Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.
We are actively hiring a Russian/Ukrainian Linguist to join our team working in Reston, VA. You will be responsible for supporting a government agency and your office with translation, transcription, and interpretation services.
Testing Requirements: Translation Assessment: 4 in Russian, 3 accepted in Ukrainian; Speaking/Listening/Reading: 5/5/5 in Russian, 3+/3+/3+ in Ukrainian
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Linguists will provide translations and summaries on various topics.
- Linguist must be comfortable with oral interpretation on various topics.
- Linguist must be comfortable doing long technical translations.
- Linguist must be willing to work anywhere in the WMA.
REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
- Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree desired. PhD degree desired.
- Three years minimum of work as a professional translator or interpreter within the last 5 years or recently completed M.A. degree in Translation or Interpretation
- Translation into English and source language(s)
- Editing of written products
- Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise.
- Translation Related Services
- Interpretation between English and source language(s)
- Must pass customer testing ILR Level 4-5 in Russian and ILR Level 3+ or higher in Ukrainian.
- Desired additional skills: Consecutive note taking, conference interpreting, editing, translation quality control (QC).
- Human language Technology (HLT) CAT tools (e.g. Lilt, MS Suite etc.)
- Desired professional Association Memberships Professional associations, such as ATA, AIIC, TAALS, NAJIT, IAPTI, NCHIHC, etc.
- Subject Matter Expertise in areas of Counterterrorism, Cyber and Science and Technology
- Triage
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What We Do
Acclaim Technical Services is a leading language, operations, and technology services company supporting U.S. Federal agencies, specializing in intelligence analysis, software engineering, and systems engineering for the defense and intelligence communities.
