Latvian Language Expert

Interview language: English

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Latvian Language Expert (SME) to review AI-generated Latvian content and/or create high-quality Latvian reference content, evaluating language quality and step-by-step reasoning while providing precise written feedback. You will assess outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, spelling, tone, cultural appropriateness, and adherence to the prompt; identify errors in meaning, mistranslation, register, ambiguity, unnatural phrasing, terminology, and logical consistency; fact-check claims when needed; write high-quality rewrites and model answers that demonstrate best practices in Latvian writing; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and overall quality.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Linguistics, Latvian Language, Latvian Literature, English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Native or near-native Latvian proficiency, with strong reading and writing skills required.

• Strong professional proficiency in English, minimum C1, to follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback in English.

• 3+ years of professional experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or related language-focused work.

• Deep understanding of Latvian grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, diacritics, declension, conjugation, word order, tone, and style—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.

• Comfortable handling multiple registers, including formal, neutral, conversational, professional, educational, and public-facing Latvian, depending on audience and project requirements.

• High attention to detail when spotting subtle meaning shifts, awkward literal translations, incorrect case endings, agreement errors, hallucinated claims, Russian- or English-influenced phrasing, or culturally mismatched wording.

• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.

• Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, translation QA, editorial QA, localization QA, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.

Key responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard Latvian answers across multiple domains, including general knowledge, customer support, education, conversational writing, translation, localization, and culturally sensitive content.

• Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve fluency, correctness, tone match, register consistency, meaning preservation, terminology quality, and cultural appropriateness.

• Ensure Model Integrity: Detect unsafe or misleading content, factual hallucinations, bias, mistranslations, ambiguity, policy-risk language, and culturally inappropriate phrasing; validate reliability across use cases.