1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Chief legal Translator
Name : Mustafa Abdul Wahed Sayed
Date of Birth : 1957
Nationality: Egyptian
Social status: Married
Profession: • Legal Translator – Legal Department -
Dubai Properties Group
• Translation Officer – Emirates NBD. –
Legal Department (previously)
Contact Nos. : Mobile :00971507968714
E-mail : mustafasayeduae@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.legal-translator.net
Languages: Arabic & English
Driving License: Holder of a valid UAE driving License.
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2. Academic Qualifications :
• Bachelor of Applied Arts – Helwan University – Cairo – 1983.
• First Certificate in English – University of Cambridge – 1990.
• Business English Certificate 2 – University of Cambridge – 2000.
• Business Management Translation certificate – American University of Sharjah -
2008
• Turjman Translation Course – Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation
2008
• Translator Approved by Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation 2008
• Legal Translation Certificate- Cambridge Training College 2011
• Global English Certificates, levels 7, 8, 9 and 10
Teaching:
• A lecturer of a translation course for Amer al Azem Enterprise titled “ Principles
of Legal, Financial, Media and Administrative Translation” in 2012
• Instructor of a translation course titled “ Banking Document Translation” in
Doha- Qatar sponsored by the Qatari American Council for Professional
Education, June 2011
• A lecturer of a training course titled “ Grammar and Writing Skills” , Legal
Department, Emirates NBD, May 2011
• A lecturer of a translation course in Ajman University titled “
Translation of Annual Reports & Financial Statements “ in 2004
Books:
• Translator of Real Estate Agreements 2015
• Legal Term Translator 2013
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3. • Financial Document Translator 2012
• Phrasal Verb Translator 2012
• “Islamic Banking Agreement Translator” 2012
• “Business Agreement Translator” 2011
• “Banking Agreement Translator” 2010
• “ Power of Attorney Translator”, 2010
• “ Stock Market Translator”, 2009
• “Merger & Acquisition”, 2008
•1 Credit Card Translator – 2006
•2 “ Bank Translator “ 2005
Training Courses:
•3 4 English courses in preparation for Cambridge First Certificate – the British Council –
Dubai – 1990.
•4 Business Report writing – The British Council – Dubai – 1992.
•5 Advanced level English course – The British Council – 1993.
•6 Arabword Word Processing course – Nadia Training Institute – Dubai – 1994.
•7 Laws Related to Banking in the UAE – Emirates Institute for Banking & Financial
Studies – Sharjah- 1994.
•8 English Legal Terms of contracts – Gulf Institute for International Law – Dubai – 1997.
•9 Seminar in English legal Terminology – Gulf Institute for International Law – Dubai –
1997.
•10 Translation and Translating : Theory & Practice – Gulf Institute for International
Law – Dubai –1997.
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4. •11 Simplification of Work Procedures – Meirc Training & Consulting – Dubai –
1997.
•12 Translation Science & Arabization Art – Media Training Center – Dubai – 1999.
•13 Business English Certificate 2 – Emirates Bank Group – Global Training Center –
Dubai – 2000.
•14 Report Writing Course - Emirates Bank Group - Global Training Center – Dubai
– 2000.
•15 Business English Certificate 3 – Module 1 – Emirates Bank Group - Global
Training Center – Dubai – 2001.
•16 Business English Certificate 3 – Module 2 – Emirates Bank Group - Global
Training Center – Dubai – 2001.
•17 Business Writing – Emirates Institute for Banking & Financial Studies – Sharjah
- 2001.
•18 Letters of Credit & Trade Finance – Emirates Institute for Banking & Financial
Studies – Sharjah – June 2003.
•19 Creative thinking & problem Solving - Emirates Institute for Banking & Financial
Studies – Sharjah – January 2004.
PRACTICAL
EXPERIENCE:
30 years of practical practice of legal,
economic, financial, business and banking
translation from English into Arabic and vice
versa
EX-EMPLOYERS:
•1 Clyde & Co. Legal Consultants ( Formerly: Jonathan Silver – legal Consultants) 1984
-1994
•2 Emirates NBD (Bank) 1994 to 2013
•3 Dubai Properties Group 2013 - 2014
CURRENT EMPLOYER:
•4 Dubai Properties Group 2013 – 2014
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5. COMPUTER SKILLS: Windows, Office, Internet & E-mail
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Preparing timely, accurate and professional Arabic and English translations
• Liaising when necessary with concerned parties on the content and deadlines.
• Giving language advice if required.
• Proofreading the work carried out by external translators, if requested.
• Having good research skills and attention to details
• Team player and able to work with minimal supervision
• Able to work under pressure and maintain confidentiality
• Proactive and well organized
SPECTRUM OF WORK:
 Accident & medical reports.
 Accounting and engineering expert reports
 Agreements (settlement, loan, mortgage, sale & purchase.)
 Annual reports
 Application forms, printed matters, brochures, leaflets etc.
 Auditors’ reports.
 Balance sheets
 Board resolutions
 Business correspondence.
 Central bank circulars.
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6.  Commercials.
 Contracts ( lease, construction, maintenance. ….etc)
 Court judgments & orders (first instance, appeal, cassation, supreme)
 Court notices published in the newspapers.
 Financial statements
 General and special powers of attorney.
 Investment funds and shares portfolios
 Islamic banking related agreements and documents
 Laws, decrees and ministerial decisions
 Lawyers pleadings and plaints.
 Legal terminology, definitions and terms & conditions.
 Letters of guarantee.
 Manufacturing licenses
 Marketing and advertising materials
 Memorandums & articles of association.
 Minutes of meetings
 New banking products (retail & corporate banking, credit cards .etc)
 Pension schemes by the ministry of labour
 Press releases & articles
 Regulations of dubai financial market & abu dhabi securities market.
 Share certificates and related regulations
 Statement of currency exchange & interest rates.
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7.  Stock market matters and terminology
 Subscription instruments and prospectuses
 Trade mark description.
 Trade, professional and industrial licenses, commercial registration certificates
and chamber of commerce certificates.
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