TARGET LANGUAGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does target language mean? • TARGET LANGUAGE (noun)
The noun TARGET LANGUAGE has 2 senses:
1. the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated
2. a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated
Familiarity information: TARGET LANGUAGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TARGET LANGUAGE (noun)
Meaning:
The language into which a text written in another language is to be translated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
target language; object language
Hypernyms ("target language" is a kind of...):
language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)
Meaning:
A computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
object language; target language
Hypernyms ("target language" is a kind of...):
programing language; programming language ((computer science) a language designed for programming computers)
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