Career
He is best known for his work in Translation Studies and was Professor of Multilingual Communication at the University of Helsinki from 2002 to 2010. Chesterman studied Modern Languages at the University of Cambridge. Afterwards he studied Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, obtaining an Master of Letters in 1973, and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics from the University of Reading in 1988.
In 1968, Chesterman moved to Finland and has been there ever since.
He was mainly based at the University of Helsinki. In 2010, he retired from his professorship in Multilingual Communication at the University of Helsinki but is still active in Translation Studies.