Resume

Of

Yimam Shume

Mobile: (0064) 0221039432

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Objective

  • Retaining reputation in the field of Translation and Interpreting with a maximum quality of work and excellent time management.
  • Working hard to further improve my skills and experiences in line with current demands of clients.

Education

Dates: Feb. – Nov. 2002

  • Provider:Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
  • Name of course:Business computing
  • Award:Certificate III in Business Computing

Dates: Feb. – Nov. 2001

  • Provider:Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
  • Name of course:Liaison interpreting and translation
  • Award:Certificate in interpreting and translation

Dates: Sept. 1979 – June 1983

  • Provider:Addis Ababa University (AAU) – Ethiopia
  • Name of course:Foreign Languages and Literature (English); majoring in teaching English as a Foreign Language for secondary school students
  • Award:Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree

Career History

Dates: April 12, 2013 – Current

  • Volunteering as a Hospital Host (and as an Interpreter when the need arises) in Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.
  • Participating in a home based Freelance Translation (English > Amharic/Amharic > English) and casual Interpreting.

Feb. 2001 – August 2011

  • Contracted interpreter in Auckland District health Board (ADHB) in New Zealand
  • Providing Translation and Interpreting services to the various Translation Agencies in and Around New Zealand
  • Online Translation contracted by various Translation Agencies around the world – USA, UK, Canada, India. I have done hundreds of Legal, Immigration, Medical, Pedagogical, Insurance related and many other types of documents for these companies for the past 11 years.

Duties:

  • Receiving a project according to my capacity
  • Translating the documents in my pair (Amharic > English/English > Amharic)
  • Proof reading and/or editing
  • Sending the finished products in a required file format – (word, PDF, Zip files)
  • Type setting or (reformatting a document)
  • Meeting the dead lines

Dates: Jan. 2003 – May 2008

  • Employer:Auckland District Health Board (ADHB)
  • Position:Facilities Coordinator

Duties:

  • Managing and maintaining non-clinical supplies for the Emergency Department
  • Ordering, receiving and stocking all the required supplies for the Adult Emergency Department
  • Liaising with other services such as: Maintenance, Linen (laundry), and cleaning departments so as to make sure facilities are clean and well maintained, faulty equipment and building structures are fixed and maintained in time, and supplies are well stocked in their respective storage facilities where they could be easily accessed by the medical and administrative staff.
  • Servicing, maintaining and replacing accessories of communication equipment; and related duties.
  • Job juggling between Administrative jobs in the hospital and providing Interpreting service between patients and healthcare professionals in hospitals and clinics; Interpreting in courts and other law enforcement and human services as required

Dates: Sept. 1983 – June 1991

  • Employer:Ethiopian Ministry of Education
  • Position:Secondary High School English Teacher

Duties:

  • Preparing lesson plans and the actual lessons for each levels of classes
  • Teaching in the actual class rooms; grades 9 - 12
  • Preparing assessment tests, quizzes and final exams
  • Checking and marking students' works
  • preparing grade reports and report cards

Skills and Attributes

  • I am a mature person with a sense of responsibility, positive attitude, enthusiasm, and good time-management skills.
  • Loyal and able to maintain commitment(s)
  • Able to problem solve and deal with pressure
  • I am honest, punctual, reliable and hard working
  • I am focused, diligent, obliging and polite
  • Moral integrity and work ethics are paramount importance to me
  • I am computer literate with good knowledge of working with the major application software:
  • Microsoft word
  • Excel spreadsheet
  • Access database
  • PowerPoint presentation
  • Microsoft outlook and web browsing.
  • I am bi-lingual with the background of teaching English as a foreign language, interpreting and translation.
  • Keen to learn new skills
  • My motto: "Not in doing what you like but in liking what you do is the secret of happiness."

Hobbies:

  • Reading Historical and detective Novels, short stories and poetry
  • Socializing in a quiet environment
  • Travel and site seeing
  • Gardening