Vacant job

The Department of Linguistics and Philology conducts research and education in linguistics and text studies, focusing on Asian languages and cultures, European classical languages, linguistics, and computational linguistics. Education is offered at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels. The department has around seventy employees who, together with students and partners, create an international and intellectually vibrant environment. Uppsala University is one of the few institutions in the world conducting research on language standardization and the development of digital resources for Balochi.

Job Description

The duties primarily consist of developing resources for the Balochi standard written language, Modern Standard Balochi. Specifically, this involves:

• Standardizing spelling and grammar in Balochi short stories and poems (in both Arabic and Latin scripts)
• Translating Balochi short stories and poems into English
• Creating a comprehensive parallel corpus for Balochi-English to serve as a foundation for machine translation
• Grammatically annotating Balochi data for morphological analysis
• Expanding the vocabulary of an online Balochi-English dictionary
• Contributing to the creation of a preprocessing pipeline for Balochi for further language technological analysis

Qualifications

The position requires good knowledge of both Modern Standard Balochi and English, as well as documented ability to write high-quality texts in both languages and to translate between them.

Desirable/Additional Qualifications

Experience as an author in Balochi or as a Balochi/English translator, as well as lexicographical work in Balochi-English, is desirable. It is also desirable to have experience with grammatical annotation of Standard Balochi texts, although training in this area will be provided during the employment. Previous experience in text editing and/or publishing in Standard Balochi is also valuable.

Application

The application should be written in Swedish or English and include:

• Cover letter.
• CV.
• Diplomas/Certificates (if applicable).
• Copies/links to authored and translated works mentioned.
• Certificates documenting the claimed competencies.

About the Position

The employment is fixed-term, for a maximum of 4 months. The position is full-time, 100%. Start date: September 1. Location: Uppsala.

For information about the position, please contact Professor Carina Jahani ([email protected]) or Prefect Mats Dahllöf ([email protected]).

Please submit your application by August 7, 2026, Ref: UFV-PA 2026/2373.

Uppsala University is a broad research university with a strong international standing. Our 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 our 7,500 employees and 53,000 students, who with curiosity and commitment make Uppsala University one of the most exciting workplaces in the country.

Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work at Uppsala University: https://uu.se/om-uu/jobba-hos-oss/ (https://uu.se/om-uu/jobba-hos-oss/)

The position may be subject to a security clearance. A prerequisite for employment in case of security clearance is that the applicant is approved.

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Applications are received through Uppsala University's recruitment system.

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