LINGUIST List 22.4127 Fri Oct 21 2011 Jobs: Various Langs; Computational Ling: Programmer, The Lingua Team Editor for this issue: Kristen Dunkinson <kristenlinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Operations Manager , Various Languages; Computational Linguistics: Programmer, The Lingua Team, Washington, USA Message 1: Various Languages; Computational Linguistics: Programmer, The Lingua Team, Washington, USA Date: 21-Oct-2011 From: Operations Manager <hrthelinguateam.com> Subject: Various Languages; Computational Linguistics: Programmer, The Lingua Team, Washington, USA E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: The Lingua Team Job Location: Washington, USA Web Address: http://www.thelinguateam.com Job Rank: Programmer Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)                             Bulgarian (bul)                             Czech (ces)                             Danish (dan)                             Dutch (nld)                             Finnish (fin)                             Hebrew (heb)                             Hungarian (hun)                             Italian (ita)                             Norwegian Bokmål (nob)                             Polish (pol)                             Portuguese (por)                             Russian (rus)                             Swedish (swe)                             Turkish (tur) Description: The Lingua Team is looking for a computational linguist to: - Describe properties and write rules relevant to grammar checking for one or more of languages*, and - Document a new linguistic rule writing development environment - Properties to be addressed include agreement, phrase wellformedness, case government, subcategorization, word order, etc. Qualifications: - Degreed linguist with graduate-level studies and proven experience managing or performing computational linguistic work (syntax, morphology, lexicography) in several languages - Experience writing rules in a formal system, ideally for style or grammar checking applications - Experience in full or chunk parsing, a plus - Self-starter, ability to work independently, excellent written communication skills Contract full-time for three months, to be extended for up to a year depending on ability to meet the job demands. After the first month, possibility for working part of the time at home, depending on demonstrated ability to get the work done away from the office. Must be available in Redmond, WA at least one day a week. And must have a valid work permit for the USA (resident/green card or US citizenship) *Languages: Ability to work in multiple languages is required. Knowledge or experience working in one of these groups of languages is a plus: - Germanic: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, Dutch - Romance: Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese - Agglutinative: Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish - Slavic: Czech, Polish, Russian, Bulgarian - Semitic: Arabic, Hebrew Application Deadline: 31-Oct-2011 Email Address for Applications: hrthelinguateam.com Contact Information: Operations Manager Email: hrthelinguateam.com Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Oct-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.