Kääntäjiin

Kääntäjiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun kääntäjä, meaning translator. The illative case in Finnish marks direction toward or into a location or group, and in the plural it is formed with the suffix -iin, yielding kääntäjiin. Thus, kääntäjiin literally means “into the translators” or “to the translators,” depending on the verb and context.

In practice, the illative plural is used to indicate movement toward a group or inclusion in a process directed at that group. It is most common in formal, technical, or written contexts describing workflows, assignments, or communications that involve translators as a target or participants.

The form kääntäjiin is distinct from the allative plural kääntäjille, which marks a recipient or target of an action in a more general sense—“to the translators.” The choice between illative and allative depends on the intended nuance and the semantics of the verb being used.

Etymologically, the form is built from the base kääntäjä (translator) with the plural illative suffix, reflecting Finnish’s system of directional cases. While kääntäjiin appears in specialized or formal text, the allative form kääntäjille is more common in everyday language when indicating recipients.