fanslation

English

Etymology

Blend of fan +‎ translation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fænzˈleɪʃən/, /fænˈsleɪʃən/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

fanslation (countable and uncountable, plural fanslations)

1. (slang) An unofficial translation of the dialogue or text of a media product (such as a manga, television programme, or video game) from one language to another which is done by fans rather than by its producer.

Related terms

• fandub
• fanslator
• fansub
• scanlation

Translations

unofficial translation of a media product

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非職業翻譯／非职业翻译, 非职业翻译 (fēi zhíyè fānyì)

• Dutch: niet-commerciële vertaling
• French: traduction amateure
• German: nicht offizielle Übersetzung, (emulation) Nacheifererübersetzung
• Greek: μη εμπορική μετάφραση (mi emporikí metáfrasi)
• Interlingua: traduction de amateur
• Italian: traduzione dilettante
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 非公式な (ja)翻訳 (ja) (ひこうしきなほんやく, hikōshiki na hon'yaku) (literally: informal translation)
• Korean: 비영리적인 번역 (biyeongnijeogin beonyeok)
• Polish: tłumaczenie amatorskie n, tłumaczenie nieprofesjonalne n
• Portuguese: tradução amadora
• Russian: непрофессиональный перево́д (neprofessionalʹnyj perevód)
• Spanish: traducción aficionada, (emulation) traducción emulatoria
• Turkish: amatör çeviri

Further reading

• fan translation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia