Malayalam Data Annotation & Transcription Specialist

Mercor; Madrid; Remote; EUR 14,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Malayalam Annotation & Transcription Specialist for remote project work. The role focuses on annotating, transcribing, and validating Malayalam-language documents, including handling multimodal PDFs with various layouts.

You will ensure accurate transcription and rigorous taxonomy application. Ideal candidates are native Malayalam speakers with experience in data annotation/localization.

Qualifications

• Native Malayalam speaker with full command of the script.
• Experience in annotation, transcription, translation, localization, or regional-language data review.
• Systematic application of taxonomy across pages.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

Responsibilities

• Source Malayalam PDFs with multimodal elements and record their sources.
• Annotate structure by identifying and bounding meaningful regions and assigning component types and reading-order indices.
• Record relationships by linking each region to its parent component via an identifier.
• Transcribe faithfully in Malayalam script, flagging illegible regions.
• Capture page metadata: language, type, source, dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
• Review colleagues’ work as part of end-to-end quality checks.

Skills

Malayalam language

Transcription

Annotation

Localization

Taxonomy application

Tools

Unicode normalization

Job description

Malayalam Annotation & Transcription Specialist

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Malayalam
Type: Contract
Compensation: $13/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Source documents: find publicly accessible Malayalam PDFs with multimodal elements and record their sources.
• Annotate structure: identify and bound every meaningful region of the page and assign component types and reading-order indices.
• Record relationships: link each region to its parent component through an identifier.
• Transcribe faithfully: reproduce all text exactly as it appears in Malayalam script, flagging illegible regions.
• Capture page metadata: document language, type, source, dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
• Review a colleague's work: experienced annotators review tasks end to end.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Native Malayalam speaker with full command of the script.
• Experience in annotation, transcription, translation, localization, or regional-language data review.
• Systematic application of taxonomy across pages.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

Preferred

• Experience with regional-language AI data annotation, labeling, or bilingual evaluation.
• Skills in transcription and localization, such as MTPE, subtitling, or OCR correction.
• Document production experience: typesetting, copy-editing, or proofreading.
• Knowledge of script and encoding: Unicode normalization, input methods, numeral-form, and character-form accuracy.