PDF Annotation, Transcription Expert – Japanese

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About the role

  • Japanese PDF annotation and transcription expert mapping page structure and transcribing text for Mercor’s AI training datasets. Fully remote independent contract work focused on high-accuracy Japanese documents.

Responsibilities

  • Open and check provided PDF tasks; no document sourcing required
  • Confirm pages are in Japanese, legible, contain real content, and have no personal details
  • Identify and bound every meaningful page region, assign component types, and record reading order
  • Link regions to their related figures or tables using parent component identifiers
  • Transcribe all text exactly as shown, including Japanese scripts, furigana, and handwriting
  • Flag illegible regions
  • Capture language, document type, source, page dimensions, and table, formula, and handwriting flags
  • Review colleagues' work end to end as an experienced annotator
  • Produce human-authored training data for document AI models

Requirements

  • Native Japanese speaker with full command of kanji, hiragana, katakana, furigana, and variant character forms
  • Professional experience in interpretation, journalism, transcription, translation, editorial work, or comparable document-intensive work
  • Character-level accuracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to apply a taxonomy consistently across hundreds of pages
  • Comfortable with vertical text, multi-column newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten forms
  • Fluent Japanese language skills required
  • Ability to work as an independent contractor
  • H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported

Benefits

  • Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
  • Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
  • Competitive pay
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request
  • Up to $140 for each successful referral, subject to referral limits

Job title

Job type

Contract

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$34 per hour

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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