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Pashto Operational Language Analyst Level 4
ClearanceJobs, Fort George Meade, Maryland, United States
Linguist
The Operational Language Analyst performs tasks required to process voice and/or graphic language materials in support of SIGINT Operations. Required skills include transcribing complex and sophisticated spoken material and translating complex and sophisticated written material, gisting complex and sophisticated written and spoken material, and performing quality control review of translations and transcripts of complex and sophisticated written and spoken material. A Bachelor of Arts (BA)/Bachelor of Science (BS) degree, or equivalent from other countries, is required. Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level 3 in both Audio Translation Performance and Translation Performance from the required language(s) into idiomatic, standard American English is also required. Scores from the NSA Civilian Language Test of Record, valid at time of resume submission, may be used as acceptable validation for text translation and audio translation skill level(s). ILR skill level validation shall be documented within two (2) years prior to resume submission. In lieu of the Bachelors Degree, an additional four (4) years of directly related, applied, practical work experience may be substituted for a total of nineteen (19) years experience. At least five (5) of the eight (8) years experience in the required language(s) shall be in translating and/or transcribing, and gisting. At least three (3) years experience in the required language(s) shall be in performing quality control review of both audio translations and text translations at the ILR level 3. For no more than seven (7) of the required fifteen (15) years experience, reporting shall be the primary duty. One (1) of the eight (8) years experience in the required language(s) shall be within six (6) years of resume submission. One (1) year experience typing on an English keyboard.
The Operational Language Analyst performs tasks required to process voice and/or graphic language materials in support of SIGINT Operations. Required skills include transcribing complex and sophisticated spoken material and translating complex and sophisticated written material, gisting complex and sophisticated written and spoken material, and performing quality control review of translations and transcripts of complex and sophisticated written and spoken material. A Bachelor of Arts (BA)/Bachelor of Science (BS) degree, or equivalent from other countries, is required. Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level 3 in both Audio Translation Performance and Translation Performance from the required language(s) into idiomatic, standard American English is also required. Scores from the NSA Civilian Language Test of Record, valid at time of resume submission, may be used as acceptable validation for text translation and audio translation skill level(s). ILR skill level validation shall be documented within two (2) years prior to resume submission. In lieu of the Bachelors Degree, an additional four (4) years of directly related, applied, practical work experience may be substituted for a total of nineteen (19) years experience. At least five (5) of the eight (8) years experience in the required language(s) shall be in translating and/or transcribing, and gisting. At least three (3) years experience in the required language(s) shall be in performing quality control review of both audio translations and text translations at the ILR level 3. For no more than seven (7) of the required fifteen (15) years experience, reporting shall be the primary duty. One (1) of the eight (8) years experience in the required language(s) shall be within six (6) years of resume submission. One (1) year experience typing on an English keyboard.