source language

English

Noun

source language (plural source languages)

1. (linguistics, translation studies) The language from which a translation is done.
2. (computing) The language of the source code to be compiled.

Synonyms

• (linguistics, translation studies): SL

Antonyms

• target language

Derived terms

• source text

Translations

language from which a translation is done

Catalan: llengua font f, llengua d'origen f, llengua objecte f Chinese: Mandarin: 原語 / 原语 (zh) (yuányǔ) Danish: kildesprog n Dutch: brontaal (nl) f Faroese: keldumál n Finnish: lähdekieli (fi) French: langue de départ f, langue source f German: Ausgangssprache (de) f, Quellsprache (de) f Greek: γλώσσα πηγής f (glóssa pigís), γλώσσα-πηγή f (glóssa-pigí) Hungarian: forrásnyelv (hu) Italian: lingua di partenza f Japanese: 起点言語 (きてんげんご, kiten gengo) Korean: 기점 언어(起點言語) (gijeom eoneo) Polish: język źródłowy m Romanian: limbă originală f, limbă sursă f Russian: язы́к оригина́ла m (jazýk originála) Swedish: källspråk n Ukrainian: мо́ва оригіна́лу f (móva oryhinálu)

language of the source code to be compiled

Faroese: keldumál n Finnish: lähdekieli (fi) Irish: teanga fhoinseach f