23.158, Jobs: Various Languages: Phoneticians, Lionbridge Testing Services

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Subject: 23.158, Jobs: Various Languages: Phoneticians, Lionbridge Testing Services

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Date: 09-Jan-2012
From: Kati Sarkka [kati.sarkka at lionbridge.com]
Subject: Danish; Norwegian Bokmål; French; Dutch; Phonetics; Phonology: Phoneticians, Lionbridge Testing Services


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Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:53:18
From: Kati Sarkka [kati.sarkka at lionbridge.com]
Subject: Danish; Norwegian Bokmål; French; Dutch; Phonetics; Phonology: Phoneticians, Lionbridge Testing Services

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 University or Organization: Lionbridge Testing Services 
Department: Tampere, Finland
Job Location:  ---------------- (Telecommute)
Web Address: http://www.lionbridge.com
Job Rank: Phoneticians  

Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Phonology 

Required Language(s): Danish (dan)
                      Dutch (nld) 
                      French (fra) 
                      Norwegian Bokmål (nob) 

Description:

Lionbridge is the leading provider of translation, development and testing 
solutions that enable clients to create, release, manage and maintain their 
technology applications and Web content globally. 

A key differentiator for Lionbridge is our global footprint, which enables us 
to deliver superior service to customers through local contacts and 
resources. We employ more than 4,200 specialists, including linguists, 
project managers, engineers, subject matter experts, content developers, 
application developers and quality assurance professionals, in 26 
countries. We also work with a network of 85,000 independent multilingual 
workers including translators, interpreters, web raters and subject matter 
experts across more than 100 countries. 

For more information on our company and services, please see our web 
site. 

We are looking for part-time Phoneticians

Native language one of the following: 
-  Danish  
-  French (Belgium)
-  French (Switzerland)
-  Norwegian (Bokmål)       
-  Dutch (Netherlands)     

Required qualifications: 
-  Master's in Phonetics or Computational Linguistics with strong 
background on Phonetics
-  Experience in reviewing/annotating texts 
-  Experience in Language Technology, particularly in in Speech 
Recognition and Text-To-Speech technologies (either educational or work 
experience) 
-  Familiar with running command-line tools 
-  Experience in corpus/dictionary/terminology work 
-  Ability to use scripting is languages, such as Perl or Python, is a plus
-  Great attention to detail while working efficiently 
-  Good organizational and analytical skills, ability to work in a logical and 
methodical way 
- Good communication skills 
- Excellent English skills, other language skills are a plus 
- Possibility to work part-time from home on freelancer basis (Minimum 
availability at least 5 hours a week)

Please send your application, CV and your hourly rate request to the 
application email address listed as soon as possible. Please provide us 
information about your availability within the application. Note: If you fulfill 
the other criteria except the native language requirements, feel free to 
send us an open application for our future project needs.


Application Deadline: 31-Jan-2012 
	  
Email Address for Applications: jobs.tampere at lionbridge.com 
Contact Information:
	HR Manager Kati Sarkka 
	Email: kati.sarkka at lionbridge.com


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