Award-winning translator having 18 years experienced senior translator and Project Manager, 8 of them at the world leader STAR Group, which reflects my long and strong experiences in specialized translation and localization.

I provide professional English, German into Arabic & multilingual DTP services.

I worked for 8 years at STAR Group Int. (http://star-group.net) as Senior Project Manager & Senior Translator and was responsible for the languages
Arabic,
Farsi and
Indonesian

Since 2009 I've been working as a freelance translator and also cooperate with other experts to provide a wide range of services.

Some of the my key world leader clients are:

1- Clients in the Automotive sector:

Audi,
BMW.de,
DaimlerChrysler,
Evobus,
Ferrari,
Ford,
HONDA,
Lexus,
MAN.de,
Mercedes-Benz,
Mercury,
Mini Cooper,
Peugeot,
Porsche,
Renault-me.com,
RollsRoyce,
Skoda,
Volkswagen,
Volvo,



2- Clients in the IT sector:

Buffalotech.com,
Bullguard,
Brother-usa.com,
Digital River.com,
Fujitsu-Siemens.com,
HTC mobiles,
IMAGiNET,
Konica Minolta,
MS Office 2007 online,
Navigon.com,
NDrive.com,
Nokia.com,
Olympus.com,
Panasonic.com,
Philips.com,
SANYO,
Sharp USA,
Toshiba,


4- Clients in the E-Learning and educational sector:

Bosch PT,
Brainpop.com,
Mea-i.org,

5- Clients in various fields:

ACDelco,

AGES.at,

Alpha1Estates.com,

ALthaus-Tea.com,

AON.com,

Ariston,

AVFuel.com,

Bartscher,

BAUR.eu (Oil testing equipments & software),

Beurer.com,

Bien-Air,

BoldCommunications,

Boon Edam doors and access systems,

Borer.com,

Bosch and Siemens,
Campingaz.com,

CATERPILLER.com,

Childern's Hospital Michigan,

ChloridePower.com,

Chocolatfrey.ch,

COCO-Technology.com,

Conti-online.com,

Covance.com,

DFG.de,

Digino,

Dixons.com,

Duravit.com,

DWCHA.org,

DZF Scientific TV Magazine,

EdelOptics.de,

Elan,

E-nvi Communications,

Envista.com,

ESTA.com,
Ex-oriente-lux.de,

ExtendBar.com,

F1 - Abu Dhabi,

Feinmechanik-AkTek.de,

FG Wilson,

Fifa.com,

First Qatar.com,

FirstSolar.com,

Fisia Babcock Environment,
FullGastro.com €“ online portal,

General Dynamics Land systems,

Gerfolg.com,

Goethe-Institut.de,

Haenel.de,

Hartridge,

Health Service Executive (HSE) of Ireland ,

Heath Authority Detroit,
HR Smart,

ImmigrantCouncil,

immunisation.ie,

Implant.com,

JEANRICHARD,

JewelUltra,

Kaercher.de,

Kaldedwei.com,

KDB.eu,

Kenwood,

Kickers.de,
Krauss Maffei.de,

Mann&Hummel,

MediWest Health Care,

Menapharm.com,
Metabo,

MicroSoft,

Milus ,

MOOG.de,

MTU.de,

Müller Martini Systems,

MünchnerStadtBibliothek.de,

Muslime Helfen.org,

Negro.de,

Oakland Schools Technical Campus,
Optrel,

PG.com,

Ponti.com,

Putzmeister,

RedXDefense.com,

Roger Dubuis,

Rolex watches,

Shell,

Siemens (Railways Systems),

Sigsauer.com,

SIPOS.de,

skylotec.de,

SMAILAtpeople,

Static Systems,

Steris.com,

Stuttgart City,

Supratec.cc,

Swiss Perfection,

Technology Transfer Services,

Tissot watches,
TRACOE medical,

TRANE Air conditions,

UKE.de,

UpRight,

US Air Forces,

Valvoline,

ViveMotion,
Warwicks - Taxi London,

Welfare.ie,

Yanmar.com,

etc.


I've specific expertise in Technical Materials including Automotive, Marketing materials, Website and Software Localization and Testing.

Especially, when editing the resulting text in very good or marketing style andor with a technical or specialized background are important, clients relay on my experience and skills. Please see the world leader end-clients I worked for in the above list.

Due to my advanced and distinguished skills and backgrounds, I also participated in many software and website localization & testing projects.

I also traveled many times to Europe to represent STAR Middle East subsidiary in developing and testing various STAR language technology software, just like the famous STAR Transit (XV and NXT) Translation Memory system and GRIPS CMS. As a part of my daily work over long years I was responsible for localization and testingevaluating many websites and software for various clients.

About 4 years ago I resigned from STAR and work know as a freelancer translator and DTP.

On daily basis I work also as EnglishGerman-Arabic translator, and my translation are always highly appreciated due to it's excellent Arabic style. My translations included also some books that were published as by famous Arabic publishers.

For over 13 years now I have been working in international environments, as I previously worked as a lecturer in languages at the Swiss higher school Glion as well.

I always look forward to improve my skills and gain new experiences and technical backgrounds and know-how, and through my work at Star Group, I gained a lot of distinguished experiences in

- In-depth experience in all steps related to project management from marketing, quoting, planing work flow, resources organization, QA, invoicing, etc.
- Translation,
- Good knowledge of multilingual DTP software (as InDesing, QuarkExpress, FrameMaker, etc.)

- CAT tools (as Transit, Trados, MemoQ, Across, SDLX, etc.),
- CMSs like GRIPS & Joomla!,


Moreover, I've gathered many other advanced backgrounds and computer skills, like:

- Advanced professional user of MS Office and OpenOffice,
- HTML,
- XML basics,
- Using Regular expressions,
- Using macros,
- Presentation skills,
- File conversions and much more.


Used to work also as a training manager at my current company for over 6 years, I have been responsible for providing training on specialized and general software for both our stuff and our customers.

- I participated in many conferences and exhibitions and have experience in managing client relationships; serving as a primary day-to-day contact for external clients

- I have excellent organizational skills and strong customer service, negotiation and problem-solving skills

- Strong written and oral communication skills

For more information about me, please find attached my detailed CV. References can be furnished upon request.

TMs:

I use many TMs, like
- Transit,
- Trados,
- Across,
- SDLX Lite,
- MemoQ,
- etc.


Hiring me grants you both a reasonable rate and a very high quality (see my backgrounds at STAR Group and my world leader clients).
For those clients I translated and managed millions of words over my 13 years of experience.

Please find my CV attached.

Samples are available upon request.

I do believe that the combination of my current experience and my academic studies, in addition to my commitment to hard work and my interpersonal skills make me confident that I can perform effectively as a part of your team.


Should you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your consideration.

I look forward to hearing from you.


Sincerely,

Abdullah Hassaan