Jobs: SEA languages specialists

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

Dear seateach-ers and sealang-ers,

Lernout&Hauspie in Belgium sent me announcements on positions for
linguists
and computational linguists for various languages including: Bahasa
Indonesia, Cantonese, Malay, Vietnamese and Thai.
For more info: Please visit their website : www.lhsl.com
(loook under Job opportunities in europe..)

The following is a sample detailed announcement for Thai:
(language specialist and lead linguist)
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L&H Job Opportunities - Position Details

                                                Language Specialist Thai
                                              Position ID - LDCwww1299LS03
                                                Location - Ieper , Belgium

                      General Description:

                           You will work within a multi-disciplinary team
of linguists, engineers and programmers on the
                           development of software systems in the field of
Speech, Artificial Intelligence and Language.
                           In the startup phase, your tasks will typically
include: basic phonetic and language study in
                           view of technology development and assessment
of third party providers of data and/or
                           technology.
                           You will be involved in all aspects of the
development life cycle and focus on system
                           specification and design, implementation of
linguistic rule sets, creation of acoustic and lexical
                           databases, grapheme to phoneme conversion,
prosodic analysis, software testing and quality
                           control, preparation of documentation.
                           Training is given both on-the-job and through
lectures and technical documentation.
                           Dedicated development environments are provided
which allow language specialists to focus on
                           their content: formalizing linguistic
knowledge.
                           You will report to the group or project
manager.

                   Required Skills:

                        university degree in philology or linguistics, or
equivalent;
                        (near) native Thai speaker with a conversational
level of English;
                        solid grounding in linguistic theory;
                        good knowledge of and/or experience in one or more
of the following areas: speech processing,
                        natural language processing (NLP), computational
linguistics, programming, other languages;
                        ability to work in a team and independently;
                        IT literate;
                        perseverance, accuracy and thoroughness;
                        good social and communicative abilities;
                        willingness to travel abroad for limited periods
of time.

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Lead Linguist Thai Language & Speech Tech.
                                              Position ID - LDCwww1299PM11
                                                Location - Ieper , Belgium

                      General Description:

                           You will manage and coordinate software
development projects in the area of language and
                           speech processing technology and systems for
Thai
                           You will coordinate the start-up of the Thai
language development team, including a.o.
                           recruitment and logistics
                           You will supervise, coach and motivate a team
of linguists and engineers based in Ieper aswell
                           as in Singapore and Thailand
                           You will streamline the gathering of corpora
and acoustic data, the development of an L&H
                           specific grammars and lexicons for Thai and the
translation of the linguistic data to software
                           based on L&H technology
                           You will ensure that the quality and timing
standards set out by L&H are reached
                           You will actively participate in the technical
aspects of the project
                           You will maintain good contacts with the
different departments within L&H and relevant
                           Singaporean and Thai institutes, organizations,
etc.

                   Required Skills:

                        Relevant university degree preferably in computer
science or (computational) linguistics
                        Experience in management of development projects,
preferably in the field of natural language and/or
                        speech processing
                        Near-native or native speaker of Thai and a
conversational level of English
                        Good knowledge of and experience in at least two
of the following areas: speech processing,
                        phonetics, lexicography, computational
linguistics, natural language processing (NLP),
                        programming, (e.g. C, C++, script languages,...),
other languages
                        Ability to work in a team and independently
                        Perseverance, accuracy and thoroughness
                        Good social and communicative abilities
                        Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit
                        Willingness to travel for limited periods of time