Italian Expert | $40/hr | Remote

The Ai Training Company; Italia; Remote; EUR 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ai Training Company è alla ricerca di esperti italiani, traduttori e linguisti per revisionare trascrizioni audio, correggere errori linguistici e annotare con linee guida specifiche. Il candidato ideale possiede eccellente padronanza dell’italiano, attenzione ai dettagli e capacità di lavorare in remoto.

Ruolo orientato a progetti AI linguistici internazionali, con revisione di trascrizioni automatiche e gestione metadati per dataset.

Qualifications

• Buona padronanza dell'italiano (ortografia, grammatica, punteggio)
• Comprensione orale e scritta eccellente in italiano
• Esperienza in trascrizione, traduzione, annotazione o linguistica
• Capacità di seguire linee guida dettagliate di trascrizione/annotazione
• Disponibilità a lavorare in remoto e a coordinarsi con team internazionali

Responsibilities

• Rivedere e correggere trascrizioni italiane generate automaticamente
• Confrontare trascrizioni con l'audio originale per accuratezza
• Identificare parole mancanti/aggiunte/errate
• Correggere ortografia, grammatica, punteggio e segmentazione
• Annotare audio e testi seguendo linee guida strutturate
• Aggiungere metadati e tag linguistici per dataset audio
• Identificare parlanti e eventi audio dove richiesto
• Segnalare audio di bassa qualità
• Revisionare l'accuratezza e la coerenza delle annotazioni
• Fornire spiegazioni scritte sui problemi linguistici
• Mantenere alti standard di qualità su grandi volumi
• Collaborare asincroni con revisori e stakeholder
• Incorporare feedback per migliorare la qualità

Skills

Italian proficiency

Attention to detail

Communication

Remote collaboration

Job description

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 You’ll 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:

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:

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
• 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.