AA - Linguist - CAT III - Afrikaans - FMMD

Arrow Security &Training • Ft Meade, MD

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About The Position

AST, LLC is currently seeking CAT III - Afrikaans linguist / translator candidates to be considered for employment. Summary of duties include: Provide foreign language support services, including transcription, and translation / interpretation (comprising idiomatic translations of non-technical material using correct syntax and expression from English to the SCRL language(s) or vice versa) services in support of military interrogations, intelligence collection, and other operational missions. Provide any and all cultural and ethnic context of translations, interpretations, and transcriptions with an expert linguist's opinion given to the supported organization or agency as to the most likely meaning/intent of terms, phrases, or statements that may have multiple valid interpretations. Perform document exploitation, scan, research, and analyze foreign language documents and intercepted data for key information; and must be able to supplement interpretations and translations with information pertinent and specific to professional fields; such as medicine, scientific, engineering, legal, etc. and identify and extract information components meeting military information requirement list criteria as well as provide input to reports.

Requirements

• Native proficiency preferred, not required.
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must have at minimum (2) years’ experience of interpretation / translation
• Interagency Language Round Table (ILR) level 3 in both Target Language and English.
• Must have document exploitation skills
• Must have in-depth geo-political knowledge

Responsibilities

• Provide foreign language support services, including transcription, and translation / interpretation services in support of military interrogations, intelligence collection, and other operational missions.
• Provide any and all cultural and ethnic context of translations, interpretations, and transcriptions with an expert linguist's opinion given to the supported organization or agency as to the most likely meaning/intent of terms, phrases, or statements that may have multiple valid interpretations.
• Perform document exploitation, scan, research, and analyze foreign language documents and intercepted data for key information
• Supplement interpretations and translations with information pertinent and specific to professional fields; such as medicine, scientific, engineering, legal, etc.
• Identify and extract information components meeting military information requirement list criteria as well as provide input to reports.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees