Japanese PDF Annotation Specialist

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