Manuel Pico
Lead Translation Technologist
Brussels, Belgium
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Top SchoolManuel Pico is a Lead Translation Technologist based in Brussels with over a decade of experience fusing applied linguistics and engineering to improve localization workflows and translation quality. A Galician/Spanish language specialist, he translates from English, Portuguese, French and Catalan and has practical knowledge of Arabic, combining hands-on translation with terminology management and CAT-tool consultancy. At cApStAn he leads development and automation of QA tools, TM/glossary utilities and training programs, drawing on prior roles as terminologist and language coordinator at STAR and Lionbridge. He has a research background in applied linguistics and machine learning-informed NLP, and has self-taught scripting to build verification-oriented prototypes and language engineering solutions. Known for pragmatic tooling that streamlines verifier and manager tasks, he bridges linguistic nuance and technical implementation to make localization both faster and more reliable.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Arabic Language, Arabic Language at Cadmus BarcelonaMaster, Applied Linguistics, Master, Applied Linguistics at Universitat Pompeu FabraBA (Hons.), Translation and Interpreting, BA (Hons.), Translation and Interpreting at Universidad de VigoUOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Galician, Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Portuguese, Catalan, Arabic
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Github Skills (141)
atom-editor10
editor10
localization10
electron10
translation10
typescript10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
spellchecker9
microsoft-todo9
find-and-replace9
file-upload9
plugin9
filepond9
script9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
msoutopico/wallpapers
Mar 2021 - May 2025
Contributions:10 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 2 months
capstanlqc/omegat-customization
Nov 2021 - Mar 2024
Configuration files, scripts and plugins to add modern interface behaviour to OmegaT as well as extra functionality
Contributions:2 PRs, 96 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
configuration-filesbehaviouromegat
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