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Linguistic Qualifications

Equipment, Software Experience:
Word Processor: Microsoft Word (8-9 Years)
Antivirus: Norton, McAfee, Dr. Solomon...(8-9 Years)
Presentation: Microsoft Powerpoint (8-9 Years)
Spreadsheet: Microsoft Excel (2-3 Years)
Word Processor: Microsoft Works (4-5 Years)
Operating System: Windows 95/98 (8-9 Years)
Operating System: Mac OS (4-5 Years)
Markup Language: HTML (4-5 Years)

Translation Experience (CV)

• Considered fluent by Army standards in Spanish, French, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian.
  
• Trained by Army doctrine and Geneva Conventions in methods of eliciting intelligence information from both cooperative and non-cooperative sources of information.
  
• Obtained and maintained a Top Secret security clearance with secured compartmental information (SCI) access.
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills, especially in communication; worked closely with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, to include overcoming language barriers.
  
• Received several awards for outstanding job performance and leadership, both in garrison and in operations in Bosnia.
  
• Very effective working under high stress and emergency situations.
  
• Maintained fluency in Russian, French, and Spanish, despite a year-long commitment in Bosnia during which Serbo-Croatian was used as the common daily language.
  
• Educated non-linguists in the use of common words and phrases on two occasions: trained infantry-men in Spanish before they deployed to Cuba for crisis-management in refugee camps, and engineers in Serbo-Croatian so they could direct traffic as they were completing road repairs and mine-clearing in Bosnia.
  

  *DLPT is the Defense Language Proficiency Test, a standard measure among all US Armed forces to determine language proficiency. 2/2 is the score/rating required for Interrogators to be considered fluent enough to do their job. For more information about the Defense Language Institute and more details on the DLPT, please click here.

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