English to Finnish to English translator, professional writer, published author, specializes in medicine, food and IT

Working languages:

English to Finnish
Finnish to English

Maija Haavisto
Medical writer, published author

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Local time: 05:40 CEST (GMT+2)

Native in: Finnish

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Translation, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Subtitling, Transcription

Specializes in:
Journalism	Computers: Software
Cooking / Culinary	Food & Drink
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters	IT (Information Technology)
Poetry & Literature	Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Medical (general)	Nutrition

Questions answered: 6

14 projects entered

Project Details	Project Summary	Corroboration
Translation Volume: 250 pages Completed: Jul 2012 Languages: English to Finnish	Translation of a non-fiction book Translation of a book on sexual history, including information on a lot of different subjects, such as medicine, theology, art and pop culture. Also snippets of scientific papers, magazine/newspaper articles, poetry (including song lyrics) and prose. The book was originally written in Dutch (which I know pretty well, even though I wouldn't translate exclusively from it), so I used both the original and the English translation as my source Poetry & Literature, Medical: Health Care, History	No comment.
Subtitling Volume: 10 pages Completed: Nov 2011 Languages: Finnish to English	Translation of a documentary film Translation of a 39-minute documentary film which mostly consisted of colloquial and very emotional interviews (and thus was quite challenging to translate). Cinema, Film, TV, Drama	No comment.
Transcription Volume: 3000 words Completed: Jul 2011 Languages: English to Finnish	Transcription and translation Transcription and translation of the English instruction parts of two audio CDs for learning Somali. Linguistics, Education / Pedagogy	No comment.
Translation Volume: 300 pages Duration: May 2010 to Oct 2010 Languages: English to Finnish	Somali language textbook Translation of a Somali textbook for a Finnish academic publisher. Obviously I am not translating the Somali parts, just the English material. Linguistics, Education / Pedagogy	No comment.
Translation Volume: 400 words Completed: Apr 2010 Languages: English to Finnish	Translation of a short medical brochure Translation of a short brochure for a medical device. Medical: Instruments	No comment.
Editing/proofreading Volume: 1700 words Completed: Apr 2010 Languages: English to Finnish	Revision of a medical brochure Revision of a translated brochure about an orthopedic device Medical: Instruments	No comment.
Translation Volume: 2 days Completed: May 2009 Languages: Finnish to English	Translation of over 100 t-shirt texts Idioms / Maxims / Sayings	No comment.
Translation Volume: 10 pages Completed: Apr 2009 Languages: English to Finnish	Medical copywriting and translation Translation of a medical report and ad copy meant for doctors. Medical: Pharmaceuticals, Medical: Health Care, Advertising / Public Relations	No comment.
Subtitling Volume: 5 hours Completed: Apr 2009 Languages: Finnish to English	Translation of movie subtitles Translation of the movie Ihmisiä tiellä (Hit the road). Cinema, Film, TV, Drama	No comment.
Translation Volume: 3 pages Completed: Mar 2009 Languages: English to Finnish	Pharmaceutical brochure translation Translation/adaptation of a pharmaceutical brochure. Advertising / Public Relations, Medical: Pharmaceuticals	No comment.
Website localization Volume: 20 hours Duration: Apr 2009 to Mar 2010 Languages: English to Finnish	Translation, proofreading, SEO Translation, proofreading and search engine optimization for http://www.fycro.com (I have only translated parts of that website) and for an upcoming auction website (not sure if it will ever be released, though). IT (Information Technology)	No comment.
Translation Volume: 25 hours Duration: Mar 2009 to May 2010 Languages: English to Finnish	Web copywriting Translation/adaptation of web copy, mostly related to games and contests. Some Internet research. Internet, e-Commerce, Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino, Advertising / Public Relations	No comment.
Website localization Volume: 40 hours Duration: Sep 2008 to Apr 2009 Languages: English to Finnish	Translation of text messenging software and a website Advertising / Public Relations, Computers: Software, Telecom(munications)	No comment.
Translation Volume: 60 hours Duration: Nov 2008 to Jul 2009 Languages: English to Finnish	Website translation Translation of copy (related to software) and games for website use, also some localization Advertising / Public Relations, Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino, Internet, e-Commerce	No comment.

Years of experience: 16. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2009.

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Bio

I am a native speaker of Finnish, though I currently reside in the Netherlands. I am a professional writer (since 2000) and a published author. My primary interest and experience is in medicine, but I also used to write for a computer magazine for six years. I also wrote for an interior decoration magazine for several years. Currently I contribute to music, vegan and health/fitness magazines in Finland. Finnish academic publisher Finn Lectura has published two medical textbooks and a Twitter guidebook from me. My debut novel was published in Finland in October 2011.

I started doing translation work in 2008. I have translated e.g. software and games, press releases, websites, subtitles (for instructional videos, a documentary film and an indie movie), T-shirt texts, Google ads, other ad copy (including product labels, pharmaceutical ads and brochures for medical devices), manuals, medical reports and a language textbook. I have also done some transcription.

I have been creating web content since 1996 and also know SEO. I have done SEO-related work in both Finnish and English.

Keywords: finnish, medicine, computers, software, IT, medical translation, medical copywriting

Profile last updated
Dec 19, 2012

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