BAHADIR DURAN

Turkish Translator
36 years oldTranslation/ProofreadingCome from Turkey Living in Overseas
Language: Turkish, English, French
Mandarin: not at all

International Sales Manager
Bridgexpo International Exhibitions
Aug 2018 - Now(6 years)

Responsibilities include; Until the pre-exhibition period: Identifying and prospecting for new business opportunities and partnerships within the assigned projects, developing sales strategies, goals and plans within the team, looking at competitors and evaluate, develop strategies to compete, taking part in a group for international sales activities in food, fashion and home textile exhibitions, assisting International Sales and Marketing Coordinator by collecting data, getting in touch with companies, agents and governmental associations and supporting him for managing the entire sales process. Pre-exhibition period: Organizing press conference, taking care of billboard/TV/radio advertisements, inviting related sector association presidents for opening ceremony and seminars, inviting Ambassadors of the countries we have pavilion in our exhibitions, organising gala dinner, arranging registration desks and computers, creating a team for building and dismantling stands.

Translator
Freelance Translator
Mar 2008 - Jan 2020(12 years)

I am a native Turkish speaker with a B.A. degree in English Language and Literature Department from one of the reputable universities of Turkey (Ege University. I am a freelance translator (English-Turkish, Turkish-English), proofreader, editor for more than 10 years. My translation experience started with translating articles and short stories. Then I continued translating documents in the engineering and IT fields. Later, I translated some e-books, sales brochures/flyers/booklets. I also worked for the US Army - NATO for 6 months as a translator -English/Turkish. And currently, I also support some start-up projects and mobile applications with my translation service. I work dedicatedly in every project I take part in and I show my best effort and motivation. My references will be provided upon request.

International Sales Executive
Pyramids International Group
Mar 2014 - Aug 2018(4 years)

Responsibilities include; Identifying and prospecting for new business opportunities and partnerships within the assigned projects, developing sales strategies, goals and plans within the team, looking at competitors and evaluate, develop strategies to compete, taking part in a group for international sales activities in food, fashion and home textile exhibitions, assisting International Sales and Marketing Coordinator by collecting data, getting in touch with companies, agents and governmental associations and supporting him for managing the entire sales process.

Translator
US Department of Army / NATO
Aug 2013 - Jan 2014(5 months)

Responsibilities include; providing oral and written translation for 3-2 ADA (USA), 5-7 ADA (USA) and 3 different NATO teams, easing their daily life issues, attending many classified meetings with Turkish Army and US Army staff, helping them for cooperation during the meetings, caring for confidentiality level of the papers I have received and meetings I have attended to not to create any difficulty for both sides.

Sales Representative
D&R
Aug 2012 - Jun 2013(10 months)

Responsibilities include; welcoming customers and offering them assistance, directing customers to racks and counters, advising customers by providing information on products, helping customer make selections by building customer confidence and offering suggestions and opinions, documenting sale by creating and updating customer profile records, processing payments by totaling purchases; processing checks, cash, and store or other credit cards, contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Ege University
, English Language and Literature
Sep 2006 - Jun 2011(5 years)

with 3,24 / 4.00 GPA

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