Digital India BHASHINI Division/Digital India Corporation is currently inviting applications for the Language Expert (Santhali) position on a contractual basis.

Responsibilities

1. Translation:
a. Translate documents, articles, audio, and video content from Santhali to other languages and vice versa.
b. Ensure translations maintain the original meaning, tone, and context.
2. Transcription:
a. Transcribe audio and video recordings from Santhali into text format.
b. Maintain accuracy and attention to detail in transcribed content.
3. Interpretation:
a. Provide linguistic consultation and support during meetings, workshops, demonstrations and discussions involving Santhali-speaking individuals.
b. Facilitate smooth communication between Santhali speakers and others.
4. Content Creation:
a. Create original written content in Santhali for various purposes such as Glossaries, Terminologies, articles, social media posts, and marketing materials.
b. Ensure content is engaging, accurate, and culturally appropriate.
5. Linguistic Analysis:
a. Conduct linguistic analysis of Santhali texts, identifying and documenting grammatical structures, vocabulary usage, and stylistic elements.
b. Provide feedback on language usage, grammar, and style.
6. Quality Assurance:
a. Review and validate translated and transcribed materials for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and adherence to linguistic quality standards.
b. Testing of AI models in terms of quality, accuracy, and performance of their outputs and provide feedback for improvement.
7. Collaboration:
a. Collaborate with team members, translators, and content creators to achieve and deliver high-quality results.                                                                                                            b. Work closely with cross-functional teams including writers, designers, and project managers.
c. Collaborate on projects to deliver high-quality, culturally relevant content.
8. Cultural Sensitivity:
a. Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and awareness when working with Santhali language and content.
b. Sentient to understanding and respecting cultural nuances and differences.
9. Research:
a. Stay updated on developments in Santhali linguistics, terminology, orthography, language resources, dialectal variations and language technology.
b. Stay updated on Santhali language trends, idiomatic expressions, and vocabulary.
c. Conduct research on specific topics to enhance translation and content creation.
10. Training and Support:
a. Provide guidance and support to colleagues and collaborators on Santhali language usage, grammar, and cultural aspects as needed.

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About Bhashini

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under the Digital India Program has undertaken a unique initiative, BHASHINI, the National Language Translation Mission. Mission Bhashini was launched by the Hon’ble PM on 4th July 2022 during Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The vision of Bhashini is to “Harness natural language technologies to enable a diverse ecosystem of contributors, partnering entities, and citizens for the purpose of transcending language barriers, thereby ensuring digital inclusion and digital empowerment in an Aatma Nirbhar Bharat.”