Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

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 Spanish Professional Translator/Interpreter to join our team working in Reston, VA. Linguist must have a minimum of 3 years working as a professional translator and/or interpreter within the last 7 years or a recently completed M.A., degree in Translation and or Interpretation. You will be responsible for supporting a government agency and your office with translation, transcription, and interpretation services.

• In this role, linguists will use native  reading and writing skills and cultural expertise.
• Linguists to provide high-caliber Spanish to English and vice versa interpretation, translation, and transcription
• Perform proofreading and quality control of final products
• Provide Spanish conversational one-on-one support sessions as needed
• Work independently, under no supervision
• Ability to work as part of at team and able to meet deadline on short-notice
• Work flexible hours Monday - Friday during normal business hours between 0700 and 1800 or as needed depending on the workflow in order to complete deadlines
• Occasionally may be required to work overtime, including weekends and holidays
• As needed, linguists may be asked to travel CONUS and OCONUS TDY'S opportunities to meet the office’s requirements, as needed. Travel – Approximately 60%

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• Master's or Bachelor’s degree in Interpretation and Translation
• Interpretation between source and target languages
• Translation into English and target language
• Transcription into English and target language
• Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise
• Subject Matter Expertise in Religion and Culture, and Linguistics

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Translation Related Services
• Summarizing/Gisting, Triage, Quality Control and Editing of language products
• Consecutive note taking, public speaking
• Workflow
• Lexicographer
• Human Language Technology (HLT), CAT tools (e.g., Lilt, MS Suite etc.)
• Terminology Management vetting, and sharing word or phrase translations with context specific meaning, e.g., software, medical or military terminology
• Subject Matter Expertise in Counter-Proliferation, Counterterrorism, Legal/Law, Narcotics Regional Politics and Science and Technology are desired.
• Professional translation and/or interpretation certifications obtained (e.g., ATA, FCICE, CHI/CMI, etc.)

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, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable law. 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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