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MIRVAT M. RIAD SIBAII

 

 

 

 

 

 


WORK EXPERIENCE

 

March 2006-Present

Research Officer & Translator

Embassy of Malaysia in Beirut

 

Carried out the following tasks:

Translating legal, governmental, official, tourism, political documents from Arabic into English & vice versa and from French into English;

Making economic and political researches, as may requested;

Submitting weekly political reports;

Taking notes during H.E Meetings inside or outside the Embassy;

Covering & reporting on some events and conferences;

Following up on legal cases in Lebanese courts relating to Malaysian citizens.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

March 1999-

Translator

 

Awada Center for Translation

 

Translated legal, governmental, official, tourism, literary, political and economical documents from Spanish into Arabic & vice versa and from English into Arabic.

 

 

 

August 2003-

Executive Assistant

 

Foodstuff & Consumer Goods SAL - Beirut

Carried out the following tasks:

  1. Translating papers related to training sessions, monthly promotions & packages from English into Arabic.
  2. Invoicing (Using the Visual Dolphin).
  3. Preparing monthly sales reports.
  4. Assisting the Marketing Manager in presentations & promotional events.
  5. Drafting letters and assigning reference numbers to faxes, letters & orders.
  6. Submitting a daily salesman target report to the Sales Manager.
  7. Coordinating between clients, salesmen or person in charge to set order and fix different occasional.
  8. Inserting contact’s information using outlook
  9. Filing & preparing forms to facilitate work.
  10. Internet research.
  11. Fixing appointments.
  12. Office purchase ordering.
  13. Facilitating the salesman work by preparing in advance all needed forms, invoices and the daily stock report, checking and distributing electronic mail.

 

 

April 2003- July 2003

Conference Services Assistant

 

United Nations, ESCWA – Beirut

I serviced on contractual basis (Special Assignment) in the following Sessions, Meetings & Conferences:

  1. April 14-17 2003, ESCWA 22nd Ministerial Session.
  2. May 27-29 2003, Arab Regional Meeting on Norms and Standards Related to Development and the Rights of Persons with Disability.
  3. June 17-19 2003, Workshop on Gender Statistics as a Tool for Policy Formulation and Analysis.
  4. June 20 2003, Workshop on Social Indicators with emphasis on the Millennium Development Goals and Indicators.
  5. 24-27 June 2003, First Regional Meeting on the International Comparison Programme for Western Asia.
  6. July 1-3 2003, Expert Consultative Meeting on Public Administration and Public Accounting Development, with Stress on Electronic Tools.
  7. July 9-11 2003, Workshop on Iraq and the Region after the War: Issues of Economic and Social Reconstruction.
  8. July 22-23 2003, Expert Group Meeting on Preparation of Arab Countries for the WTO 5th Ministerial Conference in Mexico
  9. July 24-25 2003, Arab Ministerial Meeting on Preparation of Arab Countries for the WTO 5th Ministerial Conference.
  10. July 28-30 2003, Palestine Rehabilitation and Development Consultative Meeting.

Carried out the following tasks:

  • Preparing Name Badges for delegates, participants & staff members.
  • Preparing Name Plates to organize delegates and participants' seating.
  • Preparing List of participants.
  • Coordinating & following-up with concerned Division regarding the conference Pre-arrangements & preparations as well as agreeing with the Division in the procedures to be followed during the conference assembly.
  • Check that the conference room is properly set up with name plates, papers, pencils, water carafes and glasses.
  • Following-up during meetings to avoid any technical or organizational problems could occur and providing assistance to delegates, participants and staff.
  • Be responsible for receiving advance texts of statements, making the necessary copies and transmitting them to interpreters, information officer and report writers.
  • Check in advance that all technical services are available.
  • Furnish information and assistance to delegates, participants, staff and press
  • Other duties as may appropriate

 

October 1999- April 2002

Documents Control Clerk & Conference Services Assistant

 

United Nations, ESCWA - Beirut

Carried out the following tasks:

  • Logging in data related to documents submitted for processing.
  • Assigning job numbers and symbols.
  • Preparing production reports that classify total section output according to type/stage of work.
  • Preparing daily, monthly and yearly reports for editors, translators and revisers.
  • Maintaining appropriate files on documents control forms, clearance forms, substantive approval forms, miscellaneous files.
  • Preparing annual reports, including information related to sales publications.
  • Attending meetings and sessions to help with the distribution of urgent documents and Other duties as may be appropriate

 

May 2000- June 2000

Conference Assistant

United Nations, CICP - Beirut

I serviced on contractual basis in the following conference:

Strengthening Legislative and Institutional Capacity for Juvenile Justice.

I carried out the following tasks:

  • Check that the conference room is properly set up with name plates, papers, pencils, water carafes and glasses.
  • Be responsible for receiving advance texts of statements, making the necessary copies and transmitting them to interpreters, information officer and report writers.
  • Check in advance that all technical services are available.
  • Furnish information and assistance to delegates, participants, staff and press
  • Other duties as may appropriate.

 

March 1995- September 1995

Secretary

 

Solidere - Beirut

Carried out the following functions:

Data entry, filing, typing, drafting letters & memos, etc.

 

September 1994- March 1995

Translator & Narrator

 

Future Publishers - Beirut

 

Worked on audio and video narration of the following CD-ROM titles:

  1. The Wolf and the Little Goats
  2. Learn Arabic From English
  3. Talking World Book (Arabic, English, Spanish)

Translated tourist brochures from Arabic into Spanish

 

OTHER SHORT ASSIGNMENTS

 

Translator

 

Sri Lanka Embassy - Beirut

I worked as translator in Sri Lanka Embassy on a special short assignment for one month period. I was assigned to translate official, governmental documents & correspondences from English into Arabic and vice versa.

 

INTERESTS

 

Reading, swimming, jogging, traveling, learning languages.

         
 

EDUCATION

 

  • Master of Arts in International Affairs, summer 1997, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt
  • Bachelor of Arts, Translation (Spanish, Arabic), Summer 1994, Faculty of Al-Alsun (Languages), Ain Shams University, Cairo- Egypt
  • General Certificate of Secondary Education, Summer 1990.
 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date & Place of Birth                                 

: 5 June 1971, Cairo

Nationality                                                   

: Lebanese

Marital Status                                           

: Married

Languages                                                  

: Arabic, English, Spanish & French

Travel Status                                              

: Willing to relocate

E-mail

: [email protected]

Phone (Mobile & Home)

: 03-619763, 03-669608 or 05-805797

 

PROJECTS

I have translated a narrative collection of the famous author "Ihssan Abdel Kodous" from Arabic into Spanish.

 

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

 

During my studies at Faculty of Economics and Political Science, I carried out research on the following:

  1. The Turkish-Iranian Rivalry in the Arab Gulf
  2. The Lebanese-Syrian Relationship
  3. The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
 

COMPUTER SKILLS

 

Excel, WinWord, Power Point, Access, Internet, and Visual Dolphin.

 

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