Islam Hisham

English-Arabic TranslatorFull Time

• Job Details:• Translating macroeconomic reports, analysts’ notes, news pieces and articles on latest FX, bond, and commodities trends and global central bank policies from the exclusive Dow Jones Newswires service • Looking up financial and economic phraseology to render the most accurate and appropriate translations • Reviewing and proofreading stories and reports, before publishing for grammar, spelling, as well as to ensure the translated texts conform with Dow Jones' Arabic style guide • Frequently consulting colleagues with financial and economic background and subject matter expertise • Creating a glossary to ensure consistency in rendering technical terminology and grammatical structures • Preparing concise news articles in English covering stock markets

Translator/ English News EditorFull Time

• Job Details:• Rephrased content from press releases, financial reports, and articles by foreign news agencies to formulate articles. • Translated economic and business news and reports from Arabic into English • Monitored English-language media for business sector, company, and market news • Provided a timely media coverage of global markets, high-frequency macroeconomic data, and market-moving events, while prioritising stories according to their impact on markets • Ensuring articles are conveying information in a clear and concise manner, while observing the proper arrangement of information • Frequently handled other MENA market stories upon request • Occasionally published features tackling global company developments, and industry news, facets of business sectors and markets • Occasionally provided linguistic support to the Arabic Mubasher News team

TranslatorFull Time

• Job Details:• Worked on translation and editing tasks for several companies and organisations, assigned by subcontracting • Translated press releases, and reports from English into Arabic • Ensuring the rendered texts are in line with the client’s in-house style • Translated and edited documents from acquaintances and professors on a sporadic basis • Specialised in translating and editing business, economic and legal documents • Specialised in translating and editing real estate documents, including property valuations, purchase contracts and brochures into English • Translated financial and market reports from English into Arabic • Ensuring ambiguity is avoided in highly sensitive texts, such as legal contracts • Conducted research on the technical jargon used in texts about agrochemical products and services and other industry-related topics to provide the most accurate translation • Assigned with proofreading and writing tasks