different between fansub vs scanlation

English

Etymology

Short for fan subtitle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæn?s?b/

Noun

fansub (plural fansubs)

1. Subtitles translated by amateurs.

Translations

Verb

fansub (third-person singular simple present fansubs, present participle fansubbing, simple past and past participle fansubbed)

1. (intransitive) To translate subtitles as an amateur.

Translations

Derived terms

• fansubber

Related terms

• fandub
• fanslation

Coordinate terms

• scanlation
• scanlate

Anagrams

• subfan

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

Anagrams

• salcatonin, sanctional