Language & Translation
English Language Expert (Great Britain)
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Role Title: English Language Expert (Great Britain)
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Great Britain, Remote
The company is engaging English Language Experts (Great Britain) to contribute to a customer's innovative audio annotation initiative focused on British English. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. This opportunity emphasizes the importance of written and verbal communication, aiming for those with a passion for language and a keen ear for the diversity of British dialects and accents. Whether you have experience in teaching, transcription, editing, translation, or journalism, your insights into the nuances of British English will directly influence linguistic technology advancements.
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 British English spelling, usage, and conventions.
- Utilize your knowledge of British regional accents—from Received Pronunciation and Estuary English to Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Mancunian, West Country, Welsh English, and Scottish English—to accurately identify and categorize dialectal features.
- Apply your knowledge of British vocabulary, idioms, slang, and spelling to enhance the linguistic accuracy of project data.
- Maintain detailed and consistent annotation standards throughout all assigned project tasks.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluent proficiency in British 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 British English pronunciation and vocabulary.
- 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
- British English
This role at a glance
At $20–$45/hr, the English Language Expert (Great Britain) 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 (Great Britain) 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 (Great Britain) 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 (Great Britain) role ask for?
The posting asks for Transcription, Linguistics, Dialect, English Teaching and British English. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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