Elna Lindgens

Languages

Mother tongue

German, Swedish

Translates from

Finland Swedish

Translates to

German

Other language skills

English

Education

Academic degree

M.A., Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, 2005 (Performing arts)

Additional subject-specific studies

Hieronymus-Programm der Robert Bosch Stiftung, 2015

Audio description workshop, Sprachen und Dolmetscher Institut München, 2016

Course for translators of Finland-Swedish literature, FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange, Helsinki, 2018

Translations

Interests and specialisation

Fiction, Prose, Drama, Literature for children and young people

List of translations

Leinölseife - Ein Mittsommerfamilienfest. Schultz & Schirm, Vienna, 2017. Original title: Remont by Joakim Groth. Genre: Drama. winner of the Schultz & Schirm scholarship 2016

Happy Happy. Campus, 2020. Original title: Happy Happy by Lars-Johan Åge. Genre: Non-fiction.

Das Alexandria der Ostsee. Baltic Sea Library, 2021. Original title: Östersjöns Alexandria by Johannes Salminen. Genre: Non-fiction. Essay

Grenzen und Grenzpolitik. Baltic Sea Library, 2021. Original title: Gränser och gränspolitik by Renè Nyberg. Genre: Non-fiction. Essay

Weiße Nächte und schwarze. Ein Briefwechsel. Baltic Sea Library, 2021. Original title: Vita nätter och svarta – En brevväxling mellan JAAN KAPLINSKI och JOHANNES SALMINEN by Jaan Kaplinski and Johannes Salminen. Genre: Non-fiction. Letters

Now translating

Fåglarna sover i luften. Poems by Eva-Stina Byggmästar



I will be pleased to write reader’s reports.

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Päivitetty: 1.12.2022