SUMMARY OF SKILLS:

  • Translation                                
Arabic/ English/Kurdish/Chaldean-Assyrian

  • Interpretation                         
Arabic/ English/Kurdish/Chaldean-Assyrian

  • Teaching                                   
Arabic Language, English as a second language

  • Typing                                        
Arabic/ English/Kurdish/Chaldean-Assyrian

  • Computers                               
MS Office Applications, Internet use, and website building

  • Transcription                            
Chaldean, Assyrian, and Arabic into English.

  • Cultural consultation              
Middle Eastern and American.  


WORK HISTORY:

  • Owner, Translator, Interpreter                                     
    epmtranslation.com  El Cajon, CA  
  • English Language Development Assistant
Cajon Valley Union School District                         El Cajon, CA


  • Bil/bicul translator/interpreter                                    
Cajon Valley Union School District                          El Cajon, CA  
English, Arabic, Chaldean, and Kurdish                 

  • Translator/Interpreter/Teacher     Refugee Camps,  Turkey        


EDUCATION:

  • BA Degree in Arabic English Translation    
Al-Mustansirya University                                          Baghdad, Iraq
          
  • High school diploma  Baderkhan High School        Zakho Iraq

  • Linguist training course       L3 communications         Virginia

  • Masters degree in education       national university                    
    San Diego, CA (uncompleted)                

  • Computer training office applications    ROP    San Diego, CA

  • Medical assistant diploma                       ROP     San Diego, CA

  • Store Management Diploma                    ETD-FM         Texas

  • Concentrated translation course             PCL    London, UK  
WORK EXPERIENCE:

Translation
  • Translated documents, letters, IEPs, agendas,
    presentations, reports, booklets, manuals, spreadsheets,
    schedules, syllabuses, test papers, medical reports,
    identification cards, driver licenses, birth certificates, and a lot
    more from English into Arabic and vice versa.
  • Prepared a school English/Arabic dictionary
  • Translated letters from English into Chaldean-Assyrian, and
    Kurdish.
  • Preparing an English/Chaldean-Assyrian Dictionary
  • A freelance translator in all fields.
  • A freelance interpreter in all fields.

Interpretation
  • Interpreted for conferences, meetings, lectures, mass
    celebrations, church speeches, interviews, trials,
    doctor/patient communications, phone call interpretations,
    press conferences…etc. from English into Arabic,
    Chaldean/Assyrian, and Kurdish and vice versa.

TEACHING
  • Taught Arabic language
  • Taught English as a second language
  • Taught math
  • Physics
  • Chemistry

Typing
  • Typed using typewriters and computer keyboard
  • Typed letters, documents, reports, charts, magazines, and
    booklets.
  • Typed in English, Arabic, Chaldean-Assyrian, and Kurdish.


Computers
  • Used word to generate letters, documents, charts,
    magazines, newsletters, memos, resumes, booklets…etc.
  • Used excel to generate spreadsheets, register, accounts
    payable, accounts receivable…etc.
  • Used Power Point to generate presentations.
  • Used paint to design pictures, shapes, and logos.

Transcription
  • transcribed audio files from Chaldean, Assyrian, and Arabic
    into English.

Cultural consultation
  • Helped to explain the cultural differences to the teachers,
    staff, students, and parents.
  • Helped the newcomers to understand the new culture and
    how to avoid the cultural conflicts.