Mansoor Qaneh
909-***-**** *************@*****.*** Alexandria, VA 22304
Fully Work Authorized No Visa Sponsorship Required
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Education, administration and interpretation/translation professional with 10+ years of experience translating and interpreting between English into Dari/Pashto and vice versa, 10+ years of teaching the English language to adult learners, and 2 years of experience in administration management
Key Skills
Mechanical mindset and ability to work with tools and hand and fix pipes, faucets and ACs
Certified Professional in Teaching English as a Second Language
Ability to present topics and brief reports
Detail-oriented
Professional writing and composition—primarily in Dari
Professional translation and interpretation from English to Dari/Pashto and vice versa
Staff and personnel management, training personnel, reporting, staff development and evaluation
Computer Skills: Microsoft (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
Fluent in English, Dari, and Pashto
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Security Officer
Safe Guard in Demand Security Company
1450 N Tustin Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705 07/2021-Date
Safeguard on Demand Security Company provides security and patrol services to many clients in Southern California
Take care of the properties where I am assigned by my supervisor
Make sure there is not any vandalism, loitering and suspicious activities around the assigned property
Report any activities to dispatch hourly via software
Senior Interpreter/Translator and Local National (LN) Supervisor 04/2016 - 10/2020
Resolute Support HQ/NATO, 9th PD, Shashdarak, Kabul, Afghanistan
Resolute Support is a mission of NATO in Afghanistan led by US Army senior general officer to train, advise, and support military sectors (e.g.: Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, NDS) with 10000+ military and civilian staff.
Translated 100+ military directives, manuals, charters, strategies and plans from English to Dari/Pashto and vice versa and revised the translated documents to proofread, conduct quality control and produce the final product
Improved the overall quality of translation in the Linguistics Service Branch up to 40% by self-improvement, conducting professional development training for other linguists, and holding discussions after revisions
Initiated project of developing glossary containing 1000+ military and daily business terminologies to be used by all translators in the branch and worked on a team with 4 senior linguists to individually add up to ten new words in the glossary daily over the span of ~2 months
Raised the minimum translation word count per day from 800 words per day to 1,300 words per day by micro supervision, time management, using work sheet, and praising hard workers with high word counts
Conducted essential translation and interpretation technical trainings twice a week to develop the professional level of the linguists, initially beginning by training 15 linguists then increasing to 32 linguists
ESL Teacher 07/2012 - 03/2016
Orbita Research/Aviation University, Kabul Aviation University, Kabul, Afghanistan
Orbita Research Company manned/supplied professional English Teachers to the military agencies in order to teach English language to the officers through ALC (American Language Course)—the company has closed
Improved the English skills of military pilots (Lieutenants - Colonels) to qualify them for scholarship programs to the USA and successfully graduated each term of them with 80-85% success by teaching them American Language Course (ALC) English classes and supporting them in their practicing language skills six hours a day
Taught English language to newly graduated pilots to be qualified for practical trainings with American Pilot Trainer in the helicopters in Shendand Airbase to be able to communicate with their trainers, with least 15 officers per class
Successfully taught and graduated 160+ officers from ALC program during contract and supported them in practicing their learning skills to boost their learning
Interpreter/Translator and Administrative Manager 09/2004 - 06/2012
Armor Group North America/G4S, US Embassy Kabul and Camp Sullivan Kabul Airport Road, Kabul, Afghanistan
The Armor Group North America and G4S was a joint venture in charge of providing security services to the US Embassy Compound in Kabul, Afghanistan with 2500+ employees of Americans, Nepalese and local Afghans.
Organized the personnel files, timesheets, sign-in/out sheets, leave requests, implementing the updated instructions and reporting the working hours to the finance department for 200+ employees
Interpreted for AGNA Guard Force and Afghan Police to coordinate their duties and activities from English to Dari/Pashto and vice versa
Translated documents such as post orders from English to Dari/Pashto and vice versa for Afghan employees to understand their updated responsibilities
Established new database system using Microsoft access to report the work hours of LNs and replaced with old manual reporting system and brought a positive change which aligned the work with other departments
Managed the work hours of staff and saved up to 30% of work hours by making new timesheet system
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Language and Literature 2009
Kabul Education University (KEU), Kabul, Afghanistan
A public higher education institution that occupies an important place in the country’s education system, with around 200 academic staff and 5,000 students
Studying HVAC in Chaffey College, Chino CA
I have been learning and working with HVAC Components such as; refrigerants, compressor, condenser, evaporator, TXV and copper pipes as well as their operation and practically working in the lab;
Learning and practically working with HVAC wiring, thermostat, furnace, rely, different types of switches and transformer;
Practically learning and working about Indoor Air Quality, DDC, vacuuming and gauging the pressure of AC unit and superheating/sub cooling in Air Conditioning System.