1/ From: "Albert Llorens" <Albert_Llorens@sail-labs.es>
   Subject: Sail Labs: Openings in TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY (Spain)

Openings in TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY at SAIL LABS Barcelona

Sail Labs is one of the world's leading R&D companies in the field of
"Natural
Language Understanding". With the slogan "Innovation in Understanding", the
company is focusing on three core development areas:

* Language technology
* Translation technology
* Content technology

In the Munich head office and in its branches in Berlin, Barcelona, Antwerp
and
Vienna, 160 developers are working on solutions, products and components
related
 to the understanding of natural languages.

For the further expansion of our highly motivated team in Barcelona we are
looking for qualified professionals for the area of translation
technologies.

Candidate tasks and profiles:


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PROJECT LEADERS (ref. PL)
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Your tasks:
* Manage and coordinate development projects in the area of natural language
processing technology and systems.

Your profile:
* An advanced degree in a relevant field (Computer Science, Computational
Linguistics, etc.).
* A minimum of four years experience in systems design and development, from
design to product delivery.
* Previous experience as a project leader.
* Good knowledge of and experience in natural language processing
applications.
* Native or near-native proficiency in at least two of the following
languages:
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, and
Japanese.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Fluency in English.
* Experience in object oriented programming will be a plus.


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SENIOR COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTS (ref. SCL)
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Your tasks:
* Design, development and maintenance of formal grammars for our several new
or
existing translation engines.
* Design and development of the linguistic components of our new generation
of
translation systems.

Your profile:
* University degree in philosophy, linguistics, computational linguistics or
equivalent, with a strong background in natural language processing.
* Experience in one or more of the following knowledge areas:
disambiguation,
statistical NLP, semantic networks, example-based and pattern-based machine
translation, discourse representation, lexical knowledge representation.
* Programming experience.
* Experience in machine translation and/or developing formal grammars for
natural language processing applications.
* Native or near-native proficiency in at least two of the following
languages:
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, and
Japanese.
* Effective communication skills in written and spoken English.


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LINGUISTS FOR LEXICON AND GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENT (ref. LEX/GR)
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Your tasks:
* Development and maintenance of grammars and lexicons for our new and
existing
translation engines.

Your profile:
* University degree in philology, linguistics, languages, computational
linguistics or equivalent
* Native or near-native proficiency in at least two of the following
languages:
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, and
Japanese.
* Effective communication skills in written and spoken English.
* Programming experience will be a plus.
* Experience in machine translation and/or developing lexicons and grammars
for
natural language processing applications will be a plus.


Working language:   English

Starting date:      As soon as possible

Office location:    Center of Barcelona (in the charming 19th century
district
Eixample, within walking distance from the old part of the city and from the
famous 'Las Ramblas')

You will join a young, international, and highly motivated team. SAIL LABS
combines research and development of market-ready products. This will thus
offer
 a great opportunity to those people who want to apply their acquired
knowledge
and skills in real-world conditions.

More information about SAIL LABS can be found at the web page
<< http://www.sail-labs.com >>.

If you are interested, send CV and cover letter in English either by surface
mail to:

     SAIL LABS
     Roger de Lluria, 50 1-B
     E-08009 BARCELONA
     Spain

     Fax: +34 - 93 - 487 76 19

or by email to

     jobs-bcn@sail-labs.es

indicating on the envelope or in the subject of the email the job reference.