28 October: fyi -- German lingistics, Microsoft (Portugal)
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October 15, 2009
Opened positions/internships at Microsoft: German Linguists (M/F)
MLDC - Microsoft Language Development Center, a branch of the Microsoft Product Group that develops Speech Recognition and Synthesis Technologies, situated in Porto Salvo, Portugal (http://www.microsoft.com/portugal/mldc), is seeking a part-time or full-time temporary language expert in the German language, for a 2 month contract, renewable, to work in language technology related development projects. The successful candidate should have the following requirements:
* Be native or near native German speaker
* Have a university degree in Linguistics (with good computational skills) or Computational Linguistics (Master's or PhD)
* Have an advanced level of English (oral and written)
* Have some experience in working with Speech Technology/Natural Language Processing/Linguistics, either in academia or in industry
* Have some computational ability - being able to run tools, being comfortable to work with Microsoft Office tools and having some programming fundamentals, though no programming is required
* Have team work skills
* Willing to work in Porto Salvo (near Lisbon) for the duration of the contract
* Willing to work in a multicultural and multinational team across the globe
* Willing to start immediately
To apply, please submit your resume and a brief statement describing your experience and abilities to Daniela Braga: i-dbraga@microsoft.com
We will only consider electronic submissions.
Deadline for submissions: open until filled.
Bruno Reis Bechtlufft| MLDC Trainee
MLDC - Microsoft Language Development Center, a Microsoft | Development Center
Centro Microsoft para o Desenvolvimento da Linguagem, Portugal
i-brreis@microsoft.com | Mobile - 961624187 | Microsoft | Portugal
http://www.microsoft.com/portugal/mldc,
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