Kurdish (Sorani) Linguist – Travel (2021-0011)

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 Kurdish (Sorani) Travel 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/or interpretation services.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Linguists will translate and perform consecutive interpretation between English and the source language/s

Linguists must be willing to travel overseas for extended periods, sometimes to areas of conflict

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

College education in target language

Interpretation. Simultaneous interpretation experience considered a plus

Translation into source language and English

Workflow management

Quality Control and Editing of language products

Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise

Subject Matter Expertise in areas of Religion, Science and Technology and Sponsor Operations

PREFERRED SKILLS

Terminology Management

Translation Related Services

Triage

Language Training

Subject Matter Expertise in Counter-Proliferation, Counterterrorism, Legal/Law, Military, Narcotics, Cyber, Economics, and Geospatial areas of focus

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action

ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by federal, state or local law. It is the policy of ATS not merely to refrain from employment discrimination as required by the various federal, state, and local enactments, but to take positive affirmative action to realize for women, people of color, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans full equal employment opportunity. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.

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