Malay Specialist

AI Trainer Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

DataAnnotation is where 100k+ experts train the world’s leading AI models. $150M+ paid to contributors to date, and the average contributor stays 5+ years. Flexible, remote, and always project-available.

As a Malay Expert, you'll judge and correct AI output in Malay, teaching models to match the register and the region. You’ll review translations, score model output, and write better versions that read as native, across formal and colloquial usage.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native fluency in Malay.
• A feel for affixes and for formal versus colloquial usage.
• Clear written English: your explanations are the training signal.

Responsibilities

• Review translations between English and Malay for meaning, flow, and register.
• Score and rank model output in Malay.
• Write the better version when the model falls short, natural enough to read as native.

Skills

Malay fluency

Affix awareness

Clear English explanations

Job description

Pay: up to $25 – $40 /hour (depends on task difficulty and specialization)

Location: Remote · Type: Independent contractor · Hours: Flexible hours · Payouts: Weekly

Overview

Malay trips AI on register: formal written Malay and everyday colloquial speech pull in different directions, and the model blends them awkwardly. It mishandles affixes that change a word entirely and often cannot tell where Malaysian usage parts from Indonesian, which a native speaker sees straight away.

As a Malay Expert, you'll judge and correct AI output in Malay, teaching models to match the register and the region.

What you’ll actually do

• Review translations between English and Malay for meaning, flow, and register.
• Score and rank model output in Malay, catching misused affixes and mismatched formality.
• Write the better version when the model falls short, natural enough to read as native.

Roles this fits

Common backgrounds: Malay Linguist, Bilingual Reviewer, Localization Specialist.

What we look for

• Native or near-native fluency in Malay.
• A feel for affixes and for formal versus colloquial usage.
• Clear written English: your explanations are the training signal.
• No degree required. We care about what you can do, not where you learned it.

Compensation

Up to $25 – $40/hr depending on task difficulty and specialization. Many contributors add $10k–$100k+ a year; some make it their full-time income.

About DataAnnotation

DataAnnotation is where 100k+ experts train the world’s leading AI models. $150M+ paid to contributors to date, and the average contributor stays 5+ years. Flexible, remote, and always project-available.