Dmytro Kuzmenko
Bilingual Localizer at Valve corporation
Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Summary
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Top SchoolDmytro Kuzmenko is a bilingual localizer and Ph.D. scholar with nine years of professional experience specializing in English-to-Ukrainian game localization for Valve and indie studios. He led translations and editing for flagship titles including Counter-Strike 2, Half-Life: Alyx, and ongoing Dota 2 localization, and has contributed to Steam platform and hardware localization and community-driven translation efforts. Trained in computational linguistics and graphics arts, he combines linguistic precision with creative sensibilities as a translator, artist, and screenwriter for games. Beyond localization, he pursues research in the history and theory of art, literature, cinema and games, and has hands-on experience building linguistic tools and editing for media. Notably, he administered the Ukrainian section of the Steam Translation Server, fostering volunteer collaboration to improve official localizations.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Graphics Arts, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Graphics Arts at National Academy of Fine Arts and ArchitectureMaster's degree, Ukrainian Language and Literature, Computational Liguistics, Master's degree, Ukrainian Language and Literature, Computational Liguistics at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
Ukrainian, Russian, English, French, Greek, Russian, Latin
Github Skills (3)
localization5
translation3
internationalization3
Github contributions (2)
sts-ua/Half-Life-1
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 8 months
modlocalization
sts-ua/Wasteland2
Apr 2017 - May 2019
Wasteland 2 Ukrainian localization
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
translationlocalizationinternationalizationi18n
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