Somaya A.
Translator, Voice Over & Video Editor | Arabic English Farsi Turkish
Certified Translator (Arabic, English, Turkish, Farsi) + Voice Over Artist & Video Editor | Top Rated Plus — top 1% on Upwork | 9+ years, 1,980+ projects, 100% Job Success | Trusted by the United Nations, UNICEF, Emirates NBD & Talabat. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "When creativity, linguistic mastery, and a pure passion for work come together, you get an exceptional individual like Somaya. Words can hardly capture how wonderful she is to work with. Thank you so much for the high-quality work, unmatched skill, and incredible team spirit you bring to our team." — Mohamed's feedback Trusted by the United Nations, UNICEF, Emirates NBD, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Talabat, and the Ministry of Finance Qatar to translate documents where one wrong word costs millions. I'm Somaya — a certified translator, voice over artist, and video editor. I don't just translate your content: I take your video from source language to a fully localized, ready-to-publish final cut — translation, subtitles, native voice over, and professional video editing, all from one person. Native-level fluency in Arabic, English, and Turkish (studied at Hacettepe University, Ankara), with formal training from The American University in Cairo and Al-Azhar University. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ LEGAL & CERTIFIED TRANSLATION • USCIS-accepted certified translations (birth certificates, marriage certificates, diplomas, contracts) • Notarized translations for immigration & official use worldwide • Legal contracts, terms of service, court documents ✅ TECHNICAL, MEDICAL & ACADEMIC TRANSLATION • Medical reports, pharmaceutical documents, clinical research • Technical manuals, datasheets, safety guides • Scopus-indexed academic & research papers ✅ VOICE OVER — Arabic, English, Turkish, Farsi • Commercials, e-learning narration, documentaries, YouTube videos, IVR & phone systems • Dubbing with translated, time-synced scripts — script and voice from the same linguist • Clean, studio-quality audio delivered in any format (WAV, MP3, synced to video) ✅ VIDEO EDITING & MULTILINGUAL VIDEO PRODUCTION • Professional video editing: cutting, transitions, captions, color & sound polishing • Subtitling & closed captions (SRT, VTT, burned-in) in 4 languages • Full video localization: translation → voice over → video editing → ready to publish ✅ LOCALIZATION & DIGITAL CONTENT • Website & mobile app localization (Arabic, English, Turkish, Farsi) • SEO translation & keyword localization for GCC & Middle East markets • Marketing copy transcreation & brand voice adaptation (not just translation) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔧 TOOLS & WORKFLOW CAT tools: SDL Trados, MemoQ, Memsource, Wordfast, SmartCat, Crowdin, Lokalise Audio & video: Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Adobe Audition, DaVinci Resolve, Subtitle Edit, Aegisub, Adobe InDesign (DTP-ready delivery) 🎓 CREDENTIALS • Diploma in Translation — The American University in Cairo • TÖMER Turkish Proficiency — Hacettepe University, Ankara • BA Languages & Translation — Al-Azhar University • Business Administration — Nile University ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💬 WHY CLIENTS RETURN Whether it's a USCIS document due tomorrow, a 200-page medical dossier, or a full video that needs translation, voice over, and editing — you get polished, ready-to-use content with zero ambiguity. I respond within minutes during working hours and deliver on time, every time. Send me a message — you'll get a clear plan, price, and timeline within minutes.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $8.8k
Billed in all: $53,620$54k
$105 in the last 6 months
Across 89 contracts
Across 146 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 2% in Voice Acting
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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