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Hesham Refaat

@heshamrefaat

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Translation Team Lead specializing in English↔Arabic localization and quality-driven team leadership.

Egypt

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead an English–Arabic localization team where quality, clear workflows, and tight deadlines matter—combining end-to-end translation/review with LQA, MT post-editing, and linguistic QA to deliver reliable client outcomes.

I’m a Translation Team Lead specializing in English–Arabic localization, with more than a decade of experience delivering high-quality linguistic solutions across many industries.

I’ve progressed from translator to reviewer and senior reviewer, and now lead teams that consistently meet client-specific guidelines under tight deadlines—while keeping communication clear and workflows efficient.

I’ve delivered over 10 million words across the full lifecycle (translation, review, final QA, LQA, proofreading, and sign-off) and lead 5–10 contributors to ensure consistent quality across legal, technical, medical, financial, marketing, IT, gaming, and real estate content.

I also bring modern quality capabilities, including MT post-editing, LQA, and linguistic QA for AI/NLP/LLM outputs, along with data annotation and MQA-style evaluation to improve accuracy, fluency, and cultural relevance for real-world datasets.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Translation Team Leader

Current

MidLocalize

Jan 2019 - Present (7 years 5 months)

Led a team of 5–10 translators/reviewers and managed end-to-end localization workflows, delivering high-volume English–Arabic content under tight deadlines with consistent LQA and quality checks.

Team Leadership Localization English Arabic Translation LQA Language Quality Assurance MT Post Editing (MTPE)SDL Trados MemoQ Terminology Management Workflow Management

Translator

Chairman Translation

Nov 2017 - Jan 2019 (1 year 2 months)

Produced English–Arabic translations and proofreading outputs across multi-domain content, ensuring adherence to client guidelines and maintaining terminology and style consistency.

English Arabic Translation Proofreading Localization Quality Assurance (QA)Terminology Management SDL Trados Wordfast MemoQ MT Post Editing (MTPE)

Reviewer & Unit Leader

BayanTech

Jul 2016 - Oct 2017 (1 year 3 months)

Reviewed and validated localized deliverables, scoring quality and resolving terminology or style issues while leading unit-level quality processes to meet client benchmarks.

Language review LQA Language Quality Assurance Terminology QA Localization SDL Trados Crowdin Memsource Memsource Like TMS

Senior Translator & Reviewer

All Talent

Jan 2014 - Jun 2016 (2 years 5 months)

Delivered senior-level English–Arabic translation and review, performing final QA/LQA activities and ensuring outputs met quality standards across varied domains.

Senior Translation English Arabic Translation LQA Proofreading Back Translation Localization SDL Trados Wordfast

Translator

Ocean2Gulf

Jan 2013 - Jan 2014 (1 year)

Provided English–Arabic translation and proofreading support, maintaining terminology consistency and meeting localization requirements for assigned projects.

English Arabic Translation Proofreading Localization Terminology Consistency SDL Trados Wordfast MemoQ Machine Translation Post Editing (MTPE)