LINGUIST List 18.1176
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Wed Apr 18 2007
Jobs: Chinese Mandarin & Yue; Comp & Applied Ling: Lang Specialist SVOX
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1. Barbara
Steiner,
Chinese, Mandarin; Chinese, Yue; Computational Linguistics & Applied Linguistics: Language Specialist, SVOX AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Message 1: Chinese, Mandarin; Chinese, Yue; Computational Linguistics & Applied Linguistics: Language Specialist, SVOX AG, Zurich, Switzerland
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Date: 17-Apr-2007
From: Barbara Steiner <steinersvox.com>
Subject: Chinese, Mandarin; Chinese, Yue; Computational Linguistics & Applied Linguistics: Language Specialist, SVOX AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Organization: SVOX AG
Web Address: http://www.svox.com
Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics
Required Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
Chinese, Yue (yue)
Description:
SVOX AG is a dynamic technology company specialized in text-to-speech. We
are seeking to temporarily (10 months) add to our language development team
a computer linguist for Cantonese and Mandarin. You will create new language
components for use with our state-of-the-art text-to-speech engine.
We invite applications from language specialists that natively speak Cantonese
or Mandarin. SVOX provides a varied position in an international, fast-paced,
results-oriented environment.
Tasks:
- Development of language-specific components needed to analyze texts
(grammars, rule sets, lexicon evaluation and script-based adaptation)
- Quality assessment and improvement of phonemic transcriptions
- Definition of accentuation and phrasing rules
- Preparation of text material for recordings
- Supervising the recordings
- Annotating the recordings and creating a speech database
- Testing and quality assessment of the integrated system
Qualifications and required skills:
- Native speaker of Cantonese or Mandarin, proficient in the other language
- Masters degree in linguistics, computer science, or related field
- 1+ years experience in text-to-speech technology is a strong plus
- Interest in speech synthesis, prosody, and morpho-syntactic analysis of text
- Programming and scripting skills are desirable
Personal requirements:
- Working knowledge of English
- Excellent organization and communication skills
- Has a positive attitude and enjoys working in a team
- High quality standards
- Willingness to relocate to Zurich, Switzerland, for 10 months
Start Date: At earliest availability
Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Email Address for Applications: hrsvox.com
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