"source text" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "source texts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "source text (plural source texts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "target text"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Translation studies",
          "orig": "en:Translation studies",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Christina Schäffner, edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 119",
          "text": "[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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The original text from which a translation is done into another language."
      ],
      "id": "en-source_text-en-noun-uqgxyyES",
      "links": [
        [
          "translation studies",
          "translation studies"
        ],
        [
          "translation",
          "translation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(translation studies) The original text from which a translation is done into another language."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "source language"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ST"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "translation-studies"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "原語文獻"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yuányǔ wénxiàn",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "原语文献"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yuánwén",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "原文"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "lähdeteksti"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dedani",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "დედანი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭeksṭis dedani",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "ტექსტის დედანი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dedani ṭeksṭi",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "დედანი ტექსტი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "originali",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "ორიგინალი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣q̇aros ṭeksṭi",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "წყაროს ტექსტი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣q̇aro ṭeksṭi",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "word": "წყარო ტექსტი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ausgangstext"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "isxódnyj tekst",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "исхо́дный текст"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "original text to be translated",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "källtext"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "en-au-source_text.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/En-au-source_text.ogg/En-au-source_text.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/En-au-source_text.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Australia)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "source text"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "source texts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "source text (plural source texts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "source language"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "target text"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Translation studies"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Christina Schäffner, edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 119",
          "text": "[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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The original text from which a translation is done into another language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "translation studies",
          "translation studies"
        ],
        [
          "translation",
          "translation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(translation studies) The original text from which a translation is done into another language."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ST"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "translation-studies"
      ]
    }
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    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/En-au-source_text.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Australia)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "原語文獻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuányǔ wénxiàn",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "原语文献"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánwén",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "原文"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "lähdeteksti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dedani",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "დედანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭeksṭis dedani",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "ტექსტის დედანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dedani ṭeksṭi",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "დედანი ტექსტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "originali",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "ორიგინალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣q̇aros ṭeksṭi",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "წყაროს ტექსტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣q̇aro ṭeksṭi",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "word": "წყარო ტექსტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausgangstext"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isxódnyj tekst",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "исхо́дный текст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "original text to be translated",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "källtext"
    }
  ],
  "word": "source text"
}