25.142, Jobs: Mandarin Chinese; Phonetics; Semantics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google

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Subject: 25.142, Jobs: Mandarin Chinese; Phonetics; Semantics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google

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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:50:06
From: Ara Kim [dataopsman at gmail.com]
Subject: Mandarin Chinese; Phonetics; Semantics: Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google, Taipei, Taiwan

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University or Organization: Google 
Job Location: Taipei, Taiwan 
Web Address: https://www.google.com/
Job Title: Speech Linguistic Project Manager - Taiwanese Mandarin
Job Rank: Speech Linguistic Project Manager

Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Semantics 

Required Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)

Description:

As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of Taiwanese Mandarin, 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 our Taipei office, managing a team of Data Evaluators and working on a number of projects towards Speech research: ASR, TTS, and NLP.

This includes:
-training, managing and overseeing the work of your team
-creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email addresses, numbers
-creating annotation conventions
-evaluating data quality
-providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics
-working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-house tools

Job Requirements:
-native-level speaker of Taiwanese Mandarin (with good command of the standard dialect), fluent in English, and be fluent users of traditional script as well as Zhuyin Fuhao (bopomofo)
-must have attended elementary school in the country where the language is spoken
-keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail; knowledge of the language’s phonology 
-ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; should have an interest in current speech, mobile and online technology
-excellent oral and written communication skills
-good organizational skills
-previous project management and people management experience
-advanced degree in Linguistics preferred; experience with Computational Linguistics a plus
-previous experience with speech/NLP-related projects a plus
-fluency of Taiwanese Min or Cantonese, and knowledge of the Hanyu Pinyin a plus
-also a plus: proficiency with HTML, XML, and some programming language; previous experience working in a Linux environment

Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension)

This is not a permanent position but a contract position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Taiwan for any employer.

For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with "Speech Linguistic Project Manager Taiwanese Mandarin" in the subject line.


Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: dataopsman at gmail.com 
Contact Information:
	Ara Kim 
	Email: dataopsman at gmail.com 





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