Reetta Karjalainen

Languages

Mother tongue

Finnish, German

Translates from

Finnish

Translates to

German

Other language skills

English

Education

Academic degree

Cand. iur., Bakk.phil., Universität Wien, 2009 (Law & Economics, Fennistic, German & Finnish Literature)

Additional subject-specific studies

2006-2023 Translation and Literature Courses & Workshops, CIMO & FILI (listed in my CV).

Translations

Interests and specialisation

Fiction, Prose, Poetry, Drama, Literature for children and young people, Comics, Crime/detective, Fantasy & science fiction, Non-fiction, Communications, Economics, Geography, History, Language, Law, Literature, Pedagogy and education, Philosophy, Photography and movies, Political science, Psychology, Publishing, Religion, Social policy, Sociology

List of translations

Jung entschlafen. Guggolz Verlag, 2017. Original title: Nuorena nukkunut by F.E. Sillanpää. Genre: Prose.

Das Ferienhaus (Maarit Verronen) in the anthology Alles Frisch, neue Erzählungen aus Finnland (Hg. Stefan Moster) (dtv, 2014),
Frommes Elend (F.E. Sillanpää) (Guggolz Verlag, 2014) translated together with Anu Lindemann,
Hiltu und Ragnar (F.E. Sillanpää) (Guggolz Verlag, 2015),
Jung entschlafen (F.E. Sillanpää) (Guggolz Verlag, 2016),
Vom Zauberbaumstumpf ins Rampenlicht, Memoiren einer Künstlerin und Theaterdirektorin (Raija Eder) (My Morawa, 2017)
Toini und Einari (Raija Eder) (My Morawa, 2017).
Warum uns Hunde glücklich machen (Tiina Raevaara) (Knesebeck Verlag, 2024) with Tanja Küddelsmann

List of translations

Das Ferienhaus (Maarit Verronen) in the anthology Alles Frisch, neue Erzählungen aus Finnland (Hg. Stefan Moster) (dtv, 2014),
Frommes Elend (F.E. Sillanpää) (Guggolz Verlag, 2014) translated together with Anu Lindemann,
Hiltu und Ragnar (F.E. Sillanpää) (Guggolz Verlag, 2015),
Jung entschlafen (F.E. Sillanpää) (Guggolz Verlag, 2016),
Vom Zauberbaumstumpf ins Rampenlicht, Memoiren einer Künstlerin und Theaterdirektorin (Raija Eder) (My Morawa, 2017)
Toini und Einari (Raija Eder) (My Morawa, 2017).
Warum uns Hunde glücklich machen (Tiina Raevaara) (Knesebeck Verlag, 2024) with Tanja Küddelsmann



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Updated: 8.10.2024