Linguist

Description:

ITA is seeking a Linguist to join the team in Doha, Qatar.

Perform transcription, translation, and interpretation from a variety of sources that is accurate and complete.

Services: Translation, Transcription, and Interpretation. The Candidate will provide rapid recruitment and positioning of foreign language interpretation and translation/transcription services in the Specified Contract Required Language(s) (SCRL) to support user requirements.

Translation: The Candidate will provide translations of aural, videotape, and/or other sources from one language into another language, with the meaning and intent of the original source preserved. Services will include transcription of aural sources in an SCRL by technically qualified and experienced translators at the level of competency required.

Unless otherwise proscribed, transcribers will (1) listen or view the material and

comprehend the SCRL language, (2) write comprehensibly in English and/or an SCRL language(s), and (3) choose the equivalent expression in English that both fully conveys and best matches the meaning intended in the SCRL language.

Transcription: The Candidate will provide written translations of texts in one

language into another language, as identified above, with the meaning and intent of the original text (Translation).

Services will include translation of documentation by technically

qualified and experienced translators at the level of competency required. Unless otherwise proscribed, translators will (1) read and comprehend the SCRL language, (2) write comprehensibly in one of the source SCRL languages, and (3) choose the equivalent expression into the required SCRL language that both fully conveys and best matches the meaning intended in the source SCRL language (referred to as congruity judgment).

South Asian Linguist (Bengali, Hindi)

Possess a current passport with two years remaining before expiration.

(passport will be at individual or Candidate expense).

• Pass a standard physical examination that includes, at a minimum: medical history, height, weight, blood pressure, HIV antibody and chest X-ray.
• Be physically capable of performing duties, functions and activities as outlined in this PWS.
• Comply with all security requirements.
• Comply with necessary CENTCOM clearance, training, immunizations and medical requirements
• Candidate personnel will be free from any communicable diseases and in general good health.
• Candidate will possess binocular vision correctable to 20/30 (Snellen) and be free of color blindness.
• Candidate will be capable of hearing ordinary conversation at 15 feet with either ear, with or without the benefit of a hearing aid.
• Interpretation: The Candidate will have a command of English and the SCRL languages as delineated in the qualifications below
• The interpreter must be able to (1) comprehend the SCRL language as spoken and written, (2) speak both of the SCRL required language(s) and English, (3) choose an expression in English that fully conveys and best

matches the meaning of the source (SCRL) language, (4) have familiarity with the cultural context of both the SCRL and English, (5) have knowledge of terminology in specialized fields, (6) observe protocols applicable

to different settings, and (7) master the modes applicable to these settings

• Qualifications: Must be Category II (CAT II, SECRET), and have a minimum Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) level three (3) proficiency in their SCRL.