Umbundu Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project

Meridial; United States; Remote; USD 11,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Meridial is seeking a freelance Umbundu language evaluator to review and annotate Umbundu text and AI outputs for accuracy and fluency. You will identify error patterns and provide structured feedback, collaborating to refine prompts, evaluation methods, and linguistic guidelines.

The role also involves assessing grammar, syntax, semantics, style, and cultural appropriateness, while documenting observations for training data quality improvements.

Qualifications

• Fluency in Umbundu.
• Experience in translation, linguistics, language teaching, editing, or related work.
• Strong communication skills and cultural knowledge.
• Attention to detail and ability to work with AI training tools.
• Experience in training, coaching, or linguistic annotation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review and annotate Umbundu text and AI outputs for accuracy and fluency.
• Identify error patterns and provide structured feedback.
• Collaborate to refine prompts, evaluation methods, and linguistic guidelines.
• Assess grammar, syntax, semantics, style, and cultural appropriateness.
• Document observations and contribute to training data quality improvements.

Skills

Umbundu fluency

Translation experience

Linguistics background

Attention to detail

AI training tools

Tools

AI training tools

Job description

About the role

Meridial is building AI tools that rely on high quality Umbundu data. This freelance role focuses on evaluating, annotating, and refining Umbundu language content to improve model performance and cultural accuracy.

What you'll do

• Review and annotate Umbundu text and AI outputs for accuracy and fluency
• Identify error patterns and provide structured feedback
• Collaborate to refine prompts, evaluation methods, and linguistic guidelines
• Assess grammar, syntax, semantics, style, and cultural appropriateness
• Document observations and contribute to training data quality improvements

What they're looking for

• Fluency in Umbundu
• Experience in translation, linguistics, language teaching, editing, or related work
• Strong communication skills and cultural knowledge
• Attention to detail and ability to work with AI training tools
• Experience in training, coaching, or linguistic annotation is a plus

For applicants in Nigeria

• Location: World Wide, Remote; the listing states worldwide eligibility
• Pay range is $8 to $65 per hour with final offer based on experience and location
• Contractor arrangement; company does not provide health insurance or PTO