Linguist

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 To discuss on this opportunity feel free to reach Raghu Varun Call on 732.579.3433 or email your resume to raghuv1(at) Mindlance is a national recruiting company which partners with many of the leading employers across the country. Feel free to check us out at