target language

Noun
Synonyms: object language

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. the language into which a text written in another language is to be translatedSynonyms: object languageType of language, linguistic communication
  2. a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translatedSynonyms: object languageType of programming language, programing language
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Tar′get language noun

the language into which a text is to be translated; — correlative of source language.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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