Python Job: Interpreter

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Company

TELUS International
Spain

Location

Remote Position
(From Everywhere/No Office Location)

Job type

Full-Time

Python Job Details

Basic Information

Ref number

Req_00080757

Primary Location

Home Office - Spain

Description and Requirements

TELUS International is looking for a highly motivated Russian Linguist to join our team in Barcelona, Spain!

Our ideal candidate has experience and passion for working with speech data and the ability to help create, categorize, audit and improve speech lexicons and language models.

RESPONSIBILITI
ES:

  • Create phonetic transcriptions for speech dictionaries.
  • Update and correct existing t
ranscriptions.

  • Create data for language models.
  • Review tests and identify fixes.

SKILLS AND Q
UALIFICATIONS:


  • Native locale Russian, other language skills are a plus.
  • University level degree (prefer Masters) in Linguistics or Computational Linguistics (or equivalent experience).
  • Excellent knowledge of structural aspects of the language, in particular phonology and phonetics.
  • Ability to phonetically transcribe speech audio accurately as well as verify the accuracy of existing phonetic t
ranscriptions.

  • Solid understanding of conventional phonetic notation such as IPA, SAMPA or CMU.
  • Experience with basic programming techniques: comfortable with Mac/Linux tools such as Bash and Grep, knowledge of a mainstream programming language, such as Python, Java, C/C++ is a plus.
  • Experience with one or more version control systems with a preference for Git is a plus.
  • Up-to-date exposure to popular native culture.
  • Good organizational and analytical skills.
  • Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and proven ability to manage priorities.

  • Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

TELUS International values people diversity and grants equal opportunity regardless of age, civil status, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion and political beliefs, sex or sexual orientation.

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We help companies test and improve machine learning models via our global AI Community of 1 million+ annotators and linguists. Our proprietary Ground Truth AI training platform handles all data types across 500+ languages and dialects. Our AI Data Solutions vastly enhance AI systems across a range of applications from advanced smart products, to better search results, to expanded speech recognition, to more human-like bot interactions and so much more.

Additional Job Description

TELUS International is looking for a Russian Linguist to join our team in Barcelona, Spain!


Required Language(s)

Russian