20.4027, Jobs: Italian, Phonetics,Comp Ling,Text/corpus Ling: Consultant, Nuance

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Subject: 20.4027, Jobs: Italian, Phonetics,Comp Ling,Text/corpus Ling: Consultant, Nuance

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Date: 23-Nov-2009
From:  Kimps < lm.linguistics at nuance.com >
Subject: Italian &  Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, Text/corpus Linguistics: Consultant, Nuance
 

	
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:03:48
From:  Kimps [lm.linguistics at nuance.com]
Subject: Italian &  Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, Text/corpus Linguistics: Consultant, Nuance

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University or Organization: Nuance 
Department: R&D
Job Location: , ---------------- (Telecommute)
Web Address: http://nuance.com

Job Rank: Consultant  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Speech Recognition

Required Language(s): Italian (ita)

Description:

Part-time Italian Language Consultant Wanted

Nuance Communications, Inc., a world-wide leader in speech technology, is
seeking a part-time language consultant to enhance our Italian language
dictionaries. 

All work will be done off-site (e.g. at your home).

Responsibilities: 
- Evaluating design and quality of pronunciation dictionaries
- Merging pronunciation dictionaries
- Evaluating and correcting dictionary entries
- Identifying new entries for general and specialized dictionaries
- Writing phonetic transcriptions for new and existing entries
- Serving as language expert resource for engineers and researchers

Requirements: 
- Native fluency in Italian
- Completion or near-completion of undergraduate degree in linguistics
- Knowledge of International Phonetic Alphabet or SAMPA
- Ability to work independently
- Up-to-date computer, preferably Windows
- Home internet connection


Helpful Skills: 
- Expertise in medicine, law, or technology
- Familiarity with a text editor such as emacs or vi
- Knowledge of UNIX
- Ability to program in a scripting language

An average of 10 hours per week of work over a period of 10 months is
needed for this project.  Pay is $20-25 per hour, depending on experience.

To apply, please submit your resume or CV and a brief statement describing
your experience and abilities to the email address below. We will consider
only electronic submissions. No phone calls, please. 

Application Deadline: Dec 6, 2009 

(Positions may be filled before that date if qualified applicants are found.)


Application Deadline: 06-Dec-2009 
	  
Email Address for Applications: lm.linguistics at nuance.com 
Contact Information
	lm.linguistics 
	Email: lm.linguistics at nuance.com 



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