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Generalist - English & Telugu
Listed on Mercor as “Generalist - English & Telugu”
What this actually is
You evaluate AI responses in the target language, rate translation quality, write prompts in your native language, and flag errors. Not professional translation work in the traditional sense. The platform title (Generalist - English & Telugu) reflects the rate band and the expertise required, not the day-to-day work.
Can you do this on your visa?
F-2 / F-4 / F-5 / F-6: open. E-1 to E-7: needs concurrent-employment permit. D-2 / D-4 students: S-3 permit, 20 hr/week cap. D-10 / D-8: case by case.
Korean tax on USD income
First 5 years in Korea: foreign-source income only taxed if remitted into Korea. After year 5: worldwide income. Full tax guide.
Original posting from Mercor
PLEASE NOTE: You must take the Bilingual Competency interview in Telugu to be considered for this role.
Location: Global
Type: Contract Work
Fluent Language Skills Required: Telugu (native fluency) and English (strong proficiency)
Why this role matters: Your job is to assess Telugu AI-generated responses and identify specific strengths and areas of improvement for these responses - your work will be used to create the "perfect AI-generated response" at a later stage of this project. Note the analysis you create will be in English.
What You'll Do
- Conduct fact-checking using trusted public sources and external tools
- Generate high-quality human evaluation data by identifying response strengths, areas for improvement, and factual inaccuracies
- Assess reasoning quality, clarity, tone, and completeness of responses
- Ensure model responses align with expected conversational behavior and system guidelines
Who You Are
- You hold a Bachelor's degree
- You are a native speaker in Telugu
- You have significant experience using large language models (LLMs) and understand how and why people use them
- You have excellent writing skills in English and can clearly articulate nuanced feedback
- You have strong attention to detail and consistently notice subtle issues others may overlook
- You have a background or experience in domains requiring structured analytical thinking (e.g., research, policy, analytics, linguistics, engineering)
Nice-to-Have Specialties
- Prior experience with RLHF, model evaluation, or data annotation work
- Experience writing or editing high-quality written content
- Experience comparing multiple outputs and making fine-grained qualitative judgments
What Success Looks Like
- You identify factual inaccuracies, reasoning errors, and communication gaps in model responses
- You produce clear, consistent, and reproducible evaluation artifacts
- Your feedback leads to measurable improvements in response quality and user experience
Quoted from Mercor’s public listing on 2026-06-02. We don’t edit platform copy; honest framing is in the title and the “what this actually is” block above.
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