Language & Translation
English Language Expert (Nigeria)
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Role Title: English Language Expert (Nigeria)
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Nigeria, Remote
The company is engaging English Language Experts (Nigeria) to contribute to an impactful customer project. 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 Nigerian English spelling, usage, and conventions.
- Utilize your knowledge of Nigerian accents, shaped by the mother tongues and regional varieties across the country, including Yoruba-influenced English, Igbo-influenced English, Hausa-influenced English, Edo English, Ijaw English, Efik English, Tiv English, and Nigerian Pidgin-influenced English, to accurately identify and categorize dialectal features.
- Apply your knowledge of Nigerian English vocabulary, idioms, slang, code-switching (such as English-Pidgin or English-Yoruba mixing), and spelling to enhance the linguistic accuracy of project data.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluent proficiency in Nigerian 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 Nigerian English pronunciation and vocabulary across regions and ethnic groups.
- 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
- Nigerian English
This role at a glance
At $15–$45/hr, the English Language Expert (Nigeria) 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 (Nigeria) 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 (Nigeria) 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 (Nigeria) role ask for?
The posting asks for Transcription, Linguistics, Dialect, English Teaching and Nigerian English. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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