German Translator

Agency; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Agency in the United States seeks a bilingual translator reviewer to evaluate AI-generated German-English translations, ensuring accuracy, fluency and cultural sensitivity.

You will annotate errors, document failures, and provide contextual explanations to help improve model prompts and evaluation methods.

This role focuses on building high-quality training data for language models and requires strong linguistic background and clear decision-making.

Qualifications

• Must be fluent in German and English with strong grammar and style.
• Ability to justify translation choices clearly and succinctly.
• Experience in translation, linguistics, localization, or language education preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and edit AI-generated translations between German and English.
• Assess translations for grammar, fluency, and cultural nuance.
• Challenge models with idioms, ambiguous phrases, and tone variation.
• Document model failures and provide actionable quality insights.
• Annotate errors with cultural or contextual explanations.
• Suggest improvements to prompts, evaluation methods, and model behavior.

Skills

German-English fluency

Translation decision clarity

Linguistics background

Education

Background in translation, linguistics, localization, or language education

Job description

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and edit AI-generated translations between German and English
• Assess translations for grammatical accuracy, fluency, cultural nuance, and context sensitivity
• Challenge models with idiomatic expressions, ambiguous phrases, and varying tones
• Document model failures and provide insights to improve translation quality
• Annotate errors and provide cultural or contextual explanations
• Suggest improvements to prompts, evaluation methods, and model behavior

Requirements

• Strong command of both German and English
• Ability to articulate translation decisions clearly
• Professional background in translation, linguistics, localization, or language education
• Access to a secure computer and high-speed internet

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with technical, literary, or media translation

About the Company

This project focuses on shaping the future of AI by providing high-quality training data to help large-scale language models deliver accurate, context-aware translations.