Heikki Nylund's curriculum vitae
personal data
- given names: Matti Heikki
- family name: Nylund
- date and place of birth: 1953-05-09, Kuopio, Finland
- sex: male
- mother tongue: Finnish
studies and degrees
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study of the sarod, a North Indian plucked string instrument, under Messrs Radhikamohan Maitra and Buddhadev Das Gupta (Kolkâtâ (Calcutta), West Bengal, India; 1973...1976)
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B. A. (Honours) in comparative religion, philosophy and English (Vishva-Bhâratî University, Shântiniketan, West Bengal, India; 1976)
(certificate as pdf)
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licensed translator (from English to Finnish) (Translators' Examination Board, Helsinki, 1980)
(certificate in Finnish as pdf)
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FK (= M. A.) in comparative religion, folklorism and musicology (University of Helsinki; 1982)
(certificate in Finnish as pdf)
- graduate studies in sociology (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris; 1984...1986)
- approbatur (approximately equal to subsidiary of B. A.) in computer science (University of Helsinki; 1989)
- basic course in image processing with Photoshop (Kuopio Open College; 2004)
scientific publication
Syntactic Structures of North Indian Râgas - The World of Music, volume 25, 1983/2: 45 - 57. Wilhelmshaven.
work experience
- freelance journalist and photographer (Helsingin Sanomat, Ilta-Sanomat, Ylioppilaslehti, etc.; from 1977 to 1980
- lecturer on the theory of North Indian classical music (Department of Musicology, University of Helsinki; from 1980 to 1982
- editing of English-language news for the External Service of the Finnish Broadcasting Company from 1980 to 1983
- 5 x 45 min. series on North Indian classical music (Finnish Broadcasting Company; 1982)
- TV subtitling in Finnish from Bengali, English, French, Italian and Spanish for the Finnish Broadcasting Co. (TV 1 and TV 2),
Mainos-TV (Commercial TV), and Helsinki TV (HTV) from 1983 to 1988
- translations of books (e.g., Henri Troyat's Ivan le Terrible from French to Finnish (1983) and Gino Stefani's Competenza musicale from Italian to Finnish (1985)), scientific and art articles and of scientific, technical, commercial, legal, sociological, pedagogic, etc., prose text
for publishers, publications, ministries, offices, institutes, organisations, companies, translation agencies and private persons since 1980
(see lists of customers of translation jobs
in 2019,
in 2018,
in 2017,
in 2016,
in 2015,
in 2014,
in 2013,
in 2012,
in 2011,
in 2010,
in 2009,
in 2008,
in 2007
and from 1992 to 2006).
professional memberships
places of residence
- Kuopio, Finland (1953...1969)
- Arcata, Eureka and Berkeley, California, USA (1969...1970)
- Kuopio, Finland (1970...1972)
- Shântiniketan and Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India (1972...1976)
- Kuopio and Helsinki, Finland (1976...1984)
- Paris, France (1984...1986)
- Helsinki, Finland (1986...1997)
- Granada, Spain (1997...1999)
- Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland (1999...2004)
- Antibes and Nice, France (2004...2006)
- Helsinki, Finland (2006...2009)
- Kuopio, Finland (2009...)
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updated: 2019-09-22