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Target language may refer to:

Target language, in applied linguistics and language education, the language which a person is learning, also called second language
Second language
A second language or L2 is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue. Some languages, often called auxiliary languages, are used primarily as second languages or lingua francas ....
Target language, in translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...

, the language to which a source text is translated
Target language, in computer science, the computer language that a compiler
Compiler
A compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language...

translates into source code

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