翻ほん訳やく元もと言げん語ご

noun

source language; language being translated from

Technical term used in translation studies and localization to refer to the language from which a text is translated.

• 翻ほん訳やく元もと言げん語ごが英えい語ごの場ば合あい、日本にほん語ごへの翻ほん訳やくは比ひ較かく的てき容よう易いだ。

  When the source language is English, translation into Japanese is relatively easy.

• このツールは翻ほん訳やく元もと言げん語ごを自じ動どう的てきに検けん出しゅつします。

  This tool automatically detects the source language.