Translation
Written translation across a wide range of subject matter, from journalistic and research content to institutional reports. With 15 years of professional translation experience for researchers and journalists, your material is in the right hands.
Interpretation
Oral interpretation, simultaneous and consecutive, for institutional and diplomatic settings: the UN, UNESCO, hospitals, and schools. Accuracy, consistency, and confidentiality are guaranteed, whether the setting is a high-level proceeding or a one-on-one clinical appointment
Ghost Writing
Covering the MENA region between 2010 and 2015 for TIME, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, I gained a wealth of experience helping people say what they mean, especially those with English as a second language.
Cultural Liaison
Bridging language is only part of the work. In Cairo, I supported foreign editors and visiting reporters as they navigated the region, and more recently served as a coaching consultant for the American Repertory Theater's production of "We Live in Cairo." That same grounding in context and nuance is what institutions rely on when the stakes go beyond the words themselves.
The Results
“I was fortunate to work with Sharaf off and on for several months in 2017, in my role as a veteran reporter for The Boston Globe, on an ambitious and challenging long-term reporting project about Syrian refugees in the Boston area. I was very concerned about finding the right person to work closely with me as a translator, work which was critical to the narrative quality and journalistic integrity of the project. After a great deal of searching and worrying, I found Sharaf, and he
turned out to be an asset in more ways than I had imagined.”
— Jenna Russell, The Boston Globe.
