Nora Medhat

Nora Medhat Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt-- Over 15 years' experience in freelance translation, subtitling, editing, and copy editing, receiving content remotely (online) and delivering it via email to meet generally tight deadlines. Current Freelance Translation, Subtitling, & Editing Work Subtitler, for Tanweer, Oryx, Screens, and others. Translating TV shows, movies, and documentaries from English into Arabic and vice versa, to be aired on Nickelodeon, Disney, MBC, Dubai TV, Fatafeat, and AlAan TV, among others. Translator, for Tanweer, ArabsToday, Mediawatch, and many others.  Translating articles from US and UK news from English to Arabic to meet four- to six-hour deadlines.  Translating and summarizing select articles from Arab dailies.  Translating Master’s and PhD exams taken by Arabic students to English before they are sent to Cambridge, UK, to be graded. Editor/Copy Editor, Tanweer and various other clients. Editing diverse content for magazines, blogs, websites, and TV. Previous In-House Experience Business Developer, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. Proposing fields in which to launch 01/2005 to 10/2005 Full-time Production Development Specialist, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. 10/2005 to 03/2006 Full-time 03/2004 to 01/2005 Full-time 09/2003 Full-time open-access journals. Searching for potential editors-inchief for each journal. Developing existing journals and deciding which ceased journals to buy from publishers. Eliminating unnecessary errors in the copy editing, finalization, and graphics teams and acting as a link between the company departments. Editing company webpages. Creating a mission statement. Compiling a prepress team guidebook. Developing short-term and long-term plans to change employee mentality for smoother operations and cooperation. Preparing the index manual. Copy Editor, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. Correcting all grammatical, syntactical, stylistic, and diction mistakes in science, technology, and medicine manuscripts prior to publishing. Manuscripts are written mostly by American, English, and European authors as well as authors from the Far East. Arabic Language Teacher, Baby Home American Schools. Teaching Arabic to mostly non-Arab students in KG, grade 1, and grade 2, using English to help students grasp meanings. Education Bachelor of Commerce Accounting Major Ain Shams University, Egypt Choueifat School, Sharjah, UAE Computer skills Experienced user (Windows, MS Word & Excel, and the Internet). Languages Arabic: Native proficiency English: Native proficiency Certificates The Modern Accounting Certificate, AUC. The Business Administration Certificate, AUC.