Mats Vederhus
Localization Tester
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
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Top SchoolMats Vederhus is a localization tester and multilingual technologist with 14 years of experience blending software development (C#, Java, ASP.NET, SQL, JavaScript, some C++) with translation and journalism. Currently at Electronic Arts and completing a straight-A bachelor's in Multimedia Technology, he pairs hands-on testing and coding skills with strong linguistic sensitivity from a background in Russian and journalism. He has worked across both gaming and publishing—moving between roles as localization specialist, translator and fiction writer—bringing an uncommon mix of creative storytelling and technical precision. Mats has practical experience supporting refugees as a translator, showing adaptability and real-world communication skills beyond the lab. Colleagues benefit from his dual perspective: engineer-minded problem solving informed by editorial discipline. Based in Bergen, Norway, he thrives at the intersection of language, quality assurance and software.
13 years of coding experience
Allmennfag, Allmennfag, Allmennfag, Allmennfag at Vennesla Videregående skoleBachelor's degree, Russian Language and Literature, C, Bachelor's degree, Russian Language and Literature, C at Universitetet i Bergen (UiB)Bachelor's degree, Journalistikk, Bachelor's degree, Journalistikk at Universitetet i NordlandBachelor's degree, Multimedieteknologi, Bachelor's degree, Multimedieteknologi at Universitetet i Agder (UiA)
Norwegian, English, russisk, italiensk
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Github Skills (30)
playing10
rebuild10
reverse-engineering9
game-development8
engine8
opengl8
csharp7
monogame7
dotnet7
som7
3d6
open-source6
grand-theft-auto6
source-port6
xna6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Afr0/Parlo
Apr 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 102 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 9 months
Afr0/openblack
Jan 2024 - Jun 2024
openblack is an open-source game engine that supports playing Black & White (2001).
Contributions:96 pushes in 5 months
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