Work Type
Remote
Location
Global
Compensation
$50 per hour
About this opportunity
Overview
Mercor is seeking experienced French Linguistic Experts for a remote, hourly contract role supporting a cutting-edge AI research project with a leading research lab. The work focuses on assessing how well a large language model handles French-language tasks and on curating high-quality French linguistic data to improve model understanding and generation.
This is an independent contractor role. Work can be completed on your own schedule, and projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance. Payments are made weekly via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
Note: Mercor states that it is unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.
What You'll Do
- Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated French text across use cases such as translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar correction.
- Edit, refine, or rewrite French content to match linguistic and cultural standards.
- Annotate French text for grammatical, syntactic, and semantic features.
- Identify model errors and language gaps, and share feedback with AI researchers to help improve performance.
- Provide detailed linguistic analysis to support ongoing model training efforts.
Who They're Looking For
- Native or near-native fluency in French with strong command of grammar, syntax, and stylistics.
- Professional experience in translation, editing, linguistic annotation, or French NLP data work.
- Strong understanding of linguistic nuances, regional variation, and context-appropriate usage.
- Interest in AI and LLM-driven language technologies is preferred.
- Ability to notice subtle errors and unnatural phrasing.
- Clear communication skills and experience working in distributed, remote teams.
Additional Details
- The role is fully remote.
- The contract is hourly.
- The source states that work is done on the contractor's own schedule.
