LINGUIST List 27.3256
Fri Aug 12 2016
Jobs: Japanese; Phonetics; Phonology: Phonologist / Phonetician, Amazon Alexa
Editor for this issue: Amanda Foster <amandalinguistlist.org>
Date: 11-Aug-2016
From: Kayoko Yanagisawa <yakayoko
amazon.com>
Subject: Japanese; Phonetics; Phonology: Phonologist / Phonetician, Amazon Alexa
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Department: TTS
Job Location: , ---------------- (Telecommute)
Web Address:
gdansk-amazon.com Job Title: Japanese phonologist / phonetician
Job Rank: Other; Phonologist / Phonetician
Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Phonology
Required Language(s):
Japanese (jpn) Description:
Want to work on one of the coolest and most innovative pieces of technology in the recent years? We built Amazon Alexa, the Amazon cloud service that powers devices such as Amazon Echo, FireTV, Amazon Tap and Echo Dot. And this is just the beginning. We’re on to build the Star Trek computer and you have a chance to be part of this. Come join us, together we will revolutionize the way people interact with devices and services! We are inventing the future.
At Amazon, we take pride in building complete end-to-end solutions, starting from researching a problem, implementing the solution, building a scalable and reliable service and ensuring the service is there when you need it.
This Position Is Available for Remote Work.
We are looking for a phonologist/phonetician to help us with various annotation tasks in Japanese, including the following:
- Transliteration of kanjis into kana
- Phonemic transcription
- Annotation of prosodic and accentual characteristics of speech
- Carrying out listening tests to report incorrect output in our voices
- Proofreading text to ensure lack of typos or undesirable content.
Basic qualifications:
- Degree in linguistics, with focus on phonetics/phonology
- Native level proficiency in Japanese (standard Tokyo dialect)
- Able to communicate in English
Additional desirable qualifications:
- Comfortable with command line interface in *nix environments
- Knowledge of regular expressions
Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2016 (Open until filled)
Email Address for Applications: yakayoko
amazon.com
Contact Information:
Kayoko Yanagisawa
Email: yakayoko
amazon.com
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