I think "compilers for which both the source and target languages are usually written by humans" is a useful category. They face some fairly unique issues, like

I think "compilers for which both the source and target languages are usually written by humans" is a useful category. They face some fairly unique issues, like having to plan around a second optimization pass geared towards human, not machine, output. I'm not sure why it's such a big deal to you the particular word used, since it AFAICT was never used to mean anything else.