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Medical and Legal/Court Interpreter in Haitian Creole and French

Location:
New York, NY
Posted:
March 18, 2015

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Abdel L. Nassar acor7b@r.postjobfree.com! *** Winston Drive, apt 1122!

telephone 917-***-**** Cliffside Park, New Jersey, 07010

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I am looking for full time, part-time or contract work that would utilize my trilingual skills (French, Haitian!

Creole and English) as an interpreter, coordinator, cultural broker, liaison, manager, and take!

advantage of my knowledge of French, Haitian and American cultures and societies. Particular attention to detail, and

information-data management. Avid researcher, author, editor and book publisher.!

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Interpreter!

Language Services Associates (2014 – Present), NY-NJ-PA-VA!

! Face-to-Face / on-site, consecutive, simultaneous interpreting!

! – New York State Dept of Labor (hearings)!

– Forensic Psychiatry!

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! – New Jersey Courts !

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! – Budget Advocacy for Civil Society (technical workshop)!

Propio Language Services (2014 – Present), Kansas City!

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! Consecutive!

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! – Government Agencies (Medical-Healthcare, IRS, Compensation, Insurance, Claims)

CP Language Institute - Just Interpretation LLC (2010 – Present), New York City!

! Consecutive, simultaneous, whisper!

! – Medical: procedures, consultations, psychiatry, palliative care, oncology, forensic, conference!

! – Legal: New York City courts, EBT (depositions), IME!

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! – Government: State functions and events!

New York State Unified Court System (2010 – Present), New York City!

! Simultaneous, consecutive interpretation & sight translation !

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Geneva Worldwide (2010 – Present), New York City!

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! – Unites Nations (simultaneous, booth interpreter)

Freelance (2009 – Present), Greater New York!

! – Examinations before trial, Examinations under oath, Independent medical examinations!

! – Alternative dispute resolutions, Conferences, Focus groups, Workshops, Government functions!

! – Video Remote Interpreting, OPI, Movie subtitling!

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Teaching!

Teaching (1995 – Present), Greater New York City, Haiti!

! Basic to advanced lessons in French and Haitian Creole for independent professionals, corporate ! !

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! employees, and individuals. Haitian history (English and French classes)!

Author, editor, researcher, publisher!

Bureaux Aldsar (1995 – Present), New York City!

Author and publisher of high quality research publications about Haiti.!

– Pharmacie Centrale d’Haïti, book on Port-au-Prince in 1900-1910s (2014), author and publisher!

– QSL cards of Haiti, 380 page book on amateur radio and operators in Haiti (2014), author and publisher!

– Les Ecoles de Port-au-Prince, historical book about education and schools in Port-au-Prince (2014), publisher!

– Cartes Postales Haïtiennes, six volumes on Haitian deltiology (1995-2013), author and publisher!

– The Haiti Collector, journal of Haitian philately (2013-present), editor and publisher!

– Postcards of Haiti, book on pricing of Haitian postcards (2012), author and publisher!

– Maurice Jamet 18th-19th century postal markings “150 ans d’Histoire Postale des Anciennes Colonies!

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! Françaises” (1995), translator and publisher !

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Abdel L. Nassar acor7b@r.postjobfree.com! 300 Winston Drive, apt 1122!

telephone 917-***-**** Cliffside Park, New Jersey, 07010

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Subtitling!

! – Young and Rubicam (2006-2009), New York City: advertising and promotional videos (French<>English)!

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! – AMURT (NGO, 2009), New York City: subtitling documentaries made in Haiti in 2009 (Creole > English)!

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Brand consultant!

Government of Haiti (1995 – 1996), Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Co Owner Identicom (1990 – 1999), New York City!

! Company created healthcare and science-based brands and corporate identities for Genetics Institute, !

! Millennium Pharmaceuticals, DNX Corporation and Biomatrix. Developed the North American bilingual !

! marketing collateral for Bank Julius Baer. Annual reports design for large corporations. !

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Education and Certifications!

City College of New York, City University!

Institut St-Jean Baptiste (Brussels, Belgium) !

Certified Court interpreter!

BTG (Bridging the Gap - Medical setting training certification)!

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Skills and software!

• Fluent in English, Haitian Creole, French. Limited Spanish proficiency. Proofreader and editor.!

• Interpreter (trilingual): Consecutive, simultaneous, whisper, specialized in medical, legal, claims.!

• Software: Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.!

• Operating systems: Mac OS, Windows !

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Others!

• Medical clearances up to date!

• Security clearances: SSNAL & NCFS (NY State Courts clearances)



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