關於 standard employment contract ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

以下是浸大首席副校長剛發給全體師生的部分電郵內容：

Regarding the Department of Religion and Philosophy: In year 2011-12, the department hired three full-time lecturers to deal with the increase in teaching load arising from the double cohort during the transition to 334. From the beginning, the three lecturers were clearly informed that the appointments were not long-term. Of the three, one had left voluntarily in August 2017. The other two continue to teach for one more year so that they have time to find other opportunities, knowing that their contract would not be renewed after August 2018. This is a normal expiry of contract after an extension beyond the original contract period. It is quite wrong to suggest the two colleagues were “fired”.

After the two lecturers were informed of no further extension of contracts, the Department was notified in October 2017 of additional teaching load for year 2018-19 due to the revamp of the new General Education curricula. As the additional teaching load is for one year only, it provides opportunities for hiring part-time teachers. With this new development, the two lecturers were invited to apply. The process is still underway and no formal offer has been made. Whatever offer is to be made, it has to be consistent with the standard terms of employment of part-time teaching staff, including the remuneration and the limit on teaching hours.

The above is an account of the facts surrounding the hiring of part-time teachers in the Department of Religion...The University did not, does not, and will not resort to turning full-time teaching staff into part-time teachers as a means of saving money.

Clayton MacKenzie
Provost
28 May 2018

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天大好消息！超級雇主Google！越裔高材生的夢想職務！
陳凰鳳老師代發佈Google在台灣徵求越南母語人才訊息：
目前我們預計開啓約莫一年期的 越南語計劃，參與的人員將加入 Google 語音團隊，協助研發工程師建置及發展 "Vietnamese Text-To-Speech at Google"[1][2] 以及 "Vietnamese Automatic Voice Recognition"[3][4]。這些令人興奮的服務不但將能由 Android 手機上直接啓動[2][4] 提供全球使用者使用，還將間接幫助 Google translate[6] 與教學領域的應用[7]。

所以此次徵才欲聘請 Project Manager (1位) 及 Data Evaluator (3位)。
詳細徵才訊息與如下列（您必須有良好的越南母語與外語能力）
有意願者歡迎儘速投出履歷表給我們

有關越南人士工作許可
由於該計劃將於 "臺灣" 或 "新加坡" 進行， 我們將同時考慮應徵者在此兩地的工作許可，
(A) 基本條件:
1. 越南母語人士
2. 語言相關背景，包括語言學、語言教學、翻譯、編輯、校正等等。
(B) 優先條件:
1. 擁有臺灣或新加坡合法工作許可，需能滿足 8 hr/day 和 5 days/week 的工作時數。

(C) 若無工作簽證，須由公司代辦者，需特別註明於履歷表上。
滿足以下兩項條件者，優先考慮：(應政府要求)
1. 有碩士以上學歷。
2. 大學畢業 + 兩年語言相關工作經驗

Job Description as follows:

Speech Data Evaluator:
Job description:
As a Speech Data Evaluator and a native-level speaker of Vietnamese, you will be part of a team processing large amounts of linguistic data and carrying out a number of tasks to improve the quality of Google’s speech synthesis.

This includes:
- Classifying and annotating linguistic data
- Audio evaluation
- Labeling text for disambiguation, expansion, and text normalization
- Providing phonetic transcription of lexicon entries according to given standards and using in-house tools

Job requirements:
- Native-level speaker of Vietnamese (with good command of the standard dialect) and fluent in English
- Passion for language with good knowledge of orthography and grammar in the target language
- A degree in a language-related field such as linguistics, language teaching, translation, editing, writing, proofreading, or similar
- Keen interest in technology and computer-literate (should feel comfortable using in-house tools and should have an interest in current speech, mobile and online technology)
- Attention to detail and good organizational skills

Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension)
**This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an employment agency. Applicants better are currently authorized to work in Taiwan. Please add a special note if you don't have working permission in Taiwan. Please add a special note if you don't have working permission in Taiwan.**
For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with "Speech Data Evaluator " in the subject line.

Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Email Address for Applications: meiyu@google.com
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Speech Linguistic Project Manager

As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of Vietnamese, you will oversee and manage all work related to achieving high data quality for speech projects in your own language.
You will be based in London, managing a team of Speech Data Evaluators and working on a number of projects towards TTS synthesis.
This includes:
- Training, managing and overseeing the work of your team
- Creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email addresses, numbers
- Creating annotation conventions
- Evaluating data quality
- Providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics
- Working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-house tools
Job requirements:
- Native-level speaker of Vietnamese (with good command of the standard dialect) and fluent in English
- Must have attended elementary school in the country where the language is spoken
- Keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail; knowledge of the language’s phonology
- Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; should have an -interest in current speech, mobile, and online technology
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good organizational skills
- Previous project management and people management experience
- Previous experience with speech/NLP-related projects a plus
- Advanced degree in Linguistics preferred; experience with Computational Linguistics a plus
- Also a plus: proficiency with HTML, XML, and some programming language; previous experience working in a Linux environment
Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension)
**This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an employment agency. Applicants better are currently authorized to work in Taiwan.**
For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with “Speech Linguistic Project Manager ” in the subject line.

Email Address for applications: mailto:tts_jobs@google.com
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Reference:
Google text-to-speech
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Text-to-Speech
[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.tts
Google voice search
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Voice_Search
[4] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.voicesearch
Google translate:
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Translate
[6] https://translate.google.com/
Application in education:
[7] http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/09/speak-it-text-to-speech-in-google.html#.VQZ7KHV7jUa
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