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, 扫描翻译 (sǎomiáo-fānyì)

• French: scanlation (fr) f
• German: Scanlation f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: scanlation

Anagrams

• sanctional