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 Spanish Professional Translator/Interpreter to join our team working in Reston, VA. Linguist must have a minimum of 3 years working as a professional translator and/or interpreter within the last 7 years or a recently completed M.A., degree in Translation and or Interpretation. You will be responsible for supporting a government agency and your office with translation, transcription, and interpretation services.
Testing Requirements: Translation Assessment: 4; Speaking/Listening/Reading: 4's; Interpretation 3+
RESPONSIBILITIES
- In this role, linguists will use native reading and writing skills and cultural expertise.
- Linguists to provide high-caliber Spanish to English and vice versa interpretation, translation, and transcription
- Perform proofreading and quality control of final products
- Provide Spanish conversational one-on-one support sessions as needed
- Work independently, under no supervision
- Ability to work as part of at team and able to meet deadline on short-notice
- Work flexible hours Monday - Friday during normal business hours between 0700 and 1800 or as needed depending on the workflow in order to complete deadlines
- Occasionally may be required to work overtime, including weekends and holidays
- As needed, linguists may be asked to travel CONUS and OCONUS TDY'S opportunities to meet the office’s requirements, as needed. Travel – Approximately 60%
REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
- Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Interpretation and Translation
- Interpretation between source and target languages
- Translation into English and target language
- Transcription into English and target language
- Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise
- Subject Matter Expertise in Religion and Culture, and Linguistics
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Translation Related Services
- Summarizing/Gisting, Triage, Quality Control and Editing of language products
- Consecutive note taking, public speaking
- Workflow
- Lexicographer
- Human Language Technology (HLT), CAT tools (e.g., Lilt, MS Suite etc.)
- Terminology Management vetting, and sharing word or phrase translations with context specific meaning, e.g., software, medical or military terminology
- Subject Matter Expertise in Counter-Proliferation, Counterterrorism, Legal/Law, Narcotics Regional Politics and Science and Technology are desired.
- Professional translation and/or interpretation certifications obtained (e.g., ATA, FCICE, CHI/CMI, etc.)
Skills Required
- Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
- Master's or Bachelor's degree in Interpretation and Translation
- Interpretation between source and target languages
- Translation into English and target language
- Transcription into English and target language
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.
