Russian Linguist (in the USA)

About the role

• We are actively hiring a Russian 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 primarily translate and transcribe foreign-language text and audio into English

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree desired
• Preference given to higher clearances. However, all candidates with any level of clearance, including those with no clearance but who are deemed eligible, may be considered
• Interpretation between source and target language
• Translation into both English and target language
• Transcription into English
• All candidates must pass the English test with a score of 80% or above
• All candidates must be able to pass required language testing
• Preferred Skills:
• Collection from published, online and broadcast media
• Monitoring published, online and broadcast media while identifying relevant content
• Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise
• Translation Related Services (TRS)
• Blogging while drawing upon linguistic/cultural expertise
• Subject Matter Expertise in areas of Counterterrorism, Cyber and Sponsor Operations
• Each linguist is expected to have expertise in a variety of topics ranging from technical to political; an understanding of a variety of dialects/jargon is a plus
• Preference will be given to candidates who are able to type in one of the required languages, and in real-time, via social media, text message, email, and other fora, and therefore should be familiar with current web-based communication technologies
• Preference will also be given to candidates whose skills allow them to engage in casual, informal written or verbal conversation with native speakers
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