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Arabic translation, interpreting, teaching, paralegal

Location:
New York, NY
Posted:
June 28, 2017

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KARAM S. TANNOUS

**** ***** ****. ***. #**, Brooklyn, New York 11209

Cell 917-***-****, Email: ac01qi@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

Spring 2006 – Present New School

Department of Foreign Languages

New York City

Instructor of Arabic language

Fall 2015 – Present College of Staten Island

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

New York City

Instructor of Arabic

March 2017- May 2017 Document Reviewer/Arabic translator

Discover Ready

Fall 2008 – spring 2016 Seton Hall University

Department of Asian Studies

New Jersey

Instructor/coordinator of The Arabic Program

Developed advanced courses; Assisted in developing a Minor in Arabic Studies

Fall 2012 – June 2015 John Jay College

Department of Modern Languages

New York

Instructor of Arabic

Fall of 2012 BBC- The World

Interpreting for Syrian Puppet Show “Masaset Matta”

Fall of 2011 Khalil Gibran International Academy

Mentoring and Developing curriculum for teaching Arabic

1992 - Present Freelance Arabic Translator and Interpreter

Legal: Federal, NY State and City Court System, INS, EBT

Nonprofit and Human Rights

Educational: Board of Ed

Media: TV networks, radio stations and newspapers

Medical: hospitals and clinics

Spring 2010 – Fall 2011 Fordham University

Department of Modern Languages

Arabic Instructor

Fall 2005 –Spring 2009 Stuyvesant High School

Department of Foreign languages

New York City

Instructor of Arabic language

Developed an Arabic teaching program.

Fall 2004 – Fall 2008 Baruch College

New York City

Instructor of Arabic language

Fall 2004 – Fall 2010 NAAP- Network of Arab American Professionals

New York City

Implemented and taught Arabic

Summer of 2004 Filmmaker Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 911”

Translation and transcription

09/2003 – 11/2003 Center for Immigrant Health-NYU Medical Center

Training Arabic-speaking health advocates/interpreters

10/2003 – 6/2004 Rennert Bilingual

New York

Arabic instructor

11/2002- 09/2003 Lutheran Medical Center

Brooklyn, New York

Outreach/case worker

02/1999 – 06/2008 Alwan Center of the Arts

New York

Implemented an Arabic language program [Modern Standard and Spoken Arabic]

09/1998 – 03/2002 Department of Justice- US Attorney

Southern Dist. New York

Linguistic Specialist/Translator/transcriber

05/2001 – 08/2001 Witness

New York City

Volunteer translator

07/1998 - 07/2001 The Committee to Protect Journalists

New York City

Research Associate, Translator/Interpreter

01/1999 – 01/2000 Oxford University Press

Translation and editing of the English-Arabic Oxford Picture Dictionary

01/1998 –01/1999 Ittihad

Brooklyn, NY

Volunteer

Networking and organizing fundraising events for the organization

Educating the community about social, cultural and educational issues

11/1995 - 11/1996 N.Y Immigration Hotline

New York City

Immigration counselor for the Arabic-speaking communities rendering information on immigration issues and making referrals to various institutions

03/1995 - 06/1999 Board of Education

New York City

Certified Bilingual teacher.

Implemented and taught an after-school Arabic program

09/1994 - 02/1995 Arab American Family Support Center

New York City

Case Worker, Teacher of English as a Second Language and a translator/Interpreter

Advocacy and referrals to shelter, legal services and other agencies; Counseling and crisis intervention

Assistance to children with school, daycare, court, health services advocacy; Referrals to shelter, legal services and other agencies; Information regarding police domestic violence units, court, Crime Victims Board and other procedures; Support groups for domestic violence victims; Information on emergency financial assistance; Information about emergency housing transfers within the New York City Housing Authority; Empowering women through ESL with survival skills, awareness with cultural difference and learning job skills

08/1993 – 09/1997 International Rescue Committee

New York City

Teacher of English as a Second Language

Implemented English courses to help refugees with their day-to-day life, their adjustment to new culture and learning job skills

01/1993 - 09/1995 Berlitz School of Languages

New York City

Teacher of Arabic and English

01/1991 - 08/1992 United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency

(UNRWA), Jerusalem

Translator

09/1990 - 03/1991 YMCA

Jerusalem

Taught Arabic to none-native speakers

EDUCATION

Summer of 2016 New School University

TESOL Certificate

(In progress)

Summer of 2014 Penn State University- Pennsylvania

Seminar on StarTalk methodology in teaching Arabic

Summer of 1995 Fordham University- New York, USA

Summer program in ESL-Bilingual Studies

09/1989 – 06/1992 Mt. Scopus University - Jerusalem

Degree: Masters in Criminology and Arabic

09/1985 - 05/1989 San Francisco State University - California, USA

Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Journalism

09/1982 - 05/1985 Skyline College - San Bruno, California, USA

Degree: Associate of Arts in Paralegal Studies

SKILLS Over 25 years of teaching MSA and Colloquial Arabic, Criminal Justice system and Legal knowledge; Interpreting/translation with familiarity of several Arabic Dialects; Board of Education certification in Bilingual Studies; Community activism in the field of human rights and community organizing.

Windows, PowerPoint, Word-processing

ORGANIZATIONS ATA (American Translators Association), New York Circle of Translators, NAJIT, Arab American Teachers of Arabic

LANGUAGES Fluent in English, Hebrew and Arabic

LEGAL STATUS Citizen of the United States of America



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