PDF Annotation, Transcription Expert – Japanese

Mercor

. Open and check provided PDF-page tasks .

Posted 10/17/2026contractRemote • Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $31 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates native Japanese fluency with expertise in kanji, hiragana, and katakana, ensuring character-level accuracy in transcription and annotation. Capable of applying a consistent taxonomy across diverse document types, including handwritten forms and multi-column layouts.

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Native Japanese SpeakerCharacter-Level AccuracyTranscription ExperienceAttention to DetailDocument Review Expertise

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Hard Skills

TranscriptionTranslationInterpretationEditorial WorkDocument AnalysisTaxonomy ApplicationHandwritten Content ProcessingMulti-Column Layout HandlingVertical Text ReadingFurigana Proficiency

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailIndependent Work

Industry Keywords

Japanese LanguageDocument-Intensive WorkJournalismExam PapersLegibility AssessmentContent VerificationPage Region IdentificationComponent LinkingSource FlaggingAnnotation

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Open and check provided PDF-page tasks
Confirm pages are in Japanese, legible, contain real content and show no personal details
Identify and bound every meaningful page region
Assign component types and reading-order indexes
Link regions to related figures or tables through parent component identifiers
Transcribe all text exactly as shown, including Japanese scripts, furigana and 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 a second Japanese expert when experienced

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
Comfort with vertical text, multi-column newspapers, exam papers and handwritten forms
Japanese fluency required; all annotation and transcription work is performed in Japanese
Independent contractor status
Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote role
Flexible own schedule
Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
Opportunity to work on frontier AI training projects
Collaboration with leading researchers
Referral payments of up to $140 for each successful referral (limits apply)
Reasonable accommodations upon request