Chinese Linguists

SOSi

Chinese Linguists

Reston, VA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Overview

    This position is contingent upon award of contract

    SOS International LLC (SOSi) is seeking Chinese Linguists to support a US Government Client. Linguists will serve as subject matter experts and leverage Chinese and their cultural expertise to translate materials and documents into English language products.

    Essential Job Duties

    • Gist, summarize, and translate Chinese printed, electronic, or audio/visual material into clear, understandable, and idiomatically correct English.
    • Leverage knowledge of culture, media, and language to answer Client questions.
    • Adhere to Client style and translation standards to prepare all products.
    • Efficiently leverage Client-specific tools and workflows.
    • Ability to meet deadlines, including same day.
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Minimum Requirements

    • High School Diploma and three years of relevant experience.
    • Proficiency at least 4/4+ (ILR) level in Chinese. Proficiency will be determined by standardized language exams which must be completed as part of the application process.
    • Expertise related to country and surrounding regions where Chinese is spoken natively.
    • Experience with open source research and support, product creation and dissemination, collection management and workflow support.
    • Experience in open source social media collection, analysis, and exploitation.
    • Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Excel, and Word.
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to engage collaboratively and effectively in a virtual environment within a diverse team.
    • Strong time and task management skills.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s Degree.
    • Experience supporting the Intelligence Community (IC).

    Additional Information

    Work Environment

    • Remote.

    Working at SOSi

    All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.