Remote Korean Transcription Expert — Contract, $34/hr

mercor; Denmark; Remote; DKK 267,000 - 358,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts for Korean-language tasks on a remote basis. You will locate Korean PDFs with multimodal content, annotate page regions with types and reading order, and transcribe Hangul text with exact accuracy.

Collaboration is performed with a second Korean expert to ensure quality. Candidates should be native Korean speakers, comfortable with handwritten content and diverse layouts, and experienced in bilingual transcription or AI training data

Qualifications

• Native Korean speaker with full command of Hangul including hanja.
• Experience in bilingual transcription, translation, editorial work, or AI training data.
• Exact character-level accuracy required.
• Systematic application of taxonomy across pages.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

Responsibilities

• Source documents by finding publicly accessible Korean PDFs with multimodal elements like images, tables, or diagrams.
• Annotate structure by identifying and bounding every meaningful region of the page. Assign each a component type and a reading-order index.
• Record relationships by linking each region to its parent component, such as a figure or table.
• Transcribe faithfully by reproducing all text exactly as it appears in Hangul, including any hanja and handwritten content.
• Capture page metadata, including language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
• Review a colleague's work. Every task is reviewed end-to-end by a second Korean expert.

Skills

Korean native speaker

Hangul proficiency

Transcription experience

Editorial/AI training data

Exact character accuracy

Taxonomy application

Handwritten forms handling

Job description

Mercor is seeking PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts for Korean-language tasks on a remote basis. You will locate Korean PDFs with multimodal content, annotate page regions with types and reading order, and transcribe Hangul text with exact accuracy.

Collaboration is performed with a second Korean expert to ensure quality. Candidates should be native Korean speakers, comfortable with handwritten content and diverse layouts, and experienced in bilingual transcription or AI training data