target language

English

Noun

target language (plural target languages)

1. (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

• 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)
• Swedish: målspråk n
• Ukrainian: мо́ва пере́кладу f (móva perékladu)