A profissionalização de scanlations: investigação de um fenômeno tradutório

Abstract

Japanese comic books, manga, are well-known throughout the world, however, these works were not always accessible to audiences worldwide. Since there was little to no official translation of these works for a long time, the consumer community of these products began doing the work of scanlation, a term used for fan-made manga translations that filled in the gaps left by the absence of official translations. Based on this, the present study aimed to examine and analyze whether there is professionalization among scanlation groups and what their mechanisms of operation are in this supposed new translation market. To do this, interviews were conducted with members of two scanlation groups to see how they operate and function. Within this environment of voluntary translations, the possible transformation of these groups into a scenario with remuneration creates a new work identity, controversial, and dubious. Based mainly on the studies of scanlations by Aragão (2016) and Hirata (2012), this monograph presents a little-known perspective on the reality of these groups.