ain-Shams University·2020

    • Interpreting for Refugees: Contexts, Practices, and Ethics

      University of Glasgow, Futurelearn·2020

    • Kato Verified English <> Arabic Translator

      Translators Without Borders·2020

    • Introduction to Humanitarian Translation

      Translators Without Borders·2020

    • Research Quality and Performance

      Clarative Analytics·2018

    • Effective Academic Writing

      Naturereseach Academics·2018

    • Effective Academic Writing

      Naturereseach Academics·2018

    • Diploma in English <> Arabic Interpretation and Translation

      Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University·2018

    • Voiceover Course

      Learne Academy·2017

    • CAT tools worshop

      Learne Academy·2017

    • Prepration of Literacy teacher (facilitator of adults education)

      Adults' Education Centre, Ain Shams University·2015

    • Teaching Techniques of adults

      Adults&#039; Education Centre, Ain Shams University·2015

    • Exploring English

      British Council, Futurelearn.com·2014

    • English Conversation Course

      British Council, Egypt·2014

    • Body Language, Communication, and Presentation Skills

      Refa&#039;a Training Unit, Ain Shams University·2014

    • General Spanish Course

      MODLI·2013

    • General Translation in English language

      Faculty of Al-Alsun, Refa&#039;a training Unit, Ain Shams University·2013

    • Technical Translation Course

      Refa&#039;a Training Unit·2013
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