Janina Otto

Languages

Mother tongue

German

Translates from

Finnish

Translates to

German

Other language skills

English, Italian, Swedish

Education

Academic degree

Bachelor of Arts, Cologne university, 2016 (Finnish studies, history)
Master of Arts, Cologne university, 2024 (Finnish studies, history)

Additional subject-specific studies

Summer course for Finnish history, CIMO, 2015

Intern at FILI, March 2018-September 2018

Course for beginning translators, August 2019

Workshop with translator Stefan Moster (translating from Finnish to German), March 2020

Participant in FILIs Helsinki bookfair fellowship, October 2020

Fair hostess at the Frankfurt book fair for the Finnish Publishers Association (Suomen Kustannusyhdistys), 2019-2023

Translations

Interests and specialisation

Fiction, Literature for children and young people, Crime/detective, Non-fiction, Geography, History, Language

List of translations

Prinzessin Klitzeklein (Auszug). Jahrbuch für finnisch-deutsche Literaturbeziehungen Nr. 52, 2020. Original title: Prinsessa Pikkiriikki by Hannele Lampela. Genre: Literature for children and young people. I translated an extract of Hannele Lampela's above mentioned book.

Onnis Tag. Edition Bracklo, 2023. Original title: Onni-pojan puuhakas päivä by Sanna Pelliccioni. Genre: Children’s picture books. First book of the Onni-series

Onnis große Reise. Edition Bracklo, 2024. Original title: Onni-pojan mahtava matka by Sanna Pelliccioni. Genre: Children’s picture books. Second book of the Onni-series, the third book will be available in German in summer 2024.



I will be pleased to write reader’s reports.

Sample translations

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Päivitetty: 31.8.2024