target text

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target text

noun target texts

The finished product of a translated text. [S]tudents in their first year believe that source text and target text should be identical in content, that the TT should be a reproduction of the ST in another language, and that the TT should read well and be understandable.
Similar: TT · Opposite: source text

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noun finished product of a translation

Español	texto traducido
中文	目的語文獻 /目的语文献 mùdìyǔ wénxiàn, 譯文 /译文 yìwén
Deutsch	Zieltext
Русский	текст перево́да tekst perevóda

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"target text." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/target%20text. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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target text. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/target%20text

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"target text." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/target%20text.

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@misc{target_text_2026,
  title = {target text},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/target%20text},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}