<p> S I M A A B E D R A B B O H</p><p>Syria: Phone 00963 11 611 4 228 – Fax 00963 11 6119626 Mobile 00963 94 52 84 80</p><p>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]</p><p>PERSONAL INFORMATION</p><p>Sex: Female</p><p>Date of birth: 28/6/1976</p><p>Marital Status: Married</p><p>Nationality: Syrian</p><p>EDUCATION</p><p>2001 BA in Archaeology, University of Damascus, Syria </p><p>1998 DUTFA (Diplôme Universitaire Traduction Français –Arabe, Specialized Translation (Politic, Scientific and Technical, Literary, Law) French-Arabic, Arabic-French, University Lumiere, Lyon2, France.</p><p>LANGUAGES</p><p>Arabic: Mother tongue.</p><p>English: Excellent – speaking reading and writing.</p><p>French: Excellent- speaking reading and writing.</p><p>Spanish: Excellent – speaking reading and writing.</p><p>Italian: Excellent- speaking reading and writing.</p><p>German: fair.</p><p>Very good knowledge in Middle Eastern Ancient Languages (translation of manuscripts): Aramaic, Ancient Hebrew, Acadian and Phoenician. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE</p><p>1997: I have translated the subtitles (English-Arabic) of some American Home Videos for a renowned Syrian home videos center.</p><p>1998- 2000: Translator Interpreter: From and into Arabic-English- Spanish Kabbour Company, Damascus Syria.</p><p>2001-2002 December: Head of the Translation Dept/Translator from and into Arabic-English-French, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Lawyers & Translators, Jeddah Saudi Arabia. </p><p>2002-till present: Free lance translator and interpreter.</p><p>2004: I have translated the best-seller entitled "The Da Vinci Code" Written by the renowned author Dan Brown.</p><p>2005: I have translated the non-fiction book entitled "Imperial Hubris" written by Michael Sheuer. </p><p>Language pairs: English><Arabic-French<>Arabic-Spanish< Arabic and Italian<Arabic.</p><p>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.</p><p>Software: Trados-L&H power Translator 7.0-MS Office Windows XP. </p><p>COURSES</p><p>1996- Advanced American Business Course – USIS (The United States Information Services. Damascus, Syria.</p><p>1998- Course in Spanish Arts, Literature and Society- The Royal Diplomatic School of Madrid, Spain. </p><p>1999 Course as a volunteer at the Institute for Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded Adults, Damascus-Syria. </p><p>COMPUTER LITERACY</p><p>Microsoft Office: Complete facility of use.</p><p>Excellent Internet surfing and Email handling.</p><p>References are available upon request.</p>