Mohammed Megahed

English-Arabic Translator, Subtitler and Interpreter

[email protected] Damietta, Egypt +201004704927

https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01a7c https://www.linkedin.com/in/megahed- https://www.proz.com/translator/2411948 74bb79b019160 english-arabic-translator/

Work Experience

November 2020 – Translator and Quality Control Specialist Present Zoo Digital ✓ Responsible for translation and quality control of audiovisual materials for leading media production companies, such as Netflix, Disney, HBO, Sony, Warner Bros, and more.

March 2017 – Translator, Subtitler and Reviewer Present Freelance ✓ Worked, on Upwork freelancing platform, with multiple individuals and companies of various scales as a one-stop-shop service provider. ✓ Offered a full TEP cycle that generated publishing-ready files using a combination of CAT tools, e.g., memoQ and SDL Trados, and publishing tools from MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint to Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. ✓ Most Notable Clients: • Infomir: Translated many articles, newsletters and software interfaces for Infomir, a Ukrainian manufacturer of IPTV/OTT solutions. • WizCase: Localized countless articles and ads for this software review website. • Binomo: Converted emails, letters, notifications and ads into Arabic for this trading platform. • RPMAnetworks: Translated official papers, correspondence and legal documents. ✓ Other Major Projects: • Book Translation: - Civil War in Syria – Mobilization and Competing Social Orders, by Adam Baczko, Gilles Dorronsoro, Arthur Quesnay. • Website Localization: - Inspirock: Trip planning service; - Herman Legal Group: Experienced Immigration Lawyers; - YourKeto.diet: Keto diet and healthy lifestyle planning service. • App Localization: - RoxiVPN: VPN client; - Password Depot: Password manager app; - DinoLingo: Language learning program for kids; - SkyVPN. • Took part in the plans of California Department of Health Care Services to localize health guides, manuals and forms for the Arabic- speaking community in California. • 1+ year of experience in translating scripts for voiceover and subtitling of sport TV shows.

January 2020 – Translator June 2020 Cube Localization ✓ Executed different types of projects for the company’s high-profile clients, including: • Subtitling projects. • Medical translation of Mayo Clinic articles into Arabic. • E-commerce translation of Amazon products.

November 2019 – Translator, Reviewer and Project Manager December 2019 Certified Translation Center ✓ Handled the translation and review of different types of legal projects, including arbitration cases and official documents.

Training

October 2020 – Medical Interpretation Course December 2020 Translation Birds

October 2019 – Using SDL Trados, memoQ and Aegisub November 2019 Cube Localization

Skills

Languages • Arabic: Native • English: Fluent

Translation Fields • Technology; • Commercial; • Journalistic; • Software Localization; • E-commerce; • Legal; • Scientific; • Educational; • Entertainment; • Medical; • Blockchain; • Games. • Financial;

Software • ; • Microsoft Excel; • Adobe InDesign; • Microsoft • Adobe Acrobat Pro; • Adobe Illustrator. PowerPoint; • ;

CAT Tools • memoQ; • SmartCat; • Crowdin; • Lokalise; • SDL Trados; • ; • MateCAT;

and capable of using any CAT tool with a similar user interface.

Subtitling • Knowledgeable about commonly used general guidelines of subtitling, with an ability to adapt and follow individual clients’ style guides. • Mastered the use of subtitling tools, such as Aegisub and Subtitle Edit. • Familiar with ZooSubs subtitling tool.

Language Skills • Gifted with wording, phrasing and sentence structure skills.

Teamwork • Proficient at communication with other translators, reviewers and quality control specialists in order to pay attention to style consistency and term unification.

Research Skills • Highly skilled at using search engines, dictionaries, glossaries, translation memories term bases and corpuses to obtain the most accurate results.

Education

November 2020 – Foundation Certificate in Translation and Interpreting December 2020 The American University in Cairo

October 2014 – Bachelor of Engineering, Production and Mechanical Design September 2019 Mansoura University