source text

The original text from which a translation is done into another language.

Noun

  1. The original text from which a translation is done into another language.
    • [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...

    Synonyms: ST

    Antonyms: target text

Forms

source texts

Related

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