drwahidi

LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION CERTIFICATION: Arab Professional Translators Association (APTA); Word Arab Translators' Association (WATA). COMPUTER CERTIFICATE: UNESCO I.C.D.L. certificate EDUCATION: • 1991 – 1994 Ph.D. - Environmental Geophysics – University of Genoa – Italy. • 1987 – 1991 [login to view URL].-Applied Geophysics – University of Jordan – Jordan. • 1983 – 1987 [login to view URL].–Earth & Environmental Geophysics-University of Yarmouk– Jordan. WORK EXPERIENCE: • Full-time translator & computer Expert (2000- current) o Italian Embassy – Jordan. • UN – UNEP freelance translator: (since 2003 – current) • University professor and researcher / part- time translator (1997-2000) o Yarmouk University – Jordan. • Researcher and part-time translator (1994-1997) o Geophysical service center –Jordan. LATEST PROJECTS: o More than 100,000 words for the United Nations - UNEP meetings on Environment and Ozone problem. o U.S. Dept. of States Antiterrorism courses-more than 300,000 words o Several MSDS (English & Italian<Arabic) o series of illustrated scientific books for children– more than 150 pages (EnàAr). o glossaries for Allergens and medical conditions – 1800 words (EnàAr). o “ the law of the association of professional engineering in Nova Scotia “ – 90,000 words. (EnàAr). o “Banking and financial transactions using the internet “ – book of about 50,000 words. (EnàAr). o Software user manual – 50000 words. o Several medical devices user’s manuals – 58,000 words. (EnàAr). o Hotel brochures and packages for tourists – 26,500 words. (EnàAr). o Italian Social Security regulation – 6,500 words. (ItàAr). TRANSLATION TOOLS: Trados 6.5 Freelance; WordFast SOFTWARE: Windows XP; MS Office 2003; MS Publisher, Norton antivirus 2004; MS Proofing tools; All Adobe applications; AutoCAD; QuarkXpress with Arabic Support (ArabicXT 6.1). HARDWARE: 2 Pentium IV 3.0 GHz, 80Gb HDD 512 Mb RAM, CD recorder + DVD, ADSL Internet connection, fax, printer, scanner, backup units. Apple Macintosh IMAC G5 OS X., 1.8 GHz/