Arabic Linguist - Travel

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 Travel Only Arabic Linguist to join our team. You will be responsible for supporting a government agency and your office with translation, transcription, and/or interpretation services.

• Linguists will primarily translate and transcribe foreign-language text and audio into English.
• Linguists will type in foreign language, in real time, via social media, text message, email, and other fora.
• Travel to worldwide locations, including austere and hazard zone locations for up to 3 months at a time.

• Must possess or be eligible for an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree required. Preference for master's degree in relevant field, and/or significant, professional, translation experience.
• Interpretation between source and target language.
• Translation into both English and target language.
• Transcription into English.
• 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).
• U.S. Citizenship.

• Blogging while drawing upon linguistic/cultural expertise.
• Subject Matter Expertise in areas of Counter terrorism, Cyber and Sponsor Operations.
• At least 7 years of translation experience within a professional setting.
• Demonstrated experience with ILR 4-level language testing/ILR 4-level translation experience.

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.