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fansubs

fansubs is the plural of fansub.

Meaning of fansub

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...

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Questions about fansubs

What is fansubs the plural of?
Fansubs is the plural of fansub.

Words near fansubs in the dictionary

  1. fansub
  2. fansubbed
  3. fansubber
  4. fansubbers
  5. fansubbing
  6. fansubs
  7. Fant
  8. Fanta
  9. Fanta cake
  10. Fanta cakes
  11. Fanta'd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fansubs (page history and authors); fansub (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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