24.1737, Jobs: Multiple Languages; Comp Ling; Technical Writing; Natural Language and Text Processing: Technical Writer, Oracle

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Subject: 24.1737, Jobs: Multiple Languages; Comp Ling; Technical Writing; Natural Language and Text Processing: Technical Writer, Oracle

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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:24:30
From: Louise Kemp-Dejong [louise.kemp-de.jong at oracle.com]
Subject: Multiple Languages; Computational Linguistics; Technical Writing; Natural Language and Text Processing: Technical Writer, Oracle, District of Columbia, USA

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University or Organization: Oracle 
Job Location: District of Columbia, USA 
Job Rank: Technical Writer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Technical Writing; Natural Language and Text Processing

Required Language(s): Finnish (fin)
                      Hindi (hin) 
                      Turkish (tur) 
                      Urdu (urd) 

Description:

Job Posting: Title IRC2137742
Organization Name: Oracle Language Technology
Location: Washington, DC 

Description:  
Oracle Language Technology is seeking a skilled technical writer with
linguistic training or background to join our team developing core natural
language processing technologies supporting a variety of Oracle products. The
successful candidate will have a solid grounding in commercial software and
documentation technologies, native speaker knowledge of one non-English
language, and a background and interest in understanding and describing the
complexities of natural language processing.

The Oracle Language Technology (OLT) group develops language technology to
support search and text analysis in a variety of Oracle products. The OLT
Lexer software currently supports 35, providing a variety of linguistic
analysis from tokenization to sentiment assignment. The group has engineers to
develop the software and computational linguists to develop the language
dictionaries and other data needed to perform language analysis.

Job responsibilities include planning and writing a variety of technical
documentation deliverables, including end-user documentation, online help
systems, and API documentation, as well as administration guides, solutions
articles, and best-practice guides. The job involves working closely with a
team of linguists and developers to understand the complexities of text
processing for more than 35 natural languages, and contributing linguistic
knowledge in one important native language.

Qualifications:
-  3-5 years of experience creating technical documentation for commercial
software.
-  BS/MS, preferably in Technical Communications, English, or Linguistics.
-  Experience writing for developers and system administrators.
-  Familiarity with and interest in natural language and text processing
issues.
-  Native speaker competence in one of Turkish, Finnish, Hindi, Urdu, or other
South Asian language.
-  Excellent written and oral communication skills.
-  Ability and desire to work hands-on with the software.
-  Knowledge of structured authoring principles and technologies.
-  Familiarity with source control systems.

Preferred:
-  Experience documenting APIs (Java, C, and C++). 
-  Experience leading successful documentation projects. 
-  Strong analytical skills.
-  Ability to work independently. 
-  Excellent skills in interacting with independent linguistic developers.

Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: louise.kemp-de.jong at oracle.com 
Contact Information:
	Louise Kemp-Dejong 
	Email: louise.kemp-de.jong at oracle.com 

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