Dutch Language Expert

Overview

SME Careers is hiring a Dutch Language Specialist (SME) for an hourly, remote contractor role. In this position, you will review AI-generated Dutch content and create high-quality Dutch reference content, helping improve fluency, correctness, tone, cultural fit, and overall writing quality in Dutch-language AI outputs. The interview language for this role is English.

What You'll Do

• Review and evaluate Dutch AI outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, spelling, tone, cultural appropriateness, and prompt adherence.
• Identify issues such as mistranslation, ambiguity, register mismatches, meaning shifts, and logical inconsistencies.
• Fact-check claims when needed and assess the reliability of model responses.
• Write high-quality rewrites and model answers that reflect strong Dutch writing standards.
• Rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and overall quality.
• Help detect unsafe, misleading, biased, or policy-risk language in model outputs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Linguistics, Dutch/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Native or near-native Dutch proficiency with reading and writing ability.
• Strong professional English proficiency at C1 level or higher.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or related language-focused work.
• Strong command of Dutch grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style, with the ability to explain and correct errors clearly.
• Comfort with Dutch variation, including Netherlands Dutch and Belgian Dutch (Flemish); candidates should specify which they can support.
• Ability to spot subtle meaning changes, awkward literal translations, hallucinated claims, and culturally mismatched phrasing.
• Reliable, self-directed work style suited to an hourly remote contractor workflow across time zones.
• Prior experience with AI data training or annotation, translation QA, editorial QA, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.

Skills & Technologies

• Translation quality review
• Localization
• Proofreading
• Copyediting
• Fact-checking
• Tone and register
• Dutch and English

Additional Notes

This role is described as contract work with remote scheduling flexibility. The source also notes weekly pay once work is approved. Applicants should be prepared to take an AI interview as part of the application process.