22.631, Internships: Applied Ling, Comp Ling: Intern, NLP, Microsoft

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Subject: 22.631, Internships: Applied Ling, Comp Ling: Intern, NLP, Microsoft

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Date: 07-Feb-2011
From: Jacqueline Breslin [v-jabres at microsoft.com]
Subject: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics: Intern, Natural Language Technology Development, Microsoft
 

	
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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:06:31
From: Jacqueline Breslin [v-jabres at microsoft.com]
Subject: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics: Intern, Natural Language Technology Development, Microsoft

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University or Organization: Microsoft
Department: Staffing
Web Address: http://microsoft.com

Type of Work: Nlp

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Computational Linguistics

Duration: 01-Jan-2001 to 01-Jan-2001
Voluntary
Minimum Education Level: No Minimum
Special Qualifications: - Current student of linguistics, computational 
linguistics or computer science which includes natural language processing

- Good communication skills are a must, both written and verbal
 
- Good programming skills. Some knowledge of any of the following 
languages: C#, Java, Visual Basic.Net or C++

- Fluency of a foreign language would be advantageous but not essential 


Description:
Would you like the opportunity to contribute to Microsoft Natural Language 
technology development? Are you interested in Natural Language 
Processing and Computational Linguistics? Do you know what an 
agglutinative language is and how it differs from other languages? If so, we 
might just have the position for you.

The Language Technology Team (LTT) is a member of Information Worker 
division of Microsoft responsible for providing Proofing Tools to several 
Microsoft applications including Microsoft Office.

Our team is looking for a person that will help to evaluate the specifications 
of proofing tools, conduct linguistic tests on newly created proofing tools 
and support vendors creating these tools. If you have a passion for 
language and technology, this is an ideal opportunity to gain experience in 
the world of computational linguistics.

We also have a position available in Office Online focused on language 
technology integration in the global content delivery and translation 
process. Here we look at machine translation & post-editing, multilingual 
search, controlled language and translation memory. 

Responsibilities:

-    Review Linguistic documents/specifications for spellers, thesauri and 
hyphenators

-    Work alongside linguistic vendors and Natural Language Group in US to 
determine the quality of the Proofing Tools

-    Support vendors with linguistic issues/linguistic tool support

-    Manage bugs, drive issues to resolution

-    Manage transfer of files/accepting vendor handoffs etc.

-    Look to improve processes within the project

-    Work on Machine translation, translation memory and controlled 
language integration, validation and testing

-    Conduct research and pilots into novel uses of language technology in 
translation
Develop prototype tools and solutions

Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Contact Information:
	Jacqueline Breslin
	Email: v-jabres at microsoft.com





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