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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in Japanese language transcription and annotation, ensuring character-level accuracy and attention to detail across various document types. Familiarity with Japanese document structures, including handwritten content and complex layouts, is essential for producing high-quality training data for AI models.
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Native Japanese SpeakerJapanese-Language Transcription ExperienceAttention to DetailDocument FamiliarityProfessional Experience in Editorial Work
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Hard Skills
Japanese PDF AnnotationText Transcription in Japanese ScriptCharacter-Level AccuracyTaxonomy ApplicationDocument AI Training Data Production
Industry Keywords
KanjiHiraganaKatakanaFuriganaVertical TextMulti-Column NewspapersHandwritten FormsDocument TypesDense LayoutsMixed-Script Pages
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Open and check assigned Japanese PDF annotation tasks
- Confirm pages are Japanese, legible, contain real content, and have no personal details
- Identify and bound every meaningful page region
- Assign component types and reading-order indexes
- Link regions to their parent figures or tables
- Transcribe all text faithfully in Japanese script, including handwritten content
- Flag illegible source regions
- Capture language, document type, source, page dimensions, and table, formula, and handwriting flags
- Review colleagues' work end to end as an experienced annotator
- Produce human-authored training data for document AI models
Requirements
What you’ll need- Native Japanese speaker with full command of kanji, hiragana, katakana, 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 with vertical text, multi-column newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten forms
- Japanese-language transcription experience
- Japanese document familiarity, including handwriting, dense layouts, tables, diagrams, and mixed-script pages
- H1-B or STEM OPT candidates are not supported
- Must work as an independent contractor
Benefits
Comp & perks- Fully remote role
- Work on your own schedule
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
- Competitive pay
- Reasonable accommodations upon request
- Referral opportunity earning up to $140 per successful referral