The FBI¿s ability to translate foreign language material is critical to FBI counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigations. The FBI¿s Language Services Section is responsible for managing the FBI¿s translation efforts and the linguists who translate into English the vast amounts of foreign language material that the FBI collects. This audit: (1) determines the extent of the FBI¿s foreign language translation backlog and the actions taken by the FBI to address it; (2) assesses the FBI¿s efforts to ensure the quality of its translated material; and (3) reviews the FBI¿s linguist hiring process, as well as the FBI¿s efforts to ensure linguist timely receive the required security clearances, introductory training, and hearing assessments. Illus.

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