Fan translation

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Translations 1.4 Related terms

English

Etymology

Coined by the console emulation and reverse-engineering communities and the non-Japanese video game players involved.

Noun

fan translation

1. An unofficial translation of a computer game or video game into a language that it was never marketed in (as opposed to a commercial translation), especially an English translation of a Japan-only video game and usually through console emulation.
2. An IPS patch that applies such project.
3. A production project of such translation.

Translations

• Chinese: 非职业翻译 (feizhi-yefanyi)
• Dutch: niet-commerciële vertaling
• French: traduction amateure
• German: nicht offizielle Übersetzung, (emulation) Nacheifererübersetzung
• Greek: μη εμπορική μετάφραση (mē emporikē metáphrasē)
• Interlingua: traduction de amateur
• Italian: traduzione dilettante
• Japanese: 非公式な翻訳 (hikoushiki na hon'yaku) (literally "informal translation")
• Korean: 비영리적인 번역 (biyeongnijeogin beonyeog)
• Latin: traductio non professionalis, traductio non commercialis
• Polish: tłumaczenie amatorskie n, tłumaczenie nieprofesjonalne n
• Portuguese: tradução amadora
• Russian: непрофессиональный перевод (neprofessionalnye perevod)
• Spanish: traducción aficionada, (emulation) traducción emulatoria

Related terms

• fandub
• fansub
• fan translator
• scanlation