target language

target language

noun
1.
the language into which a text is to be translated from another language. Compare source language (def. 1).
2.
a language, especially a foreign language, that one is in the process of learning. Compare source language (def. 2).

Origin:
1950–55
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Target language is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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target language
 
n
1.  the language into which a text, document, etc, is translated
2.  a language that is being or is to be learnt

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