Jean-christophe Helary
Co-founder CEO at OmegaT Project
Takamatsu, Japan
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Top SchoolJean-Christophe Helary is a seasoned translator, co-founder and CEO of K.K. DOUBLET in Takamatsu with over 20 years’ experience delivering high-quality translations and localization across French, Japanese and English, including complex InDesign and WordPress projects. He combines professional practice with open-source advocacy as a long-time OmegaT project leader, localization coordinator and community manager, helping bridge CAT tool development and real-world translation workflows. His portfolio includes notable cultural translations—French editions of Kohei Saito’s bestseller and Ito Shiori’s Black Box—and advisory roles in international trade and traditional crafts. Academically engaged, he’s a PhD student researching gender and new femininities in Japanese kendō and teaches master’s students how to use (and not be used by) translation tools. Persistent volunteer in local NGOs and a promoter of socially useful projects, he prefers work that creates measurable value for communities.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Research student, Law, Research student, Law at 香川大学 / Kagawa UniversityMaster's degree, Gender Studies / Sociology, Master's degree, Gender Studies / Sociology at Univ Paris DiderotLicence, Japonologie, Licence, Japonologie at Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII)PhD student, Sociology, PhD student, Sociology at Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès
French, Japanese, English
Stackoverflow
116reputation
5kreached
5answers
2questions
Github Skills (143)
localization10
translation10
letter10
translate10
internationalization9
programming-language9
ruby9
python9
openchain9
react9
lisp9
magit9
jinja29
rails9
w3c9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
brandelune/OmegaT-things
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:86 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
brandelune/omegat
Jan 2021 - Feb 2024
Mirror of official OmegaT repo
Contributions:1 review, 57 PRs, 617 pushes in 3 years 1 month
omegat
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