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The above examples are not either names (but designations/appellations) or are titles, which uses the capital
letter only in the beginning of the first word of the title.
Compounds
Generally, compounds should be understandable and clear to the user. Overly long or complex compounds
should be avoided. Keep in mind that unintuitive compounds are ultimately an intelligibility and usability issue.
It is very usual to use compound words in Estonian. Compound word is created by adding other word‘s stem to a
word. Compounding words gives a new word with new meaning. For example, phrases ―lapse põlv‖ (child‘s knee)
and ―lapsepõlv‖ (childhood) have completely different meanings. Please see ―Eesti keele käsiraamat‖ for detailed
information.
Example: laps + põlv = lapsepõlv; töö + riist + riba = tööriistariba.
Compounds are also created by using a hyphen.
Example: + CD-mängija (CD player)
Gender
This section does not apply to Estonian.
Genitive
Genitive case corresponds to the question whose. It shows affiliation. It does not have a specific case ending.
Please see ―Eesti keele käsiraamat‖ for detailed information.
Convention 1 (e.g. Attaching a genitive "s" to (trademarked) product names is unavoidable, as this is a natural
change in Estonian. Estonians do not interpret it as a modification of such names.) Please note that it is very
common and natural to decline names in Estonian. Excessive use of modifiers makes the text unnatural, so
declination of names must be used.
Example:
Source: This is the new feature of Microsoft.
Target: + See on Microsofti uus funktsioon.
Modifiers
In Estonian localized text you often need to use modifiers. Modifiers must be used when there are variable tags in
the text. As tags are replaced with different names and different words are declined differently in Estonian, we
cannot add case ending to the tag. In these cases a modifier must be used — then the modifier is declined.
Although, please note that it is very common and natural to decline names in Estonian. Excessive use of
modifiers makes the text unnatural, so only modifiers cannot be used.