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Sisu, Sauna, Sibelius and…

Published: 20.07.2017 Last modified: 15.09.2025

What is it? In a nutshell, sahti is a type of Finnish strong beer with a long history and traditional preparation methods. Its main ingredients are water, malted barley and other malts. The use of juniper is also notable: its…

What is a conceptual metaphor?

Published: 04.05.2017 Last modified: 15.09.2025

Conceptual metaphor refers to the human ability to understand one domain using another, usually more familiar domain. The conceptual metaphor theory sheds light upon why certain vocabulary is preferred over other in certain contexts, and it is a method for…

Facing the Groundhog’s Shadow — An Interpretation of Individuation in the Film Groundhog Day

Published: 01.02.2017 Last modified: 15.09.2025

In addition to being a holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the 2nd of February, Groundhog Day is a motion picture from 1993 written by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis that really manages to say something essential…

A benign case of tonttu

Published: 19.12.2016 Last modified: 15.09.2025

As translators often like to get sucked into Wikipedia or other world-knowledge-accumulating online resources, they do not need a hefty reason for it. The time of the year will do. And as we all know, the darkest time of the year on…

Four things that are good to know about the Finnish language

Published: 13.12.2016 Last modified: 15.09.2025

Whether you are managing a translation project, taking your first steps in learning the language or trying to pronounce Helsingin kaupunginmuseo, it is good to know a few basic aspects that characterise the Finnish language, especially in contrast with the Romanic…