Fansub

//ˈfænˌsʌb//

Synonyms for "fansub" (2 found)

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Translations

17 translations across 12 languages.

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Catalan

2 entries
  • fansub noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)
  • fansubejar verb (translate subtitles as an amateur)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 字幕組 /字幕组 noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)

Finnish

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  • fanitekstitys noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)
  • tehdä fanitekstitys verb (translate subtitles as an amateur)

French

3 entries
  • fansub noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)
  • sous-titrage sauvage noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)
  • fansuber verb (translate subtitles as an amateur)

German

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  • Fansub noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)

Hebrew

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  • פאנסאב noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)

Japanese

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  • ファンサブ noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)

Portuguese

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  • fansub noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)

Russian

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  • фансаб noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)
  • фэнсаб noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)

Spanish

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  • fansub noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)

Thai

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  • แฟนซับ noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)

Turkish

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  • fansub noun (subtitles translated by amateurs)

Sample sentences

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While Díaz Cintas and Muños Sánchez (2006) hint at the implications of fansub for commercial audiovisual translation norms, Pérez González (2006) places the practice in the frame of ‘interventionist’ goals emerging in the media landscape, with fans’ search for authenticity in translation.

Source: wiktionary

The practices of fansub (user translation of a film from its original language into another and adding subtitles) and fandub (user dubbing or redubbing of a film in a way that usually changes its storyline, dialogue, and character personalities) gains more producers and a larger audience every month, and remixing is now standard musical practice.

Source: wiktionary

In the case of fansub, the danmaku interface effectively visualizes and mediates the cosmopolitan contact zone as a layer of paratextual comments on screen (Fig 8.5).

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