Taruen

About the Founder

Taruen is the independent practice of Ilnar Salimzianov, a computational linguist and MLOps engineer based in Istanbul. Holding an M.Sc. in Computational Linguistics from the University of Stuttgart, Ilnar has architected scalable language technology and ML-ready datasets for organizations ranging from the Mozilla Data Collective to US-based legal tech startups.

Taruen operates on a digital craftsman ethos: building bespoke, robust data infrastructure where no technical problem is solved twice.

Read more about Ilnar's academic and open-source work →

Edge Services

We deploy lightweight, low-latency applications at the network edge via edge.taruen.com.

• Laz Transliterator: A client-side utility for converting Laz text from the Mkhedruli script into the Latin alphabet.

Open Datasets

We are dedicated to the digital preservation and advancement of regional languages and open data. Our machine-learning-ready datasets are hosted on the Mozilla Data Collective:

• Tatar Folklore Text Corpus
• Kyrgyz Folklore Text Corpus
• Dolgan Folklore Text Corpus
• Chuvash TTS
• Finnish Public Domain 20th Century Literature Text Corpus
• Polish Public Domain 20th Century Literature Text Corpus
• World Factbook (JSON)