About Us

“Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes boarding on silence.”

American literary critic and novelist George Steiner

ORYX TRANSLATION

Translation services from and into English and Arabic languages

English -> Arabic

Arabic -> English

Our Team

Our group of professional translators has collaborated with privately-owned companies, government agencies and international organizations including Brazen PR MENA, Maqina Magazine, Trimo Parks, Vodafone Egypt, United Nations Women, ROI Hunter, CycleBar Dubai, BMW Egypt Magazine, Technology of Alam Assayarat magazine, Auto Zone magazine, the Dubai-based Aswak Assayara Al Arabia magazine, Motorsmotion.com, and the Ramallah-based Arabi Auto, among others.

Oryx Translation Founder – Ahmed Magdy Youssef

Mr. Youssef has more than 17 years of high-level translation and journalistic experience in both Arabic and English languages, mostly in the motoring field.

Key facts:

Education:

Master of Arts in Global Journalism from Örebro University in Sweden (2012).
Diploma from the American University in Cairo (AUC) in Print Media Translation (2010)
B.A in English Language and Literature from Cairo University (2003).

Keynote Speaking, Professional Speaker:

Delivered many lectures on journalistic translation techniques, Egypt’s media system, curtailment of freedom of expression, global journalism concept, and the like at reputable educational institutions in Sweden and Egypt.

Columnist, Writer:

A regular contributor to many pan-Arab media platforms, including Ultra Sawt, Sasa Post, Elyom New, the Saudi-based Qafilah, let alone the UK-based Open Democracy, among others.

Author:

“Wonders of Time and Quirks of Age: Mother of the World and Myths of the Infidel West.” A book released in 2016.

Journalistic, Broadcast Experience:

Worked for printing magazines, online websites and specialized automotive television channels across the region.
Chief Editor of Media Production Centre at the German University in Cairo (GUC). Mr. Youssef used to provide quality media assessment services, oversee all the assigning scriptwriters during the process of creating scientific documentary films for the GUC’s television and radio, among others.
A media analyst at some Egyptian media institutions by filing reports about their radio and online content. Among the institutions, Boswtol.com online platform, and Boswtol Radio.
A regular contributor at the Doha Centre for Media Freedom.
Editor-at-Large at the Boswtol online news website.

Translation Experience:

Proofread and revise all the translated materials pertinent to the Arabic version of the international UN Women website.
Translate the business section of Vodafone Egypt from English into Arabic.
Translate many automotive materials for many pan-Arab online and offline platforms.

In a nutshell, Mr. Youssef has both the academic and industry experience in translation and journalism which allows him, and in turn, his team, to merge the academic and professional expertise in one crucible.

Our expertise

Our areas of translation expertise include automotive, business, economics, medical, and pharmaceutical.

For the time being, Oryx Translation provides translation services from and into English and Arabic languages. Along with our translation business, Oryx Translation offers a wide range of services, the most important of which are editing and proofreading, journalistic articles/stories in many genres, and tackle different fields, professional press releases, and voiceover.

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