Norwegian Language Expert

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Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Norwegian/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).

Native or near-native Norwegian proficiency (reading and writing required).

Strong professional proficiency in English (minimum C1) to follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback in English.

3+ years of professional experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or related language-focused work.

Deep understanding of Norwegian grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.

Comfortable handling Norwegian written standards as required: Bokmål and/or Nynorsk (please specify which you can support).

High attention to detail when spotting subtle meaning shifts, awkward literal translations, hallucinated claims, or culturally mismatched phrasing.

Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.

Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, translation QA, editorial QA, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard Norwegian answers across multiple domains (general knowledge, customer support, education, conversational writing).

Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve fluency, correctness, tone match, and cultural appropriateness.

Ensure Model Integrity: Detect unsafe or misleading content, factual hallucinations, bias, and policy-risk language; validate reliability across use cases.

Skills & Technologies

Norwegian Copyediting Proofreading Translation Quality Review Localization Grammar & Style Tone & Register Cultural Context Fact-Checking English