Terminologist (2022-0156) with Security Clearance

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 Terminologist to join our team in August 2022 on a newly awarded, multi-year contract based in the Northern Virginia area. This multi-year contract needs you to fill Human Language Translation (HLT) positions such as Desktop Publishing Specialists, Language Data Analysts, Localizations Engineers, Terminologists, and Translation Workflow Specialists. As a Terminologist, you support terminology projects through writing of term definitions in English, specifying associated metadata and values, reviewing data quality, and providing terminology-process guidance to users. RESPONSIBILTIES * Work with project team, writers, and translators to build an enterprise terminology program * Manage the workflow process of all new term entries for the client, coordinating with stakeholder to post the term entries in a way that is compliant with applicable rules and standards * Prepare regular metrics presentations describing the state and progress of the terminology workflow * Monitor user suggestions for new source terms and feedback on existing source terminology * Train new product team users and source contributors to enable them to author data in the terminology management systems, and delegate tasks to product team users as appropriate * Author concise concept definitions following standards set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and/or client standards by collaborating with project managers and engineers * Improve the terminology concept system by writing definitions for new concepts to fill in gaps in the existing terminology database * Answer questions about terms posed by internal and external translators * Provide translators, transcribers, and interpreters with domain-specific glossaries, translation memories, segmentation rules, and style guides as requested * Learn the client''s terminology-management tools and train others on these tools REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE * Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph * Minimum of a bachelor''s degree in language, linguistics, translation, or related field. Understanding of terminology management theory, principles, and methods, and expertise in terminology management tools/systems, including integration with authoring and localization platforms * Experience in terminology management * Attention to detail * Technology tool savvy

Created: 2025-10-04