What is a target language?

target language: lt; computer gt; target language; lt; linguistics gt; translated language

1. the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated

Synonyms: object language

2. a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated

Synonyms: object language

source language n. [Calculation] source languagelt; linguisticsgt; language to be translated

1. a language that is to be translated into another language