Japanese Transcription Expert - Remote | Upto $33/hr

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Job source

Himalayas

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himalayas.app

Workplace

Fully remote

US state

Nationwide remote

Category

Non-Phone

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Not checked yet

Posted

3 days ago

Closes

11/14/2026

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About the role

About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Japanese Type: Contract Compensation: $34/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Source documents by finding publicly accessible Japanese PDFs with multimodal elements and record their origins. Annotate structure by identifying and bounding every meaningful region, assigning component types and reading-order indices. Record relationships by linking regions to their parent components like figures or tables. Transcribe faithfully, reproducing all text exactly as it appears, including kanji , hiragana , katakana , and handwritten content. Capture page metadata such as language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables and handwriting. Review a colleague's work, ensuring tasks are reviewed end-to-end by a second Japanese expert. Qualifications Must-Have Native Japanese speaker with full command of kanji , hiragana , and katakana . Professional experience in interpretation, journalism, transcription, translation, or editorial work. Exact character-level accuracy, prioritizing precision over speed. Systematic approach, applying a taxonomy consistently across documents. Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like vertical text and multi-column newspapers. Preferred Experience with AI training data annotation, labeling, or bilingual evaluation. Skills in transcription and localization, including MTPE , subtitling, and OCR correction. Document production experience such as typesetting, copy-editing, or proofreading. Knowledge of script and encoding, including Unicode normalization and Japanese input methods. Resources & Support For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: For any help or support, reach out to: PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. Originally posted on Himalayas

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