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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Somali Translator/Linguist

Leidos Reston, VA mid full-time

Salary

$73,450 - $132,775 per year

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Description

We are currently seeking a highly skilled Somali Linguist to join our mission-driven team. This position requires a language professional capable of performing a wide range of complex linguistic tasks with precision and cultural insight.

You will provide professional-level linguistic support across translation, interpretation, transcription, and gisting, including but not limited to:

  • Accurately translate materials from Somali into English and vice versa, capturing subtle nuances, cultural references, and abstract concepts with contextual accuracy.
  • Provide consecutive interpretation, and occasionally simultaneous interpretation, maintaining high fidelity and fluency, demonstrating understanding of regional dialects and cultural context.
  • Listen to audio or review internet-based content and transcribe accurately and efficiently, producing high-quality English-language reports based on audio/visual materials.
  • Identify and summarize key facts and abstract concepts accurately, prioritizing and extracting critical information from large datasets.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Master's with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. A translation and/or interpretation degree is highly desired, and HLT experience is a plus.

The pay range for this position is $73,450.00 - $132,775.00.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Arabic
  • French
  • HLT
  • multiple languages

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Reston-VA/Somali-Translator-Linguist_R-00160423

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