target language

English

Noun

target language (plural target languages)

1. (linguistics) The language a learner is attempting to acquire.
2. (linguistics, 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 目的語 (zh), 目的语 (zh) (mùdìyǔ)

• Danish: målsprog n
• Dutch: doeltaal (nl)
• Finnish: kohdekieli (fi)
• French: langue d'arrivée f, langue cible f
• Georgian: სამიზნე ენა (samizne ena)

• German: Zielsprache (de) f
• Hungarian: célnyelv (hu)
• Irish: sprioctheanga (ga) f
• Korean: 목표어 (mokpyo-eo)
• Romanian: limbă țintă f
• Swedish: målspråk n