Fan translation of games, anime, and fanfiction

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• dc.contributor.author Vázquez-Calvo, Boris
• dc.contributor.author Zhang, Leticia Tian
• dc.contributor.author Pascual, Mariona
• dc.contributor.author Cassany, Daniel
• dc.date.accessioned 2019-04-18T08:37:15Z
• dc.date.available 2019-04-18T08:37:15Z
• dc.date.issued 2019
• dc.description.abstract Fan practices involving translation open up opportunities to explore language learning practices within the fandom (Sauro, 2017). We examine how three fans capitalize on fan translation and language learning. We consider the cases of Selo (an English–Spanish translator of games), Nino (a Japanese–Catalan fansubber of anime, and Alro (an English–Spanish translator of fanfics). A corpus was built consisting of 297 minutes of interviews, 186 screenshots of language learning events from online sites, and 213 minutes of screencast videos of online activity. Drawing upon the conceptual framework of new literacy studies (Barton, 2007), we set four themes to present fans’ literacy practices and language learning: (a) fan translation, (b) understanding the original text, (c) writing and preparing the translation, and (d) tools, resources, and collaborative online practices. Results indicated that the three informants encountered an open space for agency, creativity, and identity building and reinforcement through fan translation. Their translations provided content and represented the generators of the semiotic fabric in their fandoms (Gee, 2005). As fan translators, they learned language in multiple ways, such as peer-to-peer feedback, autodidactism, and creative uses of Google Translate. Future research may attempt to transfer knowledge from digital wilds into formal education.
• dc.description.sponsorship This research has been partly funded by the postdoctoral grant Videogames as an academic and vernacular literacy practice (ED481B-2017/007, Government of Galicia, Spain) and by the research projects ICUDEL (EDU2014-57677-C2-1-R, Ministry of Economy, Spain) and Fandom in Spain (3rd call, Queen Sophia Center for Youth and Adolescence, Spain).
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• dc.identifier.citation Vazquez-Calvo B, Zhang LT, Pascual M, Cassany D. Fan translation of games, anime, and fanfiction. Language Learning & Technology. 2019 Feb;23(1):49-71. DOI: 10125/44672
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10125/44672
• dc.identifier.issn 1094-3501
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/37120
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher University of Hawaii Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Language Learning & Technology. 2019 Feb;23(1):49-71.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/EDU2014-57677-C2-1-R
• dc.rights Copyright © 2019 Boris Vazquez-Calvo, Leticia Tian Zhang, Mariona Pascual, & Daniel Cassany
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
• dc.subject.keyword ICT literacies
• dc.subject.keyword Language learning strategies
• dc.subject.keyword Virtual environments
• dc.subject.keyword Fan translation
• dc.title Fan translation of games, anime, and fanfiction
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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