Amir Aharoni
Volunteer Editor, Translator, And Administrator
Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, United States
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Top SchoolAmir Aharoni is a multilingual software engineer and language strategist with 17 years of experience bridging localization, internationalization, and open-source software. Based in Jerusalem, he has volunteered as a long-standing Wikipedia editor, translator, and administrator since 2004 while serving roles such as Language Strategist at the Wikimedia Foundation. His technical contributions span MediaWiki and key Wikimedia JavaScript libraries (jquery.i18n, jquery.ime), where he improved parsing, added new language support like N'Ko, and refined input methods—work that quietly expands access for underrepresented languages. Earlier roles include NLP programming, systems and integration engineering, and software engineering at organizations like LetsTalk, F5, and NDS, grounded in formal training from MAMRAM and Hebrew University. Comfortable across full-stack and infrastructure contexts, he pairs linguistic insight with code-level care—often fixing whitespace, tests, and naming issues that lift overall project quality. A hint of humor in his GitHub bio belies a pragmatic collaborator who focuses on making multilingual software actually usable.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., B.A. at The Hebrew University of JerusalemProgrammer, Programmer at MAMRAM
Dutch, English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, Hebrew, Catalan
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Github Skills (15)
i18n-js10
intl10
internationalization10
php10
localization10
javascript10
ember-i18n10
mediawiki10
rails-i18n10
jquery10
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
refactoring8
refactor8
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
wikimedia/jquery.ime
Oct 2012 - Dec 2022
jQuery based input methods library
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:75 reviews, 365 commits, 296 PRs in 10 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Amir primarily focused on modifying and enhancing the jQuery-based input methods library. Their contributions included renaming and correcting the names of input methods, such as correcting "Bolnagari" to "BolNagri" and adjusting various files to reflect the changes. They also made improvements to the code by replacing two spaces with one, and addressed issues related to capitalization and whitespace.
javascriptjquery
wikimedia/jquery.i18n
Aug 2012 - Apr 2022
🌐 jQuery based internationalization library
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:10 reviews, 45 commits, 41 PRs in 9 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Amir primarily contributed to the improvement and maintenance of the project's internationalization capabilities. Their work involved code cleanups, whitespace adjustments, and the correction of JSHint errors, which enhanced code quality and readability. Key changes included updates to the message parsing logic, modifications to the language-specific rules, and the addition of new language support for N'Ko, showcasing a focus on expanding the project's linguistic coverage and accuracy. The user also updated test cases.
jquerytranslationjavascriptinternationalizationintl
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