target language
Americannoun
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the language into which a text is to be translated from another language.
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a language, especially a foreign language, that one is in the process of learning.
noun
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the language into which a text, document, etc, is translated
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a language that is being or is to be learnt
Etymology
Origin of target language
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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I definitely recommend that you start doing this in your target language once you’re at a point where you feel that you can understand it.
From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2022
Your fictional conversation partner speaks to you in the target language, you’ll respond in that language, and then a native speaker will say the correct answer, which you’ll repeat a couple times after them.
From The Verge ● Feb. 15, 2022
Depending on the model, classes are generally taught from 50 percent to 90 percent of the time in the target language, with the rest taught in English.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2015
Typically on a sentence-by-sentence level, the program translates by finding words in the target language that both make sense together grammatically and are likely to match well with their analogues in the source language.
From Slate ● May 11, 2012
MT analyzes the language text in the source language and automatically generates corresponding text in the target language.
From Multilingualism on the Web by Lebert, Marie
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