Sterbiini Oy

Curriculum Vitae
February 2008

Kristiina Huhtamäki-Lehtonen

Contact information:
Vanha kelkkamäki 20
00570 Helsinki
Finland
tel. +358 9 684 8084
fax +358 9 621 1212
mobile +358 40 535 0656
kristiina.lehtonen@sterbiini.inet.fi , kr.lehtonen@tiscali.it

Company:
Sterbiini Oy
Vanha kelkkamäki 20
00570 Helsinki, Finland

Personal
Born 16 October 1960 in Helsinki, Finland
Married, with three children (1983, 1985, 1988)
Citizenship Finnish

Education & Diplomas

Master of Science (Econ), Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration 1984
Major: International Marketing, Minor: Economics

Bachelor of Arts, University of Helsinki 1996
English & Italian Philology

Studies of Language Technology, University of Helsinki 2001-02

Diplomas of Authorized Translator (authorization by the Finnish Ministry of Education)
Italian – Finnish 1990
English – Finnish 1994
French – Finnish 2000

Member of the Finnish Association of Translators and Interpreters since 1992

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Written

Finnish - mother tongue
English - excellent
French - excellent
Italian - excellent
Swedish - excellent
German - good
Spanish - moderate
Latin - basics

Spoken

Finnish - mother tongue
English - excellent
French - good
Italian - excellent
Swedish - good
German - moderate
Spanish - moderate

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance translator since 1990
Texts: EU policies and speeches, business, management, marketing, annual reports, finance, legal texts, tourism, sports, technical manuals, film subtitles etc.
Final clients, among others: DGs of the European Union (education, sports, regional funds, youth, justice & home affairs, social affairs etc.), JPMorgan, Nordea, Fidelity and ABM Amro funds, RCI, Canon, Sony, L’Oréal, 3i, Miriale, TaylorMade & Adidas, PokerRoom.com, Samsonite, other private companies and sports associations.
Contract with EU Translation Centre on financial texts since 1 February 2002.

Liaison officer 1999 & 2006
Liaison officer of the Italian Government on behalf of the Finnish Foreign Ministry (1999) and the Prime Minister’s Office (2006) at 27 ministerial meetings during Finland’s EU Presidencies.

Local Counsellor, Spring 2004 (freelance)
Relocation Enterprises, Florence, Italy.

Part-time teacher 1982-83, 1991-97, 2001-02
Business and economics, Kulosaari Secondary School, Helsinki
Italian language, Kulosaari Secondary School, Haaga Institute, Helsinki
Organisation of Congresses and Events, Haaga Institute, Helsinki

Part-time manager & shareholder 1998-2000
Sports centre, Merihaan Palloilutalo (tennis, squash, badminton, floorball), Helsinki

Marketing assistant 1986-90
Tekno-Montan Oy, Forbo Oy, Helsinki

Congress assistant 1986-
Including the World Congresses of philatelists, entrepreneurs, pharmacists and two OSCE summits in 1992.

FOREIGN EXPERIENCE
Living in Impruneta (Florence), Italy, from September 2002 to May 2004 & from November 2006 to January 2007.
Summer jobs, language courses and traineeships in Sweden and Italy.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Member of Helsinki City Council 1997-2000, 9 June -31 Dec 2004
Vice Member of Helsinki City Council 2001-8 June 2004
Member of Helsinki Sports and Recreation Committee 2001-2003
Member of the Board of the Finnish Fair Co-operative (Suomen Messut) 2003-2006
Columnist, Itä-Helsingin Uutiset 1997-2000

HOBBIES

Latin dances, tennis, skiing, yoga, museums, reading in original language

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