<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;"><span style="font-size: 17px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[job] Junior Linguist [Italian] for NLP Tasks</span></h2><br><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Job description:</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a Junior Linguist, you will be annotating and reviewing linguistic data in Italian. You will also contribute to a number of other tasks to improve natural language processing at Google. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;">There are five full-time contract positions available (40 hours per week). Work will be done from home, but Junior Linguists should be able to come to the Google Milan office for trainings and meetings.</span></div><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The tasks include:</span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">annotating and reviewing linguistic data</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">labeling text with semantic, syntactic and morphological features</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">annotating lexicon entries according to guidelines </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: baseline; position: static; z-index: auto;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">deriving NLP data for new and on-going projects</span></div></li></ul><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Requirements:</span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">native-level speaker of Italian and fluent in English</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">preferred degree in Linguistics or Computational Linguistics</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">knowledge of semantics, syntax, morphology or lexicography </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; learn in-house tools</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">keen interest in technology and computer-literate</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">should have an interest in natural language processing, linguistics, and linguistic resources</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">excellent oral and written communication skills</span></div></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">attention to detail and good organizational skills</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ability to work independently from home with reliable internet connectivity</span></div></li></ul><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project duration: 12 months</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (in PDF format) with “Junior Linguists [Italian]” in the subject line. </span></div><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">E-mail address for applications: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:advancedlinguistics@gmail.com">advancedlinguistics@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Application deadline: open until filled</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact information: Linne Ha</span></div></body></html>