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Thanks, Peni. I don't think the words I'm struggling with as noted above are slang words, however. Do you know the translations of those words or is Liisa or anyone there to help?

Hello Finnfan!

I must try to make clear that I have no education as a finnish language teacher and my expertise in this forum is based only on being a finn and being able to speak some other languages as well.

I will help you as much as I can. The first two words on your list were quite in the need of a whole sentence but I can tell you that miksata=to mix, so the word is taken straight out of english language. Miksauksen= possessive form of the word mixing.
And the word miksauskonsolin....again a possessive form of the word mixing console??? Am I onto anything here?

Miltä is the word "how" in a different form used in special places.
Miten=how
There are a couple of examples in a sentence:
Miltä tyttö näyttää? = how does the girl look like
If you translate this sentence straight from finnish to english you would maybe say "from what does the girl look like?"

Purkaa is to tear apart, for example after knitting something wrong you can purkaa your work to start over again.

Next time you want to get more sure answers, pls tell me the whole sentence

Yours, Liisa.

Thank you so much, Liisa! That was extremely helpful. Next time, I'll give the words in a sentence. Glad to know you're out there!

I am glad to be of some assistance

Hi, Liisa. Can you help me? I translated the passage below, but it's not making sense to me. I'll compare what you give me with what I have tried to translate and see where I went wrong. I'm sorry, but I don't have the umlaut to use for Finnish on my computer, so I hope you might be able to assume where the umlauts are supposed to be. If not, please let me know. You could just tell me what the following paragraph says in English, and I'll go back through it in Finnish and figure it all out from there. I have Finnish reference materials that I use, but sometimes it just doesn't translate things well. Here goes:

Sellaiset kurkkupurkit siella oli. Ajattelin, etta ei tasta tule yhtaan mitaan, nyt havettaa, olisi taas pitanyt tarkastaa asiat kymmeneen kertaan. Sitten rupesin katselemaan, millaista jengia tulee paikalle. Ne oli ihan ammattilaisia, toimittajia, keikkajarjestajia ja kaupun edustajia. Tajusin, etta ei tassa olekaan mitaan hataa.

Thanks, Liisa. You're the BEST!

Kiitos Liisa, that is a great offer from you, maybe, sometimes i will come bach to this

Another Schwabe in Finland

For an international multilingual brochure I have tried the following description of an image:

Kuva on: Tyylitellä pylväs josta kasvaa ylöspäin suuntautuvia versoja

which should mean

The image shows: A stylized pillar from which the sprouts grow upwards

Is this correct and „good“ Finnish or is there a better way to translate, sticking as close as possible to the English words.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Andreas

Thanks a lot for your help and prompt reply. I really appreciated it !