Malayalam Document Annotation Specialist — Remote

mercor; España; Remote; EUR 16,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor offers a contract remote role focused on Malayalam data annotation, transcription, and localization. You will source Malayalam PDFs, bound page regions with component types, and ensure precise character-level transcription with metadata capture.

Ideal candidates will have native Malayalam proficiency, experience in annotation/translation, and meticulous attention to detail, adapting to multi-column and handwritten formats.

Qualifications

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

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.

Skills

Malayalam fluency

Annotation experience

Transcription

Localization

Attention to detail

Job description

Mercor offers a contract remote role focused on Malayalam data annotation, transcription, and localization. You will source Malayalam PDFs, bound page regions with component types, and ensure precise character-level transcription with metadata capture.

Ideal candidates will have native Malayalam proficiency, experience in annotation/translation, and meticulous attention to detail, adapting to multi-column and handwritten formats.