Fan translation

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Translations 1.3 Related terms

English

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

• French: traduction amateure
• German: nicht offizielle Übersetzung, (emulation) Nacheifererübersetzung
• Interlingua: traduction de amateur
• Italian: traduzione dilettante
• Japanese: 非公式な翻訳 (hikoushiki na hon'yaku) (literally "informal translation")
• Polish: tłumaczenie amatorskie n, tłumaczenie nieprofesjonalne n
• Portuguese: tradução amadora
• Spanish: traducción aficionada, (emulation) traducción emulatoria

Related terms

• fandub
• fansub
• fan translator
• scanlation