Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 07:34:55 -0500

From: jeffrey howard allen jhallen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]INDIANA.EDU

Subject: lexicographer positiond)



Another job offer for those who are interested.



JEFF



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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 13:18:48 EDT



From: ehn+[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CS.cmu.edu (Eric Nyberg)



Subject: Lexicographer





US-PA-Pittsburgh Machine Translation Lexicographer, CMU





Lexicographer, Machine Translation Applications





The CATALYST project at the Center for Machine Translation, Carnegie



Mellon University, is seeking a talented and energetic individual for



the position of Lexicographer.





CATALYST is a large-scale MT application for commercial document



delivery in the domain of heavy machinery. The Lexicographer is



responsible for the following tasks:





* implementation of lexicon refinement/enhancement/maintenance tasks,



in support of source and target language lexicon development.





The successful applicant must have the following qualifications:





* M.A. in linguistics, M.S in computational linguistics or a related

field





* Native or near-native fluency in English





* Experience developing knowledge sources for language software,



preferably large-scale, multi-lingual lexicons for machine

translation



in technical domains





* Understanding of the principles of lexicography and terminology



management, especially as they relate to semantic accuracy and



translatability





* Demonstrated ability to proactively identify and quantify lexical



issues that arise during development/refinement, with special



attention paid to issues which span multiple knowledge sources (e.g.,



domain model, TL lexicons, etc.).







Skill and experience in these areas are preferred but not required:





* Fluency in any of French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese,

Russian





* Experience with manual translation in technical domains











Full-time Salaried Position, Starting Range: $27,000 to $30,000 USD





Occasional Travel Required





Contact: Eric Nyberg Phone: (412)

268-7281



Center for Machine Translation Fax: (412)

268-6298



Carnegie Mellon University EMail:

ehn+[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cs.cmu.edu



Pittsburgh, PA 15213



USA





Candidates should send a letter of application, a current vita, at



least three letters of reference, and representative samples of their



work. Resumes, cover letters, etc. may be submitted via EMail, in



ASCII or Postscript form. Resumes may also be submitted by fax or



regular mail, but EMail is preferred. Letters of recommendation must



be faxed or mailed. Applicants from abroad may wish to consider



express mail to ensure a timely submission.