Ahmad Barakat |
ATA-Certified Translator | Interpreter, Editor, Content Creator

Location:
San Jose, CA

Telephone:
+1 408 966 4784

Email:
[email protected]

Provide high quality interpretation and
translation services from Arabic to English and English to Arabic to a wide
variety of academic, government, non-government, media and professional
organizations.

2020-Present                   Self-employed
– San Jose, California

Translator/Interpreter/Editor

                                            

Deliver editing, translation and interpretation services to the
University of Illinois, the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey, the Yarmouk Futures Project of the Water Security Research Centre at the University of East Anglia,
Chicago Votes, and the Arab American Action Network. Provide language services to various translation agencies including GES Translation Services, Multicultural Educational Services, Macro Translate, Bilingva and Express Language
Solutions.

 

Services include:

·       
Management of
authors and editors including publication planning, communication and
coordination

·       
Developmental
editing and copyediting of textual content in English and Arabic

·       
Critical editorial
fact-checking and quality control

·       
Translation of
textual content from English to Arabic and Arabic to English

·       
Image management

·       
Design and layout of
print and digital publications

 

2018 – 2020                      Rabdan
Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE

                                             Translator/Interpreter

 

Translated written
material pertaining to Rabdan Academy's joint project with the UAE Armed Forces
to create a Military Qualification Center. Translation tasks involved a wide
variety of material from all branches and training institutions across the UAE
Armed Forces, including the Medical Affairs School, the Technical Affairs
school, Logistics, Training Support Center, Coast Guard, Administrative
Affairs, and Air Force.  Provided
interpretation services for meetings between project stakeholders including
armed forces commanders, Rabdan Academy and Landmarc Gulf, a British company
specialized in facilitating the transition from military to civilian life
through design of accredited certification.

 

 

2014 – 2018                      Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection
Authority (CICPA) – Abu                                                            Dhabi, UAE

                                             Translator

 

Translated training
courses, internal and external validations, job analyses, course designs and
Systems Approach to Training (SAT) related documents for the Critical
Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority (CICPA) as an outsourced
employee by Emirates Gateway Security Services, a subsidiary company of Golden Group.  Provided interpreting services to training
courses for national service recruits on subjects including personal, vehicle
and vessel search, border control, checkpoint and sentry measures, customs and
personal interviews.

 

2010 – 2014                      U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C.

                                             Translator

 

Independent
contractor with the Office of Language Services.

 

 

2009 – Present                Al-Shabaka – The Palestinian
Policy Network, USA

                                             Translator, Copy Editor

 

Translate policy
papers, news articles, political commentaries, and annual reports. Ensure that
all website content is published in both English and Arabic. www.al-shabaka.org

 

 

2009 – 2011                      Welocalize – Applications
and Operating systems Tester, Cupertino, USA

 

Outsourced to localize iPhone OS at Apple.inc in Cupertino, CA.

 

 

2004 – 2014                      Various Clients

Freelance Translator/Interpreter/Editor

 

Contributed interpretation and translation
services to academic projects, media organizations, NGOs, commercial enterprises
and banks, and translation firms.  Translated
documents including academic publications, legal materials, media articles and
press releases, annual reports, correspondence, marketing materials,
newsletters, and political and academic reports. 

Clients Included:

·       
Translation firms –  Geotext, Stops.Inc, CETRA,