Arabic Language & AI Linguistic Expert

Twenty years of Arabic, engineered for trust.

Senior Arabic-English-German-French translator, UX localization lead, and Arabic-first AI linguistic expert — delivering publication-ready content and model-ready data for enterprise and AI lab clients.

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Projects delivered with zero post-delivery revision cycles
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Years in practice
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US LSP partnerships
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UX strings / product
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Working languages
Yerevan, Armenia — Remote · ATA Certified Arabic↔English Translator
Welcome

Linguistic accuracy is the floor. Cultural resonance is the work.

A senior Arabic language professional and certified translator with more than twenty years of specialized expertise spanning UX localization, creative transcreation, and domain-specific work in financial, legal, and medical content.

My mastery covers native-level Modern Standard Arabic, Gulf/Khaleeji register, and Levantine dialect, paired with fluent English, German, and French — which means I translate meaning and intent, not just words. I've spent two decades as a remote collaborator with US-based translation agencies, localization platforms, AI labs, and direct enterprise clients, consistently delivering publication-ready Arabic content with zero post-delivery revision cycles on 96% of projects.

Whether it's a regulated financial disclosure, a clinical trial consent form, a mobile app's UX strings, an AI training dataset, or a brand's voice entering the Gulf market — the goal is the same: content that reads as if it were born in Arabic, not converted into it.

Native

Arabic

MSA · Gulf · Levantine · Egyptian

C2

English

Creative, technical & legal

B2

German

Business & technical contexts

B2

French

Legal & diplomatic contexts

Specializations

Seventeen disciplines. One standard of precision.

From regulated financial disclosures to Arabic-first AI training data — filter by focus area to see where this expertise applies to your project.

UX

UX & Product Localization

iOS · Android · Web Apps
UX

Website & CMS Localization

Lokalise · Phrase · Crowdin
Creative

Creative Transcreation & Brand Copywriting

MSA · Gulf · colloquial
Civic

Government & Civic Document Translation

Certified seal
Financial

Financial & Banking Translation

IFRS · SEC · regulatory
NGO

Human Rights & NGO / International Org Docs

Multilateral bodies
Legal

Legal Translation

Contracts · court docs · IP
MTPE

Post-Editing Machine Translation

DeepL · Google
Medical

Medical & Clinical Translation

Trials · pharma · devices
Terminology

Bilingual Glossary & Terminology Management

SDL MultiTerm
Marketing

Marketing & Advertising Translation

Adaptation, not conversion
Media

Subtitling & Transcription

Arabic ⇄ English
Technical

Technical & Software Documentation

APIs · user guides
Copy

Arabic Copywriting

MSA · Gulf · colloquial registers
Retail

E-commerce & Retail Localization

PDPs · catalogs
QA

Style Guide Development & Translation QA

MQM-based review
AI

Arabic-First AI Data Annotation & Evaluation

RLHF · red-teaming
UI/AI

UI Microcopy & AI Prompt Localization

Chatbots · voice assistants
Professional Experience

Two decades, six US language service partners.

Click any role to see the highlights.

2022 — Present

Argos Multilingual

Senior Arabic Translator & UX Localization Lead
Details

Embedded as senior Arabic specialist and UX localization lead for a mid-size LSP serving Fortune 500 clients in life sciences, technology, and financial services — remote, USA.

  • Led Arabic UX localization for three mobile app clients (iOS & Android) — 2,400–4,800 UI strings per project in Lokalise, with RTL layout guidance and MENA-register tone alignment.
  • Translated and post-edited financial content for a US investment platform expanding into GCC markets, in strict compliance with SEC and Saudi CMA terminology standards.
  • Delivered medical translation for two clinical trial clients (Phases II & III), fully compliant with ICH E6(R2) GCP guidelines and FDA submission requirements.
  • Managed bilingual glossary development for six enterprise accounts — 800–1,400 approved terms per client.
  • QA-reviewed two junior Arabic translators, maintaining a 98.4% delivery quality rate over 24 months.
  • Post-edited Arabic machine translation at 6,000–8,000 words/day, averaging 94/100 on internal quality benchmarks.
2019 — 2022

Acclaro Inc.

Arabic Localization Specialist & Creative Copywriter
Details

Primary Arabic specialist at a New York boutique localization agency, handling software localization, transcreation, and marketing adaptation for mid-market US clients entering MENA and Gulf markets.

  • Localized SaaS UI, help docs, and in-app notifications for four US tech companies launching Arabic product versions in Phrase (formerly Memsource).
  • Executed marketing transcreation for three US consumer brands with zero client rejections across all delivered campaigns.
  • Wrote original Arabic marketing copy for two clients building MENA-native digital campaigns, in MSA and Khaleeji dialect.
  • Developed a 1,200-term Arabic UX style guide for a US fintech client entering Saudi Arabia, adopted as the living reference for all subsequent content.
  • Translated Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and DPAs for six SaaS clients, aligned with PDPL (Saudi) compliance.
  • Delivered Arabic subtitles within 0.3-second timing accuracy, meeting Netflix and EBU subtitle standards.
2016 — 2019

Morningside Translations

Arabic Translator — Legal, Financial & Medical
Details

Senior Arabic translator at a specialized New York legal and financial translation agency, serving law firms, investment banks, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies.

  • Translated commercial contracts, arbitration filings, M&A agreements, and court-certified personal status documents for US law firms with MENA-region clients.
  • Produced certified translations of SEC filings, annual reports, and bond prospectuses, maintaining strict IFRS/US GAAP terminology alignment.
  • Translated Phase I–III clinical trial documentation for pharmaceutical clients filing with the Saudi FDA and UAE Ministry of Health.
  • Handled certified translations of US immigration and civil legal documents, accepted by USCIS and US federal courts.
  • Maintained a zero-error rate on certified deliverables over three years, with a 91% client re-order rate.
  • Built a 3,200+ term legal & financial termbase in SDL MultiTerm, still in production use today.
2013 — 2016

Welocalize

Arabic Translator & Localization QA Reviewer
Details

Senior Arabic translator and QA reviewer within Welocalize's Middle East language team, supporting large-scale localization programs for US tech and retail clients.

  • Translated and reviewed content for large-scale e-commerce localization across KSA, UAE, Egypt, and Kuwait.
  • Performed LQA on third-party vendor translations using MQM error taxonomy across accuracy, fluency, terminology, and style.
  • Localized digital advertising — Google Ads, display, Facebook & Instagram — ensuring RTL rendering accuracy and cultural appropriateness.
  • Authored Arabic-language guidance for Welocalize's internal Style Guide, including MSA vs. dialect selection and gender-inclusive conventions.
  • Translated software manuals and API documentation across 80,000+ word projects using SDL Trados Studio.
  • Collaborated across 12–14 hour time zone differences, meeting 24–48 hour delivery windows on urgent projects.
2010 — 2013

Lionbridge

Arabic Translator & Creative Copywriter (Freelance Panel)
Details

Senior contributor on Lionbridge's Arabic freelance panel, working across content translation, AI data annotation, and marketing localization for US technology and consumer clients.

  • Translated and culturally adapted marketing content for US tech brands entering MENA markets, producing Gulf-register Arabic that read as native, not translated.
  • Participated in Arabic AI training data annotation, evaluating model outputs for fluency, accuracy, and cultural sensitivity.
  • Produced Arabic translations of content moderation guidelines and trust & safety policy for a US social media platform.
  • Wrote original Arabic creative copy for direct travel and hospitality clients in narrative MSA.
2007 — 2010

TransPerfect

Junior Arabic Translator & Language Specialist
Details

Began professional translation career on TransPerfect's freelance panel, building domain expertise across general, marketing, and legal content types.

  • Translated business documents, corporate communications, and HR policies for US multinational clients with Arabic-speaking teams across MENA.
  • Supported senior translators on legal and financial projects, developing early expertise in contract and corporate governance terminology.
  • Built core CAT tool proficiency (SDL Trados, MemoQ), reducing per-word processing time by 35% over three years.
Credentials

Education, certifications, and standing.

Education

PhD in Translation & Linguistics

Kuwait University · 2006–2008 · Arabic-English Translation Track

MA in Translation & Linguistics

Georgetown University · 2004–2006 · Arabic-English Translation & Interpreting Studies

BA in Arabic Language & Linguistics

University of Southern California · 2000–2004 · Graduated with Honors

Certifications & Memberships

  • ATA Certified — Arabic↔English TranslatorATA
  • SDL Trados Studio Advanced Certification2024
  • Lokalise Localization Professional2023
  • Medical Translation Certificate — NYU2022
  • Legal Translation Fundamentals — Georgetown2021
  • Post-Editing Machine Translation — CIOL/ProZ2020
  • UX Writing & Localization Fundamentals — NN/g2019
  • Member — ATA & GALAActive
Client Feedback

What partners say after delivery.

Our fintech app's Arabic launch went live with zero critical language bugs in a 90-day monitoring window. That level of precision on 4,800 UX strings, across two platforms, doesn't happen by accident.

LM
Localization Manager
Enterprise Fintech Platform, GCC Launch

We needed regulated financial disclosures translated for a GCC investor audience with zero room for terminology drift. The glossary discipline and register control were the difference.

IR
Investor Relations Director
US Investment Platform

All five ad concepts for our Gulf launch campaign were approved on first submission. It didn't read like translated marketing — it read like it was written for the market.

BC
Brand & Creative Lead
US Consumer Brand, GCC Expansion

A 340-page arbitration filing, fully certified, accepted without challenge. For legal translation at that scale, that's the only outcome that matters.

GC
General Counsel
International Arbitration Matter

Composite client feedback reflecting typical project outcomes. Full references and case studies furnished on request.

Arabic-First AI & UI Technology Services

Training and shaping the next generation of Arabic-speaking products.

Beyond translation — direct support for AI labs and product teams building Arabic-first data pipelines, model evaluation, conversational interfaces, and linguistic QA.

01

Arabic-First Data Annotation

Native-quality labeling for Arabic text, speech, and multimodal datasets — sentiment, intent, dialect tagging (MSA, Gulf, Levantine, Egyptian), and named-entity annotation, built for model training rather than translated after the fact.

02

Model Output QA & Red-Teaming

Structured review of Arabic model outputs for factual accuracy, fluency, register, and cultural appropriateness, with reproducible severity scoring and edge-case surfacing for MENA-market deployments.

03

Linguistic AI Evaluation

Human-in-the-loop evaluation of Arabic LLM responses against rubric-based criteria — helpfulness, dialect authenticity, code-switching handling, and refusal calibration — with detailed rationale for every rating.

04

RLHF & Preference Data

Comparative ranking and preference-pair generation for Arabic response pairs, tuned for reward-model training and instruction-following alignment.

05

UI Microcopy & Prompt Localization

Native Arabic UI strings, error states, onboarding flows, and system prompts for AI products — written for RTL interfaces, not retrofitted onto LTR layouts.

06

Conversational & Voice AI Localization

Chatbot persona design, dialogue-flow review, and TTS/ASR script evaluation in Arabic dialects, tuned for natural turn-taking and cultural tone.

Core Competencies

The specific, market-tested skills behind the six services above — the day-to-day toolkit for annotation, evaluation, and QA work on Arabic-language AI systems.

Data Annotation & Labeling
Sentiment & Emotion Tagging Intent Classification Named-Entity Annotation Dialect & Register Tagging Multimodal Text + Speech Annotation Toxicity & Safety Labeling Code-Switching Annotation
Evaluation & QA Methodology
Rubric Design & Calibration Inter-Annotator Agreement Likert & Pairwise Scoring Hallucination / Factuality Review Chain-of-Thought Quality Review Multi-Turn Dialogue Coherence Refusal & Safety Calibration
Tools & Platforms
Label Studio Scale AI Appen Surge AI Labelbox Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Prolific Custom Rubric Dashboards

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