Telugu Language Expert

What You'll Do10

• Review AI-generated Telugu content or draft high-quality Telugu reference material for model training.
• Rate several AI responses against each other for correctness, reasoning, and overall quality.
• Check outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, spelling, tone, cultural fit, and prompt adherence.
• Flag meaning errors, mistranslations, register mismatches, ambiguity, and breaks in logical consistency.
• Verify factual claims when a response introduces details that need confirmation.
• Write model answers and rewrites that show strong Telugu writing practice.
• Compare existing ARC science benchmark translations and AI-proposed corrections with the English source.
• Limit review to question and answer choices while preserving meaning, difficulty, answer structure, scientific terms, and protected elements.
• Choose an outcome for each item: keep the original, accept the AI correction, edit the final translation, or escalate.
• Add a short review comment that supports the decision and follows core and language-specific guidelines.

Requirements8

• Bachelor's degree in linguistics, Telugu or English literature, communications, journalism, translation, or a related field, or comparable professional experience.
• Native or near-native Telugu reading and writing ability.
• English proficiency at C1 or above for guidelines, feedback, and team communication.
• Three or more years of professional work in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or another language-focused role.
• Command of Telugu grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style, with the ability to explain an error and its fix.
• Experience with formal and informal registers, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana usage, and audiences in India and the diaspora.
• Sharp eye for subtle meaning shifts, literal translation, invented claims, and phrasing that clashes with local culture.
• Reliable self-direction and consistent output in a remote, hourly contractor schedule across time zones.

Preferred Qualifications2

• Prior experience with AI data training or annotation
• Translation QA, editorial QA, or rubric-based evaluation background

Who Should Apply

Telugu language professionals with three or more years in writing, editing, localization, translation, or QA work. Native or near-native Telugu and C1 English are essential, along with patience for detailed review and the ability to explain language choices in English.

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