The partners in the core of the Chinese-Finnish Media Team are Sun Donghe, Seppo Kaltiovaara and Xiong Hanlan. We also have a network of translators and specialists in a comprehensive variety of fields in China, Finland, Nordic and other European countries and even in other continents, who have not failed to offer a solution to any challenge we have met.

Sun Donghe
Legal and Cultural Consultant Translator

Native language: Chinese (Mandarin)
Professional languages: English
Other languages: Finnish

Specialist fields: International trade law, company law, labour law, tax law, immigration law, EU law and public law.

Education:

• 1991-1995: A bachelor level law degree from Jilin University, China
• 1997-1999: Master of Laws from University of Helsinki, Finland
• 1999-2004: Licentiate of Laws degree from University of Helsinki, Finland

Professional experience:

• 1995-1997: Staff researcher on jurisprudence at the Harbin Engineering University, China
• 1996-1997: Solicitor's assistant at the Heilongjiang Zhongren Law Firm, China
• Worked at the Civil Society Outreach of Inter-governmental Services of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2003

Seppo Kaltiovaara
Authorised translator from Chinese into Finnish

Native language: Finnish
Professional languages: Chinese (Mandarin), English and Swedish
Other languages: Danish and Norwegian

Specialist fields: Translating, interpreting and sinology.

Education:

• 1970-1973: Chinese studies at the University of Lund, Sweden
• 1973-1974: Researcher at the University of Copenhagen
• 1974-1977: Post-graduate studies at the Beijing Languages Institute, Beijing University and Fudan University, China
• Authorised translator's competence 1992

Professional experience:

• 1977-1978: Employed at the Embassy of Finland, Beijing
• 1979-1981: Chinese-Swedish interpreter, head of the interpreting team for refugee administration with the labour authority of Kristianstad, Sweden
• 1982-1990: Translator and part-owner at the A&O Öersätarna AB translation agency, and at the Interverbum AB translation agency in Stockholm
• Freelance translator and consultant in Helsinki since 1990

Xiong Hanlan
Designer and Programmer

Native language: Chinese (Mandarin)
Other languages: English

Specialist fields: Web development, Graphic design, Brand design.

Education:

• 2002-Present: Bachelor of Information Technology at Vaasa Polytechnic, Finland

Professional experience:

• Programming Language: HTML/DHTML, C/C++, JAVA, PHP/Perl, Javascript, Actionscript, XML, CSS.
• Database Knowledge: MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL.
• Freelance designer since 2001.