Bilingual and Translation AI Jobs: Live Rates
Every figure on this page is read from 95 live listings on this board, 69 of which publish a rate. Updated 05 September 2026. See the full pay dataset.
Fluent speakers are paid to evaluate AI output in their language, across dozens of languages.
What these roles pay
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Median advertised rate | $47/hr |
| Range across listings | $12 to $120/hr |
| Listings with a published rate | 69 of 95 |
Who is hiring
- Mercor: 58 live roles
- Turing: 26 live roles
- micro1: 11 live roles
Where you can work from
These listings are open to applicants in 59 countries. The most represented are United States, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan. Check your own country with the eligibility checker.
What the work actually involves
Taken from the live listings themselves:
- Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced Large Language Models.
- Overview Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team and help build foundational AI models from the ground up.
- About Turing: Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems.
- Role Overview: We're seeking a skilled Arabic Voice Actor to bring characters and stories to life across various domains, using their voice to capture the right emotion, personality, and tone.
Typical responsibilities
Pulled from the live listings in this category:
- Guide research and program teams to close the gap between ambiguous program requirements and rater-ready instructions across a range of subject-matter domains.
- Design clear, non-contradictory rating guidelines and rubrics that raters can apply consistently, including under edge cases.
- Evaluate draft guidelines for ambiguity, internal contradiction, and coverage gaps, and revise until raters can apply them without escalation.
- Translate program specifications from domains such as finance, retail, insurance, legal, and sports into precise, discipline-specific rater instructions.
- Collaborate with other subject matter experts and program leads to ensure consistency and accuracy across guideline sets.
- Evaluate AI-generated artifacts against domain-specific quality rubrics.
What employers ask for
- Demonstrated ability to work across multiple subject-matter domains (e.g., finance, retail, insurance, legal, sports) and translate domain-specific nuance into clear, unambiguous instructions.
- Strong track record of resolving ambiguity and contradiction in written specifications, able to point to concrete before/after examples.
- Demonstrable career progression.
- Ability to engage reliably for at least 35 hours/week during weekdays.
- Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex or nuanced guidance clearly and precisely.
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience in Japanese language / cultural fluency.
How the pay is spread
Half of the listings with a published rate fall between $30 and $52 an hour. The bottom of the range is $12 and the top is $120. Rate depends far more on credentials and specialism than on which platform you use.
Which platform to start with
Mercor currently lists the most roles in this category (58 of 95). Platforms differ mainly in eligibility and how they screen, not in the kind of work. See which platforms hire in your country before you spend time on applications.
How to apply
Applications are completed on the hiring platform, not on this site. Most of these platforms screen with a short qualification step before routing you to paid work, so a complete profile matters more than a long cover letter. Applying is free and none of these platforms charge a fee to start.
Live bilingual and translation ai jobs roles
- AI Rater Guidelines Writer (Linguist / Instructional Designer) via Mercor · $45-$65/hr
- Audio/Voice/Annotation Trainer - Arabic Language via Turing
- Audio/Voice/Annotation Trainer - English (US) Language via Turing
- Audio/Voice/Annotation Trainer - French Language via Turing
- Audio/Voice/Annotation Trainer - Japanese Language via Turing
- Audio/Voice/Annotation Trainer - Korean Language via Turing
- Audio/Voice/Annotation Trainer - Russian Language via Turing
- Audio/Voice/Annotation Trainer - Spanish (Latam) Language via Turing
- Bilingual Arabic Generalist Expert , AI Safety via Mercor · $28-$32/hr
- Bilingual Arabic STEM Expert (PhD) , AI Safety via Mercor · $38-$42/hr
- Bilingual Chinese Generalist Expert , AI Safety via Mercor · $48-$52/hr
- Bilingual Chinese STEM Expert (PhD) , AI Safety via Mercor · $68-$72/hr
- Bilingual Croatian Generalist Expert , AI Safety via Mercor · $38-$42/hr
- Bilingual Croatian STEM Expert (PhD) , AI Safety via Mercor · $48-$52/hr
- Bilingual Czech Generalist Expert , AI Safety via Mercor · $43-$47/hr
- Bilingual Czech STEM Expert (PhD) , AI Safety via Mercor · $53-$57/hr
- Bilingual Danish Generalist Expert , AI Safety via Mercor · $48-$52/hr
- Bilingual Danish STEM Expert (PhD) , AI Safety via Mercor · $61-$65/hr
- Bilingual Dutch (Belgium) Generalist Expert , AI Safety via Mercor · $48-$52/hr
- Bilingual Dutch (Belgium) STEM Expert (PhD) , AI Safety via Mercor · $61-$65/hr
- Bilingual Dutch (Netherlands) Generalist Expert , AI Safety via Mercor · $48-$52/hr
- Bilingual Dutch (Netherlands) STEM Expert (PhD) , AI Safety via Mercor · $61-$65/hr
- Bilingual Finnish Generalist Expert , AI Safety via Mercor · $48-$52/hr
- Bilingual Finnish STEM Expert (PhD) , AI Safety via Mercor · $61-$65/hr
- Bilingual French Generalist Expert , AI Safety via Mercor · $48-$52/hr