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- Arabic to English translations
- Technical materials
- political/governmental subjects
- military subjects
- transcription and translation of audio/video materials
Education:
Modern Standard Arabic + Syrian Arabic Basic Course
Defense Language Institute, Monterey CA
Intermediate Arabic Structure
Training Techniques for Instructors
Intermediate Arabic to English Translation
National Cryptologic School, Fort Meade MD
North African Arabic Language and Culture (Libyan Dialect)
Brigham Young University, Provo UT
Advanced Levantine Dialect
Baltimore, MD
Advanced Arabic Grammar and Structure
Baltimore, MD
Arabic-English/English-Arabic Translation Studies
Inter-Col.net, UK
Work Experience:
* Employed full time as an Arabic to English translator by the US Department of Defense with over five years experience
* Areas of translation include political, military, technical and religious subjects
* Over one year working as an instructor for US military personnel at Camp LeJeune North Carolina
* Developed customized class material from television, newspaper and magazines to ensure quality and current topics
* Trained in Syrian, Lebanese, Libyan and Egyptian dialects
* Administered aptitude and proficiency tests
* Provided translations to various US government agencies including the National Security Agency, Department of Defense and Federal Bureau of Investigation
* Four years of experience as a UNIX and Linux systems administrator, including AIX, Solaris, FreeBSD and several Linux distributions and kernel versions
* One year experience testing Arabic Office 2000 for Microsoft, including validation of translation of help files
Expertise 
CV/Resume (DOC)