working language

English

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
• 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
• Italian: lingua di lavoro f

See also

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