YO HR Consultancy

Dutch Language Expert - Remote
Role Title: Generalist
Role Type: Contractor, Remote
About this role
In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Dutch Language Specialist (SME) to review AI-generated Dutch content and/or create high-quality Dutch reference content, evaluating language quality and step-by-step reasoning while providing precise written feedback. You will assess outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, spelling, tone, cultural appropriateness, and adherence to the prompt; identify errors in meaning, mistranslation, register (formal vs informal), ambiguity, and logical consistency; fact-check claims when needed; write high-quality rewrites and model answers that demonstrate best practices in Dutch writing; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and overall quality. This role is with a fast-growing AI Data Services company delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your Dutch expertise directly helps improve the world’s premier AI models by making their Dutch language output more natural, reliable, culturally accurate, and clearly written.
Your profile
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<li>Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Dutch/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).</li>
<li>Native or near-native Dutch proficiency (reading and writing required).</li>
<li>Strong professional proficiency in English (minimum C1) to follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback in English.</li>
<li>3+ years of professional experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or related language-focused work.</li>
<li>Deep understanding of Dutch grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.</li>
<li>Comfortable handling variation as needed: Netherlands Dutch vs Belgian Dutch (Flemish), including tone and vocabulary differences; please specify which you can support.</li>
<li>High attention to detail when spotting subtle meaning shifts, awkward literal translations, hallucinated claims, or culturally mismatched phrasing.</li>
<li>Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.</li>
<li>Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, translation QA, editorial QA, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.</li>
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Key responsibilities
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<li>Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard Dutch answers across multiple domains (general knowledge, customer support, education, conversational writing).</li>
<li>Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve fluency, correctness, tone match, and cultural appropriateness.</li>
<li>Ensure Model Integrity: Detect unsafe or misleading content, factual hallucinations, bias, and policy-risk language; validate reliability across use cases.</li>
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