English (United States) > Japanese (Japan) Lyric Translation Reviewer

6 months ago
Freelance
Entry Level
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Welocalize

Welocalize

Welocalize provides translation and localization services to help businesses reach global audiences with precision and efficiency.

Professional Services
1K-5K
Founded 1997
$34M raised

Description

  • Evaluate machine-translated song lyrics from English (US) to Japanese (Japan) for meaning, fluency, and naturalness.
  • Provide quality ratings based on predefined evaluation criteria.
  • Identify issues such as mistranslations, awkward phrasing, idiomatic errors, and cultural inaccuracies.
  • Maintain consistent, objective judgment and accuracy across large volumes of content.
  • Follow the review-only scope (do not rewrite or edit translations) and record feedback accordingly.
  • Submit evaluations and ratings through the project’s evaluation platform or tools.
  • Contribute feedback that directly supports improvement of automated translation systems and model training.

Requirements

  • Native-level or near-native proficiency in both English (US) and Japanese (Japan).
  • Strong understanding of linguistic nuances, idiomatic expressions, and cultural context in both languages.
  • Ability to focus on detail and maintain concentration and accuracy over large volumes of content.
  • Availability for a flexible freelance schedule averaging about 4 hours per day and able to start ASAP.
  • Eligible to work remotely from Japan, the US, or China and able to pass identity/location/financial verification (fraud-detection) required by the project.
  • Previous experience in translation, localization, or linguistic quality evaluation is a plus but not required.
  • Familiarity with different music genres and lyrical styles is a plus.
  • Experience using online evaluation tools or platforms is a plus.

Benefits

  • Approximate hourly rate of $15/hour.
  • Fully remote role with flexible scheduling (average ~4 hours/day).
  • Freelance, ongoing project with potential for continued assignments.
  • Opportunity to build professional evaluation skills and gain meaningful AI/data experience.
  • Work with Welo Data (Welocalize brand) on applied AI projects improving translation systems.

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