Alfais Adilkhan
Case study

The translation programme, STM

Interpreter and translator for Alisha Development / STM: a 12-section, three-hour catalogue presentation interpreted live for government officials, and the documents behind the deals translated.

2023

$2M in contracts, one exclusivity agreement

Role

Interpreter and translator, Alisha Development / STM.

Outcome

  • More than 20 documents translated; contracts worth about $2M
  • Exclusivity agreement supported

Constraints

  • Live interpretation of a three-hour technical presentation in front of government officials
  • Terminology that has to be exact across defence hardware documentation

Process

  1. Interpreted the full 12-section catalogue presentation live.
  2. Worked with STM's business-development managers toward an exclusivity agreement.
  3. Translated more than 20 documents and drafted professional letters with the CEO.