The Role
Provides Russian and Ukrainian translation, transcription, interpretation, editing, summaries, and technical language support for a government agency. Requires high-level Russian and Ukrainian proficiency, customer testing, an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, and a bachelor's degree. The role includes linguistic quality control, cultural expertise, and potential counterterrorism, cyber, and science and technology subject-matter work. Employees must work throughout the Washington metropolitan area and travel several times annually for trips lasting one month or longer.
Summary Generated by Built In
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
REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
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.
- Linguists must be comfortable with oral interpretation on various topics.
- Linguists must be comfortable doing long technical translations.
- Linguists 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
Skills Required
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
- Bachelor's degree
- At least three years of professional translator or interpreter experience within the last five years, or a recently completed master's degree in Translation or Interpretation
- Translation into English and source language(s)
- Editing written products
- Summarizing or gisting using linguistic or cultural expertise
- Translation-related services experience
- Interpretation between English and source language(s)
- Pass customer testing at ILR Level 4-5 in Russian
- Pass customer testing at ILR Level 3+ or higher in Ukrainian
- Consecutive note-taking
- Conference interpreting
- Translation editing and quality control
- Human Language Technology CAT tools, such as Lilt and Microsoft Suite
- Professional association membership, such as ATA, AIIC, TAALS, NAJIT, IAPTI, or NCHIHC
- Subject-matter expertise in counterterrorism, cyber, or science and technology
- Triage experience
- Russian translation assessment score of 4 and speaking/listening/reading scores of 5/5/5
- Ukrainian translation assessment score of 3 accepted and speaking/listening/reading scores of at least 3+/3+/3+
- Willingness to work anywhere in the Washington metropolitan area
- Willingness to travel several times per year for trips lasting one month or longer
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The Company
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.
