PDF Annotation & Transcription Expert – Japanese

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

📋 Description

• Review and verify assigned Japanese PDF documents for language accuracy, legibility, authentic content, and the absence of personal information.

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

• Assign component types and establish reading-order indices.

• Connect 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.

• Gather metadata such as language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.

• Provide thorough reviews of colleagues' work as a second Japanese expert when experienced.

• Engage with authentic published Japanese materials including newspapers, textbooks, exams, flyers, forms, manuals, menus, brochures, notices, and worksheets.

• Generate human-created training data for document AI and advanced AI systems.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Fluency in Japanese is essential; all annotation and transcription tasks must be conducted in Japanese.

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

• Must exhibit character-level precision and a strong attention to detail.

• Ability to consistently apply a taxonomy across numerous pages.

• Comfort with vertical text, multi-column newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten documents.

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

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

• Nice-to-have: proficiency in typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading, or digitizing Japanese-language materials.

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

• Must operate as an independent contractor.

• Must not require H1-B or STEM OPT sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position.

• Flexible working hours / ability to set your own schedule.

• Weekly payments through Stripe or Wise.

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

• Competitive compensation.

• Opportunity to collaborate with top researchers.

• Referral bonuses of up to $140 for each successful referral, subject to referral limits.

• Reasonable accommodations available upon request.