Corpora: career opportunity

From: Joanne Samuelson (jsamuelson@wordstream.com)
Date: Thu Feb 08 2001 - 22:46:47 MET

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    Director of Language Development, Computational Linguist
    Opportunity to join an exciting young company with a creative approach
    to
    language translation. WordStream isn’t trying to be another Machine
    Translation company but rather has redefined the problem and is solving
    it with a unique technology based on an Interlingua.
    Competitive salary and benefits. Metropolitan Boston location.

    Job Description:
    Computational linguist to lead development and design of commercial
    interlingua MT system and to manage a team of linguists. The job will
    involve determining the conceptual framework for the development of a
    lexical database and grammar system. Candidate will need to work closely

    with Software Development team to ensure coordination of linguistic and
    technical requirements.

    Job Requirements:
    Master’s (PhD preferred) in Computational Linguistics or related areas.
    Fluent in English and at least one other language, preferably
    one of the following: German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese or
    Chinese.
    Excellent communication skills as well as the ability to both motivate a
    team and
    be a team player.

    Highly Desirable:
    Experience with commercial MT systems along with project management and
    implementation of MT applications.
    Experience managing linguists and technology specialists.
    Familiarity with linguistic resources (corpora, grammars, parsers,
    etc.).
    Programming skills (knowledge of perl, java, or C++).
    Experience in grammar and lexicon development.

    Interested parties should contact :

    www.wordstream.com
    careers@wordstream.com
    WordStream Inc.
    48 Grove St. Suite 201
    Somerville MA 02144
    Tel 617-666-7700 X231
    Fax 617-666-2850



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