Linguist

Company Description Mindlance is a national recruiting company which partners with many of the leading employers across the country. Feel free to check us out at http://www.mindlance.com

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide Russian-specific linguistic services, including:
• Reviewing human-translated and post-edited eBay content to deliver high-quality training data for our MT engines
• Evaluating MT systems’ output (rating, ranking vs other systems)
• Analyzing MT systems’ output to detect error patterns
• Provide assistance in other linguistic areas, such as:
• Semantic annotation (e.g. Named Entity Recognition – English)
• Quality assurance of automatically-generated content (English)

Education and/or Relevant Experience

• BA or MA in Linguistics / Translation Studies
• 2/3 years of localization experience and/or evaluating machine translation output
• Native fluency in Russian and a deep understanding of the Russian culture are required
• Strong familiarity with the Machine Translation industry and best practices for post-editing/reviewing
• Strong familiarity with translation technologies and localization and processes

Skills

• Analytical mind: This position requires the capacity to detect patterns in highly varied and ambiguous data.
• Critical thinking: you should enjoy questioning assumptions and re-examining processes.
• Problem-solving: You should enjoy brainstorming and applying logic to solve new problems.
• Capacity to communicate complex linguistic problems to people with different backgrounds (e.g. eBay’s MT Science Team).
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment Additional Information

To discuss on this opportunity feel free to reach Raghu Varun Call on 732.579.3433 or email your resume to raghuv1(at)mindlance.com