Overview

SOSi is one of the only firms in the government contracting community that truly specializes in the foreign language and cultural advisory support field. We have among the largest staffs of full-time linguists and advisors in the world, including local nationals working in forward-deployed areas, who span the widest spectrum of linguistic, ethnic, religious, cultural and professional backgrounds. We also employ among the largest cadres of personnel with Department of Defense, Department of Justice and Intelligence Community clearances.

Our foreign language and cultural advisory services have at their foundation our deep commitment to fostering a rigorous understanding of foreign cultures. We are thus able to bring a vast knowledge of linguistic nuances, cultural sensitivities and bilingual subject matter expertise to military, civil affairs and peacekeeping operations, institution building and reconstruction efforts, ongoing and contingency intelligence operations and law enforcement investigations.

We have far-reaching experience fielding personnel with native and learned fluency in a multitude of the highest and lowest density languages, such as Armenian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Hindi, Portuguese, Pashto, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu as well as a vast network of embedded political and cultural advisors that facilitate access to strategic information and target communities.