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+# Finnish translation style guide
+
+## Guidelines
+
+Tervetuloa!
+
+Before you start, take a look these instructions we have gathered here
+for you to help on your translation journey.
+
+### Word order
+
+Consider translating the same thing with the easiest Finnish possible.
+It's not mandatory to follow the English text word by word, as long as
+the message is clear.
+
+Eg.
+
+- Click the button below to create the organization and register your
+  account. -> Luo organisaatio ja rekisteröi tilisi napsauttamalla
+  alla olevaa painiketta.
+
+- Sent! Your message is outside your current narrow. -> Lähetetty!
+  Viesti on nykyisen näkymäsi ulkopuolella.
+
+### Grammatical case (Sijamuodot)
+
+Translate using the UI to be sure what is the correct grammatical
+case. Basic form of a word might not always be suitable for the
+purpose.
+
+Eg.
+
+- Topics marked as resolved -> Ratkaistut aiheet (versus Aiheet, jotka on merkitty ratkaistuiksi)
+- View Shortcuts -> Katsel**un** pikanäppäimet
+
+### Loan word (Lainasanat)
+
+Even though it's common to use words formed directly from English, try
+to consider also users without IT background, people that don't speak
+English and accessibility. User interface should contain these with
+minimum amount, but for technical error messages could be preferred.
+There are some amount of software related words that are widely used
+as loan words.
+
+See section [Terms](#terms) for more details.
+
+### **_Please_**, in error messages
+
+As it might appeal to use correspondence _Ole hyvä ja_, it's not
+commonly used in Finnish. We are strict and used to more direct
+messaging. Let's not translate _please_ and use instruction format
+only. No Finn is going to be offended by this.
+
+Eg.
+
+- Please enter at most 10 emails. -> Lisää korkeintaan 10 sähköpostia.
+
+But
+
+- Yes, please! -> Kyllä, kiitos!
+
+### Zulip word inflection
+
+- in/from Zulip - **Zulipissa** / **Zulipista** / **Zulipin**
+- Zulip organization - **Zulip-organisaatio**
+- Zulip app - **Zulip-sovellus**
+
+### Your -expression
+
+Finnish language has _form of ownership_ so there shouldn't be need to
+thanslate _your_ as _sinun_ but rather use _si_ ending. It might be
+considered to leave out as well.
+
+Eg.
+
+- Your organization -> Organisaatio**si**
+- Your account -> Tili**si**
+
+But
+
+- You do have active accounts in the following organization(s). ->
+  Sinulla ei ole aktiivista tiliä seuraavissa organisaatio(i)ssa.
+
+### Comma
+
+Use commas in whole sentences where it is required. You can use these instructions as help.
+[Kotimaisten kielten keskus - pilkku.](http://www.kielitoimistonohjepankki.fi/haku/pilkku/ohje/86)
+
+## Terms
+
+- Administrator - **Järjestelmänvalvoja**
+- App - **Sovellus**
+- Authorization - **Valtuus**
+- Avatar - **Avatar**
+- Beta - **Beta**
+- Change - **Muuta**
+- Cheat sheet - **Lunttilappu**
+- Click - **Napsauta**
+- Configure - **Määritä**
+- Deactivate - **Poista käytöstä**
+- Domain - **Verkkotunnus**
+- Export - **Poiminta**
+- Filter - **Suodata**
+- Full member - **Täysivaltainen jäsen**
+- Host - **Isäntä**
+- Help center - **Tukikeskus**
+- ID - **Tunnus**
+- Integraatio - **Integraatio**
+- Interactive - **Interaktiivinen**
+- Invalid - **Virheellinen**
+- Moderator - **Moderaattori**
+- Mute - **Mykistää**
+- Narrow - **Rajaa hakua**
+- Notification - **Ilmoitus**
+- Topic - **Aihe**
+- Organization - **Organisaatio**
+- Permission - **Lupa**
+- Pin - **Kiinnitä**
+- Picker - **Valitsin**
+- Plan - **Tilaus**
+- DM (direct messages) - **SV (suoraviesti)** - Short version is needed in mobile.
+- Reset - **Nollata**
+- Save - **Tallenna**
+- Stream - **Kanava**
+- Subscriber - **Tilaaja**
+- Subscription - **Tilaus**
+- Subscribe a stream - **Tilaa kanava**
+- Subdomain - **Aliverkkotunnus**
+- Shortcuts - **Pikanäppäimet**
+- Unsubscribe - **Peru tilaus**
+- Unsupported - **Ei-tuettu**
+- Unresolve - **Merkitse ratkaisemattomaksi**
+- Webhook - **Webhook**
+- Whoops - **Hupsista**
+- Widget - **Widgetti**
+
+## Other
+
+Some translations can be tricky, so please don't hesitate to ask the
+community or to contribute to this guide! Thanks for your effort!