Others have given a lot of good advice, but porting code is a menial task and not suited for someone of your experience level. Unless this port is a real game

Others have given a lot of good advice, but porting code is a menial task and not suited for someone of your experience level. Unless this port is a real game changer and you're going to get lots of credit for helping the company in a major way, it's just a thankless waste of time.