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Japanese Transcription Expert - Fully Remote | Up to $31/hr

$31 per hour

Mercor

Toronto, ON
  • Remote job

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Japanese

Type: Contract

Compensation: $31/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Evaluate pages provided for annotation, ensuring they are in Japanese, legible, and contain real content without personal details.
  • Annotate structure by identifying and bounding regions such as document titles, sections, tables, and figures, assigning each a component type and reading-order index.
  • Record relationships by linking regions to their parent components, such as figures or tables.
  • Transcribe text exactly as it appears, including kanji , hiragana , katakana , and handwritten content, flagging illegible regions.
  • Capture page metadata, including language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
  • Review a colleague's work as a second Japanese expert, ensuring accuracy and completeness.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Native fluency in Japanese , including full command of kanji , hiragana , and katakana .
  • Professional experience in interpretation, journalism, transcription, translation, or editorial work.
  • Exact character-level accuracy.
  • Systematic application of taxonomy across pages.
  • Comfort with unfamiliar layouts, such as vertical text and multi-column formats.

Preferred

  • Experience with AI training data annotation, labeling, or bilingual evaluation.
  • Skills in transcription and localization, including MTPE and OCR correction.
  • Expertise in document production, typesetting, and proofreading.
  • Knowledge of script and encoding, including Unicode normalization and Japanese input methods.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

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Vacancy posted 23 days ago
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