French Language Expert

French Expert Position: French Bilingual Expert Type: Contractor Compensation: $30–$60/hour

Location:
Remote About the Opportunity We are seeking highly proficient French-English bilingual professionals to contribute to a project focused on improving AI systems' French language understanding, speech recognition, and natural language generation. In this role, you will use your French language expertise to evaluate audio recordings, assess pronunciation and fluency, and provide detailed linguistic feedback. You will help ensure that AI-generated speech sounds natural, authentic, and linguistically accurate. Your ability to recognize subtle differences in pronunciation, intonation, and spoken expression will help improve how AI systems understand and generate French. Prior AI experience is not required; your language expertise is what matters.

Key Responsibilities
• Evaluate French audio recordings: Listen to assigned audio clips and assess the speaker's or AI model's fluency, naturalness, and overall language proficiency.
• Assess pronunciation: Identify pronunciation errors, inaccurate vowel and consonant sounds, and deviations from natural French speech patterns.
• Analyze intonation and rhythm: Evaluate stress, pacing, speech rhythm, tone, and intonation to determine whether speech sounds natural and authentic.
• Identify linguistic inconsistencies: Detect unnatural expressions, grammatical issues, incorrect word usage, and other language irregularities.
• Prepare detailed evaluations: Document assessment results through clear, concise written feedback in English, highlighting relevant linguistic factors.
• Justify evaluation decisions: Provide specific explanations and evidence supporting each assessment to maintain consistency and accuracy.
• Review AI-generated speech: Evaluate French-language model outputs for linguistic authenticity, pronunciation quality, and conversational naturalness.
• Collaborate with project coordinators: Clarify evaluation requirements, resolve ambiguities, and communicate feedback on language content.
• Support AI model improvement: Share linguistic insights that help enhance French speech generation, comprehension, and overall language performance.
• Maintain quality and deadlines: Complete assigned audio reviews accurately and on schedule while following established evaluation guidelines. Required Qualifications
• Native-level or near-native proficiency in French, with natural fluency and clear pronunciation.
• Minimum B2-level English proficiency, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent listening and language assessment abilities.
• Strong understanding of French pronunciation, intonation, fluency, and linguistic authenticity.
• Ability to identify subtle language differences and explain them clearly in written English.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Ability to follow evaluation guidelines, provide consistent feedback, and meet project deadlines.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment. Preferred Qualifications
• Background in voice specialization, linguistics, phonetics, music, audio engineering, or related fields.
• Experience with audio analysis, transcription, speech evaluation, or linguistic assessment.
• Experience evaluating pronunciation, accent, fluency, or naturalness in spoken language.
• Familiarity with media, communications, language instruction, or teaching.
• Experience reviewing or assessing AI-generated language and speech outputs.
• Strong editorial skills and the ability to communicate nuanced linguistic observations accurately. Compensation & Engagement
• Compensation: $30–$60 per hour.
• Engagement Type: Contractor.
• Work Arrangement: Fully remote.
• Project Focus: French language evaluation, audio assessment, pronunciation analysis, linguistic feedback, and AI speech development.