Baleegh Al-Hammadi, Arabic<>English Translation Services

About

I am a professional translator Arabic><English with over 20 years of experience.

Experience

Basha Computer Company

Apr 2019 – Present

Yemen

COMMERCIAL MANAGER AND TRANSLATOR

Duties: -Researching the legal and commercial landscape of new markets both in Yemen and abroad, - Identifying and communicating risks of those opportunities and establishing corporate structures to deliver the business. - Involving in preparing bids for new contracts, including national frameworks and high-value contracts. - Working on new opportunities and responsible for reviewing company policies to make sure they stay relevant and manage contract performance to ensure the company meets customer expectations. - Responsible for overseas communication and correspondences with potential manufacturers and exporters via phone calls and e-mail messages. - Frequently conduct meetings with key stakeholders to negotiate contract terms and variations and subsequently lead on the delivery of those agreements. - Working closely with all teams within the company and provide them with technical translations related to their duties particularly when projects’ work plans and related documentation are in English.

Social Fund for Development (SFD)

Apr 2020 – Jul 2020

Yemen

Translator

English – Arabic and vice versa Translation of project proposals to be sent to donors for approval. Drafting projects’ proposals in English

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Jul 2013 – Dec 2015

Yemen

Translator / interpreter Analyst

Duties and Responsibilities Under the direct supervision of the SETP Chief Technical Advisor working as an integral part of the project’s team, ensuring maximum professionalism and adding capacity in supporting the mandate of SETP. As Interpreter/Translator Analyst I worked closely with SETP team members and undertook the following specific tasks related to the interpretation, translation, and proofreading: • I Interpret/translate for SETP team members at meetings and workshops. • Translation and proofreading of SETP external documents and products such as election-related laws, correspondence, and regulations, materials for the media and public information unit, including press releases, media advisories, publications, reports, and other related texts. These texts could be for print publications, broadcasts, public consumption, or the website. • Translation and proofreading of UNDP/SETP internal documents such as mission, project annual and other types of reports, publications, messages, and texts for the UNDP/SETP project; UNDP/SETP rules, regulations, and guidelines, any other internal texts as required. The translated text has to be delivered in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint files, as required, following the formatting of the original document as needed. • Translation and proofreading of documents and materials on electoral updates, timelines, and statistics in English-Arabic and vice versa. • Translation and proofreading all text contained in figures, boxes, tables, photo captions, sources, and covers. Proofreading and editing will be done primarily using Adobe Acrobat 8. Proofreading and editing of MS Word documents will make use of track changes. • I perform terminology research to ensure the accuracy and appropriateness of all translations. I am responsible for ensuring the quality and accuracy of the entire document before submitting it back to the SETP management.

Gallo Oil Yemen Inc.

Apr 2005 – Jun 2013

Yemen

COMMERCIAL MANAGER AND TRANSLATOR

Duties and Responsibilities: English - Arabic - English Translation of the following: - Official letters, documents, legal contracts, technical reports. - Checking soundness of textual coherence and cohesion of contracts and other translated Materials. - Filling in visa applications and residence renewals and registration of Indonesian staff coming to Sana’a in the police station upon arrival to Sana’a. - Providing linguistic advice for officials when needed. - English Arabic English Interpretation between Indonesian Engineers and Yemeni government people from the Ministry of Oil & Minerals and Petroleum Exploration & Production Authority and other related government authorities.

EMBASSY OF INDIA

May 1999 – Jul 2001

Yemen

Translator / Interpreter

Duties and Responsibilities: - Translating news articles and incoming messages. - Making necessary arrangements for meetings of Ambassador and with governmental officials as requested. - Handling commercial inquiries. - Matching Yemeni companies with their interested counterparts in India. Conducting market surveys and preparing annual commercial reports of the Indian exports to Yemen.

Education

English Department, Faculty of Arts, Sana’a University

Jul 1994 – Jun 1997

Bachelor Degree, English Literature

Baleegh Al-Hammadi

Arabic<>English Translation Services

Skills

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