PDF Annotation, Transcription Expert – Japanese

Mercor

. Open and check provided PDF tasks .

Posted 9/21/2026contractRemote • Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $34 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates native Japanese language proficiency with expertise in kanji, hiragana, and katakana, ensuring character-level accuracy in transcription and annotation. Capable of handling document-intensive tasks with attention to detail and consistency across various text formats.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Native Japanese SpeakerCharacter-Level AccuracyTranscription and Annotation in JapaneseExperience in Document-Intensive WorkFluent Japanese Language Skills

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Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills

TranscriptionAnnotationDocument ReviewTaxonomy ApplicationText Formatting

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailIndependent Work

Tools & Technologies

Japanese Input MethodsUnicode Normalization

Industry Keywords

TranslationEditorial WorkAI Training Data AnnotationBilingual EvaluationMTPE

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Open and check provided PDF tasks
Confirm pages are in Japanese, legible, contain real content, and show no personal details
Identify and bound every meaningful page region, including titles, headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, diagrams, captions, formulas, questions, and answer fields
Assign component types and reading-order indices
Link regions to related figures or tables using parent component identifiers
Transcribe all text exactly as shown, including kanji, hiragana, katakana, furigana, and handwritten content
Flag illegible source regions
Capture page metadata, including language, document type, source, dimensions, and table, formula, and handwriting flags
Review colleagues' work end to end as an experienced Japanese expert
Ensure regions are correctly captured, bounded, typed, and ordered
Ensure transcriptions match the source character for character and pass second-expert review

Requirements

What you’ll need

Native Japanese speaker with full command of kanji, hiragana and katakana, including furigana and variant character forms
Professional experience in interpretation, journalism, transcription, translation, editorial work, or comparable document-intensive work
Character-level accuracy and attention to detail
Ability to apply a taxonomy consistently across hundreds of pages
Comfortable working with vertical text, multi-column newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten forms
Fluent Japanese language skills required
Ability to perform annotation and transcription entirely in Japanese
Independent contractor status
Must not require H1-B or STEM OPT support
Nice-to-have: AI training data annotation, labeling, grading, or bilingual evaluation
Nice-to-have: MTPE, subtitling, bilingual QA, OCR correction, or post-editing
Nice-to-have: Japanese typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading, or digitization
Nice-to-have: Unicode normalization, Japanese input methods, full-width and half-width forms, and kanji variant handling

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule
Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
Competitive pay
Opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers
Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems
Referral bonus of up to $140 per successful referral