ALTAF FAKIH

Selangor, Malaysia · +601162255130

[email protected] · 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/altaf-fakih-942a421b1

Professional freelance translator
with a B.A and M.A. degrees in Translation Studies and more than 4 years of
experience in the field. 

2019 – Present

Freelance translator

I have been offering translation
services, including transcreation and localization, from English to Arabic
and vice versa. I have translated over 500,000 words covering vast content in
pure science and social science fields including marketing, tourism,
e-commerce, business, mass communication, education, literature and culture

2019 – 2021

Freelance Language Instructor

I worked for 2 years as a private instructor teaching
English as a second language.

2023 – Present

English Language Teacher

Teaching Cambridge Lower Secondary syllabus 

2021-2022

Ph.D. in Translation Technology, SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, LITERACIES AND TRANSLATION, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM)

          Now, I am pursuing my Ph.D. degree in Translation Technology: AI and Subtitling and working on academic articles and studies discussing “Machine Translation Quality Evaluation”.

2021-2022

M.A. in Translation for
Professionals, School of Languages, Literacies
and Translation, UNiversiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

(CGPA: 3.78 out of 4)

I have taken several courses throughout the Translation for Professionals program that deals with theoretical and
practical aspects of translation activity. The courses are:

·        
Approaches to translation
practice

·        
Research and Technology
for translation

·        
Business of Translation

·        
Culture, Society, and
Psychology in Translation

·        
Translation Practice:
Hospitality Texts

·        
Interpreting Formal and
Informal Discourse

·        
Translation Practice:
Business, Legal and Political Texts

·        
Translation Commentary

·        
Translation Practice:
Media and Communication Texts

2016-2020

B.A. In Linguitics and Translation
studies, College of language and
translation, Najran university

(CGPA: 4.97 out of
5)

This program provided a vast range of courses
including Translation Studies and Linguistics. Some of the courses
that I have taken are listed below:

·        
Computer-assisted Translation

·        
Simultaneous & Consecutive Interpreting

·        
Translating Political & Economic Texts

·        
Translating Military & Security Texts

·        
Translating Scientific & Technological
Texts

·        
Translating Literary Texts

·        
Translating Legal Texts

·        
Translating Islamic Texts

·        
Contrastive Linguistics

·        
Text Linguistics & Translation

·        
Academic Writing Skills

·        
Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics

·        
Professional in using
Microsoft Office Apps

·        
Professional in using Cat
Tools, including translation memory tools, translation management software,
machine translation, etc.

·        
I have experience in the
following Cat Tools: Trados 2022, Memsource, MemoQ, ContentQuo, Smartcat,
Translate5, Lokalise, XTM, Matecat, and I'm willing to learn new ones.

·        
Professional in using
monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, thesauruses, and web-based information
resources.

·        
Creative Writing Skills

·        
Critical thinking and
problem-solving skills

·        
Cultural Awareness &
Intelligence

·        
Adherence to Deadlines