Finnish to English

[nelson]

I have asked several of the tranlators in Freelang, however have run out of time (they have been really slow). And I need this in the next few days.

I was hoping someone here would be kind enough to help me.

This is the text:
(Also at: http://www.aamulehti.fi/talvi/a/2002/11/04/70401.shtml )

Maailman ympäri Kiilopään kautta

Ei tule ensimmäisenä mieleen, että joku ottaisi Saariselän ja Kiilopään yhdeksi maailmanympärimatkansa etapiksi. Näin teki Marylandista Yhdysvalloista kotoisin oleva Malka Ostchega.

Hän piipahti lokakuun lopulla Lapin erämaassa toisen ennakkoluulottoman maailmanmatkaajan skotlantilaisen Indy Priestmanin kanssa. Tytöt olivat tutustuneet paria päivää aiemmin Helsingissä, jossa he myös saivat vihjeen Saariselän maisemista.

Lokakuinen Lappi näytti lyhyen visiitin aikana tytöille eksoottisimmat kasvonsa. Yö Suomuntuokun kodassa 15 kilometrin vaellustaipaleen päässä Kiilopäältä olisi ollut unohtumaton kokemus suomalaisellekin.
- Kuulimme yöllä outoa eläimen ääntelyä. Meillä ei kuitenkaan ollut soihtua eikä valoa, että olisimme voineet mennä katsomaan. Aamulla näimme lumessa jäljet. Kaikesta päätellen ne olivat karhun.

Parikymppiset tytöt tuskin olivat ensimmäistä kertaa luonnossa, sillä Kiilopään maisemiin ei tottumattomalla ole asiaa.

- Meillä oli kartta ja kompassi, joten tiesimme koko ajan missä liikuimme. Olimme kuitenkin hieman huolissamme, että joudumme pyryn yllättämäksi.

Eksoottisimmaksi kokemuksekseen karhun lisäksi tytöt nimesivät poron. Yllättyneitä he olivat siitä, että Saariselän korkeudella on niin vehreää ja että hotelliyöpyminen on naurettavan edullista. Myös hyvät opasteet ja retkeilyreittien kunnassapito ilahduttivat.

Ostchega ja Priestman hyvästelivät toisensa Kakslauttasen linja-autopysäkillä. Ostchega jatkoi Pietarin kautta kohti Etelä-Koreaa, Japania ja Australiaa. Japanista ja Kiinasta junalla Suomeen tullut Priestman suuntasi linja-autolla Nordkapiin ja sieltä Norjan rannikkoa Bergeniin ja laivalla kotiin Lontooseen.
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And I would also like to know is this is a newspaper or a magazine. Maybe a turist page?

I know is rather long however I do hope someone would take the time to help me out..

[didine]

Around the world via Kiilopää

It is hard to believe someone would think of staying in Saariselkä and Kiilopää while they’re travelling around the world. That’s what Malka Ostchega did. She comes from Maryland, USA.

She ended up in Lapland in late October with Indy Priestman, a Scott who’s also travelling around the world, though the two girls were not supposed to travel together. They had met in Helsinki a couple of days before, where they were told it would be a good idea to go to Saariselkä to see its wonderful landscapes.

Lapland in October showed its most exotic side during the girls’ short visit. Sleeping in a Sami tent in Suomuntuokku, 15 km from Kiilopää, would have been an unforgettable experience for Finns too.

- We heard weird animals during the night. However, we didn’t have any flashlights so we couldn’t see what it was. In the morning we saw footprints in the snow. Apparently they were a bear’s footprints.

It was the first time that the girls, both in their twenties, were in the wild nature.

- We had a map and a compass so we could always know where we were going. We were however a bit scared we would get lost because of the snowstorm.

The most exotic experience for the girls, apart from the bear, was a reindeer. They were surprised to see that everything was green as high as Saariselkä and that it was so cheap to stay in hotels. They were also happy about the guidance they received as to where to go.

Ostchega and Priestman said goodbye to each other at the Kakslauttanen bus station. Ostchega was on her way to South Korea, Japan and Australia via St-Petersburg. Priestman, who had to come to Finland by train from Japan and China, was going to the North Cape, and from there to the Norwegian coast, before taking a ferry from Bergen to London.

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Aamulehti is the main newspaper in Tampere and the Tampere region. There isn't one big national newspaper in Finland (well, some consider Helsingin Sanomat is), there are only regional papers.

[nelson]

Once again .. Thank you!!!

[didine]

Btw, I have a question for you. When you refer to Finnish cities in Norwegian, do you use the Finnish names (eg. Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Vaasa, Oulu, Inari...) or the Swedish ones (eg. Helsingfors, Tammerfors, Åbo, Vasa, Uleåborg, Enare...)?

[nelson]

We say Helsinki, about the other ones I am not sure. However since we use Helsinki, it is not unreasonable to assume that that we use the Finnish ones (with Norwegian pronunciation).
If I hear different I will let you know.

[didine]

Thanks!

Finnish has its own names for some Norwegian towns in Finnmark (possible Troms too, but I can only think of Tromsø...).

[airp]

After all these years I finally know what the Finnish paper said about me and Malka's trip into the wilds of Lapland, although quite a few details are wrong! What is your connection with this story?!

[BlackKimono]

Olimme kuitenkin hieman huolissamme, että joudumme pyryn yllättämäksi.

We were however a bit scared we would get lost because of the snowstorm.

Pyry is a kind of snowstorm. So they were scared of being caught in a snowstorm.