23.2310, Jobs: Various Langs; Comp Ling; Phonetics: Computational Linguists, Lionbridge Testing Services

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Subject: 23.2310, Jobs: Various Langs; Comp Ling; Phonetics: Computational Linguists, Lionbridge Testing Services

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Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 14:03:53
From: Kati Särkkä, HR Manager [kati.sarkka at lionbridge.com]
Subject: Various Languages; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics: Computational Linguists, Lionbridge Testing Services

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 University or Organization: Lionbridge Testing Services 
Department: Tampere/Finland
Job Location:  ---------------- (Telecommute)
Web Address: http://www.lionbridge.com
Job Rank: Computational Linguists  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Phonetics 

Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
                      Chinese, Mandarin (cmn) 
                      English (eng) 
                      French (fra) 
                      Hebrew (heb) 
                      Hungarian (hun) 
                      Indonesian (ind) 
                      Norwegian Bokmål (nob) 
                      Spanish (spa) 

Description:

Lionbridge is the leading provider of translation, development, language and 
testing solutions that enable clients to create, release, manage and maintain 
their technology applications and Web content globally. A key differentiator 
for Lionbridge is our global footprint, which enables us to deliver superior 
service to customers through local contacts and resources. 

We employ more than 4,200 specialists, including linguists, project 
managers, engineers, subject matter experts, content developers, application 
developers and quality assurance professionals, in 26 countries. We also 
work with a network of 85,000 independent multilingual workers including 
translators, interpreters, web raters and subject matter experts across more 
than 100 countries. 

For more information on our company and services, please see our Web site 
at http://www.lionbridge.com.
  
We are looking for Computational Linguists/Linguists with expertise in 
Phonetics.
 
Required Skills/Background:
-  Master's in Computational Linguistics or Linguistics with strong background 
in Phonetics
-  Native language/language locale one of the following:
*  English (United Arab Emirates)
*  English (Pakistan)
*  English (Singapore)
*  English (South Africa)
*  Spanish (Colombia)
*  Norwegian (Bokmål)
*  Hebrew
*  Afrikaans
*  Spanish (Chile)
*  Spanish (Venezuela)
* Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
*  French (Belgium)
*  French (Switzerland)
*  Spanish (Argentina)
*  Hungarian
*  Indonesian 
-  Experience in reviewing/annotating texts 
-  Experience in Language Technology, particularly in Speech Processing - 
either educational or work experience 
-  Experience in corpus/dictionary/terminology work 
-  Great attention to detail while working efficiently 
-  Good organizational and analytical skills, ability to work in a logical and 
methodical way 
-  Good communication skills 
-  Excellent English skills, other language skills are a plus
-  Experience in scripting languages (i.e., Perl) 
-  Experience in working with an international team
-  Possibility to work part-time or full-time from home on freelancer basis 

Please send your application, CV, and your hourly rate request to 
jobs.tampere at lionbridge.com ASAP. Please add detailed educational, work 
experience and language skills details within your CV.

If you native language is not listed here, feel free to send us your open 
application. We are constantly looking for linguists, phoneticians, 
computational linguists and other language experts.


Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: jobs.tampere at lionbridge.com 
Contact Information:
	Kati Särkkä, HR Manager 
	Email: kati.sarkka at lionbridge.com 
	Phone: + 358 9 6133500 
	Fax: + 358 3 3185133



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