23.3495, Jobs: Multiple Languages; Comp Ling; Phonetics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google

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Subject: 23.3495, Jobs: Multiple Languages; Comp Ling; Phonetics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google

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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:28:56
From: Linne Ha [DataOpsMan at gmail.com]
Subject: Multiple Languages; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google, Dublin, Ireland

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University or Organization: Google 
Department: Speech
Job Location: Dublin, Ireland 
Web Address: http://www.google.com
Job Rank: Speech Linguistic Project Manager  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Lexicography; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Speech (ASR, TTS, NLP)

Required Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                      English (eng) 
                      French (fra) 
                      German (deu) 
                      Italian (ita) 
                      Portuguese (por) 
                      Russian (rus) 
                      Spanish (spa) 
                      Thai (tha) 

Description:

Speech Linguistic Project Manager - Google Speech Research

In Dublin: French, German, Italian, Spanish
In Los Angeles: Mexican Spanish
In Moscow: Russian
In Bangkok: Thai
In Amsterdam: Dutch
In Sao Paulo/Belo Horizonte: Brazilian Portuguese
In London: British English

Job Title:
Speech Linguistic Project Manager (Dutch, British English, French, 
German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Iberian Spanish, Russian, Thai)

Job Description:
As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of one of 
the target languages, you will oversee and manage all work related 
to achieving high data quality for speech projects in your own 
language.

You will be based in a local Google office, managing a team of Data 
Evaluators and working on a number of projects towards Speech 
research: ASR, TTS, and NLP.

This includes:
-  Managing and overseeing the work of your team
-  Creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email 
addresses, numbers
-  Providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics
-  Building and maintaining a database of speech recognition 
patterns
-  Creating pronunciations for new lexicon entries, maintaining the 
lexicon
-  Working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-
house tools

Job Requirements:
-  Native-level speaker of one of the target languages (with good 
command of the standard dialect) and fluent in English
-  Keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail; knowledge 
of the language's phonology 
-  Must have attended elementary school in the country where the 
language is spoken 
-  Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts
-  Excellent oral and written communication skills
-  good organizational skills, previous experience in managing 
external resources
-  Previous experience with speech/NLP-related projects a plus
-  Advanced degree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics 
preferred
-  Also a plus: proficiency with HTML, XML, and some programming 
language; previous experience working in a Linux environment

Project duration: 6-9 months (with potential for extension)

For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter 
in English (PDF format preferred) with 'Speech Linguistic Project 
Manager [language]' in the subject line.


Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: DataOpsMan at gmail.com 
Contact Information:
	Linne Ha 
	Email: DataOpsMan at gmail.com 





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