Lionbridge is a leading provider of translation, online marketing, global content management and application testing solutions that ensure global brand consistency, local relevancy and technical usability across all touch points of the global customer lifecycle.
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In our Warsaw office we employ more than 600 specialists including Project Managers, Linguists, Engineers, DTP Specialists, Graphics, Web Developers and also subject matter experts, content developers and quality assurance professionals.
At the moment we are looking for a linguist native in Polish for free-lance work on a project which tasks are rotating around TTS and speech recognition engine development. The work is performed on remote basis.
- Work closely with our customer
- Developing and enhancing their TTS engines for the Polish language
- Supporting customer in the continuous development of a virtual assistant
- Task will vary, but knowledge of both Polish phonetics and the evolution of the language (making sure you are up to date with its most recent changes) as well as programmatic skills, especially using XML, are a key.
- Native language: Polish
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computational Linguistics or Bachelor’s or Master’s in general linguistics and studies in Computational Linguistics
- Strong linguistic comprehension
- Experience in the field of phonetics/phonology and Speech engines development
- Experience in Language Technology - educational, research or work experience
- Experience in using xml and Regular Expressions
- Experience in language tool development is a plus
- Preferred knowledge and experience in using text processing and spreadsheet based tools
- Great attention to detail while working efficiently
- Good organizational and analytical skills
- Good communication skills
- Excellent English skills, other language skills are a plus
- Possibility to work part-time from home on freelancer basis, around 10-20 hours/week