Remote 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

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.