Pekka Juhani Suni

RESUMÉ of Pekka Suni

Pekka Suni
Kotinummentie 47 E 27
00730 HELSINKI, Finland
mobile: +358 50 462 8107
E-mail: pekka.suni@digstory.com 

DATE OF BIRTH:
29th September, 1953.

EDUCATION:
University of Helsinki, Finland
Bachelor of Arts 1986
Main subject: Arabic Language
Minor subjects: Art History and Literature

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Arcada Further Education:
Photoshop and DTP 2004
PHP / MySQL-programming 2003

University of Helsinki, Apaja Course Center 1999 - 2001:
Creative writing
Acquainted with the computer
Acquained with internet skills
How to make www-pages
Paint Shop Pro & image handling

Radio and TV Institute - Scriptwriting courses 1991 - 1992:

Writing for TV series 20 days
Time and Light (Tove Idström) 3 days
Means and targets of Comedy 5 days
Scriptwriting - advanced /Yle, AVEK 4 days
Means of expression in documentary films 5 days
Film analysis and structure studies 5 days
The form and narrative in documentary films 5 pv
basics of TV-translation

Internetix Campus (Otavan opisto):

Basics of programming (java_script)
The planning of the databases

LANGUAGE SKILLS

native Finnish
fluent English
advanced Arabic
good Swedish and German

TRANSLATION and WEB-DESIGN  EXPERIENCE

Design of a Michael Finberg childrens’ book web-site:
http://www.digstory.com/ginger_smudge/english/index.php

10 short children’s book translations En - Fi

Text Appeal (Paris, France):
English adaptations, translations and proofreadings 2004

InfoMarex (Ireland):
Dorset College web-site translation

Atami Language Services:
English translations 2003 - 04

English TV-translations  - YLE, TV1:

Parts of Drama serie "Trying Times"
documentary films
A Samuel Fuller movie "Shark!"

Arabic translations
A-studio:
Speeches of Gaddafi and Arafat

TAMMI Publishing Company:
Naguib Mahfouz (first arabic Nobel-prize winner in litterature) 1989).
Tammi Publishing Company/ Keltainen kirjasto (Yellow Library)

"Miramar"
"Midaqq-kuja"
"Palatsikatu"
"Intohimon palatsi"
"Sokerikuja"

SCRIPTWRITING:
YLE 1, Educational TV

"The Robbers of Sampo in Cyberspace"
a documentary film about myths in computer games

COMPUTER SKILLS:
HTML, CSS, java_script/DHTML, PHP/MySQL, basics of C-language and Java,Wordfast, Trados, WORD, EXCEL, Powerpoint, Photoshop 6, PaintShopPro 3/4/7, Dreamweaver 4, Operating System Windows 98

STRENGHTS
Diversified, style-conscious, creative but at the same time practical writer and translator with highly developed aesthetic vision. Intelligent, social person :-)

INTERESTS
Design and maintain Web sites, photography (digital), image manipulation, creative writing