CURRICULUM VITAE
WORK EXPERIENCE
2019-present:
Freelance translator and proofreader
from German, Arabic and French to English
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March 2023 - Sep. 2024:
German to English staff translator at the German
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn​
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2017-2023:
Translator (English, German, Arabic)
for the German Federal Office of Justice, Bonn
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2015-2017:
Media Analyst (Arabic, German, French)
at Kantar Media, London
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2011-2015:
Freelance translator, interpreter and proofreader (UK)
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TRANSLATION QUALIFICATIONS
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2015:
MSc in Arabic-English Translation and Conference Interpreting
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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2012:
BA in Transcultural Communication (Arabic/German/English)
University of Graz, Austria
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2011:
MA (with Honours of the First Class) in Interpreting and
Translating (German/French/English),
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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OTHER EXPERIENCE/PERIODS SPENT ABROAD
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July 2023:
Attended "Bristol Translates" literary translation summer school at Bristol University, UK
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May-June 2014:
Internship with the Communications Department of United Nations Volunteers, Bonn, Germany
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2009-10:
Erasmus semester at the Institut Supérieur de Traducteurs et Interprètes, Brussels, Belgium
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July-August 2009:
Intensive Arabic course at the Higher Language Institute, Damascus, Syria
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June-August 2008:
Call centre operative for international breakdown assistance (French/German/English) in Lyon, France
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2004-2007:
Attended sixth form at a German grammar school (Gymnasium Essen-Werden), and obtained the German university entrance qualification (Abitur)
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2004:
Gained 11 GCSEs at A* from Poltair School, St Austell, UK
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