French Translator (Legal background preferred)

Mercor is hiring on behalf of a leading AI research lab to bring on a Legal Linguistic Experts – French. This is a part-time opportunity (10 hours per week) where you’ll contribute to improving AI systems by ensuring high-quality language coverage, accuracy, and legal relevance for German as spoken in France.

Role Overview

As a Linguistic Expert, you’ll work closely with AI researchers and engineers to refine models’ understanding and generation of French legal material. Your expertise will ensure that AI outputs are grammatically correct, contextually relevant, and legally appropriate. This role blends linguistic knowledge with hands-on evaluation and feedback, helping shape the next generation of language AI.

Responsibilities

• Review, evaluate, and annotate AI-generated text in French for accuracy, fluency, and legal alignment.

• Provide expert feedback on grammar, semantics, style, and tone.

• Develop guidelines and documentation to improve consistency in AI outputs.

• Collaborate with researchers to identify language-specific challenges and edge cases.

• Suggest improvements for training datasets and linguistic rules.

Requirements

• Fluency in both English and French (native-level proficiency in French required).

• Strong grasp of grammar, syntax, semantics, and stylistics.

• Ability to identify and correct subtle linguistic and cultural nuances.

• Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Translation, Legal, or related field (advanced degree a plus).

• Prior experience in linguistic annotation, translation, or content review preferred.

• Familiarity with AI, NLP, or language technologies is a bonus, but not required.

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Why Join

• Contribute directly to cutting-edge AI research and applications.

Compensation

• Pay: $55 – $75/hour
• Type: Hourly contract
• Location: Remote