Languages
- Mother tongue
Hungarian
- Translates from
Finnish
- Translates to
English, Hungarian, Romanian
- Other language skills
German, Spanish
Education
- Academic degree
PhD, Babes-Bolyai University, 2022 (Cognitive linguistics, topic of PhD thesis: A Cognitive Comparative Study of Time in English, Finnish and Hungarian)
MA, Babes-Bolyai University, 2011 (Irish Studies)
BA, Babes-Bolyai University, 2009 (ENGLISH AND FINNISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE)
- Additional subject-specific studies
• Currently working on a dictionary of Finnish, Romanian, Hungarian and English proverbs and idiomatic expressions.
• ASSOCIATE LECTURER at Babes Bolyai University, Finnish Studies (MA), courses and seminars: Translation, Multilingualism, Finnish Dialectology, Pedagogy
• Translation training on children's and young adult literature – FILI
• Certified translator and interpreter 2012-2024 (Ministry of Justice, Romania)
• Visiting PhD student/ researcher – The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Domus (2020, 2021)
• VISITING PHD STUDENT/ RESEARCHER – University of Oulu (2018-2019)
• PIM Scholarship for Young Translators Award. Organized by the Petőfi Museum of Literature, the Hungarian Books and Translations Office (2013)
Translations
- Interests and specialisation
Fiction, Prose, Poetry, Literature for children and young people, Fantasy & science fiction, Non-fiction, Literature
- List of translations
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Elnyelte a föld.. Maxim kiadó, 2025, upcoming. Original title: Kun jäljet katoavat by Elina Backman. Genre: Prose. The translation of this novel should be published soon (2025).
Când regele moare. Lebăda Neagră S.R.L., 2024. Original title: Kun kuningas kuolee by Elina Backman. Genre: Prose.
Emoticon. https://hlo.hu/new-work/noemi_jancso_emoticon_excerpts.html, 2008. Original title: Emotikon by Jancsó Noémi. Genre: Prose. This was published online.
Füles és a méhek királynője (Romanian-Hungarian-English). Editura Ecou, Romania, 2013. Original title: Iepurașul botișor by Irimie Străuț. Genre: Children’s picture books. Translated from Romanian to Hungarian, https://www.edituraecou.ro/carti/iepurasul-botisor-editie-trilingva-romana-engleza-maghiara-detail
- Now translating
Currently working on a dictionary of Finnish idioms and proverbs
Sample translations
Uppdaterad:
19.11.2025