Research Assistants in Balochi

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The Department of Linguistics and Philology conducts research and education in linguistics and text studies with a focus on Asian languages and cultures, Europe's classical languages, linguistics, and computational linguistics. Education is offered at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. The Department has about seventy employees who, together with students and collaborating partners, create an international and intellectually vibrant environment. Uppsala University is one of few institutions in the world that conducts research in language standardization and development of digital resources for Balochi. Job Duties The work duties consist mainly of developing resources for the standardized Balochi written language, Modern Standard Balochi. This specifically involves: standardizing spelling and grammar in Balochi short stories and poems (Arabic and Latin script) translating Balochi short stories and poems into English creating a comprehensive parallel corpus for Balochi-English that will serve as the foundation for machine translation grammatically annotating Balochi data for morphological analysis expanding the vocabulary in an online Balochi-English dictionary contributing to creating a preprocessing pipeline for Balochi for further language technology analysis Qualification Requirements The position requires strong proficiency in both Modern Standard Balochi and English, and documented ability to write high-quality texts in both languages and to translate between the two languages. Desirable/Meritorious Qualifications Experience as an author in Balochi or as a translator of Balochi/English, as well as lexicographical work on Balochi-English, is meritorious. It is equally meritorious to have worked with grammatical annotation of Standard Balochi texts, but training in this task will be provided during the course of work. Previous experience in text editing and/or book publishing in Standard Balochi is also valuable. Application The application should be written in Swedish or English and must include: A personal letter. CV. Certificates of education if applicable. Copies or links to authored and translated works submitted. Documentation certifying the competencies stated. About the Position The position is fixed-term, maximum 4 months. Full-time, 100%. Start date: September 1. Location: Uppsala. Information about the position is provided by Professor Carina Jahani ([email protected]) or Head of Department Mats Dahllöf ([email protected]). Welcome to submit your application by August 7, 2026, UFV-PA 2026/2373. Uppsala University is a broad research university with a strong international position. The ultimate goal is to conduct education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a difference in society. Our most important asset is all 7,500 employees and 53,000 students who, with curiosity and commitment, make Uppsala University one of the country's most exciting workplaces. Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work at Uppsala University https://uu.se/om-uu/jobba-hos-oss/ The position may be subject to security vetting. Security vetting is a prerequisite for employment, and applicants must be approved. We decline offers of recruitment and advertising assistance. Applications are received through Uppsala University's recruitment system. Trade union representatives: Saco-S - [email protected], Seko - [email protected], ST (OFR/S) - [email protected]The Department of Linguistics and Philology conducts research and education in linguistics and text studies with a focus on Asian languages and cultures, Europe's classical languages, linguistics, and computational linguistics. Education is offered at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. The Department has about seventy employees who, together with students and collaborating partners, create an international and intellectually vibrant environment. Uppsala University is one of few institutions in the world that conducts research in language standardization and development of digital…

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Uppsala

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Box 256

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59.8520701, 17.7188369copyopen in

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23. 7. 2026

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5. 8. 2026

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