JUHO SUOKAS

University Teacher

I focus on translation studies and English translation, other research interests include research translatoriality, music studies and language technology. Currently finishing a PhD that focuses on user-centered translation and application of usability methods in translation.

Contact info

Organization

School of Humanities, Foreign Languages and Translation Studies

Email

juho.suokas@uef.fi

Phone

+358 50 511 2082

Keywords

english language and translation research translation translation translation and interpreting studies translation quality user-centered translation

Teaching Activities

I teach courses in English language and translation. These include courses on academic writing, spoken communication, Translation Studies methodology, and various different EN-FI-EN translation courses.

Research groups and research projects

ReTra: Research translatoriality.

Publications

Multilingual communication in a researcher's work: Preliminary results of a questionnaire survey. Penttilä, Esa; Lång, Juha; Riionheimo, Helka; Suokas, Juho; Vottonen; Erja. MikaEL. 2021. 2021
Ihmistieteellinen tutkimuskonteksti kääntämisen tilana - Kääntäminen ja tulkkaus osana väitöskirjatutkijoiden työtä. Penttilä, Esa; Lång, Juha; Riionheimo, Helka; Suokas, Juho; Vottonen, Erja. MikaEL. 2020. 2020
Suokas, Juho. 2020. Testing Usability Methods in Translation Courses: Personas and Heuristic Evaluation Current Trends in Translation Teaching and Learning E 7: 4-38. 2020
User-centered Translation and Action Research Inquiry: Bringing UCT into the Field. Suokas, Juho. MikaEL. 2019. 2019
Suokas Juho. 2016. Usability Methods in Translation Evaluation: Heuristic Evaluation and Usability Testing. In: Rautaoja Turo, Mikolic Juznic Tamara & Koskinen Kaisa (ed.) New Horizons in Translation Research and Education 4. Itä-suomen yliopisto. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Reports and Studies in Education, Humanities, and Theology. 16. s. 47-65. 2016
Suokas Juho, Pukarinen Kaisa, von Wolff Stuart, Koskinen Kaisa. 2015. Testing Testing: Putting Translation Usability to the Test. trans-kom. Journal of Translation and Technical Communication 8 2: 499-519. 2015

Files

Usability Methods in Translation Evaluation
Testing Testing: Putting Translation Usability to the Test
User-centered Translation and Action Research Inquiry: Bringing UCT into the Field
Penttilä et al. 2020: Ihmistieteellinen tutkimuskonteksti kääntämisen tilana
Suokas 2020: Usability Methods in Translation Courses