target language

1. The language into which a text written in another language is to be translated.
2. A language that a nonnative speaker is in the process of learning.
3. Computer Science. The computer language, often a machine language, into which a document written in another computer language is to be translated.

The language resulting from a translation process such as assembling or compiling. Contrast with source language.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated
  Synonym: object language

Meaning #2: a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated
  Synonym: object language