Burak Karakus
Translator Interpreter
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A senior student in English Translation and Interpreting and an active freelance translator with strong command of translation technologies, including Phrase, Smartcat, and MemoQ. Experienced in post-editing AI-generated translations and ensuring stylistic and contextual accuracy. Published translations include short stories, documentary scripts, and poems featured in various magazines.
Particularly interested in theatre and literary translation, with an emphasis on preserving tone, character voice, and performative aspects of the original text. Combines academic training, cultural awareness, and practical experience to deliver high-quality translations across creative and technical domains.
Deneyim
VOLUNTEER at SITODED (SOCIAL INCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION) (2024-10 – Present)
Contributes to the planning and implementation of inclusive, youth-focused projects aimed at social development and community engagement. Supports intercultural learning activities by collaborating with international and local volunteers on workshops, events, and educational sessions. Plays an active role in project coordination, communication, and content creation, helping strengthen the organization's outreach and impact.
Engages in initiatives promoting cultural exchange, teamwork, and accessible education, contributing to a more inclusive community environment.
- Planning and implementation of inclusive, youth-focused projects
- Collaboration on intercultural learning activities and workshops
- Project coordination, communication, and content creation
- Contributing to cultural exchange and accessible education initiatives
FOUNDING VICE PRESIDENT at ATATÜRK UNİVERSİTY LANGUAGE HUB (2022-11 – 2025-10)
Co-founded a university-based platform promoting translation practice, multilingual communication, and intercultural exchange while contributing to event planning, translation-focused workshops, peer-review sessions, and English debate activities, preparing bilingual written content and materials, coordinating outreach and digital communication efforts, and supporting the development of an environment that encouraged professional translation skills and student engagement across language-related projects.
- Co-founded university-based translation and multilingual communication platform
- Event planning and translation-focused workshops
- Peer-review sessions and English debate activities
- Bilingual written content and materials preparation
- Digital communication and outreach coordination
ESC Volunteer at ICDET, SOFIA, BULGARIA (2025-07 – 2025-08)
Served as an ESC volunteer at ICDET in Sofia where the team developed the GENiUS V1 project focused on designing accessible classroom models for students with ADHD dyslexia and dyscalculia while leading coordination tasks organizing workshops with other Erasmus+ participants holding briefings with teachers contributing to intercultural learning activities and earning a Youthpass certificate through active involvement in inclusive education teamwork and cross-cultural collaboration.
- GENiUS V1 project development for accessible classroom models
- Focus on ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia accommodation
- Coordination of workshops with Erasmus+ participants
- Teacher briefings and intercultural learning activities
- Earned Youthpass certificate for key competences development
SPORTS STATISTICIAN (DATA COLLECTION) at GENIUS SPORTS (2025-11 – Present)
Collects and verifies real-time data during professional football matches ensuring accurate and timely entry of in-game statistics into the system while contributing to Genius Sports' global data workflow and gaining active experience in on-field observation rapid decision-making communication and detail-oriented performance in a high-pressure environment
- Real-time data collection during professional football matches
- Accurate entry of in-game statistics into system
- Contribution to global data workflow
- On-field observation and rapid decision-making
- Detail-oriented performance in high-pressure environment
Eğitim
B.A. in English Translation and Interpreting – Atatürk University – Faculty of Letters (2021 – Present)
