target language
- noun
- Specialized
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lenguaje objetivo
Examples
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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 professional translator should have fluency in both the source language and the target language for accurate translation.
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Before submitting the project, the programmer ensured that all code was correctly converted into the target language for compatibility.
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In learning a new programming paradigm, understanding the syntax of the target language is crucial.
Synonyms
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A programming language made of 0s and 1s that a computer runs directly
A language that a translator or program creates from another language
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'the language that is the target of translation' is directly derived from combining 'target' (an objective or intended aim) with 'language' (a communication system), yielding 'the language aimed for.' Although often used in a technical computing context, the noun–noun composition and literal relation between the constituents are straightforward and should be clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The term target language uses the same image of a target to mean the final form of code. When programmers convert code from one language to another, they aim at a final computer language as the 'target', so target language means the language the code is translated into.