29.1266, Jobs: English; Arabic; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Translation: Language Engineer, Adecco

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-29-1266. Wed Mar 21 2018. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 29.1266, Jobs: English; Arabic; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Translation: Language Engineer, Adecco

Moderators: linguist at linguistlist.org (Damir Cavar, Malgorzata E. Cavar)
Reviews: reviews at linguistlist.org (Helen Aristar-Dry, Robert Coté,
                                   Michael Czerniakowski)
Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
           http://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/

Editor for this issue: Clare Harshey <clare at linguistlist.org>
================================================================


Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:02:40
From: Nicola Isaacs [nicola.isaacs at adecco.co.uk]
Subject: English; Arabic; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Translation: Language Engineer, Adecco, London, UK

 
University or Organization: Adecco 
Job Location: London, United Kingdom 
Job Title: Language Engineer
Job Rank: Language Engineer (Arabic Speaking)

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Translation; English & proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic

Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
                      English (eng) 

Description:

Looking to fill the role ASAP.

The Text To Speech team is looking for a Language Engineer who can help with
technical tasks involved in creating a speech synthesizer.  This includes:
1. Developing rules for a text normalization system;
2. Large scale data mining;
3. Customizing language building tools for several languages;
4. Text-to-Speech quality evaluation and testing

Requirements:
1. Recent Computer Science graduate or closely related discipline;
2. Fluent speaker of English and Arabic. Proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic
(اللغة العربية الفصحى الحديثة‎) and vowel restoration (الحركات والتشكيل) is
required;
3. Proficiency in Unix/Version Control System and a modern programming
language (Python / C++ preferred )
4. Ability to build and understand regular expressions;
5. Interest in data mining and Natural Language Processing are a plus

This is an opportunity to work on cutting edge technology in a dynamic team of
world-class experts. 

Only accepting applicants eligible to work in the UK. Please provide details
of eligibility in email.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: nicola.isaacs at adecco.co.uk 
Contact Information:
	Miss Nicola Isaacs 
	Email: nicola.isaacs at adecco.co.uk 
	Phone: 0207 659 3231 


------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*****************    LINGUIST List Support    *****************
Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
            http://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/
 


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-29-1266	
----------------------------------------------------------
Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated
from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:
          http://multitree.org/