Object Language (Noun)
Meaning 1
A computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The compiler converts the high-level source code into its object language, which the computer's processor can execute directly.
- The object language of the assembly code translator is machine code, which can be executed by the computer's processor without further translation.
- The programming framework used a complex system to translate the high-level language into its object language, resulting in slower performance.
- One of the key design goals of the compiler was to generate efficient object language, which would allow for fast execution times.
- The translator converted the source code from its original language into the object language, making it compatible with the new computer system.
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Meaning 2
The language into which a text written in another language is to be translated.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The object language is the target language that the translation is being done into.
- Each source language has a unique object language that it is translated into on the translation platform.
- The editor examines first the source text, then the object language translation, and finally the translator.
- Translation is the process of conveying what the source language text says in the object language to the best of your ability.
- The source and object language files were attached to the translation request sent to the translation agency.