28 January: fyi -- internship (Microsoft), Dublin
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Computational Linguistics Internship 2010/2011
To apply please send your CV and Cover Letter to
internjb@microsoft.com and dborek@microsoft.com. Applications will be
considered until the position is filled.
Job Description:
Would you like the opportunity to contribute to Microsoft Natural
Language technology development? Are you interested in Natural
Language Processing and Computational Linguistics? Are you curious
about geopolitical testing of natural language software? Do you want
how natural language can help when searching the Internet? If so, we'd
like you to join the Language Technology Team (LTT) and Office Online
team for an internship.
The Language Technology Team (LTT) is a member of Information Worker
division of Microsoft responsible for providing Proofing Tools to
several Microsoft applications including Microsoft Office and
Microsoft Office for Mac. LTT is responsible for providing Proofing
Tools for over 70 different languages, everything from established
European languages such as French and Spanish to minority languages
such as Maori and Zulu! Our team is looking for an intern that will
help the evaluation of spellers, grammars, thesauri using linguistic
quality metrics. The successful candidate will also help test the
quality of new spellers for the Local Language Program which promotes
minority languages through technology. If you have a passion for
language and technology, this is an ideal opportunity to gain
experience in the world of computational linguistics.
We also have a position available in Office Online focused on language
technology integration in the global content delivery and translation
process. Here we look at machine translation & post-editing,
multilingual search, controlled language and translation memory.
Responsibilities:
- Understand internal linguistic metrics methodologies for all Proofing Tools (Speller, Thesaurus, Hyphenator, Grammar, Autocorrect
lists, Wordbreakers and Stemmers).
- Define linguistic quality bars; developing linguistic quality strategy, and/or metrics for all Proofing Tools
- Work to develop new linguistic test tools
- Assist the geopolitical/offensive terminology prevention testing for Proofing Tools
- Work alongside linguistic vendors and Natural Language Group in US to determine the quality of the Proofing Tools
- Work on Machine translation, translation memory and controlled language integration, validation and testing
- Conduct research and pilots into novel uses of language technology
in translation Develop prototype tools and solutions Requirements:
- Current student of linguistics, computational linguistics or
computer science which includes natural language processing
- Good communication skills are a must, both written and verbal
- Good programming skills. Some knowledge of any of the following languages: C#, Java, Visual Basic.Net or C++
- Fluency of a foreign language would be advantageous but not essential
To apply please send your CV and Cover Letter to
internjb@microsoft.com and dborek@microsoft.com. Applications
will be considered until the position is filled.
Note: This position is open for European Union undergraduate, graduate
and post-graduate students that have the ability to take a break in
their studies. The standard duration is 12 months but shorter time
periods can also be considered.You must be returning to full-time
study after the completion of the internship, the position is not open
to applicants who have already completed their degree, or will do so
before the start of the internship.
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