Korean Transcription & PDF Annotation Expert (Remote)

mercor; San Francisco (CA); Remote; CAD 55,000 - 78,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Korean for a remote contract role. The position focuses on high-precision transcription and meticulous annotation of Korean documents used for AI training data.

You will locate Korean PDFs with multimodal elements, annotate structures, and transcribe text exactly as Hangul while capturing detailed page metadata. This role includes dual reviews to ensure accuracy across varied layouts.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Source documents by finding publicly accessible Korean PDFs with multimodal elements like images, tables, or diagrams.
• Annotate structure by identifying and bounding every meaningful region of the page and assigning a component type and reading-order index.
• Record relationships by linking each region to its parent component, such as a figure or table.
• Transcribe text exactly as it appears in Hangul, including hanja and handwriting; flag illegible regions.
• Capture page metadata, including language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
• Review a colleague's work. Every task is reviewed end-to-end by a second Korean expert.

Skills

Korean language

Transcription

Editorial accuracy

AI training data

Job description

Mercor is seeking PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Korean for a remote contract role. The position focuses on high-precision transcription and meticulous annotation of Korean documents used for AI training data.

You will locate Korean PDFs with multimodal elements, annotate structures, and transcribe text exactly as Hangul while capturing detailed page metadata. This role includes dual reviews to ensure accuracy across varied layouts.