Handbook of Finnish, 2nd edition, section 5 Vocabulary:

Terminology

Forming terms for concepts in administration, law, industry, science, arts, technology, etc. is an essential part of making and keeping a language useable in a modern society in various areas of life. This was a key issue in the 19th and 20th century Finland. Its relative imĀ­porĀ­tance has decreased especially in science, humanities, and technology: nowadays English terms are often adopted as such or as modified somewhat to adapt to the structure of Finnish.

There are many terminology collections that are more or less regularly updated and provide an extensive set of terms, though they are not all widely accepted or used. Some examples of different terminology databases available online:


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