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Ezzat Abusoudia

Linguistic Specialist

Egypt

Work Experience

  • Linguistic Specialist

    Ministry of Energy - Communication & Media Department

    Oct 2018 - Nov 2020 -2 yrs, 1 month

    Saudi Arabia

    • Job Details:Supporting the minister’s speech writers (Arabic/English) through translation, researching and editing work. Handling various translation tasks for the communication and media department of the MOE, including minister’s statements & speeches, media reports, newspaper articles, social media posts, presentations and infographics. Developing a translation glossary and helping in terminology management. Handling various translation tasks for the international relations department, including MOUs, country reports, etc. Translating technical reports related to oil and gas industry. Selecting and handling English news for daily news newsletter.
  • Translation Professional

    IBM

    Jun 2013 - Aug 2017 -4 yrs, 2 months

    Egypt

    • Job Details:Translating different texts from English into Arabic and vice versa as per the client’s request. Using SDL Trados as an assisting tool for translating and managing the translation projects. Developing a database of the most common terminology used in the projects handled.
  • Translator/Editor

    Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research

    Apr 2008 - Aug 2012 -4 yrs, 4 months

    • Job Details:Working for the editorial staff of 'Afaq Al-Mustaqbal' public magazine/journal, translating and editing political and economic articles, analyses and commentaries authored by subject-matter experts. Summarizing and translating newspaper articles for 'The World Today' newsletter. Translating special reports for decision makers, summarizing and reviewing books, etc. Translating and co-translating various reports, studies, book reviews & books, to be published by the ECSSR.
  • Translator/Copywriter

    Al-Raya & Gulf Times Daily Newspapers

    Dec 2005 - Mar 2008 -2 yrs, 3 months

    Qatar

    • Job Details:Translating various texts including newspaper articles, reports, advertisements, etc. from English into Arabic for 'Al-Raya' Arabic-language daily. Translating various texts including newspaper articles, reports, advertisements, etc. from Arabic into English for the 'Gulf Times' English-language daily.
  • Education

    • Bachelor's Degree in English (with Italian as a second language)

      Ain Shams University (ASU)

      Jan 1996 

    Skills

    • Proofreading
    • Translating
    • Editing
    • Drafting speeches and remarks
    • Conducting research
    • Summarizing texts

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Fluent
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