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Saturday, February 10, 2018 by Chris Wellekens

6-64 (2018/02/01) Junior Linguist (French), Paris, France
  

Junior Linguist [French]

 

Job Title:

Junior Linguist [French]

Linguistic Field(s):

Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, Lexicography, NLP

Location:

Paris, France

Job description:

The role of the Junior Linguist is to annotate and review linguistic data in French. The Junior Linguist will also contribute to a number of other tasks to improve natural language processing. The tasks include:

  • Providing phonetic/phonemic transcription of lexicon entries

  • Analyzing acoustic data to evaluate speech synthesis

  • Annotating and reviewing linguistic data

  • Labeling text for disambiguation, expansion, and text normalization

  • Annotating lexicon entries according to guidelines

  • Evaluating current system outputs

  • Deriving NLP data for new and on-going projects

  • Be able to work independently with confidence and little oversight

Minimum Requirements:

  • Native speaker of French and fluent in English

  • Extensive knowledge of phonetic/phonemic transcriptions

  • Familiarity with TTS tools and techniques

  • Experience in annotation work

  • Knowledge of phonetics, phonology, semantics, syntax, morphology or lexicography

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

  • Attention to detail and good organizational skills

Desired Skills:

  • Degree in Linguistics or Computational Linguistics or Speech processing

  • Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; learn in-house tools

  • Keen interest in technology and computer-literate

  • Listening Skills

  • Fast and Accurate Keyboard Typing Skills

  • Familiarity with Transcription Software

  • Editing, Grammar Check and Proofing Skills

  • Research Skills

 

CV + motivation letter : maroussia.houimli@adeccooutsourcing.fr


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