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Madeline Thompson

Madeline Thompson

Summary

Analytically-minded English linguist offering five years of experience in linguistic analysis, specifically, language development within AI. Recent professional experience as an English Phonetic and Phonological consultant working on TTS (text-to-speech), specialising in British English dialects. A proven ability to create and develop original research, established by having an undergraduate dissertation published in a university linguistics journal. Seeking to bring value to your team through an excellent work ethic and dedication developed through years of customer service, linguistic and copy experience.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work history

Language Data Annotator

Transperfect - Dataforce
Melbourne
10.2024 - Current
  • Annotated, labelled and analysed linguistic data.

Language Data Annotator

Transperfect - Dataforce
Vancouver
08.2023 - 08.2024
  • Annotated, labelled and analysed linguistic data.

Copy Editor

Seneca Group Limited
London
11.2022 - 05.2023
  • Editing and proof reading MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) reports
  • Providing editorial guidance on report writing
  • Preparing and submitting professional proposals and reports
  • Completing accurate and polished formatting in line with the set standards prior to submission

British English Linguist

Verbio Technologies
London
10.2022 - 10.2022
  • Define and edit British English attributes list
  • Test the British English TTS

British English Linguist

Verbio Technologies
London
06.2022 - 08.2022

Monitoring the recording process of a British English TTS (text-to-speech) voice project which included two roles:

  • Recording Supervision for British English: assist the voice talent with correct pronunciation (phonemes and prosody) according to the Verbio guidelines for SSBE (Standard Southern British English) and provide audio quality assurance.
  • Recordings Quality Controller: review and quality check the audio files recorded in the supervision sessions to ensure the highest quality output. Utilising a transcription tool, segmenting the audio and ensuring the scripts were followed meticulously, pronunciation is clear and determining mistakes (phonetic or phonological) for re-takes.

Copy Editor

Seneca Group Limited
London
01.2022 - 05.2022
  • Editing and proof reading MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) reports
  • Providing editorial guidance on report writing
  • Preparing and submitting professional proposals and reports
  • Completing accurate and polished formatting in line with the set standards prior to submission

Copy & Content Writer

Simbrix Ltd
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
02.2019 - 04.2019
  • Developed social media copy and content for a developing toy company.
  • Managed brand sponsorships and developed relevant copy and content.
  • Proofreading and editing of previous content to upgrade.
  • Pursued and developed stories independently and by assignment, covering a range of topics.

Education

Master of Arts - Phonetics & Phonology

University of York
York

Bachelor of Arts - English Literature & Linguistics

Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham

Access to Higher Education Diploma -

Peter Symonds College
Winchester

GCSE -

Peter Symonds College
Winchester, Hampshire

Skills

  • IPA transcription
  • X-SAMPA
  • Spectral analysis
  • Orthographic and phonemic transcription
  • In-depth phonetic and phonological knowledge
  • R Studio
  • Praat
  • Audacity
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Microsoft Office

Languages

English
Native language
Dutch
Upper intermediate
German
Elementary
A2

Timeline

Language Data Annotator

Transperfect - Dataforce
10.2024 - Current

Language Data Annotator

Transperfect - Dataforce
08.2023 - 08.2024

Copy Editor

Seneca Group Limited
11.2022 - 05.2023

British English Linguist

Verbio Technologies
10.2022 - 10.2022

British English Linguist

Verbio Technologies
06.2022 - 08.2022

Copy Editor

Seneca Group Limited
01.2022 - 05.2022

Copy & Content Writer

Simbrix Ltd
02.2019 - 04.2019

Master of Arts - Phonetics & Phonology

University of York

Bachelor of Arts - English Literature & Linguistics

Nottingham Trent University

Access to Higher Education Diploma -

Peter Symonds College

GCSE -

Peter Symonds College
Madeline Thompson