Muhammad Altahan
Freelance Translator
United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolMuhammad Altahan is a bilingual Freelance Translator and backend-minded developer based in the United Arab Emirates with nine years of professional experience. He specializes in English-to-Arabic game and software localization, having worked with multiple agencies and shipped localized titles across major gaming platforms. His open-source contributions include enabling Arabic support and bidirectional text handling in the well-known Warzone 2100 real-time strategy project, demonstrating practical i18n and technical problem-solving. With a BS in Applied Mathematics, he brings analytical rigor to localization challenges and a developer’s attention to data and code quality. He blends linguistic craft with technical fluency in backend and internationalization work, making him effective at bridging engineering and localization teams.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics at Damascus University
Arabic, English, German
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Github Skills (16)
internationalization10
localization10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
utf9
type-conversion6
outputstream6
unity-game-engine6
screen6
io6
iostream6
android6
screen-shot6
2d-game5
real-time-strategy5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Warzone2100/warzone2100
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Command the forces of The Project in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has been nearly destroyed by nuclear missiles. A 100% free and open source real-time strategy game for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD+
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:2 reviews, 9 commits, 5 PRs in 22 days
Contributions summary:Muhammad primarily focused on internationalization efforts within the project. They added and updated support for the Arabic language by modifying the i18n files and adjusting fallback locales. Additionally, the user introduced support for bidirectional text using the fribidi library, which is crucial for handling languages like Arabic that have right-to-left text directionality. They also fixed some warnings related to data conversion.
gamec-plus-plusstrategyfreebsdreal-time
mt3d/warzone2100
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Command the forces of The Project in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has been nearly destroyed by nuclear missiles. A 100% free and open source real-time strategy game for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD+
Contributions:14 pushes, 6 branches in 22 days
gamewindowsbattlelinuxstrategy
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