target language

noun

1

: a language into which another language is to be translated compare source language

2

: a language other than one's native language that is being learned

Examples of target language in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then comes text-to-text translation, and finally the resulting text in the target language is synthesized into speech. —Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025

What happens when companies like Meta, Google and IBM target languages like Seke? —Ross Perlin, The Dial, 14 Nov. 2024

Here, the training data consists of pairs of sentences, one in the source language and one in the target language. —Zachary C. Lipton, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016

For total immersion, lessons are conducted in the target language and feature interactive real-life scenarios and pronunciation feedback. —Simon Hill, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023

My own commitment is to conveying in the target language the author’s voice in the original. —Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024

Translations to the target language are getting better, and disinformation is harder to spot, security researchers said. —Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 11 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for target language

• interlanguage
• metalanguage