Amel Abdullah is an experienced translator and native speaker of English who is skilled at processing information quickly, researching facts and writing in clear, grammatically correct English.
Languages Translated: Arabic to English
Average Output: 2,000 to 4,000 quality words per day
Areas of interest and specialization include:
News, current events, politics, education, religion and culture, with a focus on Islam and the Middle East
Amel is especially skilled at translating newspaper/magazine articles and works in close cooperation with a native speaker of Arabic to ensure the accuracy of all translated texts.
Recent and On-going Arabic to English Translation Projects:
Languages Translated: Arabic to English
Average Output: 2,000 to 4,000 quality words per day
Areas of interest and specialization include:
News, current events, politics, education, religion and culture, with a focus on Islam and the Middle East
Amel is especially skilled at translating newspaper/magazine articles and works in close cooperation with a native speaker of Arabic to ensure the accuracy of all translated texts.
Recent and On-going Arabic to English Translation Projects:
- Cognitive debriefing projects that involve recruiting and interviewing participants in Arabic, translating the interviews to English, and analyzing the responses for linguistic validation purposes;
- Translation of healthcare materials, including patient questionnaires and QoL instruments;
- Translated hundreds of on-line discussions written in Egyptian Arabic (more than 150,000 words in 2012);
- Translated business and marketing materials for the Ministry of Culture and Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Qatar;
- Translated 300-page novel authored by award-winning Sudanese writer Amir Tag Elsir for the Ministry of Culture in Qatar;
- Translated nearly 700 articles covering Middle East news and politics for popular news website;
- Translated a series of Q&A interviews conducted with government officials and ordinary citizens for news agency (audio to text);
- Translated hundreds of reader comments for Arabic news website (written in Gulf, Egyptian, Iraqi, Yemeni and Levantine dialects);
- Helped translate and transcribe excerpts from several Arabic-language satellite news programs;
- Translated subtitles for an Islamic nasheed video that is now broadcast on satellite channels across the Arab world;
- Researched and translated more than 1,000 historical events for inclusion on Islamic calendar;
- Translated application materials for university student;
- Translated marketing materials for Amman-based publisher.