Lähdekielisestä

Lähdekielisestä is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective lähdekielinen, meaning "source-language" or "from the source language." It is used to describe elements that originate in or pertain to the original language of a text or document, as opposed to the target language into which it may be translated.

Grammatically, lähdekielisestä is an inflected form: the base adjective lähdekielinen becomes elative singular when modifying a noun in the elative case, for example in the phrase lähdekielisestä tekstistä, meaning "from the source-language text." The form is typically used to indicate the language of origin in descriptions, analyses, or comparisons.

Common usage appears in translation studies, linguistics, publishing, and academic writing, where it helps distinguish features derived from the original language from those arising in the translation or adaptation. It frequently occurs with nouns in elative, such as lähdekielisestä versiosta ("from the source-language version") or lähdekielisestä sanastosta ("from the source-language terminology").

See also:

- kohdekielinen (target-language)

- lähdekielinen (source-language in general)

- käännös (translation)