PDF Annotation, Transcription Expert – Japanese

• Open and check assigned Japanese PDF pages for language, legibility, real content, and absence of personal details
• Identify and bound every meaningful page region, including titles, headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, diagrams, captions, formulas, questions, and answer fields
• Assign component types and reading-order indexes
• Link regions to related figures or tables using parent component identifiers
• Transcribe all text exactly as shown, including kanji, hiragana, katakana, furigana, and handwritten content
• Flag illegible regions
• Capture language, document type, source, page dimensions, and table, formula, and handwriting metadata
• Review colleagues' work end to end as a second Japanese expert when experienced
• Work on human-authored training data for document AI models

• Native Japanese speaker with full command of kanji, hiragana and katakana, including 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
• Comfort with vertical text, multi-column newspapers, exam papers, and handwritten forms
• Japanese language skills required; all annotation and transcription work is performed in Japanese
• Independent contractor status
• Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time

• Fully remote role
• Flexible schedule / work on your own schedule
• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
• Competitive pay
• Reasonable accommodations upon request
• Referral payments of up to $140 for successful referrals