käännettävää

Käännettävää is a Finnish term derived from the verb kääntää, meaning to translate. It is the partitive singular form of the attributive present participle käännettävä, which functions as an adjective meaning “to be translated” or “translatable.” In practice, käännettävää is used to refer to material that has yet to be translated, for example in translation workflows or localization contexts.

Common uses include phrases such as meillä on paljon käännettävää (we have a lot to translate) or tässä on käännettävää tekstiä (here is text to be translated). The form helps distinguish content that still requires translation from content that has already been translated (käännetty) or from other states of the content.

Grammatically, käännettävä is declined like an adjective/participle: nominative singular käännettävä, partitive singular käännettävää, and so on. The specific form käännettävää marks the partitive singular, typically used with indefinite objects or when the amount is not specified, e.g., käännettävää materiaalia (material to be translated) or käännettävää tekstiä.

Related concepts include the past participle käännetty, meaning translated, and compound noun forms such as käännösteksti that may arise in practical usage. Käännettävää is primarily a grammatical and functional descriptor in Finnish, rather than a standalone lexical item with a meaning beyond “to be translated.” Its usage is common in professional and academic writing, especially within translation, localization, and publishing workflows.