French Linguistic Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $50/hr

mercor; France; Remote; EUR 52,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a French Linguistic Expert to evaluate and improve LLM-generated French content. This remote, contract role involves editing for linguistic quality, annotating text for grammar and semantics, and identifying language gaps to guide model training.

Strong experience in translation, editing, or NLP data work is required. You will collaborate with AI researchers to ensure culturally appropriate, accurate French outputs across translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar

Qualifications

• Native or near-native French fluency with strong grammar and style.
• Experience in translation, editing, linguistic annotation, or NLP data work.
• Understanding of linguistic nuances and regional variations in French.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated French text across use cases such as translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar correction.
• Edit, refine, or rewrite French content to meet linguistic and cultural standards.
• Annotate French 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 and analysis to guide ongoing model training efforts.

Skills

French fluency

Translation & editing

Linguistic annotation

Job description

About the job 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: French Linguistic Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $50/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated French text across various use cases such as translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar correction.
• Edit, refine, or rewrite French content to meet linguistic and cultural standards.
• Annotate French 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 and analysis to guide ongoing model training efforts.

Qualifications Must-Have

• Native or near-native fluency in French with excellent command over grammar, syntax, and stylistics.
• Professional experience in translation, editing, linguistic annotation, or NLP data work in French.
• Strong understanding of linguistic nuances, regional variations, and context-appropriate usage.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to spot subtle errors or unnatural phrasing.
• Clear communication skills and experience working in distributed, remote teams.

Preferred

• Interest in AI and LLM-driven language technologies.