Latin American Spanish Linguistic Expert

$40/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: Languages

Evaluate, annotate and refine Latin American Spanish outputs produced by large language models across translation, summarization, dialogue and grammar tasks. The work requires professional Spanish language experience, sensitivity to regional usage and professional fluency in English.

The work

You would review LLM-generated Latin American Spanish for accuracy, grammar, syntax, semantics, register and cultural fit. Day-to-day tasks may include ranking or correcting outputs, rewriting unnatural passages, annotating linguistic features and documenting recurring model errors across translation, summarization, dialogue and grammar correction.

What the screen is likely to assess

Mercor is looking for native or near-native fluency in Latin American Spanish and professional fluency in English. Expect the screen to test whether you can explain regional variation, distinguish Latin American usage from Peninsular Spanish, identify subtle problems in model output and justify edits with precise linguistic reasoning. Relevant professional experience may come from translation, editing, linguistic annotation or Spanish-language NLP data work. Interest in AI and LLM language technology is preferred, not required.

Logistics

The listing describes work with a distributed, remote team. It does not specify whether tasks are fully asynchronous, a minimum weekly commitment or typical working hours, so candidates should confirm scheduling and availability expectations during onboarding.

Pay band: $40/hr

What they look for

Native or near-native fluency in Latin American Spanish
Professional fluency in English
Professional experience in Spanish translation, editing, linguistic annotation or NLP data work
Command of Spanish grammar, syntax, semantics and stylistics
Knowledge of Latin American regional variation, register and differences from Peninsular Spanish
Experience providing detailed linguistic feedback in distributed remote teams

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This establishes whether your experience includes accountable language decisions on real deliverables rather than only informal fluency or general writing.
A strong answer: Give specific projects, your responsibilities, the Spanish varieties involved and the deliverables you produced. Include the review standards, annotation guidelines or quality process used where relevant.
Where people lose it: Listing job titles without explaining what Spanish text you handled, what decisions you owned or how your work was checked makes the experience difficult to verify.

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