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Date: 26 Oct 2006
From:Bushra Zawaydeh <bzawaydeh at hotmail.com>
Subject:Basic Technology Jobs

Basis Technology Corporation has new positions open for Arabic, Farsi  
and Urdu contractors.

Who we are:
Basis Technology provides software solutions for extracting  
meaningful intelligence from unstructured text in Asian, European and  
Middle Eastern languages.  We help technology companies and  
government organizations improve the accuracy of information  
retrieval, text mining and other applications through advanced  
linguistics.

Description of the position:
The Arabic, Farsi and Urdu Language Specialists will be assigned  
general linguistics tasks, including:
1)  Marking the part of speech of words; i.e. whether they are nouns,  
verbs, adjectives, etc.
2)  Marking up specific kinds of nouns; i.e. peoples' name, names of  
organizations, specific locations, etc.
3)  Marking up sentences syntactically, by showing the noun phrases,  
verb phrases, etc.

Requirements:
1)  Native fluency of Arabic.
2)  Excellent knowledge of Modern Standard Arabic and familiarity  
with various Arabic dialects.
3)  Excellent reading, speaking, and writing skills in English.
4)  Good knowledge of Classical Arabic Grammar.
5)  Ability to type in Arabic.
6)  Excellent attention to detail.
7)  Ability to work independently.
8)  Ability to work between 10-20 hours a week.
9)  High speed internet access.
10)  Familiarity with MS Word, Excel and Microsoft office in general.
11)  Authorization to work in the United States.
12)  Reliable and highly motivated.

Compensation: Negotiable.
Contact E-mail: Please submit your resume to jobs at basistech.co.

Bushra Zawaydeh, Ph.D.
Computational Linguist              tel: +1.617.386.7130
Basis Technology Corp.             fax: +1.617.386.2020
150 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140

bushraz at basistech.com
http://basistech.com/

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