PDF Annotation & Transcription Expert – Japanese

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Japan, +3 more countries.

📋 Description

• Open and review assigned PDF pages.

• Verify that each page is in Japanese, readable, contains authentic content, and does not include personal information.

• Identify and delineate every significant page region, such as titles, headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, diagrams, captions, formulas, questions, and answer fields.

• Assign component types and establish reading-order indices.

• Link regions to their corresponding figures or tables using parent component identifiers.

• Accurately transcribe all text as presented, including kanji, hiragana, katakana, furigana, and handwritten elements.

• Highlight areas where the source material is unclear.

• Document language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.

• Review colleagues' work in its entirety as a seasoned Japanese expert.

• Work with authentic published Japanese materials such as newspapers, textbooks, examinations, flyers, forms, manuals, menus, brochures, notices, and worksheets.

⛳️ Requirements

• Native Japanese speaker with a complete command of kanji, hiragana, and katakana, including furigana and variant character forms.

• Professional experience in interpretation, journalism, transcription, translation, editorial work, or similar document-intensive roles.

• Native fluency in Japanese.

• Character-level precision in Japanese transcription.

• Capability to consistently apply a taxonomy across numerous pages.

• Comfort with vertical text, multi-column newspapers, examination papers, and handwritten forms.

• Familiarity with Japanese documents and unconventional layouts.

• Independent contractor status.

• Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

• Nice-to-have: experience in annotation, labeling, grading, or bilingual evaluation for AI training datasets.

• Nice-to-have: MTPE, subtitling, bilingual QA, OCR correction, or post-editing experience.

• Nice-to-have: skills in Japanese typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading, or digitization.

• Nice-to-have: knowledge of Unicode normalization, Japanese input methods, full-width and half-width forms, and kanji variant handling.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position.

• Flexible schedule / work at your convenience.

• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise.

• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early based on needs and performance.

• Competitive compensation.

• Referral bonuses of up to $140 for each successful referral (conditions may apply).

• Reasonable accommodations available upon request.