I liked the flow and content of the talk – especially the personal examples and stories that demonstrates why certain practices are followed, because I think that’s where many misunderstanding happen.
On a four point scale (1 for poor and 4 for excellent), the student evaluations we received for the Muslim Culture Workshop averaged 3.58. The written evaluations included comments that referred to the ease of your presentation, the usefulness of the information presented, and the amount learned by the students about the Muslim culture. It was evident that you were well prepared for your presentation…..” read full testimony.
The Provincial Language Service (PLS) has collaborated with Abdi G. Elmi on an elaborate translation project from August to October 2009 dedicated to parents of a newborn. He translated a brochure, a DVD script, and a few supporting documents on baby’s crying from English to Somali. The translation process included translation and editing, focus group testing with the Somali community, back translation, post-layout proofreading, and voiceover recording. Mr. Elmi was involved at every step of the process and demonstrated great flexibility and willingness to work as a team
Though he was located in a different country and time zone, he made himself available at convenient times for us. He also responded to our questions and requests in a timely manner. We feel he was committed to this project and he complied with
our procedures……….” read full testimony.
“Abdi G. Elmi with AGE Associates handled our time constraints very professionally. We had a short time frame during which the translations needed to be completed based on a grant cycle and Abdi was able to finish the work well within the time frame. He maintained communication with the project lead and was very cooperative and flexible in his approach to the project”