A self-taught developer & translator with extensive experience in the language industry. I started working as a freelance translator 24 years ago and, being technically minded, I got involved with CATs, (Computer Aided Translation software) shortly afterwards, first writing technical tutorials for a software called Wordfast as well as programming small macros and helping other translators with various technical issues. This encouraged me to learn programming and I released my first commercial application – PrepTags – a few years later. PrepTags is a file preparation software designed to parse and breakdown a wide range of file formats into translatable and untranslatable sections. In 2007, I established a small company, Translation Solutions ltd. with a view to provide translation services as well as software solutions for the translation industry, including custom software solutions for other translators/agencies and commercial software.Technologies:Web development: PHP (procedural/OO/MVC) & MySQL on the back-end. React, JQuery & CSS/HTML on the front end.Desktop: C#