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##### Schedule Title: LANGUAGE SERVICES

##### Schedule Number: 738 II

##### Contract Number: GS-10F-0188S

**Contract Period: March 15, 2006 -- March 14, 2011**

**Business Size: Large**

**As of Modification PA-0001 dated January 30, 2008**

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**Contractor: MPRI, Inc.**

**1320 Braddock Place**

**Alexandria, VA 22314-1694**

**Phone: (703) 664-2786**

**Fax: (703) 664-2699**

**www.mpri.com**

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# Table of Contents

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[**Table of Contents 2**](#table-of-contents)

[**Customer Information 3**](#customer-information)

[**MPRI, Inc. 6**](#mpri-inc.)

[**Services and Products 8**](#services-and-products)

[**Price List 10**](#price-list)

[**Labor Category Descriptions 11**](#labor-category-descriptions)

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# Customer Information

> **1a. Special Item Numbers:**
>
> SIN: 382-1 \~ Translation Services
>
> SIN: 382-2 \~ Interpretation Services
>
> **1b. Lowest priced model number and lowest unit prices:** Prices
> shown in the pricelist are net.
>
> **1c. Labor Category Descriptions:** See Page 11.

2.  **Maximum Order:** \$1,000,000. Orders exceeding the maximum order
    threshold may be placed in accordance with clause I-FSS-125,
    "Requirements Exceeding the Maximum Order (SEP 1999)".

3.  **Minimum Order:** \$100

4.  **Geographic Coverage:** Worldwide.

5.  **Points of Production:** Alexandria Virginia and at customer site
    as requested.

6.  **Statement of Net Price:** Prices shown in pricelist are net.

7.  **Quantity Discounts:** None. However discounts for orders placed
    that exceed the maximum order threshold shall be negotiated on an
    order by order basis.

8.  **Prompt Payment Terms:** None.

> **9a. Acceptance of Government purchase cards below micro-purchase
> threshold:** MPRI accepts Government Purchase Cards below the
> micro-purchase threshold.
>
> **9b. Acceptance of Government purchase cards above micro-purchase
> threshold:** MPRI accepts Government Purchase Cards above the
> micro-purchase threshold.

10. **Foreign Items:** N/A

> **11a. Time of Delivery:** To be negotiated per each delivery order.
>
> **11b. Expedited Delivery:** To be negotiated per each delivery order.
>
> **11c. Overnight and Two-day Delivery:** N/A
>
> **11d. Urgent Requirements:** Contact MPRI for urgent requirements.

12. **F.O.B. Points:** Destination

> **13a. Ordering Address:**
>
> MPRI, Inc.
>
> 1320 Braddock Place
>
> Alexandria, VA 22314-1694
>
> Phone: (703) 664-2786
>
> Fax: (703) 664-2699
>
> www.mpri.com
>
> **13b. Ordering Procedures:** For supplies and services, the ordering
> procedures, information on Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA's), and a
> sample BPA can be found at the GSA/FSS Schedule homepage
> (fss.gsa.gov/schedules).

14. **Payment Address:**

> MPRI, Inc.
>
> 1320 Braddock Place
>
> Alexandria, VA 22314-1694
>
> Phone: (703) 664-2786
>
> Fax: (703) 664-2699
>
> www.mpri.com

15. **Warranty Provision:** N/A

16. **Export Packing Charges:** N/A

17. **Terms and Conditions of Government purchase card**

> **acceptance:** N/A

18. **Terms and Conditions of rental, maintenance, and**

> **repair:** N/A

19. **Terms and Conditions of installation:** N/A

20. **Terms and Conditions of repair parts indicating date of**

> **parts price lists and any discounts from list prices:** N/A
>
> **20a. Terms and Conditions for any other services:** N/A

21. **List of service and distribution points:** N/A

22. **List of participating dealers:** N/A

23. **Preventive Maintenance:** N/A

> **24a. Environmental Attributes:** N/A
>
> **24b. Section 508 Compliance:** No

25. **Data Universal Number System (DUNS):** 183-032-051

26. **Notification regarding registration in CCR database:** MPRI is
    registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database.
    Registration is valid through August 26, 2005.

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# MPRI, Inc.

## CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

MPRI has unrivaled past experience and is recognized worldwide as an
expert in providing DOD-related support services including translation
services, interpretation services, training, education, and strategic
planning. MPRI is headquartered in Alexandria, VA and has program
offices in 44 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and, on average, a dozen foreign
countries. Incorporated in 1987 in Delaware, MPRI is a wholly owned
subsidiary of L-3 Communications, a leader in defense-related products
with over 14,000 employees and nearly \$4 billion in CY-02 revenue. MPRI
has over 900 employees and maintains a human resource database of more
than 10,000 former military officers, noncommissioned officers and
senior executives from various governmental agencies, which provides our
organization an effective database-assisted networking system to recruit
for specific customer requirements.

MPRI understands the intricacies and implications associated with
ethno-centric, national, political, cultural, and religious
sensitivities when designing and implementing a linguist program. MPRI
carefully screens linguists for assignment to specific positions based
on their unique skills. Linguists must be a Category II or Category III
(level 4 or 5 native or near native proficiency in the required
language) as measured by the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT).

MPRI administers an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) for evaluation of
the individual's English and Target Language (TL) oral communication
skills. A candidate's bilingual writing skills are also assessed and
evaluated. Each candidate is carefully interviewed and screened by
management personnel prior to security processing by Defense Security
Service (DSS).

All of our linguists have the following qualifications:

-   All linguist candidates are screened, interviewed, and tested to
    ensure their ability to write and speak in clear and concise grammar
    pronunciation in the Target Language (TL) and in English; each is
    screened, interviewed, and tested to ensure their ability to provide
    idiomatic translations of non-technical material using correct
    syntax and expression to/from TL and English; each is screened,
    interviewed, and tested to ensure their ability to conduct
    consecutive, accurate translation of source texts; each is screened,
    interviewed, and tested to ensure their ability to provide written
    reports such as meeting minutes, notes, interviews, and
    transcriptions of conversations to the customer in English or the
    TL.

-   Linguists are usually native speakers with full cultural
    familiarity; each is screened, interviewed, and tested to ensure
    their ability to conduct themselves in accordance with the local
    culture and customs; each is fully briefed on their duties,
    responsibilities, and standards of conduct as applicable under this
    contract and in keeping with the local laws and culture of the Host
    Nation (HN).

-   All linguists understand that they are expected to live and function
    efficiently under harsh and austere conditions and are agreeable to
    such conditions; each is prepared to render service in times of a
    heightened state of threat; each is screened, interviewed, and
    briefed to ensure their ability to perform effectively, efficiently,
    and professionally under prolonged periods of stress.

All of our linguists are dedicated, educated professionals who undergo
in-depth screening to ensure their ability to function effectively as
fully integrated team members while assuming responsibility for
safeguarding US personnel and resources. They are held to the highest
standards of personal conduct. Employees are fully briefed on the
expectations and demands of their personal conduct. They are aware that
their clearances will be terminated and that they will be replaced for
violating standards of conduct.

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# Services and Products

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## Summary Description of Services Offered

**[SIN 382-1 \~ Translation Services]{.underline}**

MPRI has extensive experience in providing Translation Services
including written conversions of source texts in one language into
target texts written in another language maintaining the meaning and
intent of the original source text. Services include translation of
documentation by technically qualified and experienced language
specialists, proofing, editing, client consultation for product
assessment, and final production layout and output in any media format.

**Examples of SIN 382-1,Translation Services, experience include:**

> **Provide Translations of English Language Documents into a foreign
> language and Foreign Language Documents into the English Language.**
> MPRI has extensive experience in bi-directional document translation. 
> We have translated documents for the National Defense University, U.S.
> Coast Guard, Defense Intelligence Agency, and other agencies of the
> U.S. Government.  Our linguists have translated various documents from
> handwritten diaries in Afghanistan to Civil Affairs Annexes to
> operations orders.   In another contract, MPRI provided personnel to
> TRADOC to translate documents into Arabic in support of training
> programs to prepare Iraqis to support coalition operations in Iraq.
>
> **Transcribe Recorded Voice Communications.** MPRI linguists have been
> and are currently providing transcription at numerous locations
> throughout the CENTCOM AOR.   Our linguists are transcribing Arabic
> and other foreign language broadcasts in multiple hostile fires
> zones.  Linguists are deployed with tactical and operational military
> and intelligence organizations to support "Operation Enduring Freedom"
> and "Operation Iraqi Freedom".
>
> **Produce Written and/or Taped Materials to Support Civil Affairs
> and/or Psychological Operations (PSYOPS).** MPRI is currently
> providing support to Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations at
> over 20 locations in the United States and to CA and PSYOPS units in
> the Balkans and Afghanistan. Our linguists are assigned to positions
> at Fort Bragg, North Carolina develop written and taped materials for
> actual operational missions and support training programs.  The
> majority of the translation work in the Balkans was devoted towards
> publishing the biweekly, bilingual *Dialogue* newspaper, published in
> Albanian, Serbian and English. In another contract, MPRI recently
> supported TRADOC in developing and translating POIs for Iraqis
> participating in training programs to prepare them to support
> coalition operations in Iraq.
>
> **Provide Interpreting During Interrogations, Investigations,
> Briefings, Meetings, Presentations, Negotiations, etc. from a Foreign
> Language Into English and from English into a Foreign Language.** MPRI
> met a 48-hour deadline to translate, from English to Mongolian, a
> Joint Forces Command briefing to the Mongolian General Staff. The
> briefing consisted of approximately 60 slides with technical military
> terminology and acronyms. In another contract, Team MPRI translated
> course material for a TRADOC program designed to prepare Iraqis
> volunteers for coalition operations in Iraq.
>
> **Develop Working Aids to Support Operations and Training for Military
> Linguists.** MPRI has provided "Pointy-Talky" cards, "survival
> language" phrasebooks, military diction support materials, and an
> Arabic version of the Ranger Handbook to SOF and conventional forces
> in support of OIF requirements in the Gulf Region and OEF requirements
> in Afghanistan and other locations in Central Asia.

**[SIN 382-2 \~ Interpretation Services]{.underline}**

MPRI has extensive experience in providing Interpretation Services
including oral multilingual interpretation, both simultaneously and
consecutively, on both formal and informal levels for meetings,
conferences, seminars, briefings, training, and many other forms of
voice communication from a source language into the target language.

**Examples of SIN 382-2, Interpretation Services, experience include:**

> **Provide Linguists to Serve as Linguists for U.S. Government
> Representatives, Ministries, and Various Government Offices.** MPRI is
> currently providing, or has recently completed support to the US DOS,
> US DOJ, US DOD, Special Operations Forces, and conventional Command
> and Control in GTMO, the Balkans, OEF AOR and now the OIF AOR.  Our
> interpreters have conducted simultaneous and consecutive
> interpretation of numerous meetings between US Government agencies,
> military authorities and key political and military leaders involved
> in the complex and sensitive peace support missions in the Balkans and
> Afghanistan.
>
> **Provide Interpreting During Interrogations, Investigations,
> Briefings, Meetings, Presentations, Negotiations, etc. from a Foreign
> Language Into English and from English into a Foreign Language.** MPRI
> interpreters have conducted simultaneous and consecutive
> interpretation of interrogations of detainees in GTMO and Afghanistan,
> supported CI interviews of prospective host nation contractors, and
> supported numerous meetings among US Government agencies, military
> authorities and key political and military leaders involved in the
> complex and sensitive peace support missions in the Balkans and
> Afghanistan.
>
> **Provide Collections of Foreign Language Voice Signals.** MPRI
> linguists are performing in support of various military and
> intelligence units conducting foreign language voice collection
> throughout the CENTCOM AOR in multiple hostile fire zones. Linguists
> are teamed with US Government personnel to provide the
> linguist/interpretation element of the voice collection
> team. Linguists selected for these positions are usually cleared to
> the Top Secret level, have native language fluency, and are proficient
> in various computer operating systems and software.
>
> **Serve as Mentors/Trainers and Assisting in the Foreign Language
> Training and Development of Military Linguists as Required.** MPRI has
> extensive experience providing survival, basic, intermediate, and
> advanced instruction to members of the US military and other
> government agencies in foreign languages at CONUS and OCONUS
> locations. Additionally, it has been provided instruction to host
> nation procured interpreters in English throughout the regions of
> engagement. In the TRADOC contract, Team MPRI developed training aids
> for Iraqis participating in training programs to prepare them to
> support coalition operations in Iraq.

# Price List

## Costs Proposed for Labor Categories

## (Hourly Rates)

## SINS: 382-1; 382-2

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  **LABOR        **HOURLY     **IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN   **HOURLY     **IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN   **HOURLY     **IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN   **HOURLY     **IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN   **HOURLY     **IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN
  CATEGORY**     RATE\        RATE**               RATE\        RATE**               RATE\        RATE**               RATE\        RATE**               RATE\        RATE**
                 STANDARD**                        STANDARD**                        STANDARD**                        STANDARD**                        STANDARD**   

  ** **          **Year 1**   ** **                **Year 2**   ** **                **Year 3**   ** **                **Year 4**   ** **                **Year 5**    

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  **Program      \$138.08     \$207.12             \$143.19     \$214.78             \$148.49     \$222.73             \$153.98     \$230.97             \$159.68     \$239.52
  Manager I**                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                       

  **Senior       \$117.76     \$176.64             \$122.12     \$183.18             \$126.64     \$189.95             \$131.32     \$196.98             \$136.18     \$204.27
  Linguist II**                                                                                                                                                       

  **Senior       \$106.43     \$159.65             \$110.37     \$165.55             \$114.45     \$171.68             \$118.69     \$178.03             \$123.08     \$184.62
  Linguist I**                                                                                                                                                        

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  **Linguist     \$91.13      \$136.70             \$94.50      \$141.75             \$98.00      \$147.00             \$101.62     \$152.44             \$105.38     \$158.08
  IV**                                                                                                                                                                

  **Linguist     \$82.92      \$124.38             \$85.99      \$128.98             \$89.17      \$133.75             \$92.47      \$138.70             \$95.89      \$143.84
  III**                                                                                                                                                               

  **Linguist     \$73.03      \$109.55             \$75.73      \$113.60             \$78.53      \$117.80             \$81.44      \$122.16             \$84.45      \$126.68
  II**                                                                                                                                                                

  **Linguist I** \$65.51      \$98.27              \$67.93      \$101.90             \$70.45      \$105.67             \$73.05      \$109.58             \$75.76      \$113.64

                                                                                                                                                                       

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# Labor Category Descriptions

**[Program Manager I:]{.underline}** The Program Manager I shall
supervise Linguist Personnel and shall coordinate the work locations
with the client to ensure access to resources and to provide
coordination with client representatives. One individual at each
location shall be empowered to implement work schedules, manage and
supervise Linguist Personnel and work performance.

**Qualifications**: Personnel assigned to perform management functions
shall be meet the following qualifications:

-   Fluently read, write, speak and understand English;

-   Ability to develop and/or maintain programs providing support to
    military forces, and involving coordination between supporting
    organizations;

-   Ability to supervise and monitor Linguist Personnel and administer
    linguist programs;

-   Ability to act as a facilitator for administrative matters between
    Linguist Personnel and supported US Forces.

Must have working-level knowledge of the client organization, its
mission, functions and activities; and a general knowledge Defense
agencies, military Departments and the Intelligence Community (IC)
sufficient to understand general relationships to outside activities.

**Requirements**: Personnel assigned to perform site management
functions shall be prepared and qualified to assume the following roles:

> An On-Site Representative shall be available to the COR or the COTR at
> all times. Shall provide the CO and the COR a listing, and any changes
> thereto, of the names, work and home addresses where the On-Site
> Representatives are located and contact telephone numbers where they
> can be reached 24 hours per day.
>
> Shall ensure that the field sites have, as part of their on-site
> management, at least one staff member with a security clearance level
> equal to, or higher than, that of the Linguist Personnel working in
> their area of responsibility.
>
> Shall provide a list of On-Site Managers and their qualifications to
> the COR prior to the contract start date. Shall provide immediate
> replacement of site managers found not qualified by the Government or
> who do not met the security clearance requirements within 10 working
> days.

**Educational Requirements:** B.S. or equivalent

**Years Experience:** 12 -- 15 years

[**Senior Linguist**:]{.underline} Shall provide comprehensive linguist
services in the designated target languages in support of operations
requirements in Theater. The Linguist Personnel's primary function will
be to furnish extensive linguist services in contingency deployment
areas in the Middle East.

The following are lists of the target languages required for
translation, as well as other languages that may be required for other
support requirements. This list of languages represents the current
known potential needs for this deployment area. This list will be
changed/modified to meet the specific needs of any future deployment or
contingency missions.

\(U\) [Target Languages:]{.underline} Arabic (Iraqi dialect preferred)

\(U\) [Others:]{.underline} Dari Persian-Farsi

Pashto Urdu

**Qualifications**: Personnel assigned to linguist functions shall be
meet the following qualifications:

> *Language Certifications*:
>
> Senior Linguist Personnel must score at a minimum a level 4,4,4
> (Reading, Listening, Speaking) as measured by the DLPT or the US State
> Department's language test for the Target Language. Senior Linguist
> Personnel must also receive a Computer-based score of 217 as measured
> by the TOEFL. Native proficiency in the Target Language is preferred.

*Specific Language skills:*

> Linguist Personnel must possess and utilize the following skills:

-   Ability to conduct consecutive, accurate translation/interpretation
    of on-going conversations/activities, to include the ability to
    maintain the integrity and meaning of material;

-   Ability to write and speak in clear and concise grammar and
    pronunciation in the Target Language and English;

-   Ability to provide idiomatic translations of non-technical material
    using correct syntax and expression from and to the Target Language
    and English;

-   Ability to provide written translation of general and technical
    material to and from the Target Language and English, including the
    ability to read and translate handwritten material;

-   Ability to quickly scan and process a large amount of material,
    utilizing the Target Language, for critical and essential elements
    of information;

-   Ability to provide input to the ISG in the production of written
    reports developed from captured material utilizing the Target
    Language, such as provide a gist, summary, transcript or written
    translation of the material;

-   Possess technical skills, such as word processing and data entry, to
    be used in conjunctions with written translations;

-   Ability to understand speech in a standard dialect, inferences and
    emotional overtones, and rarely has to ask for paraphrasing or
    explanations;

-   Ability to read a variety of unfamiliar subjects, can almost always
    interpret material, relate ideas and make inferences, and rarely
    misunderstands the intent of the writer;

-   Ability to write effectively in most formal and informal exchanges,
    errors never interfere with comprehension and rarely disturb the
    native reader;

-   Ability to converse in formal and informal situations, resolve
    problem situation, deal with unfamiliar topics, provide
    explanations, describe in detail, offer supported opinions and
    hypothesize. Errors never interfere with understanding and rarely
    disturb the native speaker, only sporadic errors in basic
    structures.

In addition to the Linguist Personnel Specific Language Skills listed
above, Senior Linguist Personnel must possess and utilize the following
skills:

-   Ability to understand all styles/forms of speech, has a strong
    sensitivity to socio-linguistic and cultural references, close to a
    well-educated native listener;

-   Ability to read all styles and forms whether printed or in
    reasonably legible handwriting, can read beyond the lines, follow
    unpredictable turns of thought, understand socio-linguistic and
    cultural references, often nearly that of a well-educated native
    reader;

-   Ability to write in a variety of prose styles, able to write about
    all topics pertinent to professional needs, with rare errors;

-   Ability to tailor language to fit audience, counsel, persuade,
    negotiate, represent a point of view. Speech is extensive, precise,
    and appropriate to every occasion with only occasional errors.

> Requirements: Personnel assigned to perform linguist functions shall
> be prepared and qualified to provide the following services:
>
> Interpretation services, defined as the interpretation of oral
> communication to and from English and Target Languages. Interpretation
> includes but is not limited to: simultaneous, consecutive, escort,
> telephonic, and voiceovers. Interpreter forums may include meetings,
> conferences, seminars, litigation, briefings, training, military
> operations, law enforcement, intelligence and operational support.
>
> Translation services, defined as the translation of written,
> electronic and multi-media material to and from English to Target
> Languages. Materials include but are not limited to: business, legal,
> medical, technical, documents, software, website localization for
> Internet and intranet, video subtitling and captioning. Services also
> include but are not limited to: formatting, proofreading, text
> adaptation, editing, graphic design, and desktop publishing.

In addition to services above, Senior Linguist Personnel will provide
quality control of linguist production services defined as:

-   Planning and organizing a system of quality control; conducting
    review and evaluation of translated documents; providing comments,
    corrections and recommendations for translated material; assist
    linguists in producing quality reports;

-   Assist management in delegating translation taskings according to
    knowledge and abilities of linguists; provide motivating
    environment; assist linguists on improving job performance by
    clarifying expectations; focus on consistently providing quality,
    accurate translations to ISG customers;

-   Ensure productivity and performance of Linguist Personnel;
    communicate effectively and readily share knowledge with others,
    both verbally and written; responsible for developing appropriate
    working aids to include training manuals and handbooks, to ensure
    translation and quality standards are met;

-   Make purchase recommends for additional working aids to support
    translation requirements (to include automated and dictionaries);
    responsible for training assigned linguists on use of standardized
    transliteration systems; responsible for maintaining appropriate
    records for accountability of linguist production.

**Educational Requirements:** B.S. or equivalent

**Years Experience:**

Senior Linguist II \~ 10 - 12 years

Senior Linguist I \~ 9 - 10 years

[**Linguist**:]{.underline} The Linguist shall provide comprehensive
linguist services in the designated target languages in support of ISG
operations requirements in Theater. The Linguist Personnel's primary
function will be to furnish extensive linguist services for ISG elements
in contingency deployment areas in the Middle East. The following are
lists of the target languages required for translation, as well as other
languages that may be required for other support requirements. This list
of languages represents the current known potential needs for this
deployment area. This list will be changed/modified to meet the specific
needs of any future deployment or contingency missions levied upon ISG.

\(U\) [Target Languages:]{.underline} Arabic (Iraqi dialect preferred)

\(U\) [Others:]{.underline} Dari Persian-Farsi

Pashto Urdu

**Qualifications**: Personnel assigned to linguist functions shall be
meet the following qualifications:

> *Language Certifications*:
>
> Linguist Personnel must score at a minimum a level 3,3,3 (Reading,
> Listening, Speaking) as measured by the Defense Language Proficiency
> Test (DLPT) or the US State Department's language test for the Target
> Language. Linguist Personnel must also receive a Computer-based score
> of 213 as measured by the Test of English as a Foreign Language
> (TOEFL).

*Specific Language skills:*

> Linguist Personnel must possess and utilize the following skills:

-   Ability to conduct consecutive, accurate translation/interpretation
    of on-going conversations/activities, to include the ability to
    maintain the integrity and meaning of material;

-   Ability to write and speak in clear and concise grammar and
    pronunciation in the Target Language and English;

-   Ability to provide idiomatic translations of non-technical material
    using correct syntax and expression from and to the Target Language
    and English;

-   Ability to provide written translation of general and technical
    material to and from the Target Language and English, including the
    ability to read and translate handwritten material;

-   Ability to quickly scan and process a large amount of material,
    utilizing the Target Language, for critical and essential elements
    of information;

-   Ability to provide input to the ISG in the production of written
    reports developed from captured material utilizing the Target
    Language, such as provide a gist, summary, transcript or written
    translation of the material;

-   Possess technical skills, such as word processing and data entry, to
    be used in conjunctions with written translations;

-   Ability to understand speech in a standard dialect, inferences and
    emotional overtones, and rarely has to ask for paraphrasing or
    explanations;

-   Ability to read a variety of unfamiliar subjects, can almost always
    interpret material, relate ideas and make inferences, and rarely
    misunderstands the intent of the writer; Ability to write
    effectively in most formal and informal exchanges, errors never
    interfere with comprehension and rarely disturb the native reader;

-   Ability to converse in formal and informal situations, resolve
    problem situation, deal with unfamiliar topics, provide
    explanations, describe in detail, offer supported opinions and
    hypothesize. Errors never interfere with understanding and rarely
    disturb the native speaker, only sporadic errors in basic
    structures.

Requirements: Personnel assigned to perform linguist functions shall be
prepared and qualified to provide the following services:

> Interpretation services, defined as the interpretation of oral
> communication to and from English and Target Languages. Interpretation
> includes but is not limited to: simultaneous, consecutive, escort,
> telephonic, and voiceovers. Interpreter forums may include meetings,
> conferences, seminars, litigation, briefings, training, military
> operations, law enforcement, intelligence and operational support.
>
> Translation services, defined as the translation of written,
> electronic and multi-media material to and from English to Target
> Languages. Materials include but are not limited to: business, legal,
> medical, technical, documents, software, website localization for
> Internet and intranet, video subtitling and captioning. Services also
> include but are not limited to: formatting, proofreading, text
> adaptation, editing, graphic design, and desktop publishing.

**Educational Requirements:** B.S. or equivalent

**Years Experience:**

Linguist IV \~ 8 years

Linguist III \~ 6 years

Linguist II \~ 5 years

Linguist I \~ 4 years