Minna Ruokonen
University Lecturer
School of Humanities, Philosophical Faculty
minna.ruokonen@uef.fi | +358 50 442 3438
I am a teacher and researcher of translation who is particularly interested in translators’ experiences of their status and working conditions. I have conducted three extensive surveys on these subjects in Finland: one among translation students (277 respondents), one among professional translators (450 respondents, with Leena Salmi, Tiina Tuominen and Taru Virtanen) and one among in-house translators (185 respondents, with Minna Hjort). I am also an active developer of translation teaching: I am one of the administrators of The Finnish Database of Teaching Methods in Translation and Interpreting. I regularly add new methods and materials to the Database and organise workshops for developing the Database. In 2017 I was awarded one of the four annual “Excellent Teaching Practitioner” awards at the University of Eastern Finland.
Publications
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Bringing in the translators’ views on their (in)visibility: the forms and significance of visibility in research on translator status
Dam, Helle V; Ruokonen, Minna. Teoksessa: Freeth, Peter J.; Treviño, Rafael(toim.) , 2024. Beyond the Translator’s Invisibility: Critical Reflections and New Perspectives. s. 73-93. Leuven university press -
Comparative research into translator status: Finland and Sweden as a case in point
Ruokonen, Minna; Svahn, Elin. 2021. Perspectives: studies in translation theory and practice. [Epub ahead of print 19 July 2021]: 1-18 -
Extinction or evolution? Changes in in-house translators' work in Finland in 1995 - 2018
Hjort, Minna; Ruokonen, Minna. Teoksessa: (toim.) , 2021. . s. 44-61. Suomen kääntäjien ja tulkkien liitto -
'I fulfil my place among the humankind, in the universe': Finnish translators' job satisfaction in three empirical studies
Ruokonen, Minna; Lassus, Jannika; Virtanen, Taru. Teoksessa: (toim.) , 2020. . s. 109-123. -
In-house-kääntäjiä - onko heitä? In-house-kääntäjät työnantajakentällä ja organisaatioissa
Hjort, Minna; Ruokonen, Minna. 2020. Kääntäjä. : 13-15 -
Mitä Suomen kääntäjien ja tulkkien liitto tarjoaa alan opettajalle ja tutkijalle?
Ruokonen, Minna; Hartama-Heinonen, Ritva; Penttilä, Esa; Taivalkoski-Shilov, Kristiina. 2020. Kääntäjä. : 20-21 -
Haastavan asiakasviestinnän roolipelistä hyötyvät sekä käännösalan opiskelijat että ammattilaiset
Ruokonen, Minna; Vottonen, Erja; Kinnunen, Tiina. 2019. Yliopistopedagogiikka. 25: 42-46 -
Idealism or cynicism? A statistical comparison of Finnish translation students' and professional translators' perceptions of translator status
Ruokonen, Minna. 2019. Mikael : Kääntämisen ja tulkkauksen tutkimuksen aikakauslehti. 12: 104-120 -
O Translator, Where Art Thou? In-House Translators' Physical Location and Organisational Position
Ruokonen, Minna; Hjort, Minna. 2019. VAKKI publications. 10: 95-108 -
Boundaries Around, Boundaries Within: Introduction to the Thematic Section on the Translation Profession, Translator Status and Identity
Svahn, Elin; Ruokonen, Minna; Salmi, Leena. 2018. Hermes: journal of language and communication in business. 58: 7-17