Arabic, Bengali and Chinese Cantonese Linguists (Secret Cleared)
Job title: Arabic, Bengali and Chinese Cantonese Linguists (Secret Cleared) in Chantilly, VA at SOS International
Company: SOS International
Job description: Overview:reputed company is seeking Arabic, Bengali and Chinese Cantonese Linguists to join reputed company supporting reputed company duties assigned to communicate and translate reputed company our customer's requirements.Languages can also include Burmese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Fukienese, reputed company, Hakka, Indonesian, Japanese, Kachin, Khmer, Korean,Lao, Malay, Malayo-Polynesian, Mandalay, Minbei, Minnan, Mon-Khmer, Shan,Taiwanese, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Xiang, and Yunnanese. Responsibilities:
- reputed company Linguists will be capable of satisfactorily performing various linguistic functions and duties throughout a shift as described below for monitoring, organizing, categorizing, translating, transcribing, interpreting, performing quality control, and validating services. Linguists will be responsible for monitoring varying numbers of communication intercepts during any given shift.
- The Linguist will listen to oral and/or electronic communication intercepts or other digital media in English and in foreign languages and provide an immediate oral summary in English, followed by a hand-written or typed (as instructed by the Linguistic Supervisor) summary in English in a format specified by our government customer. The Linguist shall review the summary for accuracy.
- The Linguist will operate equipment such as directed by customer personnel, to include recording and playback equipment, televisions, computers, digital T2S2 systems and/or other equipment as required.
- The Linguist will prepare a summary of each reputed company to include, but not limited to, a hand written or typed synopsis (gist) in English that is grammatically correct; date and time of recording; and other relevant information as instructed by the Linguistic Supervisor.
- The Linguist will correctly identify the conversant(s) through use of a voice library and/or from the context of the conversation.
- The Linguist will enter the summary into a digital reputed company reputed company required.
- The Linguist will sign reputed company gists, summary logs, or documents that are reputed company as may be required.
- The Linguist will digitally initial reputed company files, transcripts, translations or other work products, which is to be witnessed by another person as may be required.
- The Linguist will maintain a list of reputed company words and codes used by the conversants for the duration of the communications reputed company.
- The Linguist will prepare digital copies for storage, as directed by the COR for reputed company intercepted communication.
- The Linguist will reputed company administrative duties reputed company to the above duties, such as arranging log sheets, gists, and/or summaries into binders and/or file folders; copying and assembling reputed company paperwork and reporting.
- Linguists will have the ability to understand the specific tasks being processed and produced.
- Linguists will understand and reputed company with reputed company Court regulations concerning minimization procedures.
- The Translator/Transcriber shall prepare an English translation and/or transcription from a variety of English or foreign language reputed company exhibits including, but not limited to, audio and video cassette; recorded conversations; facsimile documents; handwritten and/or typed materials such as legal documents, diaries, computerized printouts; computer disks; personal reputed company; maps; charts; ledgers; and notes. Material to be translated and/or transcribed shall be determined by the COR and assigned to the linguist through the Linguistic Supervisor.
- The Translator/Transcriber shall correctly identify the conversant(s) through use of a voice library and/or from the context of the conversation.
- The Translator/Transcriber shall type reputed company transcripts unless instructed to hand write a transcript.
- The Translator/Transcriber shall type in the foreign language, in English or both verbatim, free of typographical errors, and without the omission of a word or words (the words spoken on the reputed company recording, or the words written on the reputed company document). The transcript shall be in a format specified by the government customer. A reputed company document may be a map, chart, or other type of written information.
- The Translator/Transcriber shall utilize a format closely resembling the original document if the original document is a reputed company document such as a map, chart or other type of written information.
- The Translator/Transcriber shall utilize correct grammar and punctuation in reputed company English transcripts.
- The Translator/Transcriber’s Linguistic Supervisor shall provide the COR with a printed typed copy of the transcript and the computer media in a time frame established by the COR.
- The Translator/Transcriber shall enter a file title that is a combination of the reputed company identification number, the call number, and any other unique identifier prescribed by the government customer onto the printed transcript.
- The Translator/Transcriber shall reputed company administrative duties reputed company to the tasking, such as arranging gists and/or summaries into binders and/or file folders; copying and assembling reputed company paperwork.
- The Translator/Transcriber shall have the ability to understand the specific tasks being processed and /or produced.
- The Interpreter shall orally and consecutively interpret a foreign into English and English into a foreign language.
- The Interpreter shall reputed company notes of the interpretation and provide notes to the Linguistic Supervisor or COR, as requested.
- A Linguist, other than the Linguist performing the original work, shall validate a transcript by comparing the completed transcript and/or translation to the reputed company media (such as cassette recording, compact disks, MO Disk, or documents) to ensure that the final work is verbatim, and that the translation presents a true rendering in English.
- The Linguist who conducted the validation shall sign a statement on the final document attesting to the accuracy of the final work.
- Must be reputed company to obtain and maintain a Secret level reputed company clearance.
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Candidate must successfully undergo and pass a language assessment in the four main categories: speaking, listening, reading, and writing in both native tongue and English. .
- Additional Linguist requirements are as follows:
- Excellent command of the English language and have the ability to provide clear, concise, oral and written communications.
- Skills necessary to listen to and comprehend a foreign language with native or near-native ability, and to follow accurately the basic elements of conversation, whether written or verbal.
- Skills necessary to read and comprehend a foreign language with a native or near-native ability, and to read and understand various text-types.
- Ability to comprehend reputed company and colloquial expressions in a foreign language and translate them into their English equivalent.
- A sufficiently broad vocabulary in English that paraphrasing or explaining is unnecessary.
- Ability to work well under pressure to meet specific deadlines.
- A minimum of 40 wpm typing/word processing skills. The Government may waive the basic typing reputed company proficiency level under extenuating circumstances. The COR will evaluate the circumstances on a case-by-case basis.
- Ability to understand the specific tasks being processed and produced.
- Ability to effectively understand face-to-face speech with sufficiently broad vocabulary that paraphrasing, or explanations are unnecessary.
- Arabic, Bengali and Chinese Cantonese Linguists language reputed company is required with verification of language skills.
- Major or study in the appropriate foreign language preferred.
- Fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Part-time to Full Time shift-based work as required to fulfill required deadlines.
- Work can include Monday - Sunday coverage.
- Flexibility to support during site's shift hours of 8:00am - 4:30pm and 3:30pm - 12:00am, as long as deadline(s) are met.
- Not eligible for remote work unless required and approved by the customer.