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Youssef Mikhail Youssef
52-33 Douglaston Parkway, Little Neck, New York 11362
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My academic studies and work experiences qualify me to edit and translate any Arabic text into English and vice versa with the highest possible quality in terms of clarity, consistency, and accuracy. I can also provide help in undertaking studies and researches on Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and international affairs. I can provide as well help in teaching Arabic language.
Regarding my academic qualifications:
1. I had been graduated in the School of Economics and political Science, Cairo University in 1973, With a Bachelor Degree in Political Science;
2. I obtained my Master Degree on Chinese foreign policy in 1979, and my PhD on international relations in 1982 from the same university;
3. In 1992, I earned my Diploma in translation from the American University in Cairo (AUC);
4. In 1995, I attended a course on diplomacy at the Institute for Diplomatic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo.
As for my work experiences:
1. I have been practicing the editing/translation work for about 36 years: 21 years working for the State Information Service “SIS”, Ministry of Information in Egypt, from 1975 through 1996, as well as 15 years working for the United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 1997 through 2011. The accumulated experience of working over such an extended period of time is a function of my deep knowledge of editing and translation;
2. During my work with SIS, I was appointed Press Attache in the Egyptian embassy in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), from 1982 through 1985, and then in Canberra (Australia), from 1985 through 1986;
3. I worked as well as a translator for the Middle East News Agency (MENA) in Cairo from 1994 through 1996;
4. Furthermore, I had been employed as an instructor of translation in AUC during 1994/1995;
5. The Deputy Director of the Gulf Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo during 1996 was my last job I had before leaving Egypt and coming to the USA in 1997.