source language
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- noun
- /sɔrs ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
- Specialized
:
lengua de origen
- However, these are limited because of the lack of interoperability among native languages while translating classification records from source language to the target language (Kwasnik & Rubin, 2003).
Examples
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A successfully transcreated message evokes the same emotions and carries the same implications in the target language as it does in the source language.
Blog text (9) -
Textual primacy, source language, and authorship become sources of contention among the various editors.
Academic text (1994) -
For me, at least, the scholar's role as a provider of access to or information about the source language is much the easier role.
Academic text (2007) -
Here you will import your Xcode project file and choose your source language and the language you will be localizing your project into.
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VRML is an open-source language to which developers can contribute.
Academic text (2001) -
Like some of the other commentators, I work in a multilingual environment with English as the source language, and I think most of these tips can be transferred to other languages as well.
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A professional translator should have fluency in both the language that the document or words are first in (source language) and the language into which the words need to be translated (target language).
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A collaboration requires gentleness and humility from both the scholar or native speaker who provides access to the source language and from the poet who is responsible for reproducing or recreating the poem in the target language.
Academic text (2007) -
The text was originally written in French, so we had to study the source language carefully before translating it.
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In the multilingual classroom, students often refer back to their source language for a better understanding of new vocabulary.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a language from which a text is translated' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'source' (origin) with 'language' (a system of communication). This noun-noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Source language uses the picture of a river's beginning: the source is where water starts, so the source language is the language where the words come from. So a source language is the language you 'translate from'.