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scanlation

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  • noun comics 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.
  • noun 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

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Blend of scan and translation

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scanlate +‎ -ion

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  1. fan translation
  2. fansub
  3. scanlate
  4. scanlator

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