Work with Johannes Pakarinen!

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Full time

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Years of experience

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Full time translator

€35

Price per hour

€0.13

Starting price per word

Johannes Pakarinen

a.k.a. Johnni

Native Finnish (FI) speaker in Rovaniemi, Finland

"Either you run the day or the day runs you."

I’m a specialized audiovisual translator with some 20 years of working with various types of media.

I’ve translated for several Finnish TV broadcasters, a variety of international film festivals and different YouTube content creators, such as Mr FinMan.

I’m currently mostly focused on feature films produced in Finland. You can check out my subtitling work at:

The Finnish Subtitler Database.
— Search for Johannes Pakarinen!

Specializing in

Subtitles Film festivals Documentary subtitles DVD jackets and liner notes Language of cinema

Translation tools I use:

Subtitle Edit Titlebee Spot Subtitle Workshop

Languages

English to Finnish (FI)

10/10

Sworn

Certified

Finnish to English (GB)

9/10

Sworn

Certified

All language pairs

About Me

A subtitler first

I am many things, but subtitling is my priority in life.

Subtitling paved the path for my translation career, and I’ve had the pleasure of translating everything from indie movies and documentaries to TV shows covering a broad range of topics. My subtitles don’t let the viewer chase after them and they glide with the screen action seamlessly.

Here’s what you can expect when working with me:

Adaptability - being able to transform the utterance into its perfect equivalent in Finnish or English
Sensitivity to tone - the characters or speakers in the media will always retain their personality in my subtitles.
Responsibility - a foreign audiences reception of your film is my job, and I take it seriously. I’m here to impart your message to the viewers, and do so as closely as possible.
Paraphrasing & timing - I’m a wizard in this department! I help the viewer follow the on-screen action without having to focus on subs with too short of a duration, or get annoyed at too long ones.

Extralinguistic skills

Here are some things I bring into the game of subtitling outside of my linguistic skillset:

I’m a great communicator - no need to worry about confusing communications. With clients, I’m direct, straightforward and respectful - as a professional translator should be.
I’m great at jumping hurdles - I used to be an athlete, a metaphor which then spread to both my language work and my life in general. When an obstacle arises, I know I can still make it work!
I love sharing great work - as a huge movie buff, it is my mission in life to let the world enjoy your cinematography.

Have a project in mind or just want to chat about movies? Contact me through the Zingword chat or at jhp@finsubs.com.

When clients request literal translations, this is how I handle the situation

There are various resources that can help clarify why subtitles cannot be translated literally, but here’s the gist:

Your viewers need to be able to read the subtitle in the time it is on-screen (preferably 1-8 seconds), without this impeding their enjoyment of the media.
This means that speech utterances will have to be paraphrased or adapted in a way that helps the viewers reach this time limit.
That’s where I come in. Subtitling is heavy on adaptation, but that does not mean it will damage the impact of your film!

If you’d like some more info on how subtitling works, check out this post!

References

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Alfred B. Johnson, Kessel Game Market , Tue May 19 2020

Johan helped us translate extensive guidelines for several mobile games. We were very satisfied with his work because he managed to creatively translate the humour and jargon.

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Greg Johnson, Adverta Marketing , Wed May 20 2020

Great job, as always. Thanks for the translation and your valuable comments, too!

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Eva Lasque, Adeva Marketing , Wed May 20 2020

Excellent work delivered on time. All requirements are met. Thank you!

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Joe Dougherty, JavaChat , Wed May 20 2020

Was great to work with Dave. Fast and super quality. Highly recommended.

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Prices

	Language	Subtitles
	ENGLISH > FINNISH (FI)	€0.13per word
	FINNISH > ENGLISH (GB)	€0.13per word

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Education

University (1)

Ongoing learning (3)

Associations (1)

Certificates (0)

University

University of Helsinki

BA in Translation Studies

MA in Audiovisual Translation

Conference2021.48 hrs

Nordic Translators Yearly Forum

Nordic Translators Association

Webinar

Subtitling for YouTube

Audiovisual Translators Europe

Other

Everything there is to know about subtitling & how it is done

Matinee.com

Association

The Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters

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