What is Source text?
A '''source text'''<ref name=umdguide>{{cite web |title=Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources guide |url=http://www.lib.umd.edu/ues/guides/primary-sources |publisher=University of Maryland Libraries |access-date=12 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703015116/http://www.lib.umd.edu/ues/guides/primary-sources|archive-date=3 July 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/LibraryGuides/primsrcs.shtml JCU – Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212093611/http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/LibraryGuides/primsrcs.shtml |date=2005-02-12 }}</ref> is a piece of work (usually [[writing]], sometimes [[speech]]) where [[information]] or [[ideas]] come from. In [[translation]], a source text is the original text that is to be translated into another [[language]]. In the [[Historiography|study of history]], people talk about [[Primary source|primary (firsthand)]], [[Secondary source|secondary (secondhand)]] and [[Tertiary source|tertiary (thirdhand) sources]]. == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Translation]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Academia]] {{stub}}