ALISON BROOKS / RAED NAKSHBANDI

Nationality: American & British / Syrian
Native Language: English / Arabic
POB: Wisconsin, USA / Damascus, Syria
Working Languages: Arabic>English / English>Arabic, French>Arabic
Specialist Genres: Finance, Economics / Engineering, Legal, Islamic studies, Literature

REPRESENTATIVE 2007-2009 TRANSLATIONS

Arabic to English

Various loan agreements between Kuwait and Egypt, and a related Egyptian legislative decree - 59pp

Financial statement of a Saudi agro-industrial company, 14pp

Private sale agreement for an Egyptian apartment, 3 pages

Essay on the world financial crisis by a former Saudi Minister of Finance, 4pp

Maintenance and development contract for the baggage sorting system at Kuwait International Airport, 9pp

Technical standards and specifications for an Egyptian tourism development and investment project

English to Arabic

Description of a family of UK investment funds, 8pp.

Trainee handbook for a well-known fast food franchise, 40pp.

Product sheet for a software range

Focus on Finance (SME training course material), 105pp

Feasibility study on the establishment of an insurance company in Syria, 76pp, for Ernst & Young

Climate of Fear (report), 18pp, for Human Rights Watch

French to Arabic and Arabic to French

Brochure: Semaine culturelle iraquienne, 12 pp, for UNESCO

Décret Législatif No. 33 de l’an 2005 sur la lutte contre le blanchiment de l’argent et le financement du terrorisme - 14pp, for private client

EXPERIENCE

Alison Brooks

Translator (Arabic to English), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon, October 2008-present

Lecturer in Finance, Arab European University, Damascus, Syria, September 2007 - June 2008

Founder and CEO, FinTuition Ltd (financial training company), London, 1996-2006

Raed Nakshbandi

Private Consultant, Mechanical Engineering, 1998- Present
Worked with several industrial companies in the fields of machine maintenance, machine repair and renewal, installation of production lines, safety control, machine tool design, etc.

The activities of these companies include:

• Plastics (injection, extrusion, thermoforming, etc)
• Food (soft drinks, ice-cream, canning)
• Paper
• Printing
• Construction (ventilation, air–conditioning, central heating)
• Oil field services

QUALIFICATIONS

Alison Brooks

MSc, Foreign Service (Business Diplomacy), Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Licence ès lettres in Arabic, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III)

BA, Linguistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Raed Nakshbandi

Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Department of Production Methods and Machine Design
University of Damascus