Telugu Linguistic Expert & Annotator — Remote Contract

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; AUD 34,000 - 49,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking Telugu Linguistic Experts on a contract basis to remotely evaluate the quality of LLM-generated Telugu text across translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar correction. You will edit, refine, or rewrite Telugu content to meet linguistic and cultural standards, and annotate text for grammatical and semantic features.

Collaboration with AI researchers will help improve model performance.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native fluency in Telugu with strong grammar and style.
• Professional experience in translation, editing, linguistic annotation, or NLP data work in Telugu.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to spot subtle errors or unnatural phrasing.
• Clear communication skills; experience in distributed, remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated Telugu text across translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar correction.
• Edit, refine, or rewrite Telugu content to meet linguistic and cultural standards.
• Annotate Telugu text for grammatical, syntactic, and semantic features.
• Identify model errors and language gaps; collaborate with AI researchers to improve LLM performance.
• Provide detailed linguistic feedback to guide model training efforts.

Skills

Telugu fluency

NLP data work

Remote collaboration

Translation/editing

Job description

Mercor is seeking Telugu Linguistic Experts on a contract basis to remotely evaluate the quality of LLM-generated Telugu text across translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar correction. You will edit, refine, or rewrite Telugu content to meet linguistic and cultural standards, and annotate text for grammatical and semantic features.

Collaboration with AI researchers will help improve model performance.