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S I M A A B E D R A B B O H

Syria: Phone 00963 11 611 4 228 – Fax 00963 11 6119626 Mobile 00963 94 52 84 80

Saudi Arabia :P.O. Box 127238. Postal code: 21352 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Phone 00966 565 121 041 , Fax 00966 2 6683319 E-mail: [email protected]

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Sex: Female

Date of birth: 28/6/1976

Marital Status: Married

Nationality: Syrian

EDUCATION

2001 BA in Archaeology, University of Damascus, Syria

1998 DUTFA (Diplôme Universitaire Traduction Français –Arabe, Specialized Translation (Politic, Scientific and Technical, Literary, Law) French-Arabic, Arabic-French, University Lumiere, Lyon2, France.

LANGUAGES

Arabic: Mother tongue.

English: Excellent – speaking reading and writing.

French: Excellent- speaking reading and writing.

Spanish: Excellent – speaking reading and writing.

Italian: Excellent- speaking reading and writing.

German: fair.

Very good knowledge in Middle Eastern Ancient Languages (translation of manuscripts): Aramaic, Ancient Hebrew, Acadian and Phoenician. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997: I have translated the subtitles (English-Arabic) of some American Home Videos for a renowned Syrian home videos center.

1998- 2000: Translator Interpreter: From and into Arabic-English- Spanish Kabbour Company, Damascus Syria.

2001-2002 December: Head of the Translation Dept/Translator from and into Arabic-English-French, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Lawyers & Translators, Jeddah Saudi Arabia.

2002-till present: Free lance translator and interpreter.

2004: I have translated the best-seller entitled "The Da Vinci Code" Written by the renowned author Dan Brown.

2005: I have translated the non-fiction book entitled "Imperial Hubris" written by Michael Sheuer.

Language pairs: English>Arabic-Spanish< Arabic and Italian

Areas of Expertise: General texts-Archeology-Journalism-Sociology- Religion-Politics-History-Philosophy-Business related documents and books (Marketing-Advertising- Management,etc...) -Legal documents (for example: Birth certificates-Contracts-Litigation, etc…)-Novels- Film videos.

Software: Trados-L&H power Translator 7.0-MS Office Windows XP.

COURSES

1996- Advanced American Business Course – USIS (The United States Information Services. Damascus, Syria.

1998- Course in Spanish Arts, Literature and Society- The Royal Diplomatic School of Madrid, Spain.

1999 Course as a volunteer at the Institute for Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded Adults, Damascus-Syria.

COMPUTER LITERACY

Microsoft Office: Complete facility of use.

Excellent Internet surfing and Email handling.

References are available upon request.