Job Title:

Associate Linguist [French]

Linguistic Field(s):

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

Location:

Paris 8, France

Contract:

Short term contract 1 year -  renewable contract

Job description:

The role of the Associate Linguist is to annotate and review linguistic data in French.  The Associate 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

Salary : 2730?

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

Bien à vous,

Maroussia HOUIMLI

Responsable recrutement

Accueil en entreprise & Evénementiel et Marketing-Vente

T 06.24.61.08.43

E maroussia.houimli@adeccooutsourcing.fr