Translator: targetLanguage property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The targetLanguage read-only property of the Translator interface returns the language that the input text will be translated into.

A Translator instance's targetLanguage is set when creating it via a create() call.

Value

A string specifying the source language. This will be a valid BCP 47 language tag.

Examples

js
const translator = await Translator.create({
  sourceLanguage: "en",
  targetLanguage: "ja",
});

// Logs "ja"
console.log(translator.targetLanguage);

Specifications

Specification
Translator and Language Detector APIs
# dom-translator-targetlanguage

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile server
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
Node.js
targetLanguage property
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 138 (Release date: 2025-06-24)
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footnote Availability may be subject to geographical restrictions.
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 122 (Release date: 2025-09-11)
footnote
footnote Availability may be subject to geographical restrictions.
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
Deno – No support
Deno
footnote No support
Node.js – No support
Node.js
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.

See also