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source texts

source texts is the plural of source text.

Meaning of source text

Noun

source text (plural source texts)

  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 understandable.2004, Christina Schäffner, edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 119
    Synonyms:
    ST
    Antonyms:
    target text

Questions about source texts

What is source texts the plural of?
Source texts is the plural of source text.

Words near source texts in the dictionary

  1. source language
  2. source languages
  3. source material
  4. source routing
  5. source text
  6. source texts
  7. source-available
  8. sourceable
  9. sourcebook
  10. sourcebooks
  11. sourcecode

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Adapted from Wiktionary: source texts (page history and authors); source text (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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