Translations and Other Language Solutions in Finnish Language

Finnish is the native language for approximately 5.23 million people in the whole world – around 4.8 million residents in Finland, around 300 thousand in Sweden, around 50–100 thousand in East Karelia and Ingria (territories which now are parts of the Russian Republic), around 12 thousand in Norway and several tens of thousands elsewhere in the world, including in the United States of America and Australia. Based on the number of speakers, Finnish is the second most common Uralic language after Hungarian and is the most common Baltic Finno-Ugric language.

Our translators, interpreters, and editors of the Finnish Language handle both standard written document translations, difficult technical and medical translations, and notarised translations. The Skrivanek Baltic translation agency also provides proofreading and stylistic improvement of texts in Finnish. Language experts will gladly provide information about cultural differences, business etiquette, history, and traditions of the country. The thematic range of the translated material from/to Finnish is quite wide, considering the frequent cooperation between both countries in various fields – business, economy, education, culture, etc. We most often do the following translations from and to Finnish for business clients – website and e-commerce content, advertising slogans, adaptations of marketing texts, cooperation agreements, and business documentation. We also do sequential translation in business or other types of conversations, conferences, and other events. For private individuals, we do translations of personal identification documents, marriage certificates, birth certificates, education documents, passports, medical documents, etc.

The successful relationship between Latvia and Finland is based on common interests to provide stability, safety, and prosperity in the Baltic Sea region and Europe. Being geographically close to each other, Latvia and Finland implement firm and practical cooperation in the most diverse fields and levels – in economy, culture, education, defence, etc. Finland is Latvia’s eighth biggest trading partner and a significant investor. Bioeconomy, engineering, information technology, food and tourism are sectors in which great cooperation potential can be seen both in promoting exports from Latvia and in attracting investments. Cooperation with Finland is extensive in many cultural fields. Artists from both countries often visit international events hosted in the other country – exhibitions, music, film, and other festivals. Finns’ interest in Latvian literature is growing, as well as Latvians’ interest in Finland’s. In 2021 a book was published in Latvian by Aleksandrs Čaks and Finnish poet Heli Laaksonen called Paņēmi manu sirdi no plaukta. The poetry book consists of 15 poems by Aleksandrs Čaks and 15 poems by Heli Laaksonen which creates an unusual dialogue as if they were answers to Čaks’ poems. This is already the 4^th book by the poet which was published in Latvian. Using Vidzeme’s coastal Livonian dialect, Guntars Godiņš has translated poems by Heli Laaksonen to Latvian. Heli Laaksonen is a very interesting and delightful Finnish poet. Anyone who has read at least one of her poems or listened to her interview, will most likely want to know more about Finland, Finnish culture, and the people.

Latvian universities have developed close relations with Finnish universities within the framework of the European Union education programme Socrates/Erasmus+, European Union Lifelong Learning programmes and projects, and the NORDPLUS projects of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ educational programme. Numerous students from Finland receive their highest education at Riga Stradiņš University and the University of Latvia. Finnish can be learned at Riga Grammar School of Nordic Languages and within the framework of the Finno-Ugric bachelor’s study programme at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia.