Farsi or Dari Linguist

Sawber David Seifian (U.S. Citizen)

*** ***** ***. ***#***

South San Francisco, CA, 94080

Phone: 831-***-**** E Mail: *******@*****.***

Objective

Pursuing an exciting career with an ever energetic and growing environment. A professional class of

associates whose distinguished character compliments the company’s integrity and prevailing

professionalism. A company who strives for perfection and whose sole character are to care for its

family of associates and ever increasing subscriber base. An enterprise one would be proud to work for

and whose brand would be a source of prestige.

Experience

Mission Essential personnel

Farsi/Persian Linguist 2014

(Afghanistan)

Full time translator

Translation of documents, briefings, and correspondence between high level dignitaries.

Translation between Afghan Officials, nationals, and US.

Defense Language Institute

Farsi/Persian Language Instructor

(Monterey, California) 2011 2012

Full time instructor of thirty plus students

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Translation of documents from Farsi/Persian to English, English to Farsi/Persian

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Lesson plan construction and curriculum based production

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Administering of oral, reading, writing, and listening tests

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Instructing Farsi/Persian curriculum to a cluster of classes, totaling 30 plus students

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(California National Guard) Veteran

MOS 35M Iranian/Persian Translator Linguist Analysis

MOS 41A Administrator

(San Rafael, California) Apr/2003 Jan/2014

Checking benefits, registration services; file transfers, counselor, and office related paper work

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Perform military personal’s pay service, inquiries, and filling

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Perform translations of foreign (Persian) (Dari) documents, news bits, and colloquial

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conversations, received 3/3 in both Dari/Farsi languages from Military DLPT language test.

Perform duties over secure networks, typing of word documents, and work via Microsoft office

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Medals: War on Terrorism Medal, Iraq Expeditionary Medal

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CAT II Security Clearance Granted

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Education

Portland State University (Bachelors of Political Science) 2008 2011

Portland Community College (Associates of Science, Business, Arts) 2005 2008

Sunset High School (Diploma) 1997 2001

Skills

Proficient in Windows/Microsoft various software attributes. Have an extended history in the

servicing sector. Exceed forty words per minute. Proficient in my reading and writing skills in the

languages of English and Farsi. Professional communicator. Run two miles in under 15 minutes.

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Have consecutively scored a 3/3 on the Farsi Defense Language Proficiency Test and 2+/3 on the

Dari DLPT. Have also deployed to Iraq (04) and Afghanistan (14) as a translator. Assertive, self

motivated, goal oriented, organized and efficient. Am flexible, cooperative, hard worker, team player

and reliable.

References

Gita Ahadi 310-***-**** Jaswant Tawdekar 408-***-****

Faride Abtin 503-***-**** Honorable Judge Dan Healy 707-***-****

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