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Japanese Bilingual Expert — micro1
What the work involves
The Japanese listing is the largest intake in micro1's Bilingual Expert family at 60 openings, and the only one that tops out at $30–$60/hr rather than $30–$65/hr. That is worth knowing before you apply: the work is the same shape as the other thirteen languages, so the ceiling is a property of this requisition rather than a signal about the difficulty of the language. What you do is review. Listen to Japanese audio, judge how native and fluent the speaker or model sounds, assess pronunciation and intonation against the guidelines, and write the call up in English with the reasoning attached. Japanese is unforgiving in two specific places. Pitch accent changes meaning in minimal pairs, so a smooth read can still be wrong at word level, and the honorific register has to match the relationship implied by the line, which is a judgement about context rather than grammar.
The posting asks for clear enunciation and natural fluency, which reads as a native-speaker bar rather than a learned one. Contractor, fully remote.
What you'll do
- Listen to Japanese audio clips and evaluate nativeness and fluency
- Assess pronunciation, pitch accent and intonation against the guidelines
- Judge linguistic authenticity, including whether register fits the context
- Document each assessment in English with the factors behind the score
- Provide justifications detailed enough to keep results consistent
- Flag ambiguities in language content to project coordinators
Requirements & eligibility
- Native-level Japanese with clear enunciation and natural fluency
- B2 English or better, especially for written feedback
- Attention to detail on pronunciation, pitch and register
- Able to articulate nuanced language differences in writing
- Comfortable with remote contractor work and assigned review tasks
- Valued: background in voice work, linguistics, phonetics, audio engineering, media or teaching
How to apply
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