In grammar, the translative case (abbreviated TRANSL) is a grammatical case that indicates a change in state of a noun, with the general sense of "becoming X " or "change to X ".
In Finnish, it is the counterpart of the essive case, with the basic meaning of a change of state.
E.g. while a nominative construction would indicate working in a job or profession, as olen koolis õpetaja "I'm a teacher in a school", a similar sentence using translative olen koolis õpetajaks "I work as a teacher in a school" hints at it either being a temporary position, the speaker not being fully qualified, or some other factor of impermanency.
[1] In Hungarian, the ending is -vá / -vé after a vowel; it assimilates to the final consonant otherwise:
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