About this role
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Role Title:English Language Expert (South Africa)
Role Type: Contractor
Location:Remote
our partner is engaging English Language Experts (South Africa) to participate in a specialized audio annotation project for a customer, with a focus on the richness and diversity of South African English. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input.
Scope of Work
- Listen to and analyze multi-speaker conversational audio, capturing the nuance of South African English dialects and accents.
- Tag audio and speaker metadata, including linguistic features such as dialect, accent, noise level, quality, age, and speaking style.
- Review and correct ASR-generated transcripts, ensuring accurate use of South African English spelling, idioms, and usage.
- Annotate speech with specific regional and cultural markers, identifying influences from Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, and other local languages.
- Document and explain colloquialisms, slang, and vocabulary unique to South Africa (e.g., "braai", "lekker", "robot").
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluent proficiency in South African English, with a keen ear for its diverse dialects and accents.
- Background in language-related fields such as teaching, linguistics, transcription, editing, translation, or journalism.
- Familiarity with regional varieties including Cultivated, General, Broad, Afrikaans-influenced, Black, and Indian South African English.
- Strong awareness of South African vocabulary, idioms, and local expressions, including cross-linguistic borrowings.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to recognize and annotate speech affected by regional, cultural, or multilingual influences.
This is a 100% remote contract role, open to applicants worldwide in the countries the employer accepts.
