tulkitsijalta

Tulkitsijalta is a Finnish noun phrase meaning “from the interpreter.” It is the elative singular form of tulkitsija, a person who interprets or translates spoken language. The elative case marks origin or source, so tulkitsijalta specifies that something comes from the interpreter. In many contexts, tulkitsija can be expressed with tulkki as well, but tulkitsija emphasizes the interpretive role or profession.

In usage, tulkitsijalta is common in formal writing to attribute information to a source. Examples include phrases like tulkitsijalta saatujen tietojen mukaan, which translates to “according to information received from the interpreter,” and tulkitsijalta peräisin oleva lausunto, meaning “a statement originating from the interpreter.” The elative form should not be confused with tulkitsijan mukaan, which means “according to the interpreter” and follows a different syntactic construction.

Form and variants: singular elative is tulkitsijalta; plural elative is tulkitsijoilta. Other cases derived from tulkitsija include tulkitsijan (genitive) and tulkitsijalle (allative), among others, reflecting standard Finnish noun morphology.

See also: tulkki, tulkitsija, tulkkaus. The term is primarily used in Finnish-language contexts such as conference interpretation, court reporting, or journalism to indicate information or statements sourced from an interpreter.