[Corpora-List] Job opening for Turkish Data Evaluator-Google

Sibel Ciddi sciddi at coli.uni-saarland.de
Tue May 27 17:00:07 UTC 2014


Job Rank: Speech Data Evaluator

Specialty Areas: Discourse Analysis; Phonetics; Phonology; Semantics

Required Language(s): Turkish (tur)

Description:

As a Speech Data Evaluator and a native-level speaker of Turkish, you will
be part of a team based in Berlin processing large amounts of linguistic
data and carrying out a number of tasks to improve the quality of Google’s
speech synthesis and speech recognition in your own language.


This includes:
- Classifying and annotating linguistic data
- Transcription
- Labeling text for disambiguation, expansion, and text normalization
- Providing phonetic transcription of lexicon entries according to given
standards and using in-house tools

Job Requirements:
- Native-level speaker of Turkish (with good command of the standard
dialect) and fluent in English
- Passion for language with good knowledge of orthography and grammar in
the target language
- A degree in a language-related field such as linguistics, language
teaching, translation, editing, writing, proofreading, or similar
- Keen interest in technology and computer-literate (should feel
comfortable using in-house tools and should have an interest in current
speech, mobile and online technology)
- Attention to detail and good organizational skills

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 Germany for any employer.

For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in
English (PDF format preferred) with "Speech Data Evaluator [language]" in
the subject line.

Application Deadline: (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: dataopsman @ gmail.com
Contact Information:
Ara Kim
Email: dataopsman @ gmail.com


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