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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates native Japanese language proficiency with expertise in kanji, hiragana, katakana, and furigana, alongside strong attention to detail and character-level accuracy in document transcription and annotation. Capable of producing high-quality training data for document AI models while applying consistent taxonomies across various document types.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Native Japanese SpeakerDocument TranscriptionAttention to DetailCharacter-Level AccuracyExperience in Editorial Work
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Hard Skills
TranscriptionTranslationDocument AnnotationText ReviewTaxonomy Application
Soft Skills
Attention to DetailIndependent Work
Industry Keywords
Japanese Language ProficiencyDocument AIInterpretationJournalismMulti-Column Newspapers
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Open and check provided PDF tasks; no document sourcing required
- Confirm pages are in Japanese, legible, contain real content, and have no personal details
- Identify and bound every meaningful page region, assign component types, and record reading order
- Link regions to their related figures or tables using parent component identifiers
- Transcribe all text exactly as shown, including Japanese scripts, furigana, and handwriting
- Flag illegible 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
- Fluent Japanese language skills required
- Ability to work as an independent contractor
- H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported
Benefits
Comp & perks- Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
- Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
- Competitive pay
- Reasonable accommodations upon request
- Up to $140 for each successful referral, subject to referral limits