fanlation

Translation by fans.

I liked his catch of the clever combination of "fan" and "Android" to describe staunch defenders of the Google operating system for smart phones. I especially liked it because I had just suggested that we use a new term for the kind of crowdsourced translation that the likes of Twitter and Facebook do when they engage hordes of enthused users to translate their products: fanlation. Though this may be not as clever as fandroids, it might still serve a very noble purpose: to separate professional translation from the eager-beaver fanlation efforts of passionate users.

519. Thinking Fanlation / 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Michigan B, Sheraton Chicago / Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Translation and the Division on East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900.

A translation made by a fan or fans.

Some publishers have expurgated manga for the American market. But they run the risk of outraging fans, many of whom buy the books in the original Japanese and find fan translations online (known as “fanlations”) to make sure they’re getting their manga pure.

And I've heard that once they finish the "Read or Die" manga they'll start "Read or Dream" so we'll get the Paper Sisters story too (I have some fanlations of the first volume; it's kinda cute).