We are seeking a skilled Linguistics PhD Student or Doctoral Researcher with expertise in Germanic or Nordic 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 Germanic and Nordic languages. Contributors will assess grammar, linguistic naturalness, and translation accuracy in model outputs.

Languages needed include: German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian.

The project specifically covers the following language variants:

German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), German linguistic accuracy evaluation, Dutch (Netherlands), Dutch (Belgium), Swedish (Sweden), Danish (Denmark), and Norwegian Bokmål (Norway).

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 naturalness in German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian
• Compare multiple model outputs and identify the most linguistically accurate option
• Assess translation quality between English and the target language
• Identify syntactic, semantic, or morphological errors
• Provide brief written explanations for linguistic judgments

Expected Outcomes

• Completed evaluation tasks with structured linguistic ratings
• Expert judgments about grammatical correctness and meaning
• Concise written explanations supporting evaluation decisions

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled PhD student in Linguistics at a U.S. university
• Native, heritage, or advanced academic proficiency in German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian
• Experience performing linguistic analysis or grammaticality judgments
• Ability to clearly explain linguistic reasoning in English