I am a
National Registered Public Service Interpreter in Farsi & Dari (Reference

No: 12242) and a Chartered Member of Chartered
Institute of Linguists (Membership No: 022184 https://www.ciol.org.uk/interpreter/profile/27150/36/1619)
as well as Association of Police and court interpreters in England and Wales.
In addition to English, I speak Farsi, Dari and Kurdish Sorani.

I am a highly qualified and experienced
interpreter/Translator as well as a language &cultural trainer, Voice-over
Artist, and for the last 19 years I have been working for a range of
professional establishments, both governmental and non-governmental including
the EU establishments, NATO, International Oil Companies, MOD, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, Police, Crown and Magistrates’ Courts, Asylum
&Immigration Tribunal, Home Office, Solicitors, charity organisations
(Medical Foundation), Translators Without Borders, local Authorities and
related organisations. As a result, I have approximately gained at least 20000
hours of proven work experience, in different areas of expertise, both in the
public and the private sector. I have worked as a conference, simultaneous and
consecutive interpreter in different fields, from Law and Immigration to the
Military, Education, Housing, NHS, Social Services etc. In addition, since
2005, I have been setting and vetting the exam papers for FCO at different
levels from Operational to Functional and extensive levels. I have also the
experience of teaching and running DPSI courses for candidates who intend to
become professional Interpreter/Translator. In terms of other relevant
linguistic works, I am a language and cultural trainer as well as an
experienced voice-over artist and, in this regard, I have been working with
different agencies on a freelance basis, since 2002. With regards to the
Translation experiences, I am a qualified and highly experienced
translator. I am a Dip-Trans holder and since 1997 I have been working
for a range of organizations on a freelance basis. As a member of the NRPSI
(Ref: 12242) and a freelance translator, I provide Courts, Legal firms, Local
Authorities, Agencies etc, with certified translations of a variety of legal,
political, and Commercial documents. e.g. Translation of Afghanistan
Labour Law 2020. I also translate witness statements and transcribe
tape-recorded interviews on a regular basis in the Police Stations for legal
purposes. I am a member of APCI and IOL (Ref: 022184) and you can find my
details in the FIND-A-LINGUIST /Translator section of the IOL web site. https://www.ciol.org.uk/translator/profile/27150/36/1616