25.5186, Jobs: Multiple Languages; General Linguistics: Linguist, Appen

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Subject: 25.5186, Jobs: Multiple Languages; General Linguistics: Linguist, Appen

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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:54:15
From: Jasna Rustempasic [jrustempasic at appen.com]
Subject: Multiple Languages; General Linguistics: Linguist, Appen, California, USA

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University or Organization: Appen 
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: California, USA 
Web Address: http://www.appen.com
Job Title: Linguist - Sp(Mex), Sp(Col), Russ, Dutch, Fin, Ger, Ital, Port(Port), Port(Br)
Job Rank: Consultant; Linguist

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                      Finnish (fin) 
                      German (deu) 
                      Italian (ita) 
                      Portuguese (por) 
                      Russian (rus) 
                      Spanish (spa) 

Description:

Project:
We are looking for highly skilled linguists to help develop and expand our
lexicons. Candidates must be native speakers of one of the following
languages: Spanish (Mexico); Spanish (Colombia); Russian; Dutch; German;
Italian; Finnish, Portuguese (Brazil); or Portuguese (Portugal).

The ideal candidate has experience and passion for working with language data
and the ability to help create, categorize, audit, and improve lexical data.
Excellent grammatical skills in the native language are essential. This person
must be highly organized, extremely collaborative, and able to drive issues to
resolution across a variety of teams.

Project Information:
Location: Client's facility, San Francisco Bay Area
Hours: 40 hours per week
Length: 3 months

Tasks: 
- Preparing and auditing data test sets
- Evaluating, labeling and vetting output, providing informed feedback
- Proposing relevant dictionary content and meta-content
- Writing guidelines and instructions for vendors or junior linguists 
- Auditing vendor work, including bug reporting, monitoring, and resolution
- Identifying tools and process enhancements
- Working cross-functionally with linguists and engineers

Requirements: 
- Degree in linguistics and/or equivalent experience
- Native fluency in one of the above languages; proficiency in English
- Excellent knowledge of structural aspects of the language (syntax,
semantics, phonology, phonetics)
- Up-to-date exposure to popular native culture and the ability to use that
knowledge to inform data analysis
- Previous experience working with language data (e.g. research, analysis,
translation, review)
- Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and proven ability to
manage priorities are essential

Preferred Experience
- Experience using OS X or iOS software
- Experience in software quality assurance and testing
- Knowledge of internationalization and localization
- Proficiency in more than one non-English language
- Software translation, natural language translation, and computational
linguistic experience is a plus



Application Deadline: 02-Mar-2015 (Open until filled)
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://erec.appen.com/sap/bc/erecruiting/posting_apply?param=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d1aWQ9MDA1MDU2ODA3Qjk5MUVENEExQzQ4MjcyOTMxRjlGMzkmY2FuZF90eXBlPQ%3d%3d&sap-client=300 
Contact Information:
	Jasna Rustempasic 
	Email: jrustempasic at appen.com 





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