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813A Consecutive Foreign Language Translator

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Overview

A Consecutive Foreign Language Translator provides Russian-English consecutive interpretation for teams conducting on-site inspections of strategic nuclear facilities in the United States and Russian Federation. This interpreter supports bilateral arms control missions conducted under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and Plutonium Production Reactor Agreement.

Core Skills

  • Russian-English interpretation during nuclear facility inspections
  • Bilateral arms control mission terminology

Civilian Career Paths

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Russian-English Consecutive Interpreter

Russian-English consecutive interpreting for strategic nuclear inspection teams transfers directly to interpreting technical exchanges while preserving meaning and context.

How to prepare: Prepare a recorded mock Russian-English technical exchange using public material to demonstrate consecutive interpreting accuracy and command of specialized terminology.

What the civilian work involves
  • Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
  • Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.
  • Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 813A

    [1] NEC entry "813A - Consecutive Foreign Language Translator"; cached text line 21096; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Russian-English interpretation during nuclear facility inspections, Bilateral arms control mission terminology, Russian-English Consecutive Interpreter (O*NET 27-3091.00)

  2. O*NET: Interpreters and Translators

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Russian-English Consecutive Interpreter (O*NET 27-3091.00)

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