Japanese Document Transcription Specialist

Mercor; Greater London; Remote; GBP 25.000 - 40.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mercor is seeking a native Japanese speaker for meticulous document annotation tasks. You will verify pages, annotate all structural regions, and ensure precise transcription of Japanese text, including kanji, kana, furigana, and handwritten content.

The role requires strict attention to every character and a systematic approach to labeling, with a review process by a second expert to maintain quality on real-world documents.

Qualifikationen

• Native Japanese speaker with full command of kanji, hiragana and katakana.
• Experience in interpretation, transcription, translation, editorial work, or document-intensive tasks.
• Exact character-level accuracy is required.
• Apply a consistent taxonomy across pages and layouts.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts: vertical text, multi-column pages, handwritten elements.

Aufgaben

• Open and verify tasks provided; confirm page is in Japanese and legible.
• Annotate page structure: identify regions and assign types and reading order.
• Record relationships between regions and parent figures or tables.
• Transcribe faithfully, including furigana and handwritten content.
• Capture page metadata: language, document type, dimensions, handwriting indicators.
• Participate in peer review of work.

Kenntnisse

Native Japanese speaker

Character-level accuracy

Attention to detail

Systematic workflow

Tools

Annotation software

OCR tools

Jobbeschreibung

Mercor is seeking a native Japanese speaker for meticulous document annotation tasks. You will verify pages, annotate all structural regions, and ensure precise transcription of Japanese text, including kanji, kana, furigana, and handwritten content.

The role requires strict attention to every character and a systematic approach to labeling, with a review process by a second expert to maintain quality on real-world documents.