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Introduction
I am a doctoral student at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication, Translation Studies (English) at Tampere University, Finland. My research is situated in the field of Sociology of Translation and in my PhD dissertation I am investigating contemporary Finnish literary translators' professional identity and translatorship.
Professor Kaisa Koskinen acts as my thesis supervisor.
I am also a professional translator myself, from Swedish and English into Finnish.
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September 2017 - June 2018
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September 2006 - May 2013
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In this article I apply the concept of narrative identity to examine how the translatorship and professional identity of contemporary Finnish literary translators emerge from their life-story narratives. The data were collected by interviewing ten literary translators in 2018 and 2019. In the analysis my aim is to identify key themes in the transla...
Even though contemporary Finnish literary translators are very dissatisfied with the pay they receive from their work, they are very satisfied with their working conditions in general. Thus, in this article I investigate what attracts literary translators to continue working in the field of literary translation if monetary gain is only secondary fo...
Vaikka kääntämisen sosiologian tutkimus on viime vuosina saanut kansainvälisesti runsaastikin huomiota, Suomessa nimenomaan kirjallisuuden kääntäjiä ei ole vielä juurikaan tutkittu tästä näkökulmasta. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan kirjallisuuden kääntäjien symbolista pääomaa sekä sitä minkälaista pääomaa kirjallisuuden kääntämisen kentällä tarvi...
A Potrait of a Contemporary Finnish Literary Translator
