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Noun: object language
  1. The language into which a text written in another language is to be translated
    "English was the object language for the translation of the French novel";
    - target language
     
  2. A computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated
    "The compiler converted the source code into the object language";
    - target language

Derived forms: object languages

Type of: language, linguistic communication, programing language [US], programming language

Encyclopedia: Object language