Language & Audio Expert (remote)
About the role
The research teams behind the best-known AI models come to Mercor for language and audio judgment they can't generate on their own. Your standards and expertise become the rubric that frontier AI is graded against. This is a standing listing for linguists, translators, and audio professionals who want AI training and evaluation work, not a specific job opening. It stays open whether or not a matching project is running this week. New projects start on short notice, so instead of posting and pulling a listing each time, we keep one open per field and draw from it when one begins. What the work looks like We match people in this network to projects like: - Writing prompts and reference answers in your language, with the register, idiom, and cultural context a model has to get right for the answer to read as native - Grading model output in your language: whether a translation preserves meaning and tone, whether the grammar is idiomatic rather than merely correct, whether the register suits the speaker and the setting - Judging voice, music, and sound work on whether it is clean, natural, and usable, and saying precisely what is wrong when it is not Listings in this field on Mercor have posted at $35 to $50 an hour, set per project by scope, language, and depth. What we're looking for - Native or professional fluency in at least one language, or professional experience in translation, voice, music, or audio production - Clear written communication, since most of the work involves explaining your reasoning - Comfort with ambiguous tasks, and willingness to flag unclear instructions What this covers This pool spans the language and audio field, including: - Languages: Spanish, Arabic, English, Hindi, French, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati, Thai, Dutch, and Finnish - Translation and interpretation - Voice acting - Music, audio engineering, and sound design How it works Apply here with your resume and confirm where you work from, then take a short AI interview, about 20 minutes total. We verify your background and add you to the language and audio pool. When a project needs your language or your specialty, we invite matching people from the pool to that specific listing. It names the rate, the hours, and the client, and any hiring decision is made there. What to expect This listing does not accept or reject candidates, so you will not get a ... Pay: $35 to $50 an hour (USD). Remote contract work through Mercor. Apply on Mercor, upload your CV and complete a short AI interview.