English Variant Linguist
局部眼睛集团是国际计算机和软件部门的领先本地化服务提供商，总部位于爱尔兰，子公司在欧洲和美国。我们与世界上最具创新性的公司合作。我们帮助他们发展和扩张到新的市场，为专家和文化意识提供了支持。局部眼镜正在寻找一个英语变体语言学员加入其不断增长的自由职业者社区。工作范围：大部分的工作涉及以下任务：·评估单词或术语 （从正式或标准到常态或语/冒犯）. 这包括确定首选拼写，意义，使用，可能的模糊性或敏感性以及适合本地。· 上述通过在线门户网站进行。· 此类工作包括支持美国，澳大利亚，加拿大，英国，印度，日本，新西兰，新加坡，南非等以下地方的英语变体。候选人应对所有这些地区感到舒服并对所需研究做有信心。一般要求与标准英语有关，但有些需要更多关于常态使用或非常特定于本地的事情 （例如产品，政治，文化/传统等）的知识。其他请求包括下列任务：· 开展各种领域的研究，提供短篇报告。· 大规模的词典清理请求。· 研究特定地区的术语学科。要求：除了是：· 母亲说者 · 行法专家 · 可靠候选人必须证明对细节有着优秀的注意力和英语语言学，文法，形态学和词汇的卓越理解，并且完全与不同英语国家当前最新情况保持一致，包括语和其他区域常语。工作负载：每周平均工作负担为10到12小时。合同类型：自由职业开始日期：2022年1月付款：时间原本发布在喜马拉雅山脉
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This is a remote position.
LocalEyes Group is a leading provider of Localization Services to the international computer and software sectors with headquarters in Ireland and subsidiaries in Europe and the US. We work with the world's most innovative companies. We help them to grow and expand in new markets providing experts and cultural awareness.
LocalEyes is looking for an English Variant Linguist to join its growing community of freelancers.
Scope of work:The majority of the work involves the following tasks:
- Assessing words or terms (from formal or standard to colloquial or slang/offensive). This involves determining preferred spelling, meaning, usage, possible ambiguity or sensitivity, and appropriateness for the locale.
- The above is done through an online portal.
- This type of work includes support for English variants in the following locales : U.S.A, Australia, Canada, Britain, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa. The candidate should be comfortable with all of these locales and be confident about doing the required research. Generally requests deal with standard English, but some do require knowing more about colloquial use or very locale-specific things (e.g. products, politics, culture/traditions, etc.).
Other requests include the following tasks:
- Conduct research in various areas and provide short reports.
- Large lexicon clean-up requests.
- Researching locale-specific terminology.
Requirements:On top of being:
· Native speaker
- Grammar expert
- Reliable
The candidate must demonstrate to have an excellent attention to detail and an outstanding grasp of English linguistics, grammar, morphology, and vocabulary, being thoroughly up-to-date with current usage in various English speaking countries, including slang and other regional colloquialisms.
Workload:Average workload is 10 to 12 hrs per week.
Contract type:Freelance
Start date:January 2022
Pay:By the hour
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