Remote Korean Transcription & PDF Annotation Expert

Mercor; Dublin; Remote; EUR 35,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a PDF annotation and transcription expert in Korean for a remote, contract role. You will source Korean PDFs with multimodal content, annotate page regions, assign types and reading order, and transcribe Hangul text with high accuracy.

Native Korean fluency, Hangul and hanja handling, and experience with bilingual transcription are required. You will review work and collaborate with a second Korean expert to ensure precise data for AI training.

Qualifications

• Native Korean speaker with full command of Hangul including hanja.
• Experience in bilingual transcription, translation, editorial work, or AI training data.
• Exact character-level accuracy and systematic taxonomy application.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

Responsibilities

• Source Korean PDFs with multimodal elements (images, tables, diagrams).
• Annotate structure by bounding regions, assign component type, and reading-order index.
• Transcribe all Hangul text exactly as it appears (including hanja/handwriting).
• Flag illegible regions and capture page metadata (language, source, dimensions).
• Review a colleague's work; ensure end-to-end quality.

Skills

Native Korean

Hangul mastery

Character-level accuracy

Bilingual transcription

Editorial work

Job description

Mercor is seeking a PDF annotation and transcription expert in Korean for a remote, contract role. You will source Korean PDFs with multimodal content, annotate page regions, assign types and reading order, and transcribe Hangul text with high accuracy.

Native Korean fluency, Hangul and hanja handling, and experience with bilingual transcription are required. You will review work and collaborate with a second Korean expert to ensure precise data for AI training.