This Open Access book presents the first in-depth analysis of the Finnish-German military alliance (19411944) as a translation zone a multilingual network of military, administrative and civilian encounters held together by linguistically versed soldiers and civilians acting as interpreters and translators. It focuses on interpreters and liaison officers of the Finnish Liaison Staff in Rovaniemi, who were assigned to the staffs of the German army units with the task of maintaining communication between the two armies and assisting German troops in their daily matters. Furthermore, attention is paid to Finnish civilians, especially women whose language skills made them candidates for a range of mediation tasks in the German units. The reconstruction of military interpreters' and liaison officers' tasks and mediation agency between the brothers-in-arms and their military cultures is based on their war-time weekly reports, whereas the civilian interpreters' experiences are drawn from a variety of autobiographical accounts, including interviews.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Provides the first in-depth study of Finnish-German military alliance as a multilingual space of translation Adds a linguistic perspective to the military historiography on Finland's alliance with the Third Reich Illustrates translation and interpreting work in administrative, military and civilian contexts of the alliance

Autorentext

Pekka Kujamäki is Professor of Translation Studies at the University of Graz, Austria. His publications deal with translation history, translators' networks and agencies in Finnish-German cultural-political exchange, and translation and interpreting in WWII in Finland. His current interests include translation and interpreting during the occupation of Austria (1945-1955).

Inhalt

1 Introduction or: Field Reconnaissance of a Translation Historian.- 2 The Finnish-German Military Cooperation 19411944.- 3 Multilingual Alliance and its Civilian Linguistic Links.- 4 Military Structures Supporting the Alliance.- 5 Translators Interpreters and Errand Boys in the Rear Area.- 6 Communicative Links at the Front.- 7 Interpreting Cultures and Ideologies.- 8 Women and Pigs on the Streets of Rovaniemi.- 9 Snapshots at the Ruins of the Alliance.- 10 80 Years Later A Translation Historian's view into the Brotherhood-In-Arms.