Mr S.
Translator English, Indonesian, Arabic, Sundanese, Writer, Linguist
I am 43 years old, born in West Java, Indonesia but grew up in Jakarta, the capital. Now, I live in West Java, Indonesia. I have worked as a professional translator (English into Indonesian and vice versa) for around twenty years when I started my career as one of the Indonesian government’s translators and interpreters for bilateral, regional, and international meetings regularly held in Indonesia from 2006 to 2010. I graduated from the School of International Relations and successfully obtained a Master's degree in 2011. All lecturers and assignments were delivered in English. Work Experience related to translation: I have worked in numerous international translation agencies such as Good Enterprise Limited of Translation; Proscripts based in New York/Philippines, Brahmana India Agency, Flitto Translation Company, etc. My clients include national and international government institutions, and private companies from Hong Kong, Russia, China, Qatar, Singapore, Norway, India, Poland etc. I have translated various texts, documents, and articles from English into Indonesian, and proofread them including: • documents related to technical issues, including the fields of electricity and machinery. • hundreds of articles for Indonesian websites related to fitness and health, lifestyle, business, trading, and investment such as Zipmex,, easylabur, sahamok, etc • a book related to marketing written by Yhan Lowes with the title Work Smarter, a Practical Guide to Growing Your Professional Career; • autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam, entitled Wings of Fire. He is the former President of India. • an Indonesian novel entitled Travel Dulu Aja! (Indonesian into English) published by the largest book publisher in Indonesia, Gramedia. • websites including e-investment.com. wallex.asia, forexway, wikiforex, kardinalstick.com, tohokufanclub, and many more. • apps including Liqvid, Findmykids, CoinAdvisor, BlockchainEarning, CAI Monitoring System, etc • legal documents including Insurance Policy; Convergence Guidelines for the Early Childhood Education Program (PAUD) In Its Intervention with the Integrated Decline in Stunting; the Presidential Regulation on the acceleration of nutrition improvement; Work Experience related to writing: I have been working as a professional writer since 2017. I have published my own Indonesian articles for 3 Indonesian websites related to fintech and online investment. My articles are mostly about business, startups, and investment in Indonesia, including digital wallets, stock, forex, commodities, blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, precious metals, etc. I have always written articles based on SEO rules. So it is not surprising, these 3 websites came up on the first page of the Google search. I am an Indonesian linguist and a professional writer. For your information, I worked as a freelancing writer in some famous online newspapers in Indonesia like Republika and Detik from 2017 to 2018. I also wrote short articles on various topics in Indonesian and English, for websites In addition, I had been selected as a writer for a Norway-based site to write many articles in English.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $5.1k
Billed in all: $42,718$43k
$1.7k in the last 6 months
Across 4 contracts
Across 132 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 6% in Persian to English Translation
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