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fansub

/ˈfænˌsʌb/

fansub noun: subtitles translated by amateurs.

Noun

fansub (countable and uncountable, plural fansubs)

  1. Subtitles translated by amateurs.
  2. (uncountable) Translation of subtitles by amateurs.
    • 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.2008, Minako O’Hagan, “Fan Translation Networks: An Accidental Translator Training Environment?”, in John Kearns, editor, Translator and Interpreter Training: Issues, Methods and Debates (Continuum...
    • 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...2010, Lauryn S. Mayer, “Dark Matters and Slippery Words: Grappling with Neomedievalism(s)”, in Karl Fugelso, editor, Defining Neomedievalism(s) (Studies in Medievalism; XIX), D. S. Brewer, →ISBN...

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.

fansub meaning in Thai

fansub in Thai

subtitles translated by amateurs
แฟนซับ faensáp

Forms of fansub

Noun
pluralfansubs
Verb
third-person singular presentfansubs
present participlefansubbing
past participlefansubbed
pastfansubbed

Origin of fansub

Short for fan subtitle.

Words formed from fansub

Questions about fansub

What does fansub mean?
Fansub means subtitles translated by amateurs.
What is fansub in Thai?
Fansub in Thai is แฟนซับ (faensáp). See Fansub meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is fansub?
Fansub can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce fansub?
Fansub is pronounced /ˈfænˌsʌb/.
What is the plural of fansub?
The plural of fansub is fansubs.

Words near fansub in the dictionary

  1. fansplain
  2. fansplained
  3. fansplaining
  4. fansplains
  5. fanstuff
  6. fansub
  7. fansubbed
  8. fansubber
  9. fansubbers
  10. fansubbing
  11. fansubs

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