Felix Mäkelä

Languages

Mother tongue

Finnish, Swedish

Translates from

Finnish, Sámi

Translates to

Swedish

Other language skills

Danish, English, Norwegian, Russian, Sami, Spanish, Udmurt

Education

Academic degree

Master of Arts, University of Helsinki, 2022 (Finno-Ugric languages and cultures)

Additional subject-specific studies

Specialization in university education (BA & MA): North Sámi languge.
Minor subjects in bachleor: Russian language and literature (as a foreign language)& Scandinavian languages (as mother tounge)
Minor in master's: Indigenous studies
Exchange studies: Udmurt state university, Russia 2018-2019, subject: Udmurt philology (as mother tounge)

Selection of other studies:
Helsingfors arbis 2021: Uppdrag kritik - konsten att skriva om konst (course in writing reviews about different forms of art)
FILI 2023: Aloittelevien kääntäjien kurssi - course in translating literature from Finnish, for beginners

Translations

Interests and specialisation

Fiction, Prose, Literature for children and young people, Fantasy & science fiction, Non-fiction, Language

List of translations

Trash Animals. Tidskriften Astra, 2020. Original title: Trash Animals by Laura Sarasoja. Genre: Non-fiction. Essay, original in Finnish

Frågor till transhistorieskrivningen. Tidskriften Astra, 2020. Original title: Questions to Trans History by Tuula Juvonen. Genre: Non-fiction. Article

Djurets ansikte. Tidskriften Astra, 2020. Original title: Eläimen kasvot by Hilla Körkko & Inari Nikkanen. Genre: Non-fiction. Essay



I will be pleased to write reader’s reports.

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Päivitetty: 27.9.2024