Spanish Linguist (2026-0022) Jobs

Spanish Professional Translator/Interpreter

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.

We are actively hiring a Spanish Professional Translator/Interpreter to join our team working in Reston, VA. Linguist must have a minimum of 3 years working as a professional translator and/or interpreter within the last 7 years or a recently completed M.A., degree in Translation and or Interpretation. You will be responsible for supporting a government agency and your office with translation, transcription, and interpretation services.

Testing Requirements:
Translation Assessment: 4;
Speaking/Listening/Reading: 4's;
Interpretation 3+

Responsibilities

• In this role, linguists will use native reading and writing skills and cultural expertise.
• Linguists to provide high-caliber Spanish to English and vice versa interpretation, translation, and transcription
• Perform proofreading and quality control of final products
• Provide Spanish conversational one-on-one support sessions as needed
• Work independently, under no supervision
• Ability to work as part of at team and able to meet deadline on short-notice
• Work flexible hours Monday
  - Friday during normal business hours between 0700 and 1800 or as needed depending on the workflow in order to complete deadlines
• Occasionally may be required to work overtime, including weekends and holidays
• As needed, linguists may be asked to travel CONUS and OCONUS TDY's opportunities to meet the office's requirements, as needed. Travel
  - Approximately 60%

Required Education & Experience

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Interpretation and Translation
• Interpretation between source and target languages
• Translation into English and target language
• Transcription into English and target language
• Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise
• Subject Matter Expertise in Religion and Culture, and Linguistics

Preferred Skills

• Translation Related Services
• Summarizing/Gisting, Triage, Quality Control and Editing of language products
• Consecutive note taking, public speaking
• Workflow
• Lexicographer
• Human Language Technology (HLT), CAT tools (e.g., Lilt, MS Suite etc.)
• Terminology Management vetting, and sharing word or phrase translations with context specific meaning, e.g., software, medical or military terminology
• Subject Matter Expertise in Counter-Proliferation, Counter terrorism, Legal/Law, Narcotics Regional Politics and Science and Technology are desired.
• Professional translation and/or interpretation certifications obtained (e.g., ATA, FCICE, CHI/CMI, etc.)

The hourly pay rate for these position will range from $53.11 - $85.57