Käännösmosaiikki (Translation Mosaic)

Käännösmosaiikki (Translation Mosaic) is a group of seven translators who translate literature from a language that is considered rare in Finland. is a group of seven translators who translate literature from a language that is considered rare in Finland.

Käännösmosaiikki (Translation Mosaic) is a group of seven translators who translate literature from a language that is considered rare in Finland. Each of the participants is the lone representative of a specific language and culture in this workshop. The group includes translators from Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish and Estonian into Finnish, as well as the group leader, Finnish translator and editor Alice Martin.

Because the languages of this workshop are so rare that there is not enough work for many translators working in them, the participants have often found themselves quite alone in their work and having to make translation solutions without the peer support that translators working with more common languages have in abundance. It is also unusual to find an editor who is able to understand such rare languages, especially those with writing systems that differ from the western one. The central purpose of the Translation Mosaic workshop is to provide these translators with an opportunity for collegial support and sympathy. Time will also be reserved for free discussion and comparison of experiences.

During the residency, the participants will also experiment with translating poetry in the languages of the workshop. Alice Martin is an expert in editing translated poetry, and the purpose of the poetry translations done as group work is to unleash the creativity of the participants and to bring them pleasure. At the same time, they will learn about different cultures’ poetic traditions and types of metre.

 

The members of the group are:

Alice Martin (group leader)
Tuula Kojo (Turkish)
Kaisu Lahikainen (Estonian)
Markus Mäkinen (Japanese)
Sampsa Peltonen (Arabic)
Minna Tuovinen (Hebrew)
Riina Vuokko (Chinese)