Egyptian Arabic Linguist

PROLIM Global Corporation

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Arabic Language, Cloud Computing, Command Line, Concurrency, Consulting, Customer/Client Research, Data Collection, Data Modeling, Data Sets, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Egyptian Language, Experiment Design, Git, Identify Issues, Information Technology & Information Systems, Information Technology Consulting, Linguistics, Metadata, Metrics, Multitasking, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Network Administration/Management, Outsourcing, Product Design, Product Lifecycle Management, Profit & Loss, Project/Program Management, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Assurance, Regular Expressions, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Systems Analysis, Technical Support, User Documentation
POSTED
30+ days ago

PROLIM www.prolim.com is currently seeking Egyptian Arabic Linguist for one of our top Client.

Remote Qualified candidates can directly send your updated resume and contact info via email vishal.tigalannavar@prolim.com.

Provide expertise in phonetics, phonology, lexicography, dialectology, and NLP. Offer native speaker input and feedback on product quality. Design and conduct experiments to evaluate transcription quality. Develop manual and automated processes for multiple concurrent projects, including:

• High-quality label alignments • Prosodic classification • POS identification and disambiguation • Targeted modeling data collection • User feedback integration

Create and refine text normalization and inverse text normalization processes. Manage lexical and phrasal transcriptions with associated metadata. Develop, evaluate large-scale labeled datasets, language ID, text normalization, G2P audio alignments.

Analyze system metrics, user opinion, lexicon coverage, POS tagger performance, and implement remedies for identified issues.

Must-Have Skills:

Native-level fluency in Egyptian Arabic familiarity with Modern Standard Arabic. Familiarity with command-line scripting and versioning systems, e.g., Git. Phonetics, phonology expertise with IPA or SAMPA transcription OR regex experience.

Good-to-Have Skills:

Python programming. Data analysis and pipeline development. Prosody classification, dialectology, sociolinguistics.

Candidate Value Proposition:

Opportunity to directly influence voice quality for Egyptian Arabic users. Varied tasks leveraging native speaker insights for cutting-edge linguistic applications. Freedom to shape user experience by ensuring natural expressive and accurate speech synthesis.

Typical Day in the Role:

Provide linguistic expertise in phonetics, phonology, lexicography, dialectology, and NLP. Offer native speaker input and feedback on product quality. Develop, evaluate large-scale labeled datasets for NLP applications. Create, refine text normalization processes. Manage lexical, phrasal transcriptions, and metadata. Analyze system metrics and implement remedies.

About PROLIM Corporation:

PROLIM is a leading provider of end-to-end IT PLM and Engineering Services and Solutions for Global 1000 companies. They understand business as much as technology and help their customers improve their profitability and efficiency by providing high-value technology consulting, staffing, and project management outsourcing services.

Their IT and PLM consulting offerings include:

• Advisory PLM Software • Services • Program Management • Solution Architecture • Training • Staffing • Cloud Solutions • Servers • Networking Infrastructure • ERP Practices • QA Services

Engineering services include:

• Data Translation • CADCAM

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