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Noun

working language (plural working languages)

1. Language that is given a unique legal status in an international organisation or other supranational body as its primary means of communication.
2. (translation studies) Language that a translator or interpreter works with.

Translations

language with an official status in an international organization

Danish: arbejdssprog c Dutch: werktaal (nl) f Esperanto: laborlingvo Estonian: töökeel Finnish: työkieli (fi) French: langue de travail f German: Arbeitssprache (de) f Indonesian: bahasa pekerjaan, bahasa kerja (id) Italian: lingua di lavoro f Latvian: darba valoda f Macedonian: работен јазик m (raboten jazik) Polish: język roboczy m Portuguese: língua de trabalho f Russian: рабо́чий язы́к m (rabóčij jazýk) Spanish: lengua de trabajo f Swedish: arbetsspråk n Ukrainian: робоча мова f (roboča mova)

language that a translator or interpreter works with

Dutch: werktaal (nl) f Estonian: töökeel Finnish: työkieli (fi) French: langue de travail f Indonesian: bahasa kerja (id) Italian: lingua di lavoro f

See also

• A language, B language, C language
• language combination