PDF Annotation, Transcription Expert – Japanese

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

📋 Description

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

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

• Assign component types and reading-order indices.

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

• Transcribe all text precisely as displayed, encompassing kanji, hiragana, katakana, furigana, and handwritten content.

• Flag areas where the source material is unclear.

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

• Review the work of colleagues comprehensively as a seasoned Japanese expert.

• Generate human-authored training data for document AI models utilizing actual published Japanese documents.

⛳️ Requirements

• Native Japanese speaker with complete proficiency in kanji, hiragana, katakana, furigana, and various character forms.

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

• High level of character-level accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.

• Capability to apply a taxonomy consistently across numerous pages.

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

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

• Must be able to reproduce Japanese text in its original script rather than using romaji.

• Preferred experience in annotation, labeling, grading, bilingual evaluation, MTPE, subtitling, bilingual QA, OCR correction, post-editing, typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading, digitization, Unicode normalization, Japanese input methods, full-width and half-width forms, and kanji variant management.

• Engagement as an independent contractor.

• Unable to accommodate H1-B or STEM OPT candidates.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position.

• Flexible scheduling.

• Weekly payments through Stripe or Wise.

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

• Competitive compensation.

• Reasonable accommodations available upon request.

• Referral opportunity with earnings up to $140 for each successful referral (referral limits apply).