Language Analyst Chinese and Korean
Real world impact with the NSA
What exactly is a Language Analyst?
How does the NSA have anything to do with this?
Responsibilities, Pros, and Cons
Responsibilities.
Being a language analyst means first talking to civilians and gathering intelligence from them. That intelligence is then transcribed and translated to finally be put in context and analyzed by you. When that process is finished, the information gathered is then given to a person or organization that needs it.
Advantages
One advantage to being a Chinese and Korean language analyst is that you would get to immerse yourself into a new culture. This would happen due to you always traveling. You would also become more proficient in your Chinese and Korean speaking skills. It is also very exciting being in new countries far from home and very unlike your own.
Disadvantages
A disadvantage to being a Chinese and Korean language analyst would be all of the writing. It is long and tedious doing all of the writing, and then all of the translating. There is some danger to this career as well. Being in countries with political conflicts and unsafe territory, your life is almost always in danger. But more realistically, the only thing you would have to worry about is getting lost in your location.
This specific Job will ward you from $39,589 to $91,291 in salary!
What should I be qualified in?
In this specific Job, you need to have a high school diploma, three years of Chinese or Korean at a university, and at least one year of experience speaking either language by living abroad, being in the military, or teaching either of the languages.
How do I train?
There are many schools that offer courses in Chinese and Korean. Two of which are The University of California in San Diego and Haverford College in Pennsylvania that offer Chinese courses. Two that offer courses in Korean are Stanford University in California, and the University of Pittsburg in Pennsylvania. Iowa College of Human Services offers an exchange program in their Korean language courses, where you can get experience for living abroad.