Expert Audio Transcriber, Ukrainian

Ukrainian in its standard form and regional varieties, including distinct Western (Galician) dialects. Project audio captures both formal and conversational speech with awareness of the surzhyk register where Ukrainian and Russian mix.

• →Transcribe audio recordings into accurate, time-aligned written text following Perle's project-specific style guide
• →Apply correct conventions for speaker identification, overlapping speech, disfluencies, fillers, false starts, and non-speech events such as laughter, background noise, and music
• →Make principled orthographic decisions for dialectal, colloquial, and code-switched speech
• →Flag ambiguous segments, uncertain speakers, and audio quality issues using project conventions
• →Self-review every submission against Perle's quality bar before delivery
• →Engage with QA reviewers on edge cases, calibration sessions, and style guide updates

• Native fluency in Ukrainian with lifelong residence or deep immersion in Ukraine
• High accuracy reading and writing in Ukrainian Cyrillic
• Ability to distinguish Ukrainian from surzhyk and from Russian in mixed audio
• Strong ear for regional accents from Western, Central, and Eastern Ukraine
• At least two years of professional transcription, captioning, court reporting, broadcast, translation, or linguistic annotation experience
• Demonstrated accuracy at the word level under deadline pressure
• Comfortable with web-based annotation platforms and variable-speed audio playback
• Reliable high-speed internet, quality headphones, and a quiet workspace
• Ability to commit to defined volume per week during active project phases

• Background in Ukrainian linguistics, journalism, translation, or education
• Prior experience annotating Slavic-language speech data
• Working knowledge of Russian or Polish for cross-lingual audio
• Familiarity with IPA or other phonetic transcription systems
• Experience with verbatim versus clean-verbatim transcription conventions

• Paid pilot task before full onboarding so both sides can calibrate
• Per-task or per-minute compensation, with rates tied to audio complexity and turnaround
• Flexible scheduling, with volume scaling up and down based on active client projects
• Direct working relationship with Perle's linguistic leads and QA team
• Eligible for invitation to additional Perle expert projects across related domains

Apply through Winnow, Perle's job portal at winnow.perle.ai. Find the role for your language under Open Jobs, set up your candidate profile, and complete the fully automated interview, which takes about 25 minutes. We review applications within 24 hours and invite passing candidates straight to the project.

Perle hires experts on the basis of skill, language proficiency, and demonstrated quality. We welcome applicants from every background and every region where our target languages are spoken.