LINGUIST List 6.659

Tue 09 May 1995

Jobs: British Eng, Japanese, African linguistics

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1. Ron Zacharski, jobs advertised in the Boston Globe
2. Shana Walton, job in African linguistics

The following job ads appeared in the Boston Globe on 4/30.

British English Technical Specialist

Immediate full-time opening in our Newton offce. To qualify, you
must be a native speaker of British English and be comfortable
using a PC (Windows experience is highly desirable). Job
responsibilities include acoustic and language model work on
vocabularies, and "translation" of the computer interface and
documentation. Valid work visa or American citizenship required.
Please send resume and cover letter to : Dragon Systems, Inc.,
Attn: British Specialist, 320 Nevada Street, Newton, MA 02160 or
fax at 617/ 322-9575

Japanese Localization Quality Assurance Assistant

International Communications, a fast growing software localization
company specializing in the translation of software user
interfaces and documentation from English into various foreign
languages has an opening for a full time Japanese Localization
Quality Assurance Assistant. This position involves taking
screenshots for documentation, checking final doc. for overall
quality-layout, and doing a final QA check of the translated
software. Candidates must be either native Japanese or fluent in
Japanese. Please send resume attn: Lynn Tetenbaum, International
Communications, Inc., 1 Apple Hill, Natick, MA 01760. Fax: 508/
653-9183.

I'm posting this for a friend at Tulane. Please don't send inquiries to my
email address! Email address is in the body of the post.

Tulane University, Department of Anthropology, invites applications for a
faculty position in African linguistics to start in August 1996, pending
administrative approval. Tenure track; assistant or associate professor,
depending on qualifications. Language specialization: language(s) of
subSaharan Africa. Topical specialization: open. Teaching
responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate linguistics courses, a
seminar in one's specialty, and curricular support of the African and
Diaspora Studies Program. Previous teaching experience required. Submit
letters of application, curriculm vitae and names and addresses of three
referees to the Chair, Linguistics Search Committee, Department of
Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans LA 70118. Email address is
gaspardmailhost.tcs.tulane.edu. Consideration of applications will begin
in May 1995, and the search will remain open until a qualified candidate
is found. EO/AA

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Shana Walton
Mississippi Oral History Program
University of Southern Mississippi
swaltonwhale.st.usm.edu
(601) 266-5606