scanlation

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Blend of scan + translation

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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.

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