Remote Japanese Transcription & Annotation Expert

mercor; Ireland; Remote; EUR 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts fluent in Japanese to annotate, transcribe, and verify complex multilingual PDFs for AI training data. You will identify origins, bound regions, and relationships, ensuring exact kanji/hiragana/katakana reproduction across authentic layouts, including vertical text.

The role emphasizes meticulous accuracy, a systematic approach, and cross-checks with a second Japanese expert to ensure high-quality outputs in a remote setup.

Qualifications

• Native Japanese speaker with full command of kanji, hiragana, and katakana.
• Professional experience in interpretation, journalism, transcription, translation, or editorial work.
• Exact character-level accuracy, prioritizing precision over speed.
• Systematic approach, applying a taxonomy consistently across documents.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like vertical text and multi-column newspapers.

Responsibilities

• Source documents by finding publicly accessible Japanese PDFs with multimodal elements and record their origins.
• Annotate structure by identifying and bounding every meaningful region, assigning component types and reading-order indices.
• Record relationships by linking regions to their parent components like figures or tables.
• Transcribe faithfully, reproducing all text exactly as it appears, including kanji, hiragana, katakana, and handwritten content.
• Capture page metadata such as language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables and handwriting.
• Review a colleague's work, ensuring tasks are reviewed end-to-end by a second Japanese expert.

Skills

Native Japanese

Transcription experience

Attention to detail

Systematic approach

Vertical text familiarity

Job description

Mercor is seeking PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts fluent in Japanese to annotate, transcribe, and verify complex multilingual PDFs for AI training data. You will identify origins, bound regions, and relationships, ensuring exact kanji/hiragana/katakana reproduction across authentic layouts, including vertical text.

The role emphasizes meticulous accuracy, a systematic approach, and cross-checks with a second Japanese expert to ensure high-quality outputs in a remote setup.