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UNL PROGRAMME BECOME A FREELANCE LINGUIST IN YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE
The UNDL Foundation wishes to enlarge its global multilingual and interdisciplinary network of language specialists using the Universal Networking Language (UNL) technology for the sake of a better understanding among peoples, cultures and nations. Join the 1200 strong worldwide UNL community representing over 50 languages! Use your language skills and knowledge to add vocabulary and grammar rules to our gigantic database of shared resources. Embark in a thrilling enterprise by adding value to your academic background whilst getting paid to help breaking the language barriers in the digital society. Promote the usage of your language on the Internet! Through our network of institutional partners all over the world, get in touch with other scientists, students and experts in Language Science related fields. The UNL programme is free and open to all individuals and institutions.
What is Universal Networking Language? The UNL is an artificial language that has been used for several different tasks in Natural Language Processing, such as machine translation, multilingual document generation, text simplification, automatic summarization, information retrieval and semantic reasoning. It was created in 1996 at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University (UNU/IAS), in Tokyo, Japan, and has been promoted, since 2001, by the UNDL Foundation, in Geneva, Switzerland.
The UNL Programme The main goal of the UNL Programme is to create the UNL multilingual infrastructure: a network of language resources (dictionaries and grammars) and processing tools that will enable all peoples to generate and have access to information and knowledge in their own native language. The programme is an effort to facilitate an interchange of cultural values and to contribute to the dialogue among civilisations, to peace and to the development of all nations.
REQUISITES [The UNL Programme does not require intensive knowledge of UNL or of Computational Linguistics. Nevertheless, it requires a very good knowledge of the working language; and a good command of English, which is the language of the interface and of all the documentation. We are thus looking for language specialists working or studying in the fields of Computational Linguistics, NLP, Applied Languages, Linguistics or Translation] UNDL Foundation – 48 route de Chancy 1213 – Petit-Lancy, Geneva Tel. : +41 22 879 8090 – Fax : +41 22 870 8091 www.undlfoundation.org – www.unlweb.net
WHO WE ARE
Three steps to join us and start working
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Register and create an account on the UNLweb platform
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Pursue the CLEA250 Certificate (or higher if necessary) at VALERIE, the virtual learning environment for UNL
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Chose a linguistic project and start creating entries on the UNLarium, the linguistic production platform for UNL
The UNDL Foundation is a non-profit organization established in Geneva in 2001. Its governing body is a board of internationally renowned scholars and policy makers. The Foundation is also an NGO accredited by the United Nations since 2004. Its mission is to promote reciprocal knowledge exchange among cultures and mutual understanding among peoples through multilingual communication. The Foundation has a special mandate from the United Nations for developing and promoting the UNL to the benefit of all nations.
PAYMENT Payment depends on the number of entries created and on the expertise inside the UNLarium. Each entry created corresponds to one UNLdot, a unit of time and complexity that measures the effort spent in performing UNLweb-based tasks. The rates for the UNLdots depend on your level and are informed in the table below: RATE (1 UNLdot)
LEVEL A0 (below 5,000 UNLdots)
USD 0.25
A1 (5,001 to 15,000 UNLdots)
USD 0.50
A2 (15,000 to 30,000 UNL
dots
)
USD 0.60
B1 (30,001 to 50,000 UNLdots)
USD 0.70
B2 (50,001 to 75,000 UNLdots)
USD 0.80
C1 (75,001 to 100,000 UNLdots)
USD 0.90
C2 (above 100,001 UNLdots)
USD 1.00
CONTACTS Websites www.undlfoundation.org www.unlweb.net Follow us Twitter - @UNDLFoundation LinkedIn General information and inquiries Communication, Internships and Institutional Partnerships Bertrand Michels Communication Manager
[email protected] Tel. : +41 22 879 8094 Fax : +41 22 879 8090
Payment is done through PayPal in the first week of each month or via bank transfer every three months.
UNDL Foundation – 48 route de Chancy 1213 – Petit-Lancy, Geneva Tel. : +41 22 879 8090 – Fax : +41 22 870 8091 www.undlfoundation.org – www.unlweb.net
