Language & Translation
English Language Expert (Canada)
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Role Title: English Language Expert (Canada)
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Canada, Remote
The company is engaging English Language Experts (Canada) to contribute to a customer's audio annotation project focused on Canadian English. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. This engagement is ideal for those with extensive experience in language-related fields such as teaching, transcription, editing, translation, or journalism—any background that demonstrates a deep familiarity with the nuances of Canadian English.
Scope of Work
- Listen to and analyze multi-speaker conversational audio samples featuring a range of Canadian English dialects and accents.
- Tag audio and speaker metadata, including aspects such as audio quality, background noise, dialect, accent, age, and speaking style.
- Edit and correct automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcripts using Canadian English spelling, vocabulary, and conventions.
- Identify and annotate region-specific linguistic features, idioms, slang, and phonological phenomena like Canadian raising.
- Ensure all annotations are accurate, consistent, and align with project guidelines emphasizing Canadian English distinctions.
- Collaborate with project team members through written and verbal channels to clarify guidelines or resolve linguistic ambiguities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluent proficiency in Canadian English, with a strong command of its regional varieties.
- Background in linguistics, language teaching, transcription, editing, translation, journalism, or related fields.
- Demonstrated ability to distinguish between Canadian English dialects (e.g., Atlantic Canadian, Quebec, Ontario, Prairie, West Coast).
- Familiarity with Canadian English vocabulary, idioms, slang, and spelling conventions (including British and American influences).
- Meticulous attention to detail and a keen ear for subtle linguistic differences.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on clarity, accuracy, and collaboration.
- Experience in audio annotation or ASR transcript editing is an asset, though not required.
Skills
- Transcription
- Linguistics
- Dialect
- English Teaching
- Canadian English
This role at a glance
At $20–$45/hr, the English Language Expert (Canada) role comes to about $1,730–$3,900 a month for 20 hours a week, or $3,470–$7,800 a month full time — roughly $42,000–$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
$1,730–$3,900
a month, before tax
Full time
$3,470–$7,800
a month at 40 hours a week
A full year
$42,000–$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 $20–$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
$20–$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 (Canada) role pay?
It pays $20–$45/hr, which is about $3,470–$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 (Canada) 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 (Canada) role ask for?
The posting asks for Transcription, Linguistics, Dialect, English Teaching and Canadian English. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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