fanslation

English

Alternative forms

• fanlation

Etymology

Blend of fan +‎ translation

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

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.
   • 2000 February 16, Seth Christenfeld, “Kristina fran Duvemala is AWESOME!”, in rec.arts.theatre.musicals‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Question: Where does one obtain the English libretto? And is it the official version or a "fanslation"?

   • 2004 June 8, Saint Avenger, “Hey, remember that FF6 translation of Sky Render's?”, in alt.games.final-fantasy‎^[2] (Usenet):

     This is the #1 reason I hate the fanslation.

   • 2004 July 19, Paul Tomlin, “Tales of Destiny”, in uk.games.video.misc‎^[3] (Usenet):

     There are no others available in English as far as I know (well, I think there is a fanslation of Tales of Phantasia for the SNES).

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 (fēi zhíyè fānyì)

• Dutch: niet-commerciële vertaling
• French: traduction amateure f
• German: nicht offizielle Übersetzung, (emulation) Nacheifererübersetzung
• Greek: μη εμπορική μετάφραση (mi emporikí metáfrasi)
• Interlingua: traduction de amateur
• Italian: traduzione dilettante f
• 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 f
• Russian: непрофессиональный перево́д (neprofessionalʹnyj perevód)
• Spanish: traducción aficionada f, (emulation) traducción emulatoria f
• Turkish: amatör çeviri

Further reading

• fan translation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia