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language engineer

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Description

Language engineers work within the field of computing science, and more specifically in the field of natural language processing. They aim to close the gap in translation between accurate human translations to machine-operated translators. They parse texts, compare and map translations, and improve the linguistics of translations through programming and code.

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Theoretical Knowledge

project managementnatural language processingengineering processescomputational linguisticsengineering principlestask algorithmisationtechnical drawingsmachine translationalgorithmsmodern languagesprinciples of artificial intelligencegrammarterminologyinformation structureprobability theorylinguisticsinformation architecturescreen readertranscreationsemanticsspeech recognitioncognitive psychology

Practical Skills

use technical drawing softwareconduct ICT code reviewevaluate translation technologiesfollow translation quality standardsapply statistical analysis techniquesdevelop code exploitsinterpret technical requirementsperform scientific researchmanage engineering projectdefine technical requirementsdevelop translation memory softwaremanage ICT semantic integrationuse translation memory softwarespeak different languagesconduct search engine optimisationuse computer-aided translationapply grammar and spelling rulesmanage localisationuse word processing softwareupdate language skillstranslate language conceptsuse dictionaries

Data Source: ESCO v1.2.1 Classification · European Commission

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