Arabic Dialect Linguist (Gulf, Najdi, Levantine, Egyptian, Maghrebi, Iraqi)

At a glance

• $20 – $40 / hourPaid in USD, weekly. Rate set after a short paid assessment.
• Remote, any timezoneWork from anywhere with a stable connection.
• Hourly contract · paid weekly in USD · remoteChoose your own hours.
• Ongoing, project-based Starts when a matching project opens · Rolling applications
• Contract · SpecialistMultiple openings · Client: AI labs and data vendors
• Arabic · العربيةArabic

What you will do

• Transcribe and validate dialect audio accurately.
• Write and review dialect text without spelling errors.
• Najdi track: evaluate text-to-speech output and IPA phonetic transcriptions.
• Gulf and Levantine tracks: annotate clinical and legal text, for candidates with a matching professional background.
• Rate AI answers in your dialect for fluency and correctness.

What we are looking for

• Native speaker of one or more listed dialects.
• Excellent written MSA and dialect.
• 2+ years of transcription, translation, linguistics or annotation work.

Nice to have

• Linguistics or phonetics degree with IPA knowledge.
• Clinical or legal background for the domain annotation tracks.
• Sub-national dialects: Sa'idi, Sudanese, Libyan, Yemeni, Emirati, Iraqi.

Hiring process

1. Step 1Profile and CV review
2. Step 2AI interview in Arabic, proctored, with a dialect task (about 20 minutes)
3. Step 3Identity check: government ID and liveness
4. Step 4Language test in your dialect
5. Step 5Short paid assessment and Expert Score

Free to apply. Vettedlance never charges candidates, and will never ask you to pay for training, tests or equipment.