Assistant Linguist [French]

Job Title:

Assistant Linguist [French]

Linguistic Field(s):

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

Location:

Paris, France

Job description:

The role of the Assistant Linguist is to annotate and review linguistic data in French. The Assistant 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 in English: maroussia.houimli@adeccooutsourcing.fr