Northern Sotho Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project

Meridial; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 182,766 - 1,484,975; Part time

Job summary

Meridial is seeking a Northern Sotho Language Specialist for a freelance AI Trainer project. This role involves reviewing and annotating Northern Sotho content, and providing expert feedback to enhance AI language models. The successful candidate will bring linguistic depth and cultural context to training data.

Fluency in Northern Sotho is essential, along with experience in linguistics, translation, or language teaching. The position offers remote work with a pay range of $8 to $65 per hour, determined by experience and expertise.

Qualifications

• Fluency in Northern Sotho is required.
• Experience in translation, linguistics, language teaching, or editing.
• Experience in training or linguistic annotation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review and annotate Northern Sotho content.
• Assess AI-generated outputs for accuracy and fluency.
• Identify and document error patterns.

Skills

Fluency in Northern Sotho

Translation experience

Linguistics knowledge

Language teaching

Attention to detail

Job description

Northern Sotho Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project

South Africa

Are you an experienced Northern Sotho language professional eager to shape the future of AI? Large-scale language models are evolving rapidly, moving beyond simple chatbots into powerful engines of learning, communication, and cultural understanding. With high-quality training data, tomorrow’s AI can deliver more natural, accurate, and contextually rich Northern Sotho experiences across education, accessibility, and global communication. That training data begins with you—your expertise will help power the next generation of AI.

We’re looking for a highly skilled Northern Sotho language specialist who can bring linguistic depth, cultural context, and precision to training data. You’ll work with cutting‑edge AI tools, evaluate and refine Northern Sotho text outputs, and provide expert feedback on grammar, syntax, semantics, style, and cultural appropriateness to strengthen model performance.

On a typical day, you will review and annotate Northern Sotho content, assess AI-generated outputs for accuracy and fluency, identify and document error patterns, and collaborate with our team to refine prompts, evaluation methods, and linguistic guidelines.

Fluency in Northern Sotho is required, along with demonstrated experience in translation, linguistics, language teaching, editing, or related professional work. Experience in training, coaching, or linguistic annotation is a plus. Clear communication skills, cultural knowledge, and attention to detail are essential.

We offer a pay range of $8 to $65 per hour, with the exact rate determined after evaluating your experience, expertise, and geographic location. Final offer amounts may vary from the pay range listed above. As a contractor you’ll supply a secure computer and stable internet connection; company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.

Job title: Northern Sotho Language Specialist – AI Trainer
Employment type: Contract
Workplace type: Remote
Seniority level: Mid-Senior