LINGUIST List 13.310

Tue Feb 5 2002

Jobs: Foreign Lang Specialist, for US gov, MD USA

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  • Wendie Green, Foreign Language Specialist: for DoD Federal Agency, Maryland USA

    Message 1: Foreign Language Specialist: for DoD Federal Agency, Maryland USA

     Date: 1 Feb 2002 14:51:37 -0000
    From: Wendie Green <wendie_greenyahoo.com>
    Subject: Foreign Language Specialist: for DoD Federal Agency, Maryland USA


    Rank of Job: Areas Required: Foreign Language Specialist Other Desired Areas: University or Organization: DoD Federal Agency Department: Recruitment State or Province: Maryland Country: USA Final Date of Application: April 1, 2002 Contact: Wendie Green wendie_greenyahoo.com

    Address for Applications: 7731 Tuckerman Lane, Suite 125 Potomac MD 20854 USA

    Position available with a major US federal agency charged with the enormous responsibility of helping protect their nation's security.

    Location: Baltimore, MD metro area

    Duties:

    Foreign Language Specialist/Linguist will transcribe, analyze, and report on foreign language communications.

    Qualifications:

    US Citizenship and can be clearable for a high-level clearance. Fluency in any one the languages below is required:

    Amharic Arabic * Chinese * Dari Greek Pashto Persian-Farsi * Somali * Swahili Tagalog Tigrinya Turkmen Urdu/Punjabi Uzbek

    When responding with your resume, please also answer the following questions and include the questions and answers in the body of your message.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Screening Questions ++++++++++++++++++++++++

    1. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for all positions; do you meet this requirement?

    2. This is a translation and/or transcription job with follow up on research and analysis. The job includes working with the written or spoken language for 6-7 hours per day as well as listening, reading or translating using computer technology and digital processing. Requirements also include analyzing full or partial words or text and collaborating with other analysts and skills. Does this type of work interest you? Do you envision yourself working in various aspects of language for your career?

    3. Do you have a Bachelor's degree in language? (If "yes") How many foreign language credits (semester/quarter) do you have? How many area studies do you have? (If "no") How did you acquire your language capability? (Make sure full description is provided.)

    4. Have you had any language immersion training or in-country experience? (If "yes") How much, when, where and describe?

    5. Have you had any formal language work experience in translation or transcription? (If "yes") How much, when, where and describe?

    6. Have you been through any formal language testing for example, with the FBI, State Department, DLPT or a similar agency? Describe. What was your score?

    7. Do you have the ability to read and fully comprehend the front and editorial page of a foreign language newspaper? On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, rate your ability to fully comprehend, summarize and then translate so that a person who does not speak or understand the language would be able to comprehend.

    8. On a scale of 1-10, again 10 being the highest, rate your ability to hear a foreign broadcast and transcribe it into fully summarized understandable English so that a person who does not speak or understand the language would be able to comprehend.

    9. How many additional languages do you know? What are they? What are your best languages and how would you rate them on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, in reading, listening and comprehension?

    10. What type of work environment do you thrive in?

    11. What is your current career field and salary? What is the minimum compensation you desire in the language career field?