Project Overview:

We are seeking a skilled Linguistics PhD Student or Doctoral Researcher with expertise in Middle Eastern languages to work as a project consultant in our AI Labor Marketplace. This is not a full-time employment position — you will be engaged as an expert project consultant on a contract basis.

Location: U.S.-based experts only

Engagement: Part-time, project-based expert evaluation work

Work Type: Remote

This project engages linguistics PhD students to evaluate AI-generated text across several Middle Eastern languages. Contributors will analyze grammatical correctness, translation accuracy, and linguistic quality in model outputs. Languages included in the evaluation include: Arabic, Hebrew, and Turkish.

This is a project-based consultant role. Consultants will be paid on a per-project basis; hourly rates are estimates based on anticipated completion time. Consultants control their own schedule, provide their own tools, and may simultaneously provide services to other vendors/employers (subject to those vendors’ allowances).

Responsibilities:

Contributors will:

• Evaluate AI-generated text for grammatical correctness and linguistic naturalness
• Compare multiple model outputs and select the most linguistically accurate option
• Assess translation accuracy and semantic equivalence
• Identify syntactic, morphological, or semantic errors
• Provide short written explanations supporting linguistic judgments

Expected Outcomes:

• Completed evaluation tasks with structured ratings
• Expert judgments regarding linguistic correctness
• Concise written explanations supporting evaluation decisions

Qualifications:

• Current PhD student in Linguistics at a U.S. university
• Native, heritage, or advanced academic proficiency in Arabic, Hebrew, or Turkish
• Experience conducting linguistic analysis or grammaticality judgments
• Ability to clearly explain linguistic reasoning in English