Job Title: Chinese (Mandarin) Linguist
Work Location: Washington DC (On-Site)
Program Overview
Since the events of September 11, 2001, the United States Government (USG) has an increased need for translation services from and into foreign languages that far exceeds the capacities of individual agencies, departments, and organizations engaged in support of intelligence priorities and law enforcement. To address this need, the National Virtual Translation Center (NVTC) provides linguistic support to the mission of the Intelligence Community (IC) and other federal government agencies. The FBI serves as the Executive Agent for the National Virtual Translation Center (NVTC) in matters pertaining to the administration and support of this requirement. NVTC is an element of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) created by Congress with oversight provided by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
Position Description
Process documents and media in various formats to include hand-written, hard copy, digital text, audio, and video providing interpretation and language support to Human Language Technology (HLT) projects. The source material contains a variety of language genres and domains for which the FBI has jurisdiction, and the IC, and/or other government agencies have an interest. This may include military, scientific, and technical subject matter. Must be able to electronically access, receive, send, scan, and translate documents and audio/video contents on an as-needed basis throughout the term of this effort, and use HLT tools in all cases possible to process work assignments.
Minimum Qualifications
Professional level fluency in the target language and English (minimum ILR 3 in both languages).
Ability to translate/transcribe a variety of technical topics to include but not limited to expository, formal and informal discourse, legal, business, public administration, historical, geographical, sociological, political, military and scientific content, and other content within scope. The scientific area may include advanced technology, chemical, physical, cyber, and/or nuclear terminology. The specialized terminology used to express concepts in any of the given subject areas varies considerably from everyday usage in any of the source languages. As such, thorough knowledge of term specific vocabulary is required, as are quality review and editing capabilities and capacities.
Active TS/SCI with current CI Polygraph
LIS Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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Our client is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. This institution can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture. Technology works as a strategic partner with our client’s business units and the world's leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global, complex, and dynamic financial markets. Our client’s sizeable investment in technology results in quantitative trading systems, cutting-edge modelling and simulation software, comprehensive risk and security systems, and robust client-relationship capabilities, plus the worldwide infrastructure that forms the backbone of these systems and tools. Our insights, our applications and infrastructure give a competitive edge to clients' businesses—and to our own. Institutional Corporate Technology (ICT) is part of Technology. This group is responsible for developing enterprise applications for a diverse set of businesses including Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research, and Global Capital Markets. In addition, ICT provides technology solutions for client-aligned groups and company-wide divisions, such as Finance and Operations, post-trade functions within the Institutional Securities Group and standardized data and enterprise-wide services to provide leverage to the Firm's businesses.