Italian Expert | $40/hr | Remote

Localization Academy Inc.; Italia; A distancia; EUR 35.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Localization Academy Inc. seeks experienced Italian Language Experts, Translators, Linguists, and related specialists for a remote AI project.

The role involves reviewing Italian audio and transcripts, correcting linguistic errors, and creating detailed annotations and metadata to improve AI systems. You will ensure outputs reflect natural Italian and collaborate asynchronously with reviewers and stakeholders.

Formación

• Proficient in Italian with strong written and spoken skills.
• Professional-level English communication.
• Experience with transcription, translation, localization or linguistic review.
• Able to interpret spoken Italian accurately.
• Strong grammar, spelling, punctuation knowledge of Italian.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow detailed guidelines.
• Remote work capability and ability to manage multiple tasks.

Responsabilidades

• Review and correct machine-generated Italian transcriptions.
• Compare transcripts against original audio for accuracy.
• Annotate audio and transcripts following project guidelines.
• Add metadata tags to support speech datasets.
• Identify speakers and linguistic variations.
• Provide clear explanations of transcription issues.
• Maintain high-quality standards across large volumes.

Conocimientos

Good Italian proficiency

Professional English communication

Italian language expertise

Educación

Linguistics/Translation/Italian-related academic background

Descripción del empleo

Italian Language Experts, Translators, Linguists & Transcription Specialists. Remote AI Project

We are seeking experienced Italian Language Experts, Translators, Linguists, Transcription Specialists, Localization Professionals, and Language Quality Reviewers to help improve advanced AI systems.

You will review Italian audio and machine-generated transcripts, correct linguistic errors, create detailed annotations and metadata, and ensure outputs accurately reflect natural spoken and written Italian.

What Youu2019ll Do

• Review and correct machine-generated Italian transcriptions
• Compare transcripts against original audio for accuracy
• Identify missing, added, or incorrectly transcribed words
• Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and segmentation
• Detect subtle differences in pronunciation and meaning
• Identify regional accents, dialects, speech patterns, and linguistic variation
• Annotate audio and transcripts using structured project guidelines
• Add metadata tags to support speech and language datasets
• Identify speakers, speech characteristics, and audio events where required
• Flag ambiguous, unclear, or low-quality audio
• Review annotations for accuracy and consistency
• Provide clear written explanations of transcription or linguistic issues
• Maintain high-quality standards across large volumes of audio and text
• Collaborate asynchronously with reviewers and project stakeholders
• Incorporate feedback and continuously improve annotation quality

Who Can Apply

Relevant backgrounds include:

Italian Language Specialists, Italian Linguists, Italian Translators, Italian Transcribers, Italian Transcriptionists, Italian Editors, Italian Proofreaders, Italian Language Reviewers, Italian Localization Specialists, and Italian Content Specialists.

We also welcome:

Linguists, Computational Linguists, Applied Linguists, Sociolinguists, Phoneticians, Phonologists, Language Researchers, Language Analysts, Speech Linguists, Corpus Linguists, and Language Consultants with strong Italian proficiency.

Translation and localization backgrounds may include:

Italian Translators, English-to-Italian Translators, Italian-to-English Translators, Localization Linguists, Localization Specialists, Translation Reviewers, Translation QA Specialists, Linguistic QA Specialists, LQA Reviewers, Terminologists, and Transcreation Specialists.

Transcription and audio backgrounds may include:

Audio Transcriptionists, Speech Transcriptionists, Media Transcriptionists, Legal Transcriptionists, Broadcast Transcriptionists, Captioners, Subtitlers, Closed Captioning Specialists, Speech Annotators, Audio Annotators, and Voice Data Specialists.

Education backgrounds may include:

Italian Teachers, Italian Professors, Italian Tutors, Language Teachers, University Lecturers, Literature Teachers, Language Researchers, and Academic Professionals with advanced Italian-language expertise.

Requirements

• Good proficiency in Italian
• Excellent spoken and written Italian comprehension
• Professional-level English communication
• Experience with transcription, translation, editing, localization, linguistic review, annotation, or another language-focused discipline
• Ability to accurately interpret spoken Italian
• Strong understanding of Italian grammar, spelling, punctuation, and linguistic conventions
• Ability to recognize subtle language and meaning differences
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to follow detailed transcription and annotation guidelines
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment
• Ability to incorporate reviewer feedback and maintain consistent quality

Preferred Background

• Professional Italian transcription experience
• Experience correcting automatic speech recognition or machine-generated transcripts
• Linguistics, Translation, Italian, Communications, Journalism, or related academic background
• Professional localization or translation experience
• Linguistic quality assurance experience
• Experience with audio annotation or speech datasets
• Experience applying metadata tags or structured linguistic labels
• Experience identifying regional accents or dialect variation
• Experience with phonetics or phonology
• Experience working with speech recognition technologies
• Experience reviewing large language or audio datasets
• Experience working with multicultural or distributed teams

This opportunity is ideal for Italian-language professionals who can listen carefully to audio and identify exactly what was said, how it was said, which linguistic details matter, and where an automated transcription or annotation system has made a mistake. We are a referral partner of the client.