It is redundant. See page 1 of most compiler books.
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
Simply stated, a compiler is a program that can read a program in one language - the source language - and translate it into an equivalent program in another language - the target language
Engineering a Compiler
Compilers are computer programs that translate a program written in one language into a program written in another language
It has been (mis)used in a very tiny amount of academic literature. It obviously did not catch on for what one might only hope were good reasons. There is no good reason to promote this now.