target text

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target text (plural target texts)

  1. (translation studies) The finished product of a translated text.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) TT
    Antonym: source text
    • 2004, Christina Schäffner, edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 119:
      [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.

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