LINGUIST List 12.72

Fri Jan 12 2001

Jobs: Lexicographer, Grammar Developer at Logos, NJ

Editor for this issue: Michael Appleby <michaellinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Susanne Nikel, English Lexicographer/Dictionary Manager at Logos Corp, NJ, USA
2. Susanne Nikel, English/German/French/Spanish Ling at Logos Corp, NJ, USA

Rank of Job: 
Areas Required: English Lexicographer / Dictionary Manager
Other Desired Areas: 
University or Organization: Logos Corporation
Department: Linguistic Development
State or Province: NJ
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: open
Contact: Susanne Nikel Susanne.Nikelglobalwords.de

Address for Applications:
global words AG / Hospitalstr. 6
Eisenach
 99817
Germany

Logos Corporation, a leading developer of machine translation
software, in conjunction with the translation and interpreting service
provider global words AG, have openings for the following position:

 ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHER / DICTIONARY MANAGER

at Logos Corporation Technology Development Center, which is situated
in Rockaway, NJ, near New York City.


Short Description:

* Developing the English dictionaries for our top-quality commercial
machine translation system
* Designing and developing tools for making dictionary development
more efficient
* Quality control of dictionary entries to ensure enhanced and
extended lexical coverage of the system


Job Specification:

Personal Qualifications

* Commitment and motivation
* Good communication skills
* High flexibility (working hours and activities)
* Creativity in finding solutions
* Ability to work under pressure
* Appreciation of the importance of attention to detail in dictionary
work

Professional Qualifications

Candidates must have:

* An advanced university degree, with a strong background in English
and/or linguistics
* Good knowledge of English

Any of the following characteristics would be of advantage:

* Programming skills (Perl, Java, C++, etc.)
* Experience with databases (SQL, etc.)
* Knowledge of other languages
* Experience in language engineering in an industrial or commercial
setting
* Experience in computational linguistics
* Experience in one or more of the following knowledge areas: machine
translation, corpus linguistics, statistical language processing,
contrastive linguistics, translation, project management


Working location is at Logos Corporation Technology Development
Center, which is situated in Rockaway, NJ, near New York City.

Send inquiries or resume and cover letter to the Director of Language
Technology, Mr. Lars Huesken, or to Miss Susanne Nikel (technical
responsibility).

Address:	global words AG
		Hospitalstr. 6
		99817 Eisenach
 		Germany

Contact:	Tel:	+49 - (0)3691-204510
		Fax:	+49 - (0)3691-204512

Web:		lars.hueskenglobalwords.de
		susanne.nikelglobalwords.de	
		http://www.globalwords.de

Rank of Job: 
Areas Required: LINGUISTS specialized in English, German, French or
Spanish
Other Desired Areas: 
University or Organization: Logos Corporation
Department: Linguistic Development
State or Province: NJ
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: open
Contact: Susanne Nikel Susanne.Nikelglobalwords.de

Address for Applications:
global words AG / Hospitalstr. 6
Eisenach
 99817
Germany

Logos Corporation, a leading developer of machine translation
software, in conjunction with the translation and interpreting service
provider global words AG, have openings for the following position:

 LINGUISTS
 specialized in English, German, French or Spanish

at Logos Corporation Technology Development Center, which is situated
in Rockaway, NJ, near New York City.


Short Description:

* Developing the grammar for our top-quality commercial machine
translation system
* Writing and testing grammar rules to ensure enhanced and extended
grammatical coverage of the system
* Providing expertise for the design and development of tools and
other products


Job Specification:

Personal Qualifications	

* Commitment and motivation
* Good communication skills
* High flexibility (working hours and activities)
* Creativity in finding solutions
* Ability to work under pressure

Professional Qualifications

Candidates must have:

* An advanced university degree, with a strong background in
linguistics
* Native proficiency in the working language and good knowledge of
English

Any of the following characteristics would be of advantage:

* Experience in computational linguistics
* Programming skills (Perl, Java, C++, etc.)
* Experience with databases (SQL, etc.)
* Experience in language engineering in an industrial or commercial
setting
* Experience in one or more of the following knowledge areas:
machine translation, corpus linguistics, statistical language
processing, contrastive linguistics, translation, project management


Working location is at Logos Corporation Technology Development
Center, which is situated in Rockaway, NJ, near New York City.

Send inquiries or resume and cover letter to the Director of Language
Technology, Mr. Lars Huesken, or to Miss Susanne Nikel (technical
responsibility).

Address:	global words AG
		Hospitalstr. 6
		99817 Eisenach
 		Germany

Contact:	Tel:	+49 - (0)3691-204510
		Fax:	+49 - (0)3691-204512

Web:		lars.hueskenglobalwords.de
		susanne.nikelglobalwords.de
		http://www.globalwords.de