An image that has been [[third-party edit|edited]] by a third party to replace the original text (Japanese or otherwise) with a translation into English (or [[hard-translated (non-english)|another language]]).

This regularly occurs in [[comic|comics]] and [[doujinshi]], [[scan|scanlated]] or otherwise.

Uploading hard-translated images is discouraged, due to image quality issues, typographical issues, and the difficulty of confirming the correctness of the translations (see topic #2590 for discussion). The original image should be uploaded instead, and the translations applied via [[help:notes|notes]]. Non-original hard translations [[help:post relationships|should be made children]] of the original images whenever the latter can be found.

Posts that are hard-translated by the artist themselves should be tagged [[alternate language]] instead.

h4. See also

* [[alternate language]]
* [[check translation]]
* [[partially translated]]
* [[poorly translated]]
* [[translated]]
* [[translation request]]
* [[fake translation]]
* [[hard-translated (non-English)]]
* [[howto:translate]]
hard-translated