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Computational Data Linguist

Location:
Salt Lake City, UT
Posted:
November 03, 2020

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SYDNEY BLANKE

**** ********* ******

South Jordan, UT 84009

adhimg@r.postjobfree.com 904-***-****

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sydney-blanke-5a37a3155

OBJECTIVE Seeking a position with opportunities for growth, where I can engage with the tech industry, improve and utilize my linguistic abilities, as well as my strong multitasking, management, and problem-solving skills. Available for full or part time. Willing to relocate as necessary.

SKILLS &

ABILITIES

LANGUAGES

French: Advanced Russian: Early Intermediate

Danish: Advanced; fluent Norwegian: Advanced Intermediate Typing: 112 wpm

Microsoft Suite, Gmail, Google Drive, SmartCAT, Python 3 and C# (Beginner), Client relations, confidentiality

Excellent oral and written communication

Highly self-motivated

Scheduling, bookkeeping/accounting

Management and coordination, esp. with projects.

EXPERIENCE COMPUTATIONAL LINGUIST; NLP: APPEN

FALL 2018 - PRESENT

US English Annotator Linguist:

Natural Language Generation Team; Reasoning Team; Natural Language Understanding Team; FLEX team. Part-time remote positions. Duties Include: accurate and efficient dialogue/semantic parsing and annotation in multi-turn dialogues between user and AI, per given guidelines and ontologies. Data generation and preparation, general linguistic consultation, development of linguistic and project guidelines/training materials, creative group problem solving, issue reporting, and review of other annotators’ work. Additionally tasked with acting as interim supervisor in times of the lead’s absence (Reason Team). SENIOR PARALEGAL & OFFICE MANAGER: LAW OFFICE OF NAOMI HIRAYASU

Fall 2017 – Fall 2018

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Liaison to clients, courts, and opposing counsels. Duties include legal documentation, simple drafting, case management, court filing, billing, marketing, and scheduling.

STUDIO MANAGER & ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR: PARADISE TANGO 2015 – Fall 2018

Front of house reception, customer service, basic accounting, event booking & preparation, sales, marketing, teaching.

TRANSLATOR, CAPTIONER, TALENT REVIEWER: DOTSUB

Summer 2017 – Present

Danish and French translation, video closed captioning and time coding, proofreading, reviewing and evaluating the work of others. ARCHERY INSTRUCTOR: ARCHERY FOR ALL

2016 – Fall 2018

Private events, school classes, summer camps

PRIVATE & PARAPROFESSIONAL TUTOR

INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED BUSINESS: 2013 – Present

WHEELER MIDDLE SCHOOL: Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

WIZKIDS TUTORING CENTER, Pearl City: Summer 2012

Client management, scheduling, customer service, quality assurance. All subjects, but primarily mathematics.

EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MANOA

B.A. WITH HONORS IN LINGUISTICS:

INTERPRETATION/TRANSLATION

Student Marshal; Class of Spring 2017

3.96 GPA; Summa cum laude.

HONORS &

AWARDS

WISWELL SCHOLARSHIP for excellence in Russian Studies Multiple semesters; $2,000 in total awards

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM

1st place award, Arts & Humanities Oral Presentation

$3,495 awarded funding

REFERENCES WILSON MILLER, TEAM LEAD JENNIFER GRISWOLD, OWNER APPEN PARADISE TANGO

408- 512-4608 831-***-****

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NAOMI HIRAYASU, ATTORNEY

LAW OFFICE OF NAOMI HIRAYASU

808-***-****

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