Fahad Kannath
Admin Assistant & Translator
Summary
Focused Translator with highly developed understanding of Arabic and English language and culture. Skilled in quickly and accurately translating written documents and audio recordings. Over 7 years of related expertise.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
Languages
Work History
Administrative Officer & Translator
The Private Office of H.H The Father Emir
Doha
11.2013 - Current
- Worked as an interpreter between the labors and directors
- Translated various documents to and from Arabic and English languages
- Prepared letters addressing different departments
- Created, prepared and delivered reports to various departments.
- Edited documents to improve accuracy of language, flow and readability.
- Received and sorted incoming mails to record, dispatch or distribute to correct recipient.
- Reviewed final work to spot and correct errors in punctuation, grammar and translation.
- Supported operations by translating key departmental documents and internal communications.
- Provided verbal summaries of non-English documents to diverse audiences.
- Prepared various employee related reports as required by the managers.
- Entered employee details in the HR software and assigned employee codes
- Coordinated with the banks to open bank accounts for employees.
- Provided secretarial support by entering, formatting and printing information
Translator
Freelancing
01.2015 - Current
- Translated various documents to and from Arabic and English languages for various Companies in Qatar ( New Smart Services - Al Wakra, Q-Media - Bin Mahmood, Systematic services - Doha).
- Replicated flow, style and overall meaning of original texts.
- Conferred with subject matter experts and other colleagues to establish precise understanding of specialized concepts.
- Consulted specialized dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books to identify closest equivalents for nuanced terminology, words and phrases.
- Reviewed final work to spot and correct errors in punctuation, grammar and translation.
- Communicated effectively with clients to establish scope and requirements of translation, following up after submission of work to confirm satisfaction and understanding.
Education
Master of Arts (MA) - English Language and Literature
Annamali University
Master of Arts (MA) - Islamics and Arabic literature
Darul Huda Islami University
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - English Language and Literature
University of Calicut
Diploma - Functional Arabic and Urdu
Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India
Certificate in Translation Quality Management - undefined
National Research Tomsk State University
Certificate in Writing Professional Emails in English - undefined
Nanjing University
China
Course Certificate in Translation in Practice - undefined
Georgia Institute of Technology
Skills
Professional Skillsundefined
Accomplishments
- Translated terminologies and the details of employees from Arabic to English as part of preparing new English version software for HR department
- Translated religious academic books for Zidnee foundation (India) from Malayalam to English
Timeline
Translator
Freelancing
01.2015 - Current
Administrative Officer & Translator
The Private Office of H.H The Father Emir
11.2013 - Current
Master of Arts (MA) - English Language and Literature
Annamali University
Master of Arts (MA) - Islamics and Arabic literature
Darul Huda Islami University
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - English Language and Literature
University of Calicut
Diploma - Functional Arabic and Urdu
Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India
Certificate in Translation Quality Management - undefined
National Research Tomsk State University
Certificate in Writing Professional Emails in English - undefined
Nanjing University
China
Course Certificate in Translation in Practice - undefined
Georgia Institute of Technology
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