Language & Translation
English Language Expert (Australia & New Zealand)
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Role Title: English Language Expert (Australia & New Zealand)
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Australia or New Zealand, Remote
The company is engaging English Language Experts (Australia & New Zealand) to contribute to a dynamic linguistic project for a valued customer. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input.
Scope of Work
- Listen to multi-speaker conversational audio recordings, identifying and tagging key speaker and audio metadata such as dialect, accent, audio quality, background noise, age, and speaking style.
- Annotate and correct first-pass ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) transcripts, ensuring precise application of Australian and New Zealand English spelling, usage, and conventions.
- Utilize your knowledge of Australian and New Zealand accents, including General, Broad, and Cultivated Australian English, Aboriginal English, Māori English, Pasifika-influenced English, and regional and community varieties such as those shaped by Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, and Lebanese heritage communities, to accurately identify and categorize dialectal features. Distinguish between Australian and New Zealand speakers, including features such as the New Zealand short-front vowel shift.
- Apply your knowledge of Australian and New Zealand English vocabulary, idioms, slang, code-switching (such as the use of Māori words and phrases in everyday New Zealand English), and spelling to enhance the linguistic accuracy of project data.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluent proficiency in Australian and/or New Zealand English, with demonstrated familiarity across multiple dialects and regional accents.
- Background in language teaching, linguistics, transcription, editing, translation, journalism, or a related discipline.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a meticulous approach to language variation and usage.
- Ability to distinguish subtle differences in Australian and New Zealand English pronunciation and vocabulary, including differences between the two varieties.
- Experience working with audio data, metadata tagging, or transcription practices is beneficial.
- Adaptable, detail-oriented, and able to manage complex annotation guidelines independently.
- Interest in linguistic technology, AI training, or language data projects is a plus.
Skills
- Transcription
- Linguistics
- Dialect
- English Teaching
- Australian English
- New Zealand English
This role at a glance
At $15–$45/hr, the English Language Expert (Australia & New Zealand) role comes to about $1,300–$3,900 a month for 20 hours a week, or $2,600–$7,800 a month full time — roughly $31,000–$94,000 over a full year. These are estimates before tax; contract roles are paid for the hours you work. It was posted 1 day ago. Language & Translation roles listed on RemoteJobsOne have stayed open a median of 37 days before closing, counted over the 54 that have closed so far.
20 hours a week
$1,300–$3,900
a month, before tax
Full time
$2,600–$7,800
a month at 40 hours a week
A full year
$31,000–$94,000
full time, 52 weeks
Open for
1 day
Language & Translation roles here close after about 37 days, counted over 54 that have closed. Apply while it is open.
How this pay compares
This role pays $15–$45/hr. Across the 25 hourly language & translation roles open on RemoteJobsOne right now, the median runs from $30 to $65 an hour, and published rates range from $15 to $150. Its top rate of $45 sits within the category's median range.
This role
$15–$45/hr
Language & Translation median
$30–$65/hr · full spread $15 to $150
What these skills pay
Hourly pay across every open role on RemoteJobsOne that asks for the same skills as this one.
- Dialect$20–$45/hr median
9 open roles · up to $45/hr
- English Teaching$20–$45/hr median
9 open roles · up to $45/hr
- Linguistics$20–$45/hr median
9 open roles · up to $45/hr
- Transcription$20–$45/hr median
9 open roles · up to $45/hr
Questions about this role
How much does the English Language Expert (Australia & New Zealand) role pay?
It pays $15–$45/hr, which is about $2,600–$7,800 a month full time before tax. The rate is set by the employer and shown exactly as published.
Compare pay across remote rolesIs this English Language Expert (Australia & New Zealand) job fully remote?
Yes. It is listed as a fully remote role, with the posting naming Global. You work from home, on your own equipment.
Is it full-time, part-time or contract work?
It is a contract role: you are paid for the hours you work, and you choose how many to take on within what the employer needs.
How remote contract work worksWhat skills does the English Language Expert (Australia & New Zealand) role ask for?
The posting asks for Transcription, Linguistics, Dialect, English Teaching, Australian English and New Zealand English. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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