24 January: fyi -- Comp. Ling., Barcelona

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Barcelona (Spain)
Sail Labs
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTS (FRENCH, GERMAN, ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE, ITALIAN, GREEK)

Full message:

Openings in TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY at SAIL LABS Barcelona

Sail Labs is one of the world's leading R&D companies in the field of "Natural
Language Understanding". With the slogan "Innovation in Understanding", the
company is focusing on three core development areas:

* Language technology
* Translation technology
* Content technology

In the Munich head office and in its branches in Berlin, Barcelona,
Antwerp and Vienna, 190 developers are working on solutions, products
and components related to the understanding of natural languages.

For the further expansion of our highly motivated team in Barcelona we are
looking for qualified professionals for the area of translation technologies.

Candidate tasks and profiles:


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COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTS (ref. CL)
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Your tasks:
* Design, development and maintenance of formal grammars for our several
new or
existing translation engines.
* Design and development of the linguistic components of our new generation of
translation systems.

Your profile:
* University degree in philosophy, linguistics, computational linguistics or
equivalent, with a strong background in natural language processing.
* Native or near-native proficiency in at least two of the following
languages:
English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Greek.
* Programming experience.
* Effective communication skills in written and spoken English.
* Experience in machine translation and/or developing formal grammars for
natural language processing applications will be a plus.


Working language: English

Starting date: As soon as possible

Office location: Center of Barcelona (in the charming 19th century
district Eixample, within walking distance from the old part of the city and
from the famous 'Las Ramblas')

You will join a young, international, and highly motivated team. SAIL LABS
combines research and development of market-ready products. This will thus
offer
a great opportunity to those people who want to apply their acquired knowledge
and skills in real-world conditions.

More information about SAIL LABS can be found at the web page
<< http://www.sail-labs.com >>.

If you are interested, send CV and cover letter in English by email to:

albert.llorens@sail-labs.es

indicating on the envelope or in the subject of the email the job reference.


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