Remote Japanese Transcription Specialist

Mercor; Dublin; Remote; EUR 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a native Japanese speaker for an annotation project focused on Japanese documents. You will identify and bound every meaningful region, assign types and reading orders, and ensure faithful transcription of kanji, kana, furigana, and handwritten elements.

The role requires meticulous quality control, adherence to a strict taxonomy, and collaboration with an expert reviewer to ensure accuracy across hundreds of pages.

Qualifications

• Native Japanese speaker with full command of kanji, hiragana and katakana.
• Character-level accuracy is essential; careful transcription of all text, including furigana and handwritten content.

Responsibilities

• Open and check tasks to ensure pages are in Japanese and legible.
• Annotate structure by bounding meaningful regions and assigning types and reading order indices.
• Record relationships between regions and figures/tables; transcribe exactly as shown.

Skills

Native Japanese speaker

High attention to detail

Excellent transcription accuracy

Job description

Mercor is seeking a native Japanese speaker for an annotation project focused on Japanese documents. You will identify and bound every meaningful region, assign types and reading orders, and ensure faithful transcription of kanji, kana, furigana, and handwritten elements.

The role requires meticulous quality control, adherence to a strict taxonomy, and collaboration with an expert reviewer to ensure accuracy across hundreds of pages.