18.935, Jobs: Various Langs & Comp Ling: Rank Open, Nuance Communications Int.

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Subject: 18.935, Jobs: Various Langs & Comp Ling: Rank Open, Nuance Communications Int.

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Date: 27-Mar-2007
From: Caroline Desseaux < caroline.desseaux at nuance.com >
Subject: Various Languages & Computational Linguistics: Rank Open, Nuance Communications International, Merelbeke, Belgium

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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:46:10
From: Caroline Desseaux < caroline.desseaux at nuance.com >
Subject: Various Languages & Computational Linguistics: Rank Open, Nuance Communications International, Merelbeke, Belgium 

University or Organization: Nuance Communications International 
Department: HR
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com

Job Rank: Rank Open  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
                      Chinese, Mandarin (cmn) 
                      Danish (dan) 
                      Dutch (nld) 
                      English (eng) 
                      Finnish (fin) 
                      Hindi (hin) 
                      Korean (kor) 
                      Portuguese (por) 
                      Russian (rus) 
                      Spanish (spa) 
                      Swedish (swe) 

Description:

Nuance is the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for
businesses and consumers around the world.  Every day, millions of users
and thousands of businesses experience Nuance by calling directory
assistance, requesting account information, dictating patient records,
telling a navigation system their destination, or digitally reproducing
documents that can be shared and searched.  With more than 2000 employees
worldwide, we are committed to make the user experience more enjoyable by
transforming the way people interact with information and how they create,
share and use documents. Making each of those experiences productive and
compelling is what Nuance is about.

Temporary Full-time Language Specialist Wanted

Nuance Communications, Inc., a world-wide leader in speech technology, is
seeking full-time  temporary language specialist to develop our newest TTS
technology into various languages.

Positions are available for the following languages:

- Finnish 
- Dutch ( The Netherlands) 
- Australian English 
- Mandarin (People's Republic of China) 
- Mandarin (Taiwan)
- Cantonese
- Japanese
- Korean
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Egyptian Arabic
- Greek
- Hindi
- Portuguese (Iberian) 
- Indian English
- Russian 
- Swedish 
- Turkish 
- Spanish (Catalan)

Responsibilities:

- Helping in development of the linguistic processing components
- Design of text corpora for recording and testing
- Processing speech data
- Creating and tuning the TTS voice
- Testing and product development of the TTS voice

Requirements:

- Native or near native speaker of one of them above-mentioned languages
- Speak English fluently (working language)
- Have some experience working in speech/NLP/linguistics either in academia
or in industry
- Have some computational ability - no programming is required, but you
should be comfortable working with MS Windows
- If you know some AWK or Perl, it would be an advantage
- Willing to work in Merelbeke (near Ghent in Belgium) for the duration of
the contract

Offer:

- A 3-5 months contract 
- Training in all aspects of the job, and you will be working with a
talented and committed team
- An exciting job with an innovative and performing international company
- The opportunity to work in an enthusiastic, supportive team
- Competitive remuneration package 
- Relocation, travel and accommodation assistance

To apply, please submit your resume or CV and a brief statement describing
your experience and abilities to alan.kitaman at nuance.com. We will consider
only electronic submissions. 

We are looking forward to receiving your application! 

The experience speaks for itself! (TM)

Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: caroline.desseaux at nuance.com 

Contact Information:
	Recruitment Coordinator int. Caroline Desseaux 
	Email: caroline.desseaux at nuance.com 

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