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4 ACCENT ON
<br />LANGUAGES
<br />Contracting agency
<br />Type of contracted services provided
<br />Contract term &
<br />Performance
<br />budget
<br />outcomes
<br />US Citizenship and
<br />Over -the -Phone and Video Conferencing
<br />2023 - present
<br />All work
<br />Immigration Service
<br />Interpreter Services in support of the
<br />and two
<br />delivered on
<br />(USCIS)
<br />Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United
<br />additional
<br />time, with no
<br />States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)
<br />optional years
<br />deviations from
<br />Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations
<br />$799,000 per
<br />the budget.
<br />(RAID) Directorate. Accent provides on demand
<br />year
<br />service 24/7 to 12 field offices of DHS, covering
<br />40+ languages including languages such as
<br />Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, Creole, Hindi,
<br />Mandarin, Pashto, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian,
<br />Somali, Spanish, Quiche, Ukrainian, Urdu and
<br />indigenous languages (Mam, Ixil, Pulaar). Accent
<br />has a team of about 200+ linguists with a current
<br />public trust security clearance, and a pipeline of
<br />about 400+ linguists in process of obtaining it.
<br />FEMA, APEC
<br />On -site simultaneous, consecutive, escort and
<br />August 2023
<br />Travel, lodging,
<br />Conference 2023
<br />whispering interpretation and project
<br />APEC conference
<br />audio
<br />management to support the Asian -Pacific
<br />in Seattle, WA
<br />equipment and
<br />Emergency Council (APEC) conference, held in
<br />$88,000 (without
<br />other
<br />Seattle, Washington. Delegations from
<br />travel and
<br />coordination
<br />economies members of APEC attended the
<br />lodging)
<br />services to
<br />conference, mostly centered around disaster
<br />support FEMA.
<br />emergency response topics. Interpretation was
<br />All work
<br />provided in different modes (consecutive,
<br />delivered on
<br />simultaneous, whispered) during bilateral
<br />time, with no
<br />meetings, plenary sessions, working groups,
<br />deviations from
<br />receptions, and site visits. A team of 12
<br />the budget.
<br />interpreters covering 7 target languages
<br />(Spanish, Mandarin, Malay, Indonesian,
<br />Vietnamese, Thai, and Korean), catering to
<br />diverse delegations across the APEC economies.
<br />Provide English phonetic pronunciation of
<br />delegates' names and voices recorded by native
<br />interpreters. Take into consideration geopolitical
<br />issues, like using "Chinese Taipei" instead of
<br />"Taiwan", "the Republic of Korea" instead of
<br />"Korea", and "PRC" instead of "China". Match
<br />conference flow with the right interpreting type
<br />during the event. We also contributed to the
<br />interagency coordination by helping other US
<br />agencies involved in the event, and hotel staff,
<br />audio equipment technicians, etc.
<br />Metlang (prime of
<br />Analytic linguist services for Metlang for DEA
<br />Current contract
<br />All work
<br />DEA contract)
<br />cases and projects in Regions 1, 2, 3 and 4 (all
<br />2021-2025
<br />delivered on
<br />United States). Take note linguists per region are
<br />time, with no
<br />capped by Metlang. Accent coordinates recruited
<br />deviations from
<br />linguists, coordinated the clearance process and
<br />the budget.
<br />managed the services provided (Region 1: 11
<br />linguists, Region 2: 7 linguists, Region 3: 4
<br />linguists, Region 4: 16 linguists)
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