Senior Linguist - MultiLingual Solutions Inc - Washington, DC

• This position is contingent upon contract award*

MLS is seeking Linguists to support a language program within the Intelligence Community. The MLS Linguists will:

TRANSLATE:

• Accurately translate a wide variety of complex texts from Source Language into English. These texts may contain difficult, idiomatic, scientific, and colloquial writing.


• Accurately capture cultural subtleties, nuance, and emphasis. A level of cultural mastery is required for the translator to capture socio-cultural essentials embedded in text to include political, religious, historic, and ethnic elements.


• Identify and flawlessly summarize all pertinent factual information and abstract concepts, recognizing the significance of complex expressions, such as colloquial text or technical terminology.


• Triage documentation to isolate the full-range of information that is of importance to the task at hand; master the use of, and assist in the development of, reference materials.

TRANSCRIBE:

• Review audio/video material and write/transcribe information with a high-degree of accuracy and expression; have an excellent understanding of one or more regional dialects.

INTERPRET:

• Interpret virtually all levels of target language, including complex or highly idiomatic speech with a very high degree of accuracy.

Linguists have to be fluent in any of the below listed languages, in addition to the English language:

Arabic

Pashto

Urdu

Indonesian

French

Somali

Turkish

Other languages:
Spanish

Bengali

Uzbek

Albanian

Javanese

German

Malay

Serbo-Croatian

Russian

Farsi

Azeri

Dari

Kurdish Minimum Requirements

• Top Secret/SCI with FS polygraph


• U.S. citizen


• Verifiable fluency (ILR 4/4+) in target language


• Operational overseas experience


• Demonstrated ability to be adaptable and flexible to changing requirements


• Excellent communication, organization, writing, and interpersonal skills


• Excellent command in terms of comprehension of one or more dialects and be able to successfully capture expressions specific to a culture, and all subtleties and nuances appropriately.


• 5-7 years of interpretation or translation within the IC


• Demonstrated ability to write and speak in clear and concise manner with proper grammar and punctuation in specified language


• Written and oral fluency in English


• Ability to discern information of value for the mission and write an abstract in a succinct, understandable format in English


• Verifiable proficiency with computers, Microsoft Word, and the Internet

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in journalism, communications, political science, international affairs, history or a related field.


• Demonstrated operational experience in a HUMINT discipline


• Overseas experience with substantive knowledge of various intelligence/information gathering operations


• Experience working as a linguist


• In-depth knowledge of Middle Eastern or East African affairs, media, and cultural specific nuances


• Ability to use critical thinking/analytic skills to process large amounts of information, detecting important factors and elements

Travel:
Domestic and international travel as required