Portuguese (Portugal) to Dutch Translation Annotation Project

Job ID: 40142114

Budget: $14 – $15 USD

About the Role
We are seeking skilled linguists to join a bilingual translation annotation project focused on Portuguese (pt‑PT) to Dutch (nl‑NL). This role involves reviewing, evaluating, editing, and annotating bilingual text pairs. You will assess the quality, accuracy, fluency, and naturalness of both source and target content, following a detailed client‑defined annotation schema. All tasks are completed on our client’s online platform.

Key Responsibilities
- Apply project guidelines with precision and sound linguistic judgment.
- Annotate source and target text according to the provided schema.
- Review and evaluate AI‑generated translations, ensuring accuracy, fluency, idiomatic expression, and adherence to grammar and syntax rules.
- Edit source and target text when necessary to produce natural, error‑free output.
- Assign quality ratings based on structured criteria.
- Provide clear, concise comments to justify annotation decisions when required.

Required Qualifications
- Professional translator with proven experience in translation, editing, or bilingual review.
- Native European Portuguese speaker with native or near‑native proficiency in Dutch.
- Experience with bilingual annotation tasks is highly preferred.
- Strong ability to follow complex guidelines and apply them consistently.
- High attention to detail, especially in categorization and error penalization.
- Ability to apply structured rating criteria objectively.
- Reliable communication, responsiveness, and adherence to deadlines.
- Comfortable working with new tools and web‑based platforms.

Preferred Background
- Experience in language data work, including tasks that support training or evaluation of LLMs, speech models, or NLP systems.
- Familiarity with AI‑generated content, post‑editing, and quality review workflows.

Productivity Expectations
- Golden Set Review: Minimum 800 words/hour
- Validation Tasks: Minimum 1000 words/hour

Compensation
- USD $15 per hour
(A fixed price will be calculated based on the number of hours accumulated through completed and approved tasks in a monthly cycle. Payment is issued 25 days after the end of each cycle.)