Svetlana Probirskaja

Workplace          Department of Modern Languages, University of Helsinki

e-mail: svetlana.probirskaja@helsinki.fi

Education and degrees

Doctor of philosophy (Filosofian tohtori), University of Tampere, major subject Translation Studies, Topic of doctoral dissertation: Negotiating Borders: Bilateral Agreements between Russia and Finland in the Spotlight of Translational Keyword Analysis, 2009.                    

Licentiate of philosophy (Filosofian lisensiaatti), University of Tampere, major subject Translation Studies, minor subjects Information Studies and Language Technology, 2005.

Authorized translator since 2002.

Master of Arts (Filosofian maisteri), University of Tampere, major subject Translation Studies, minor subject Private Law, 2001.

Pedagogy and psychology of children of the preschool age, Russian State Pedagogical Herzen University, studies in 1991–1994.   

Employments

1.9.2015 -            research leave; a research project Translational spaces between Finland and   Russia in multilingual world: two wartime and peacetime cases, Kone Foundation grant

1.9.2012 -            University Lecturer (Yliopistonlehtori), Russian-Finnish Translation, Department of Modern Languages, University of Helsinki

1.1.2012 – 31.8.2012; Post-doctoral researcher (Tutkijatohtori), a research project In search of Military Translation Cultures, Academy of Finland

1.9.2011 – 30.4.2012; Part-time teacher (Tuntiopettaja), Translation Studies, School of Language, Translation and  LiteraryStudies, University of Tampere

1.8.2010 – 31.8.2011; maternity leave

1.8.2009 – 31.7.2010; University Lecturer (acting) (Yliopistonlehtori), Translation Studies, Department of Modern Languages, University of Helsinki   

1.1.2007 – 31.7.2009; Assistant (Assistentti), Translation Studies, School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies, University of Tampere

1.1.2003 - 31.12.2006; Researcher (Tutkija), Finnish Graduate School in Language Studies Langnet

1.8.2001 - 31.12.2002; Assistant (Assistentti), Translation Studies, School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies, University of Tampere

2000 - 2001; Translator of legal texts / Research assistant

                            Law Firm Lex Leena Lehtinen T:mi

Expert positions

Assessor of the community interpreters’ qualification exam (Asioimistulkin näyttötutkinnon arvioija)

Assessor of the authorized translator’s exam (Auktorisoidun kääntäjän tutkinnon arvioija)

Scientific positions of trust

Chair of organizing committee of VII Symposium on Translation and Interpreting in Tampere 24.4. – 25.4.2009