target language

English

Noun

target language (plural target languages)

1. (applied linguistics) The language a learner is attempting to acquire.
2. (translation studies) The language into which a translation is done.
3. (computing) The machine language into which source code is to be compiled.

Antonyms

• source language

Derived terms

• target text

Translations

language into which a translation is done

Catalan: llengua meta f, llengua de destinació f Chinese: Mandarin: 目的語 / 目的语 (zh) (mùdìyǔ), 譯入語 / 译入语 (yìrùyǔ) Danish: målsprog n Dutch: doeltaal (nl) f Estonian: sihtkeel Finnish: kohdekieli (fi) French: langue d'arrivée f, langue cible f Georgian: სამიზნე ენა (samizne ena) German: Zielsprache (de) f Greek: γλώσσα μεταφοράς f (glóssa metaforás), γλώσσα-στόχος f (glóssa-stóchos) Hungarian: célnyelv (hu) Irish: sprioctheanga (ga) f Italian: lingua di arrivo f Japanese: 目標言語 (もくひょうげんご, mokuhyō gengo), 目的言語 (もくてきげんご, mokuteki gengo) Korean: 목표어(目標語) (mokpyoeo) Malay: bahasa sasaran Polish: język docelowy m Romanian: limbă țintă f Russian: язы́к перево́да m (jazýk perevóda) Spanish: idioma objetivo / destinatario / meta m, lengua deseada f Swedish: målspråk n Ukrainian: мо́ва пере́кладу f (móva perékladu)