Corpora: career opportunity

[Joanne Samuelson]

Director of Language Development, Computational Linguist
Opportunity to join an exciting young company with a creative approach
to
language translation.   WordStream isn’t trying to be another Machine
Translation company but rather has redefined the problem and is solving
it with a unique technology based on an Interlingua.
Competitive salary and benefits.  Metropolitan Boston location.

Job Description:
Computational linguist to lead development and design of commercial
interlingua MT system and to manage a team of linguists. The job will
involve determining the conceptual framework for the development of a
lexical database and grammar system. Candidate will need to work closely

with Software Development team to ensure coordination of linguistic and
technical requirements.

Job Requirements:
Master’s (PhD preferred) in Computational Linguistics or related areas.
Fluent in English and at least one other language, preferably
one of the following: German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese or
Chinese.
Excellent communication skills as well as the ability to both motivate a
team and
be a team player.

Highly Desirable:
Experience with commercial MT systems along with project management and
implementation of MT applications.
Experience managing linguists and technology specialists.
Familiarity with linguistic resources (corpora, grammars, parsers,
etc.).
Programming skills (knowledge of perl, java, or C++).
Experience in grammar and lexicon development.

Interested parties should contact :

www.wordstream.com
careers at wordstream.com
WordStream Inc.
48 Grove St. Suite 201
Somerville MA 02144
Tel 617-666-7700 X231
Fax 617-666-2850