Yiddish Linguist

Job description

Job Summary: Linguist is responsible for performing real-time transcriptions or sensitive material from Yiddish to English; collecting, analyzing, identifying, and decoding of colloquialisms and slang terms; Extracting pertinent information and communicating that information to law enforcement agent(s). Linguist is responsible for transcribing source documents and recordings from storage media, including but not limited to digital media. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Listens to oral intercepts/audio recordings in Yiddish and provides verbal and written synopsis and transcripts. - Linguist is responsible for relating all pertinent information to the Client. - Contribute to the master list of slang words and codes (used by a particular group/organization) for the duration of the project/case. - Maintains a voice library for the duration of the project. - During inactive or low periods of activity, transcribes and translates pertinent calls assigned by their Supervisor. - Produce court ready transcriptions of pertinent calls following the required format. - Responsible for using the various reference tools created during the project. - Ability to transcribe a minimum of...