25.2153, Jobs: Bambara; Shona; Twi; Yoruba; General Linguistics; Lexicography; Morphology; Translation: Linguist, AECOM

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Subject: 25.2153, Jobs: Bambara; Shona; Twi; Yoruba; General Linguistics; Lexicography; Morphology; Translation: Linguist, AECOM

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Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 12:25:38
From: Nicole Ballen [nicole.ballen at aecom.com]
Subject: Bambara; Shona; Twi; Yoruba; General Linguistics; Lexicography; Morphology; Translation: Linguist, AECOM, Maryland, USA

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University or Organization: AECOM 
Job Location: Maryland, USA 
Web Address: https://www.aecom.com
Job Title: Linguist- 97270
Job Rank: Linguist

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Lexicography; Morphology; Translation; Twi

Required Language(s): Bambara (bam)
                      Shona (sna) 
                      Yoruba (yor) 

Description:

AECOM is in search of a highly motivated and enthusiastic language expert to build a machine translation lexicon to assist in the automated translation of Shona, Twi, Yoruba, or Bambara into English. All software and the machine translation system will be provided.

Primary Responsibilities:
- Create and enhance machine translation capabilities by extensive lexicographic work in the source language
- Codify inflectional morphology of the source language by writing succinct grammar rules for the machine translation program
- Manage time and resources effectively in order to meet pre-determined milestones

Skills used on the job will include:
- Lexicography for machine translation
- Translation
- Morphological analysis and description
- Corpus acquisition
- Bilingual interpretation/multilingual analysis
- Status/metrics reporting
- Project planning and tracking
- Engagement with academia for resources as needed

Minimum Requirements 
- Native or near-native proficiency in Shona, Twi, Yoruba, and/or Bambara
- Strong command of written English
- Desire to learn new tools and adapt to new technology

Applicants will need to take a short test to measure linguistic aptitude for the task.

Preferred Qualifications 
- Knowledge of scripting language, such as Perl
- Degree in computational linguistics or linguistics
- Experience with translation and/or interpretation

Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)

Web Address for Applications: https://www.aecom.com/careers 
Contact Information:
	Nicole Ballen 
	Email: nicole.ballen at aecom.com 

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