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Osama Z. El-Bietar EDUCATION * MA Int’l Education, Framingham State College, Massachusetts, USA, 2007 * BA of English Language and Literature, Yarmouk University, Jordan 1985 * Diploma in Education, Yarmouk University, Jordan 1985 * Intensive English Language Program Certificate, Temple University, USA 1981 * Language Phonology Diploma, Special Studies Center, Ku. Ministry of Ed., 1987 PEOFESSINAL EXPERIENCE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION 1. CanTranslate 2002 to present GM & Chief Translator and Interpreter 2. Kuwait National Petroleum Company July, 06 – Nov, 07 Senior Editor and Translator 3. Libra, A British Virgin Islands Off-Shore Co., Kuwait 96-97 Partner and Senior Translator 4. Al Sarraf, Al Ruwayeh and Stephenson Harwood Law Firm Nov, 85 – Jan 96 Translation Department Manager Also freelanced for: 1. United Press International, Translator / Interpreter 2. Kuwait Union of Industries, Translator 3. Hadabbah International Co., Translator 4. Universal Advertising Est., Translator And many more, … WRITTEN TRANSLATION ACHIEVEMENTS Translated for printing the following: (365) page traffic engineering doctorate dissertation from English into Arabic. (120) page graduation thesis on dentistry into Arabic. Novel “Sarah” by Samiah Al-Kulaify Kuwait Airways on board magazine “Buraq” Kuwait Airways on ground magazine “Airport” In addition to hundreds of thousands of words in a variety of fields and domains. SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION ACHIEVEMENTS * UN International Court of Justice lecture by Prof. Mohammad El-Bedjawi, Kuwait. * Kuwait Blind Association International Conference, Kuwait . * Kuwait Stock Exchange and CMC Co., Mumbai, India. * Islamic Banking Sciences Conference, Human Investment Co., Kuwait . * Human Investment Company Feelings Training Courses, Mark Tain 2004, Kuwait . * Kuwait Finance House, Conventional vs. Islamic Banking Conference, 2004, Kuwait. * UNDP Conferences in Kuwait 2005. * Development of Trade Mark Conference, 2005, Kuwait . * “NDI”Conference, Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campble 2005, Kuwait . * National Democratic Institute Workshop “NDI”, 2005. * Kuwait Market Financial Association Conference, 2005, Kuwait. * Third International Conference on Energy Research, Kuwait University , 2005, Kuwait . * Launching Design Competition in Kuwait, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, 2005, Kuwait . * United Nations Development Programme Seminar on Iraqi Issues, 2005, Kuwait . * Parliamentarians against Corruption Seminar, November 2005, Kuwait . * Gulf Equity Markets, President George Bush speech, NBK, November, 2005, Kuwait . * Global Petroleum Industry & Impacts on Gulf Economies Symposium, NBK, May, 2006, Kuwait . * Participated and Interpreted in "Fourth Regional training Workshop on Declaration of Fundamental Rights at workplace and International labor standards- 22-24 April 2006, held by Kuwait Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs and ILO. * Interpreted in "Fourth International Forum on Investing in Technology – Developing an Arab Venture Capital Industry"- 10-11 April 2006 Kuwait- UNIDO. * Kuwait as Commercial and Financial Center Conference- 8-9 May 2006. * Dutch Welle TV Channel official Launch, Chancellor Grehard Chruder, 2007 * Participated and Interpreted in "Executive Seminar on 'Balanced Scorecard'- 14 May 2006 * Translated in "The national project to enlighten domestic employees" at the Grand Mosque in Kuwait, on September 11, 2006. * Interpreted in the Industrial Bank Conference on Investment Opportunities in the petrochemical sector and downstream products (8-9 December 2006). * Participated in U.S. Customs and Border Protection Training program in Kuwait 3-7 Feb 2008 * Management of Change in Crisis Seminar Dr. Stephen Covey – Kuwait – Mar 2, 2008. MEMBERSHIPS * ATESL, Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language, 2000, AB, Canada * Member of the Arab Association of Learning Disabilities. * Member of Arab Translators Association. COMPUTER SKILLS& SOFTWARE: Computer-Assisted Translation tools, namely: * Trados tool, including (Tag Editor, SDLX, Workbench & WinAlign) * Deja Vu * OmegaT * SDLX * Star Transit * Wordfast * AnyMem * Felix * And other REFERENCES Available upon request