<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <</span><a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">></span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">[To post messages to the list, send them to </span><a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">arabic-l@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">]</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">listserv@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> with first line reading:</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">           unsubscribe arabic-l                                      ]</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Directory---------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">---------------</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1) Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Another Comp Ling Job at Google</font><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Messages----------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">13 Sep 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: reposted from LINGUIST</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Another Comp Ling Job at Google</font><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">University or Organization: Employment Agency Contracting for Google</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Job Location: London, United Kingdom</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Job Title: Speech Data Evaluator</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Job Rank: Programmer; Speech Data Evaluator</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">                      English (eng)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Description:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Job description:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">As a Speech Data Evaluator and a native-level speaker of Arabic or US English,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">you will be part of a team processing large amounts of linguistic data and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">carrying out a number of tasks to improve the quality of Google’s speech</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">synthesis.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">This includes:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">- Classifying and annotating linguistic data</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">- Audio evaluation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">- Labeling text for disambiguation, expansion, and text normalization</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">- Providing phonetic transcription of lexicon entries according to given</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">standards and using in-house tools</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Job requirements:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">- Native-level speaker of Arabic or US English (with good command of the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">standard dialect) and fluent in English</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">- Passion for language with good knowledge of orthography and grammar in the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">target language</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">- A degree in a language-related field such as linguistics, language teaching,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">translation, editing, writing, proofreading, or similar</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">- Keen interest in technology and computer-literate (should feel comfortable</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">using in-house tools and should have an interest in current speech, mobile and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">online technology)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">- Attention to detail and good organizational skills</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">The Arabic positions will be based in London, UK. The US English positions</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">will be based in Mountain View, CA.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">**This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">employment agency. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the EU</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">for Arabic and the United States for US English.**</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">(PDF format preferred) with "Speech Data Evaluator <language>" in the subject</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">line.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Application Deadline: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span>31-Oct-2014</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"> (Open until filled)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Email Address for Applications: </span><a href="mailto:tts_jobs@google.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px" target="_blank">tts_jobs@google.com</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">Contact Information:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">        Dr Caroline Piercy</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px">        Email: </span><a href="mailto:cpiercy@google.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px" target="_blank">cpiercy@google.com</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333330154419px"><div style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: <span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px">13 Sep 2014</span></div></div>