Andras Timar
Consultant Senior Software Engineer at Collabora Ltd
Hungary
Summary
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Top SchoolAndras Timar is a Consultant Senior Software Engineer with 17 years of experience, currently at Collabora where he shapes Collabora Online’s front-end and contributes to LibreOffice core. He blends C++ back-end work on file formats, charting and PDF export with pragmatic front-end fixes for mobile UI, and has deep expertise in localization and internationalization—having added and updated multiple language dictionaries for LibreOffice. His background spans software localization leadership and QA management, giving him a rare combination of product-focused engineering and cross-cultural UX sensitivity. Based in Hungary, he pairs an MSc in Physics and management studies with a long history of open-source collaboration, quietly improving multilingual support for widely used office software.
17 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Manager, management, finance, accounting, organizational behaviour, marketing etc., Manager, management, finance, accounting, organizational behaviour, marketing etc. at Budapesti Mûszaki és Gazdaságtudományi EgyetemMSc, Physics, MSc, Physics at Eötvös Loránd University
Github Skills (29)
javascript10
c-language10
libreoffice10
tdb10
internationalization10
filetype10
file-conversion10
ui-design10
file-operations10
file-format10
uid10
localization10
lang10
front-end-development10
fileio10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
LibreOffice/dictionaries
Oct 2010 - Jun 2022
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:158 commits in 11 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Andras's commits primarily focused on adding and updating language dictionaries for LibreOffice. They added new dictionaries for Ukrainian, Russian, Occitan, and Breton. Furthermore, they updated existing dictionaries for German, Portuguese, Danish, and Slovenian, and also incorporated translations for the Portuguese (Brazilian) grammar checker dialog. The user's contributions are centered on improving the project's multilingual support and expanding its reach to diverse linguistic communities.
LibreOffice/core
Oct 2010 - Jan 2023
Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3409 commits in 12 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Andras primarily contributed to the LibreOffice core, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes related to file format support (BMP, HTML), and improvements to chart scaling and PDF export. Their work involved modifications to C++ code, build configurations, and UI elements within the codebase. The user also addressed issues with color palette extensions in specific LibreOffice applications.
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