Career / Experience

Name: Riikka Maria Siikanen
Phone Number: 713-392-7088
Address: 2345 Bering Drive, apt. 522, 77057 Houston, TX
Email address: riikkasiikanen@hotmail.com

EDUCATION
University of Oslo, Norway, August 2004-May 2009
M.A. in English Language

High school of Joensuu, Finland, August 2000-July 2003
International Baccalaureate Class
All high school subjects completed in English language

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Freelance Translator January 2010-ongoing

- Translating texts to and from Finnish, English and Norwegian

Deli Worker April 2006- October 2006
ICA Supermarket Oslo, Norway
- Preparing fresh foods to be sold in the store
- Giving cooking tips to customers
- Selling fish, meats, bread and prepared foods
- Working in bakery
- Customer interaction

Cashier June 2005- April 2006
RIMI Supermarket Oslo, Norway
- Working the register
- Responsible for the daily turnaround
- Customer interaction

Church Summer Guide Summers 2001, 2002 and 2005
The Church of Utra Joensuu, Finland
The Church of Joensuu Joensuu, Finland
- Guiding tourists through the churches
- Responsible for the register and opening and closing the churches
- Using language skills with international tourists
- Telling the tourists about the churches

VOLUNTEER WORK HISTORY
Houston SPCA, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals October 2008-Ongoing

- Taking care of cats, dogs and critters
- Cleaning the cages of the animals
- Helping customers to find a suitable pet and adopt them
- Taking part in the Forever Friends Program, which helps customers to find a suitable pet
- Talking dogs out for walks

Shelter for Cats, Humane society of Oslo, Norway November 2006- May 2008

- Taking care of the cats in the shelter
- Cleaning the shelter
- Feeding the cats
- Helping customers to find a suitable cat
- Going through the adopting process with customers who have decided to adopt a cat

Kotiranta Home for the Elderly, Joensuu, Finland August 2001- November 2001

- Arranging and engaging the elderly in various exercises
- Going out to walks with the elderly



LANGUAGES
1. Mother-tongue: Finnish
2. Fluent : English
3. Fluent: Norwegian
4. Good: Swedish
5. Little: German
6. Little: Spanish

COMPUTER SKILLS
- Microsoft Office
- Internet

OTHER INTERESTS AND SKILLS

- yoga; animals and animal protection; cooking; learning new languages

   Pricing / Other services

Rates:
The rates depend on the complexity of the text, the length of the text, the type of document to be translated, the amount of work involved, the subject matter and the deadline of the material.

Translation per word:

-From 0.10-0.20 € per target word

OR

Translation per hour:

- 30 € per hour