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CADY Modern Standard Arabic Advanced Language

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Overview

A Modern Standard Arabic Advanced Language specialist listens to Arabic audio and reads written material at the advanced level. This specialist applies proficiency at Interagency Language Roundtable level 3 to support Fleet, national, or cyber missions.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Modern Standard Arabic listening comprehension at ILR 3
  • Modern Standard Arabic reading comprehension at ILR 3

Civilian Career Paths

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Arabic Translator

Advanced reading of Modern Standard Arabic material for Fleet, National, or Cyber missions supports the source-language comprehension used in translation.

How to prepare: Prepare translations of public Modern Standard Arabic texts and have an experienced translator review their accuracy and target-language writing quality.

What the civilian work involves
  • Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
  • Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Word

Notes & Sources

  • Verified CADY duties establish ILR 3 reading and listening, but do not document speaking, writing, or simultaneous interpretation proficiency.
Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC CADY

    [1] NEC entry "CADY - Modern Standard Arabic Advanced Language"; cached text line 2515; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Modern Standard Arabic listening comprehension at ILR 3, Modern Standard Arabic reading comprehension at ILR 3, Arabic Translator (O*NET 27-3091.00)

  2. O*NET: Interpreters and Translators

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Arabic Translator (O*NET 27-3091.00)

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