English-Kurdish Translator

Working languages:

Kurdish to Arabic
Arabic to Kurdish
English to Arabic

Balen Talabani

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Local time: 16:53 +03 (GMT+3)

Native in: Arabic (Variants: Iraqi, Standard-Arabian (MSA))

, Kurdish (Variants: Sorani, Kurmanji)

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What Balen Talabani is working on

Sep 25, 2024 (posted via ProZ.com): News & Political Interviews ...more, + 7 other entries »

Total word count: 162300

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Freelance translator and/or interpreter,

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Voiceover (dubbing), Training, Translation, Editing/proofreading, Interpreting, Website localization, Software localization, Transcreation, AI + Human review (MT post-editing) , Subtitling, Language instruction, Native speaker conversation, Copywriting

Specializes in:
History	Law (general)
Medical: Health Care	Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
Sports / Fitness / Recreation	Law: Taxation & Customs
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs	Law: Contract(s)
Medical (general)	Journalism

Open to considering volunteer work for registered non-profit organizations

General rate: 0.1 USD per word / 35 USD per hour

PRO-level points: 12, Questions answered: 6, Questions asked: 1

10 projects entered

1 positive feedback from outsourcers

Project Details	Project Summary	Corroboration
Translation Volume: 21000 words Completed: Sep 2023 Languages: English to Kurdish	Just completed a translation task, English US to Kurdish Sorani, for a global magazine. Time to focus on other tasks! Military / Defense	No comment.
Translation Volume: 13 pages Completed: Dec 2022 Languages: English to Kurdish	Language Quality Assurance with Manket Business/Commerce (general), Electronics / Elect Eng, Law: Taxation & Customs	No comment.
Translation Volume: 2 pages Completed: Dec 2022 Languages: English to Arabic	Survey translation Government / Politics	positive Mali Trans: No comment.
Translation Volume: 200 words Completed: Dec 2022 Languages: English to Kurdish	Banners Translation Urgent task that needed to be with in few hours. General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters	No comment.
Translation Volume: 5 pages Completed: Dec 2022 Languages: Kurdish to English	Certificate and Document Traslation Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs, Law: Contract(s), Medical: Cardiology	No comment.
Translation Volume: 500 words Completed: Nov 2022 Languages: English to Kurdish	Just finished translating a social work reports, English to Kurdish, 500 words.	No comment.
Translation Volume: 1415 words Completed: Nov 2022 Languages: English to Kurdish	6 pages of medical translation Medical (general), Medical: Cardiology, Medical: Health Care	No comment.
Translation Volume: 8600 words Completed: Oct 2022 Languages: English to Arabic	Just finished translating two court reports, English to Arabic, 8600 words, for a law firm client. Law (general)	No comment.
Translation Volume: 3600 words Languages: English to Kurdish	Medical Translation/Cardiology A Medical translation from English to Kurdish Kurmanji and Kurdish Sorani as an ongoing volunteer translation for Translators Without Borders. Medical (general), Medical: Cardiology, Medical: Health Care	No comment.
Translation Volume: 13 pages Duration: Oct 2022 to Dec 2022 Languages: English to Kurdish	Translation Test Evaluation IT (Information Technology), Law: Taxation & Customs, Marketing	No comment.

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Years of experience: 10. Registered at ProZ.com: Oct 2020.

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Bio

Native Kurdish and Arabic Translator | English, Russian, Turkish

Highly skilled translator and interpreter with 6.5+ million words translated and 570+ hours of professional interpretation for international corporations, NGOs, and official publications. I specialize in translation, localization, transcreation, and language quality assurance (LQA) across multiple domains, including legal, medical, marketing, technical (mechanical & automotive), tech, literary, and government content.

Notable projects include:

Localization for Meta, Samsung Iraq, Amazon, Unipath Magazine
Translation and proofreading of medical content, including vaccines, COVID-19 articles, and healthcare materials
Translation of technical and mechanical/automotive content for industry clients
Translation of legal and immigration content, asylum cases, and court reports
Volunteer translations for Translators Without Borders and the Official World Record Organization

Proficient in CAT tools (Trados, MemoQ, Memsource, SmartCat, Wordfast), subtitling software, and terminology management. I deliver accurate, culturally sensitive, and high-quality translations aligned with client objectives.

Languages: Kurdish (Sorani, Kurmanji, Bahdini) – Native | Arabic – Native | English – C2 | Russian – C1 | Turkish – Intermediate

This user has earned KudoZ points by helping other translators with PRO-level terms. Click point total(s) to see term translations provided.

Total pts earned: 12 (All PRO level)
Top languages (PRO)
Arabic to English	8
English to Arabic	4
Top general fields (PRO)
Art/Literary	4
Law/Patents	4
Science	4
Top specific fields (PRO)
Education / Pedagogy	4
Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright	4
Medical (general)	4
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This user has reported completing projects in the following job categories, language pairs, and fields.

Project History Summary
Total projects	10
With client feedback	1
Corroborated	1

100% positive (1 entry)
positive	1
neutral	0
negative	0

Job type
Translation	10

Language pairs
English to Kurdish	7
English to Arabic	2
Kurdish to English	1

Specialty fields
Medical: Cardiology	3
Law: Taxation & Customs	2
Medical (general)	2
Medical: Health Care	2
Military / Defense	1
Government / Politics	1
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters	1
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs	1
Law: Contract(s)	1
Law (general)	1
Marketing	1

Other fields
Business/Commerce (general)	1
Electronics / Elect Eng	1
IT (Information Technology)	1

Keywords: Kurdish, Arabic, Russian, App localization, Marketing translation, Video Subtitling, Website localization, Legal Translation

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