Arabic Linguist

Ali Jalali

Arabic Language Linguist & Culture Advisor

**** ******** *** #***, *******, tx 77042

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Cell PHONE: 832-***-****

Native speaker of Iraqi Arabic (MSA) Modern Standard

Arabic and All Arabic Dialects. MSA Arabic, Iraqi Dialect,

Levantine Dialect, Egyptian Dialect, Gulf Dialect

Highly Knowledgeable of Syrian language and culture

and people, having resided in the area on multiple

occasions while working with the U.S. Army through

Camp Victory, Iraq.

More than two years of working with Texas Army

National Guard as an Arabic Linguist.

More than 9 total years of Professional Experience and

Certification as an Instructor and linguist.

Four years experience as a Senior Supervisor in Camp

Summary of

Victory Iraq with the US Army (DFS Logistics)

Qualifications

Four years experience as an Interpreter with DFS

Logistics and Senior Supervisor of Camp Service Office

(Camp Dublin)

Four years supervised camp constructions and

maintenance making sure that all camp maintenance

and construction were done to the highest level. The

camp holds 1500 personnel (Camp Dublin, BIAP) Iraq.

Prior OCONUS experience supporting SOF and DOD

during OIF

Highly familiar with U.S. and Iraqi military operations

Computer Skills: Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS

Power Point, MS Office, Outlook, Acrobat Professional.

Letter of Meritorious Unit Commendation from

Department of The Army awarded to Headquarters and

Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 36th

Infantry Division, For Meritorious Service in Support of

Military Operations.

Employment Verification Letter from Logistics

Special Training,

Country Manager (DFS / USIS, Camp Dublin, BIAP) Mr.

Certifications, Awards:

Hori Robert Marshal, Baghdad. IRAQ

Letter of Recommendation from Camp Dublin Project

Manager Mr. John Moller.

United States Army Center of Excellence in Basic

Combat Training, Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Bachelors of Science, Software Engineering, University of

Degree(s):

Baghdad, Iraq (2002)

US Citizen/ Active Security Clearance Type Secret

Citizenship/Clearance:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Arabic Language Linguist Nov 2009 – May 2012

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TXARNG HHC 36 Infantry Division DSTB – Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas

Deployed as an Arabic Linguist, Prepare non-technical translations into the target language and

performing sight translations from a native Iraqi Arabic language into English. Provide general

linguistic support for military operations and interpret during interviews, meetings, and

conferences. Interpret and translate written and spoken communications. Transcribe and analyze

verbal communications. Perform document exploitation: Scan, research and analyze foreign

language documents for key information. Translate and review foreign language

documents. Identify and extract information components meeting military information

requirement list criteria. Provide input to reports. Perform oral interpretation. Assist military

contracting officer with a local purchase to providing interpretation support at a military traffic

control point. Assist security personnel in screening the local population.

Network Administrator Jul 2008 – Jun 2009

Trade Bank Of Iraq – Parliament Council, International Zone, Baghdad, Iraq.

Duties: As N/W Administrator, Installed, Configured and Maintained and supported 250+

desktops running Windows 2000/XP and 2003 Server. Managed off site system and software

integration project, including Windows 2003 Server LAN configuration, DHCP, Print services

running on Fujitsu Siemens servers, desktop PC configuration and distribution running on

Fujitsu Siemens workstations. Troubleshoot all hardware and software problems on the

Windows XP Pro, 2003 Server. Responsible for creating and maintaining user accounts,

troubleshooting hardware and software issues, Routers, Switches, Firewalls and supporting end

users. Improved and integrated internal monitoring tools, automating tasks and alerts while

ensuring high system availability. Assumed responsibility for backing up all critical data for the

customer’s bank accounts and accounts transactions and data migration.

Arabic Interpreter/Translator/Senior Supervisor

DFS Logistics LLC – Camp Dublin, Camp Victory, BIAP, Baghdad Iraq Sep

2004 – Jul 2008

Duties: Employed as Arabic Interpreter/Translator and Teaching Iraqi police, taught Arabic

language (Writing, Speaking and Reading) and the Iraqi Dialect to US Military personnel

stationed at Camp Victory. Assists military personnel and foreign to speaking Iraqi basic dialect

and long conversations and Arabic Greetings. Provide general linguistic in Egypt (for 2 years)

supporting Iraqi military trainings in Egypt and interpret during interviews, meetings, and

conferences. Interpret and translate written and spoken communications in Iraqi dialect to

English and Egyptian dialect to English and vice versa. Transcribe and analyze verbal

communications. Provided and Integrated basic Iraqi Culture with language by USIS the

contractor company with US DOD to train Iraqi police in Camp Dublin, Camp Dublin is CT-SO

(Counter Terrorist/Special operations) training camp and DFS Logistics LLC is a contracted to

provide base-operating support (BOS) as well as to facilitate the transition of base support to the

Iraq Minister of Interior (IMOI). The focus of this contract is to support the civilian police

assistance, (CPATT), Special Police Development Division (SPDD) and Special Forces in

assisting IMOI with building self sufficient and mission capable specialized law enforcement

organizations and dignitary protection services armed with the necessary tools and skills required

to address Iraqi's anticipated future security environment and foster long term sustainability.

Camp Dublin is a 2000 man camp that trains Iraqi Special Forces and Iraqi Police in Anti

Terrorist activities. It was first sponsored by the American State Department, but has recently

been turned over to the Iraqi Army

IT Specialist (System Admin) Jan 2003 – Sep 2004

4-Gates Technology L.L.C – Dubai, UAE

Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical Devices, Install and Configure Hardware

Devices, Install and troubleshoot Microsoft operating system (Win98/Me, 2000Pro, XP),

Managing Users, Computers, and Groups, Managing and Maintaining Access to Resources,

Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery (ASR, Backup Files and System State Data to

Media, Restore Data from Shadow Copy Volumes), Implementing, Managing and Maintaining IP

Addressing, Troubleshoot Local Connectivity and Connectivity to the Internet, Configure IP

Addresses, Subnet Masks, and Gateway Addresses on Micronet Router Host.

Language Instructor Jan 2001 – Jan 2003

Iraqi Institute of languages – Mansour, Baghdad, Iraq

Taught Arabic language (Writing, Speaking and Reading) in both classroom and lecture hall

settings. Taught Basic Arabic grammar and dialect to local students in primary school. Taught

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) to students in high school.

EDUCATION:

College/University

Almansour University College – (September 2002) Baghdad, Iraq

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

Houston Community College – (Jun 2011- March 2012) Houston, Texas

English Class – (Reading, Writing, Grammar)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Training – U.S. Army Corp of Engineer Interior Electrician Course (04/2010-06/2010)

Description: 280 hours of training to learn Interior Electrician, operate Generators10-15 Kw,

Training – Basic Combat Training (02/2010-04/2010)

Description: 464 hours of training including marksmanship, physical conditioning, navigation,

combat techniques, communication skills, first aid, and CBRNE.

Training – Windows 2003 MCSE Core (11/19/2006-02/26/2007)

Description: 240 hours of System Engineer experience performing procedures and exams on

Windows 2003 Server.

Training – Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (02/2007 – 09/2007).

Arabic- Oral Proficiency Interview ( DLPT Test for Iraqi Dialect) at Camp Fort Hood, TX,

Rating 3/3 (09/20/2010).

Skills:

Language: Arabic Linguist/Analyst (Iraqi (Native Language), MSA, Gulf, Levantine Arabic and

Egyptian dialect), Ability to teach Arabic Language and Provide accurate idiomatic translations

of non-technical material using correct syntax and expression from English to Arabic or vice

versa, as well as the linguist ability to interpret/translate using colloquial and slang words and

phrases.

Computer: Proficient in using Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint

Reference:

I will provide References upon Request.

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