Korean Transcription Expert - Fully Remote

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey.

Position: PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Korean Type:
Contract Compensation: $34/hour

Location:

Remote

• Source documents by finding publicly accessible Korean PDFs with multimodal elements like images, tables, or diagrams. Record the source of each document.
• Annotate structure by identifying and bounding every meaningful region of the page. Assign each a component type and a reading-order index.
• Record relationships by linking each region to its parent component, such as a figure or table.
• Transcribe faithfully by reproducing all text exactly as it appears in Hangul , including any hanja and handwritten content. Flag any illegible regions.
• Capture page metadata, including language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
• Review a colleague's work. Every task is reviewed end-to-end by a second Korean expert.

• Native Korean speaker with full command of Hangul , including hanja.
• Experience in bilingual transcription, translation, editorial work, or AI training data.
• Exact character-level accuracy.
• Systematic application of taxonomy across pages.
• Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

• Experience with AI training data : annotation, labeling, grading, or bilingual evaluation.
• Skills in transcription and localization: MTPE , subtitling, bilingual QA, OCR correction.
• Document production experience: typesetting, copy-editing, proofreading, or digitization of Korean-language material.
• Knowledge of script and encoding:
  Unicode normalization, Korean input methods, Hangul jamo composition, and hanja handling.

(Takes 20–30 mins to complete)