28.1922, Jobs: Japanese; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Language Engineer, Amazon

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Subject: 28.1922, Jobs:  Japanese; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Language Engineer, Amazon

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:18:26
From: Marco Nicolis [nicolism at amazon.com]
Subject: Japanese; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Language Engineer, Amazon

 
University or Organization: Amazon 
Job Location: , ---------------- (Telecommute)
Job Title: Language engineer (contractor)
Job Rank: Language Engineer; Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Japanese (jpn)

Description:

Come join us, we build TTS voices that help developers revolutionize the way
people interact with devices and services!

At Amazon, we take pride in building complete end-to-end solutions, starting
from researching a problem, implementing the solution, building a scalable and
reliable service and ensuring the service is there when you need it.

This position is available for remote work!

We are looking for a phonologist/phonetician to help us with various
annotation tasks in Japanese, including the following:

- Transliteration of kanjis into kana
- Annotation of pitch accent in speech
- Carrying out listening tests to report incorrect output in our voices
- Proofreading text to ensure lack of typos or undesirable content.

Basic qualifications

- Degree in linguistics, with focus on phonetics/phonology
- Native level proficiency in Japanese
- Able to communicate in English

Additional desirable qualifications

- Comfortable with command line interface in *nix environments
- Knowledge of regular expressions



Application Deadline: 30-Jun-2017 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: nicolism at amazon.com 
Contact Information:
	Marco Nicolis 
	Email: nicolism at amazon.com 


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