source text

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Australia)

  (file)

Noun

source text (plural source texts)

1. (translation studies) The original text from which a translation is done into another language.

   Synonym: ST

   Antonym: target 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.

Translations

original text to be translated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原語文獻／原语文献 (yuányǔ wénxiàn), 原文 (zh) (yuánwén)

• Finnish: lähdeteksti
• Georgian: დედანი (ka) (dedani), ტექსტის დედანი (ṭeksṭis dedani), დედანი ტექსტი (dedani ṭeksṭi), ორიგინალი (originali), წყაროს ტექსტი (c̣q̇aros ṭeksṭi), წყარო ტექსტი (c̣q̇aro ṭeksṭi)
• German: Ausgangstext m
• Russian: исхо́дный текст (ru) m (isxódnyj tekst)
• Swedish: källtext c

See also

• source language