source language

English

Noun

source language (plural source languages)

1. (linguistics, translation studies) The language from which a translation is done.
2. (computing) The language of the source code to be compiled.

Synonyms

• (linguistics, translation studies): SL

Antonyms

• target language

Derived terms

• source text

Translations

language from which a translation is done

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原語／原语 (zh) (yuányǔ), 原语 (zh) (yuányǔ)

• Danish: kildesprog n
• Dutch: brontaal (nl)
• Faroese: keldumál n
• Finnish: lähdekieli (fi)
• French: langue de départ f, langue source f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Ausgangssprache (de) f, Quellsprache (de) f
• Hungarian: forrásnyelv (hu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: limbă originală f, limbă sursă f
• Russian: язы́к оригина́ла m (jazýk originála)
• Swedish: källspråk n

language of the source code to be compiled

• Faroese: keldumál n
• Finnish: lähdekieli (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: teanga fhoinseach f