PDF Annotation, Transcription Expert – Japanese

Mercor

. Open and check assigned PDF pages for Japanese language, legibility, real content, and absence of personal details .

Posted 9/17/2026contractRemote • Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $34 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core 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. Proficient in handling complex text formats and producing high-quality training data for document AI systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Native Japanese SpeakerKanji, Hiragana, Katakana ProficiencyDocument Annotation ExperienceAttention to DetailTranscription and Translation Skills

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Hard Skills

TranscriptionAnnotationLabelingBilingual EvaluationOCR CorrectionProofreadingDigitizationUnicode NormalizationKanji Variant HandlingPost-Editing

Soft Skills

Attention to DetailSystematic Approach

Tools & Technologies

Japanese Input MethodsFull-Width/Half-Width Forms

Industry Keywords

Document AIEditorial WorkTranslationJournalismMulti-Column Newspapers

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Open and check assigned PDF pages for Japanese language, legibility, real content, and absence of 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 indexes
Link regions to associated figures or tables using parent component identifiers
Transcribe all text exactly as shown, including kanji, hiragana, katakana, furigana, and handwriting
Flag illegible source regions
Capture language, document type, source, page dimensions, and table/formula/handwriting metadata
Review colleagues' annotation work end to end as an experienced annotator
Produce human-authored training data for document AI systems

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
Systematic application of a taxonomy across hundreds of pages
Comfortable with vertical text, multi-column newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten forms
Japanese language skills required; all work is performed in Japanese
Independent contractor status
Must not require H-1B or STEM OPT sponsorship/support
Nice-to-have: annotation, labeling, grading, bilingual evaluation, MTPE, subtitling, bilingual QA, OCR correction, post-editing, typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading, digitization, Unicode normalization, Japanese input methods, full-width/half-width forms, and kanji variant handling

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote role
Flexible schedule / 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: earn up to $140 for each successful referral