Erkki seppAnen
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Born 4th June 1979 in Oulu, Finland

Permanent address: Makikatu 46 C, 33250 Tampere, Finland --- Tel: +358414562736 --- Email: erkki.seppanen@helsinki.fi	Temporary address in Moscow: ul. Mosfilmovskaya 	

Education:

2005-		Helsinki University, Master’s Student in General Linguistics
		Special interests: Evolutionary linguistics, Russian & Bulgarian philology
2000-2003 	Oxford University, BA in Linguistics with Russian
1st Class Degree with a Distinction in Spoken Russian
1999-2000	St. Petersburg State University, Center of Russian Language and Culture
TORFL, level 2
1998-1999	Oulu University, Finland, Department of English philology
Approbatur degree in English philology
1995-1998	International High School of Oulun Lyseo, Finland, IB-Programme (in English)
History HL, Finnish HL, English A2 HL, 
Biology SL, Geography SL, Mathematical Studies SL

Work Experience:

Sept. 2004-	Tampere University, Department of Modern Languages and Translation Studies
October 2005	Research assistant for English/Russian professors, teaching Russian for foreign
		Exchange students (in English), translating scholarly papers for publication (Russian
		into English mostly).

June 2003–	Embassy of Finland in Moscow, Visa Department
Dec. 2003	Working at customer service, interviewing applicants, issuing Schengen-visas.

1999- 		Freelance translator, (MTI Global and others)
Translating html-documents (manuals, advertisements etc.) from English to Finnish,
occasional spoken translation work in Russian-Finnish-English.

Other information:

Languages: Finnish, English, Russian, Swedish, Bulgarian, German.
Computer Skills: Word processing, webpage-development, Excel.
Driver’s License: B

Hobbies: Singing & Playing the Guitar (also performing at concerts since 1997), Horseback riding (won Pohjanpoika –title in northern Finland twice in 2004 and 2005), Martial Arts (Krav Maga –level 3 and Ju Jitsu –yellow belt), Volleyball (captain of Oulu High School team 1996-1998).