fan translation

English

Etymology

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

Noun

fan translation (plural fan translations)

(video games) 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.

Synonyms

fanslation (slang)

Related terms

Translations

unofficial translation of a computer game or video game

Chinese:
Mandarin: 非職業翻譯, 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

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

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