12.69, Jobs: Comp Linguist at Logos, NJ, USA

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Subject: 12.69, Jobs: Comp Linguist at Logos, NJ, USA

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Date:  12 Jan 2001 14:45:09 -0000
From:  Susanne Nikel <Susanne.Nikel at globalwords.de>
Subject:  Comp Linguist at Logos Corp, NJ, USA

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Date:  12 Jan 2001 14:45:09 -0000
From:  Susanne Nikel <Susanne.Nikel at globalwords.de>
Subject:  Comp Linguist at Logos Corp, NJ, USA


Rank of Job:
Areas Required: Computational Linguist
Other Desired Areas:
University or Organization: Logos Corporation
Department: Linguistic Development
State or Province: NJ
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: open
Contact: Susanne Nikel Susanne.Nikel at globalwords.de

Address for Applications:
global words AG
Hospitalstr. 6
99817 Eisenach
Germany

Logos Corporation, a leading developer of machine translation
software, in conjunction with the translation and interpreting service
provider global words AG, have openings for the following positions:

     COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTS

at Logos Technology Development Center, which is situated in Rockaway,
NJ, near New York City.


Short Description:

* Developing new technologies for terminology extraction and
management
* Developing new technologies for corpus processing and automated
grammar rule generation
* Providing expertise for the design and development of new products


Job Specification:

Personal Qualifications

* Commitment and motivation
* Good communication skills
* High flexibility (working hours and activities)
* Creativity in finding solutions
* Ability to work under pressure

Professional Qualifications

Candidates must have:

* An advanced university degree, with a strong background in
computational linguistics
* Experience in at least one of the following knowledge areas: machine
translation, corpus linguistics, statistical language processing,
contrastive linguistics, translation, project management
* Good programming skills (Perl, Java, C++, etc.)
* Good knowledge of English

Any of the following characteristics would be of advantage:

* Experience with databases (SQL, etc.)
* Experience in language engineering in an industrial or commercial
setting


Working location is at Logos Corporation Technology Development
Center, which is situated in Rockaway, NJ, near New York City.

Send inquiries or resume and cover letter to the Director of Language
Technology, Mr. Lars Huesken, or to Miss Susanne Nikel (technical
responsibility).

Address:	global words AG
		Hospitalstr. 6
		99817 Eisenach
		Germany

Contact:	Tel:	+49 - (0)3691-204510
		Fax:	+49 - (0)3691-204512

Web:		lars.huesken at globalwords.de
		susanne.nikel at globalwords.de
		http://www.globalwords.de

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