Remote Japanese PDF Annotation & Transcription Specialist

Mercor; Argillite (KY); Remote; USD 40,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking Japanese-language PDF annotation and transcription experts for remote contractual work. You will source Japanese PDFs, annotate structures with precise reading order indices, and transcribe all text including kanji, kana, and handwriting with exact character-level accuracy.

Responsibilities include recording metadata, establishing relationships between regions and figures/tables, and ensuring review by a second Japanese expert.

Qualifications

• Native Japanese with kanji, hiragana, katakana
• Experience in interpretation, journalism, transcription, translation, or editorial work
• Exact character-level accuracy front and center
• Systematic approach applying a taxonomy across documents
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like vertical text and multi-column newspapers

Responsibilities

• Source Japanese PDFs with multimodal elements and record origins
• Annotate structure by bounding regions and reading-order indices
• Link regions to parent components like figures or tables
• Transcribe faithfully, reproducing text exactly including kanji/kana/handwriting
• Capture page metadata and flags for tables/handwriting
• Review work end-to-end by a second Japanese expert

Skills

Native Japanese

Editorial/translation experience

Character-level accuracy

Taxonomy/systematic approach

Vertical text layouts

Job description

Mercor is seeking Japanese-language PDF annotation and transcription experts for remote contractual work. You will source Japanese PDFs, annotate structures with precise reading order indices, and transcribe all text including kanji, kana, and handwriting with exact character-level accuracy.

Responsibilities include recording metadata, establishing relationships between regions and figures/tables, and ensuring review by a second Japanese expert.