About me
• Languages: English (native, academic & professional), Turkish (native) and Arabic (upper-intermediate).
• IT skills: Proficient in MS Office and various social media platforms.
• Good communication and team-work skills: Involved in Students’ Union and have worked in environments requiring team work such as in schools.
• Work efficiently under pressure and have good time-management skills: Organised and managed various events, met deadlines for various tasks including translation of books.
• People orientated and enthusiastic: Developed new relations through Students’ Union involvement, school placement and various other jobs and extra-curricular activities. Established relations with individuals from various departments within all areas of work, education and extra-curricular activities.
• Keeping up-to-date with current affairs and general world education. • Psychology behind interpersonal interactions, Arabic calligraphy and language learning and development.
Work history
Administrator
London, United KingdomFull Time
• Perform all operational and administrative duties particularly those associated with reservations.
• Produce and distribute correspondence memorandums, letters and forms.
• Answer all incoming calls and direct as necessary and deal with reservations related calls.
• Interact and communicate with other departments regarding reservations related issues.
• Develop and maintain a filing system and submit and reconcile expense reports.
• Review accommodation information and availability and maintain accommodation literature and ensure accuracy – maps etc.
• Research commission, no-show, cancellation and billing issues and resolve customer requests and complaints.
• Perform other duties as directed and provide general support to all visitors.
• To identify opportunities for better rates and increased reservations.
Translator
- TurkeyFreelance
• Translated a number of literary books (mainly poetry, novels and author biographies) from Turkish to English.
• Required to meet set deadlines.
• Self-edited and proof-checked translations.
• Titles of books translated:
“Divan-I Hikmet/Ahmed Yesevi”
“Kutadgu Bilig/Yusuf Khass Hacib”
“Selections of Epics from the Turkish world”
“Yunus Emre”
“Selections from Poets of the Turkish World”
“Selections of Children’s Literature from the Turkish World”
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Skills
- Event Organisation
- Interpersonal Skills
- Teamwork and Co-operation
- Administration
- Problem Solving
- Operational Process
- Literature Translation
- Arabic
- Turkish
- Team Leadership
Education
Arabic Language
- Cairo, Egypt
Arabic Language (Upper-Intermediate)
Language and Linguistics
- London, United Kingdom
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