Transcription Expert – Gujarati

Position: Transcription Expert – Gujarati

Type: Freelance Hourly Contract

Compensation: $12.68/hour

Location: Remote (India)

About the Opportunity

Mercor is seeking experienced Gujarati language professionals, transcription specialists, annotators, translators, proofreaders, and localization experts to support large-scale document transcription and document understanding projects.

This role focuses on accurately transcribing Gujarati-language documents, identifying document structures, annotating content components, and ensuring high-quality linguistic accuracy across a wide range of document formats.

You'll apply your expertise in Gujarati language, script accuracy, document analysis, and content annotation to help create high-quality datasets from real-world Gujarati documents.

Key Responsibilities

- Source publicly available Gujarati PDF documents that contain diverse layouts, tables, images, diagrams, handwriting, or mixed content.
- Identify and annotate document components such as titles, headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, figures, diagrams, captions, forms, and other content regions.
- Assign component classifications and establish accurate reading order across document layouts.
- Transcribe Gujarati text exactly as it appears in the original document, including handwritten content where legible.
- Record document metadata, including document type, language, page characteristics, and content attributes.
- Link related components and maintain structural relationships within the document.
- Review and validate annotation and transcription work completed by other experts.
- Ensure high levels of linguistic accuracy, consistency,



and quality across all tasks.

Required Qualifications
- Native fluency in Gujarati , including full command of Gujarati script, orthography, and written conventions.
- Robust attention to detail and ability to maintain character-level transcription accuracy.
- Experience working with Gujarati-language documents, transcription, annotation, translation, proofreading, localization, journalism, or related fields.
- Ability to accurately interpret and process complex document layouts, including multi-column pages, forms, tables, and handwritten materials.
- Strong written communication skills and ability to follow structured guidelines consistently.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in language annotation, data labeling, content evaluation, or AI training data projects.
- Background in transcription, localization, subtitling, OCR correction, or post-editing.
- Experience with proofreading, document digitization, publishing, or editorial workflows.
- Familiarity with Unicode standards, Gujarati input methods, and script-level quality assurance.
- Prior experience reviewing or validating language datasets and transcription projects.

Compensation
- $12.68/hour
- Weekly payments.
- Independent contractor engagement.

Application Process
1. Submit Your Application
2. Complete the Evaluation Process
3. Participate in Review & Qualification Stage
4. Begin Project Onboarding Upon Selection

Additional Details
- Fully remote and flexible work schedule.
- Work involves real-world Gujarati documents across multiple formats and industries.
- Strong emphasis on transcription quality, accuracy, and consistency.
- Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
- Immediate start available.

📌 Gujarati Translator (Remote | $12.68/hr) (India)
🏢 Synthires
📍 India