Target Language
The target language is the language you are translating into — the language the audience will read. In a Spanish-to-Japanese translation, Japanese is the target language.
Choosing the right target language variant matters. English has many variants (en-US, en-GB, en-AU) with different spelling conventions, vocabulary, and formality norms. Spanish has Latin American and Castilian variants. French has European and Canadian variants. For audience-specific content, specifying the region code alongside the language (e.g. 'pt-BR' for Brazilian Portuguese rather than just 'Portuguese') improves quality and appropriateness.
Target language complexity also affects translation time and cost. Languages with complex morphology (Hungarian, Finnish, Arabic), right-to-left scripts (Arabic, Hebrew), or logographic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) may require additional review before publication.
Key concepts
- The language the output document will be written in
- Prefer region-specific variants (fr-CA, pt-BR, es-MX) over generic language codes for audience-specific content
- RTL languages (Arabic, Hebrew) and CJK scripts may require UI layout adjustments beyond translation
How Vernacia uses this
Vernacia supports 73+ target languages. Select the target language in the translation job setup. For CJK and RTL languages, the translated PPTX/DOCX output preserves the original layout — but you may need to adjust text box sizes if the translated text is significantly longer or shorter.
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