#finnishposting

hi anon how does it feel living in the country that brought us one of the greatest videos on the internet

There is snow on the ground

That's a very interesting question! I am a native Finnish speaker, a master's-level engineering student, and a semi-professional violinist, so I can answer from these two contexts. Localization in other fields may vary.

"Weak isospin" seems to be translated as "heikko isospin". I could not find any source on the internet mentioning "weak isospin conservation" in Finnish, regardless of wording. I might translate it as "heikon isospinin säilyminen," but I'm not well-versed enough in the subject to say for sure.

This is indicative of the overall pattern in Finnish localization; the more niche you get, the less localization there is. Finnish academia shifts to English the higher you get, because scientific publication in Finnish is less practical as it is in English. Yes, you technically can localize it, but there's little need to. No-one's reading niche science publications in Finnish, so why bother?

In engineering we usually translate the easy words and use English for the ones that are even a little bit inconvenient. For example, the A* search algorithm was called the "A-star (pronounced englishly) algoritmi" during one of my algorithm courses.

In classical music we usually use the Italian technique terminology. While you could say "soita hidastaen," you'd usually say "soita ritardandolla" ("play slowing down" vs "play with ritardando"). The easier ones, again, might be in Finnish, such as "Kovempaa!" ("Play louder!") instead of "Forte!". These terms are, of course, in the notes themselves so using them comes naturally. There's no incentive to translate the Italian terminology, which is in world-wide use, into Finnish, so we don't.