Aykut Yatar

Aykut Yatar

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Client Success Manager at Empower Translate

  • Education

    • Euroasia Aikido Organisation

      2012 - 2016
      Aikidoka Martial Arts Shodan

      Activities and Societies: Hacettepe University Aikido Club Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art, often translated as the way of unifying life energy or as the way of harmonious spirit.🥋I started practicing Aikido when I started university and it became an integral part of my daily routine until after I graduated. In four years' time I have dedicated 4 days weekly to accelerate my progress in this art and climbed the ladders of Kyu degrees, until I reached my black belt degree Shodan. 🥋During this time I have been president of the Aikido… Show more Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art, often translated as the way of unifying life energy or as the way of harmonious spirit.🥋I started practicing Aikido when I started university and it became an integral part of my daily routine until after I graduated. In four years' time I have dedicated 4 days weekly to accelerate my progress in this art and climbed the ladders of Kyu degrees, until I reached my black belt degree Shodan. 🥋During this time I have been president of the Aikido Club at Hacettepe University, handled the legal permits, organized events across cities, revised and marketed a new logo & code of conduct, and increased the participation rate.🥋I have been trained under Sensei Nobuyoshi Tamura's teachings and have had the chance to meet hundreds of fellow practitioners from different countries during our international seminars.🥋I have trained beginner and intermediate children & young Aikidoka groups at Ankara Gülhane Military Medical Academy before relocating. Show less

    • Hacettepe University

      2012 - 2016
      BA Translation and Interpreting (English) 3.18 (Honour Student)
  • Experience

    • 5Mid

      Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
      Editor

      • eSports news site startup - started with my university friends together in 2014 and continued as a content creator. Moved on to other ventures as my career grows. Now the site is one of the most popular eSports news blog in Turkey.

    • TTC wetranslate Ltd

      Jun 2015 - Oct 2015
      Intern Translation Project Coordinator

      • While studying at university, I was accepted for a 3-month internship in the UK headquarters of this long-standing Language Service Provider, where I had the chance to experience project management, work directly with different department heads of the company, and get a good insight into the real-life industry, which helped boost my knowledge combined with my ongoing academic training.

    • Ceviriblog.com

      Feb 2016 - Sept 2016
      Content Writer

      • One of the most popular blog and news channels for the Translation & Localisation industry in Turkey. I wrote on different topics such as seminars, language learning, crowdsourcing, interviews with successful people etc. Some examples can be found at: https://www.ceviriblog.com/author/aykutyatar/

    • Nişantaşı University

      Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
      English Instructor / Vocational Department Lead

      • English Language Teaching to University Students in their prep years• Had the opportunity to work with hundreds of people with different educational and occupational backgrounds and career ahead• Preparing lesson plans specific to students in different departments• Holding regular internal and interdepartmental meetings with fellow teachers and reporting to native English directorW: https://www.nisantasi.edu.tr/index?dil=eng

    • TTC wetranslate Ltd

      Jul 2017 - Apr 2024

      • Preparing and presenting quotations to international clients• Managing multilingual translation, software and website localisation, interpreting projects for international clients• Managing a team of project managers, ensuring the processes are followed and smooth deliveries to clients continued• Organising regular cross-departmental team meetings including the Project Managers, Managing Director, Key Accounts Managers and Accountant• Monitoring the complete company project/quote data closely and preparing weekly business reportdashboards to go over with the Managing Director and Co-founder• Helped acquire 3 ISO certifications for the company in the scheme of a year, by creating relevant documentation, training team members on relevant processes to be followed, applying internal audits and then having several sessions with the ISO Auditor.- ISO 17100:2015 Translation Services- ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems- ISO 18587:2017 Post Editing of Machine Translation Output• Implemented integration with Machine Translation to the company, combining the main CAT tool with a trusted engine and enabling certain subject matters and language combinations, while creating guides and processes from scratch and training the staff.• Produced client complaints procedures, personally overseeing some conflicts, and training the senior PMs to follow and resolve conflicts smoothly.• Various office administration tasks for TR branch Show less

      • Operations Manager

        Nov 2019 - Apr 2024
      • Business Manager

        Nov 2018 - Nov 2019
      • Translation Project Manager & Branch Manager

        Jul 2017 - Oct 2018
    • Empower Translate

      Apr 2024 - now
      Client Success Manager

      Empower is a tech-forward translation and localization agency, working exclusively in market research.We are the chosen partner for some of the world’s biggest insight agencies, and have won multiple awards for the excellence of our work.Our mission is to empower accurate and actionable multimarket data through efficient, comprehensive localization processes. That’s why we provide so much more than ‘just translation’:Translation & evaluation (‘TERI’)Scripted file overlayLink checkingCoding & themingAudiovisual translation/transcriptionAdverse Event ReportingConsultationAPI & Integration developments Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer in EU Youth in Action Programme

      Issued by Türkiye Ulusal Ajansı on Jun 2014
      Türkiye Ulusal AjansıAssociated with Aykut Yatar
    • Volunteer in EU Comenius Programme

      Issued by Türkiye Ulusal Ajansı on Jan 2010
      Türkiye Ulusal AjansıAssociated with Aykut Yatar