Fansub dreaming on ViKi: "Don't just watch but help when you are free"

Translator

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-243

  Dwyer, Tessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amateur translation; Audiovisual translation; Crowdsourcing; Fan translation; Fansubbing; K Dramas; Playful kiss; ViKi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969916682     PISSN: 13556509     EISSN: 17570409     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2012.10799509     Document Type: Article

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