scanlation

scan·la·tion
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US, UK/skænˈleɪ.ʃən/

noun

The act or process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga, Chinese manhua, or Korean manhwa) into another language, typically for free distribution over the Internet.

OriginEnglish translation ← Middle English translacioun ← Anglo-Norman translacioun →
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Meanings

nounscanlation (countable and uncountable, plural scanlations)

plural scanlations · alternative scanslation

  1. countableuncountablecomicsThe act or process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga, Chinese manhua, or Korean manhwa) into another language, typically for free distribution over the Internet.
  2. countableuncountablecomicsA comic that has been scanned, translated; the product of a scanlation.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  2. Proto-Italic*skandō
  3. Latinscandō
  4. Middle Englishscanden
  5. Middle Englishscanne
  6. Englishscan
  7. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  10. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  11. Proto-Italic*trāns
  12. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  13. Latintrāns-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  16. Proto-Italic*ferō
  17. Latinferō
  18. Latintrānsferō
  19. Latintrānslātiō
  20. Anglo-Normantranslacioun
  21. Middle Englishtranslacioun
  22. Englishtranslation
  23. Englishscanlation

From scan + translation.

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Translations

Arabic مَسْح تَرْجَمَة
  • مَسْح تَرْجَمَة (masḥ tarjama)act or process of scanlation
Chinese Mandarin 掃描翻譯 /扫描翻译
  • 掃描翻譯 /扫描翻译 (sǎomiáo fānyì)act or process of scanlation
French scanlation, scantrad
  • scanlationact or process of scanlation
  • scantradproduct of scanlation
  • scanlationproduct of scanlation
German Scanlation
  • Scanlationact or process of scanlation
Indonesian pindai terjemah, pindai terjemahan
  • pindai terjemahact or process of scanlation
  • pindai terjemahanproduct of scanlation
Italian scanlation
  • scanlationproduct of scanlation
Japanese スキャンレイション
  • スキャンレイション (sukyanreishon)act or process of scanlation
Polish skanlacja
  • skanlacjaact or process of scanlation
Russian сканле́йт, сканля́ция
  • сканле́йт (skanléjt)act or process of scanlation
  • сканля́ция (skanljácija)act or process of scanlation
  • сканле́йшн (skanléjšn)act or process of scanlation
Spanish scanlation
  • scanlationact or process of scanlation

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scanlation

informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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Anagrams

salcatoninsanctional
Cite this entry
APA

scanlation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scanlation

MLA

“scanlation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scanlation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scanlation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scanlation.

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