Member since Nov '20

Working languages:
Arabic to Spanish
Spanish to Arabic
Spanish (monolingual)
Arabic (monolingual)
English to Spanish

Yasmin Abbas Chakour
Linguist and experienced translator

Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Local time: 08:41 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: Arabic (Variants: Lebanese, Jordanian) Native in Arabic, Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) Native in Spanish, English (Variant: US) Native in English
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Multilingual linguist and Experienced translator, fluent in three languages: English, Arabic and Spanish. 

 

0034 611 657 572 
yasmin.hayes21@gmail.com 
 
 

Experienced translator with a demonstrated history of working in the translation and localization industry. Currently working in translating legal documents and providing simultaneous interpretation from Arabic and English to Spanish and vice versa (in court and in police stations). Also sometimes I translate written French to Spanish.
With a knowledge and experience in Middle Eastern politics, history and culture. I have proofread prestigious Academic articles in both English and Spanish, and I have experience in subtitling and transcribing (English, Spanish and Arabic). Due to the nature of the work I do, I am very used to translating confidential, legal documents, and I know how to handle a confidential file. 

Languages 
Arabic (native) 
Spanish (native) 
English (proficiency) 
French (intermediate)  
Italian (reading comprehension only) 
 

Skills 
Simultaneous interpretation.  
Fast translation of official certificates and contracts. 
Translation of news articles, art history texts, and entire news websites.  
Subtitles in English/Spanish/Arabic. 
Proofreading, editing, and grammar and linguistic assistance in English, Spanish and Arabic.  
Researcher on general news of the Middle East, international affairs and political issues, also can 
make efficient and professional reports on the matter in both English and Spanish.  
Quick translation or transcription of audios and videos to and from EN/AR/SP. 
Analytical skills.  
Research on counterterrorism. 
Creative writing.  
 
 
 

Experience 
March 2017 - PRESENT 

Ofilingua, Madrid, Spain ​- T
​ ranslator  

Interpretation  and  translation  of  Arabic  at  the  Ministry  of  Interior  Affairs.  I  translate 
Arabic  of various dialects (Egyptian, Levant, Darija, and Standard or Classic), both written 
and  spoken,  into  Spanish.  In  my  work  With  the  Ministry  I have increased my experience 
in  the  field  of  Translation  of  legal  and  religious  Arabic  texts  into  Spanish.  Additionally,  I 
have  a  Bilingual  level  of  English  so  I  also  translate  from  English  into  Spanish  and  vice 
versa. 
 
December 2019 - Present 

Interpret Solutions​- F
​ reelance Interpreter 
Simultaneous interpretation for social workers  
 
December 2019 - February 2020 

Sigma Technologies Global​ - ​Arabic linguist 
Transcribing Arabic videos 
 
December 2019 - Present 

Freelancer.com​ - Translator/Auditor 
 
December 2019 - February 2020 

Sigma Technologies Global​ - ​Arabic linguist 
​ ​ Transcription of Arabic videos 
January 2014 - March 2020 

Freelance​ - English Teacher  
English conversation classes for adults 
 
 
December 2016 - February 2017 

Seprotec ​- ​Interpreter  
I​ nterpreter from Arabic to Spanish in courts and police stations.  
December 2016 - February 2017 

Las Inglesitas Academy ​- ​English Teacher  


​ English classes for kids between the ages of 2 and 15, and Business English classes for 

companies .  

December 2015 - February 2016 

Bradford School S.L ​- ​English Teacher  
​ English classes for kids between the ages of 2 and 15. 

Education 
October 2019 - Present 

UNED, online Spanish university​ - ​English Studies (Linguistics and Literature) 
Currently studying English philology at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, and my 
intention is doing my master’s degree afterwards on Arabic studies and eventually preparing for the 
public competition exam and becoming a Sworn Public Translator.  
October 2019 - Present 

Rajac American School​ - ​American High School 
Graduated with a SAT score of 1640 and a score of 520 in Biology and 610 in French in SAT 
Subjects.  
 

Tools 
Microsoft Word 
Adobe Photoshop 
Apple Pages 
Apple Keynote  
Microsoft Excel  

SDL Trados

Subtitle Edit
 
 

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