Norwegian Language QA Specialist (Remote)

SME Careers; Agder; Remote; NOK 482,000 - 758,000; Part time

Job summary

SME Careers is seeking a Norwegian Language Specialist (remote, hourly) to review AI-generated Norwegian content and create high-quality reference material. You will assess outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, tone, and cultural appropriateness, and provide precise feedback.

With a background in linguistics or related field, you will craft rewrites, explain language choices, and help establish best practices for Bokmål and/or Nynorsk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Norwegian/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Native or near-native Norwegian proficiency (reading and writing required).
• Strong professional proficiency in English (minimum C1) to follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback in English.
• 3+ years of professional experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or related language-focused work.
• Deep understanding of Norwegian grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.
• Comfortable handling Norwegian written standards as required: Bokmål and/or Nynorsk (please specify which you can support).
• High attention to detail when spotting subtle meaning shifts, awkward literal translations, hallucinated claims, or culturally mismatched phrasing.
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.
• Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, translation QA, editorial QA, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard Norwegian answers across multiple domains (general knowledge, customer support, education, conversational writing).
• Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve fluency, correctness, tone match, and cultural appropriateness.
• Ensure Model Integrity: Detect unsafe or misleading content, factual hallucinations, bias, and policy-risk language; validate reliability across use cases.

Skills

Norwegian proficiency

English proficiency

Writing/editing

Localization/translation

Norwegian grammar

Bokmål/Nynorsk knowledge

Attention to detail

Remote contractor capability

AI data training experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Linguistics, Norwegian/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or related field

Job description

SME Careers is seeking a Norwegian Language Specialist (remote, hourly) to review AI-generated Norwegian content and create high-quality reference material. You will assess outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, tone, and cultural appropriateness, and provide precise feedback.

With a background in linguistics or related field, you will craft rewrites, explain language choices, and help establish best practices for Bokmål and/or Nynorsk.