scanlation

English

Alternative forms

• scanslation

Etymology

Blend of scan +‎ translation

Noun

scanlation (countable and uncountable, plural scanlations)

1. (comics, chiefly manga) The process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga or Korean manhwa) into the translator's language, for free distribution over the Internet.
2. (comics) A comic that has been scanned, translated, and with translation overlaid onto the original text to produce a second-language version of the comic; a scanlated comic.

Coordinate terms

• fansub
• fandub
• fanslation

Related terms

• scanlate
• scanlator

Translations

the process of scanlation

• Arabic: مَسْح تَرْجَمَة m (masḥ tarjama)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掃描翻譯／扫描翻译 (sǎomiáo-fānyì)

• French: scanlation (fr) f
• German: Scanlation f
• Japanese: スキャンレイション (sukyanreishon)
• Polish: skanlacja f
• Russian: сканле́йт m (skanléjt), сканля́ция f (skanljácija), сканле́йшн f (skanléjšn)
• Spanish: scanlation f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can:

the product of scanlation

• French: scantrad, scanlation (fr) m
• Italian: scanlation

Anagrams

• salcatonin, sanctional