Years Experience Technical

Iqbal Karim

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Objective:To obtain employment as a Contractor Farsi / Dari Linguist, Translator, or Editor in

support of US Government operations

Special Qualifications:

•Final Top Secret Sci Clearance

•Native level command of Dari/ Farsi (certified independent test scores available), reading

and writing in Pashto is good, but speaking is +2

•Strong grasp of technical and avionic terminology from over ten years experience as a Pilot

and over six years experience as an officer of the Afghan Army

Relevant Experience and Work History

January 2009 – Feb 2011

L-3 Communications

Reston, VA

Senior Dari Technical Editor

L-3 Communications Senior Dari Technical Editor,

•Responsible for the accurate translation, edition, proofreading and desktop publishing of 28

technical manuals and 18 courses equating to over 10,600 pages of text and graphics.

•Interfaced with three subcontracting companies and dozens of Independent Contractors to

assign translations, provide feedback, standardize terminology, and steer overall

translation effort of these technical manuals

•Primary author on the creation of an Aeronautic specific terminology lexicon. Over 600

technical terms were identified in English and their corresponding words assigned in

Dari.

•Assisted in vetting numerous Dari editor candidates in order to find highly qualified Dari

editors to make up the staff shortfall. Also helped to train, mentor and advise the new

Dari editors on the subject of aviation and aviation terminology. Assisted in creating and

fostering a positive and open working environment, absent of politics and personal

agenda, which allowed all Dari editors’ opinions to be heard and considered. Assisted in

creating a standardized glossary of terms as well as other standardized translation

guidelines for the Dari editors to follow.

April 2007 to December of 2008

CalNet Inc. / L-3 Communications

Job Location: JTF GTMO

Farsi / Dari Linguist

•Primary simultaneous interpreter between spoken English and spoken Dari/Farsi for US

military personnel and foreign nationals during day-to-day operations and interviews

•Document Exploitation duties to include proofreading, analysis and translation of sensitive

documents and preparation of GISTs and executive summaries for intelligence reporting

•Research and analysis through scanning for information of intelligence value in foreign

literature, letters, official government documentation, and computer media

April 2005 to July 2005

Job Location: Iraq

•Primary interpreter for US Military and US Government officials in interaction with Farsi

and Dari speakers

•As required, translated documents and letters into English and from English into Farsi

•Assisted in educating, in an Ad Hoc capacity, US Military and Governmental officials in the

cultural differences and areas of importance in the Middle Eastern cultures

October 1973 to May 1980 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines as Pilot

Job location: Kabul Afghanistan

April 1967 to Jun 1970

Job location Kabul-Afghanistan

Parachute Brigade

My duty as Chief Parachute controller for the Brigade was to teach officers new method in

packing parachute, how to prepare paratroopers for their first jump, training, education and

mainly controlling of all steps of packing a parachute for jump. I have 103 jumps (19 of them

were free fall). My rank was IST. LT before resignation

December of 1964- April of 1965

Job location Kabul Afghanistan

Air defense Brigade

As an instructor

Education:

Masters Degree: USSR Parachute Academy

Bachelors Degree: Military Academy of Afghanistan (Air defense artillery)

Commercial Pilot’s License / Instrument Rating

Andehra Pradesh Flying Club for Pilot Training / Indian Airlines

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