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Piedmont Global • Buford, GA

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About The Position

Piedmont Global is expanding its network of professional interpreters to provide high-quality consecutive and simultaneous interpretation in on-site (OSI), video remote (VRI), and over-the-phone (OPI) settings. Assignments depend on customer needs and may vary by language, location, qualifications, and availability. Interpreters of Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean, Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Farsi, and Mandarin are especially encouraged to apply. These are 1099 independent contractor positions.

Interpreters serve people with a wide range of voices, accents, speaking styles, tempos, and personalities. They provide accurate and complete interpretation in both directions, convey meaning and tone without additions or omissions, and provide sight translation when needed. They must communicate factors that could affect service quality and follow applicable professional ethics, standards, and confidentiality requirements.

Requirements

• Hold a valid driver’s license or another valid government-issued form of identification.
• Have access to a laptop or desktop computer with at least 4 GB of RAM and a broadband, high-speed internet connection.
• Have access to a mobile phone as a backup device.
• Have access to a wired headset that connects to the computer or phone; wireless headsets are not accepted.
• Have a quiet workspace or home office without distractions.
• For non-medical settings: have at least two years of interpreting experience, paid or volunteer.
• For non-medical settings: provide two relevant professional references, or one relevant professional reference and one relevant professional letter of recommendation.
• For non-medical settings: have native-level proficiency in English and the other language(s).
• For medical settings: hold certification as a medical interpreter from a 40-hour program or equivalent, specifically for medical interpreting.
• For medical settings: have at least two years of interpreting experience, paid or volunteer, in a healthcare setting.
• For medical settings: provide two relevant professional references, or one relevant professional reference and one relevant professional letter of recommendation.

Nice To Haves

• University degree in Interpretation.
• Certificate of professional interpreter training with at least 40 hours of training.
• Provide proof of certifications, if available.
• Provide test results from other organizations, such as testing centers or other language service providers, if available.

Responsibilities

• Interpret for individuals with diverse voices, accents, speaking styles, tempos, and personalities.
• Provide clear, accurate, and complete interpretations of verbal communication without additions, omissions, or alterations.
• Interpret questions, answers, statements, arguments, explanations, and other forms of verbal communication.
• Provide sight translation of documents and other written materials as needed.
• Accurately convey the speaker’s thoughts, intent, meaning, emotions, and tone between the source and target languages.
• Communicate factors that may hinder or affect the quality of interpretation services.
• Adhere to applicable professional ethics, standards, and confidentiality requirements.

Benefits

• Consideration for assignments aligned with the interpreter’s language, location, qualifications, and availability.
• Access to on-site and remote interpreting opportunities as client needs arise.
• Opportunity to build experience supporting a variety of organizations and communities.
• Opportunity to become part of an established language network supporting more than 200 languages and regional dialects.

What This Job Offers

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