Pay rise for federal translators and interpreters</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Pay rise for federal translators and interpreters"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Pay,rise,for,federal,translators,and,interpreters"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">25-11-2004</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Pay rise for federal translators and interpreters</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_GZSkHilSDmuueaNYipmN_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Washington, USA (Federal Times): US federal civilian and military employees with foreign language skills could earn more money under a provision of the 2005 Defense Authorization Act <br> <br>The law approves up to $1,000 in monthly proficiency pay for active-duty members and a bonus of up to $6,000 for National Guard and reserve members, available either in a lump sum or installments. <br> <br>For federal civilians, the bill provides for increases of up to 5 percent of their base salary. Providing the special pay full time is a way to encourage people with foreign language skills to remain in government service, but it may not be enough, according to some analysts. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=511839 " target="blank">federaltimes.com/index.php?S=511839 </a></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show