Approach
A conceptual and practice-oriented chapter presenting five proposals for incorporating fan translation into language education.
Main ideas
- The proposals connect translation with learner interests, audiences and collaborative problem-solving.
- Bridging activities provide a way to relate informal fan practices to classroom language work.
Pedagogical proposals to adapt and evaluate in context.
How this work can be used
Use the chapter when planning translation projects, discussing the educational role of fan cultures or designing tasks around cultural and linguistic mediation.
Cite this chapter
Vazquez-Calvo, B. (2025). From Foe to Friend: The Role of Fan Translation in Language Education. In D. Coulson & C. Denman (Eds.), Translation, Translanguaging and Machine Translation in Foreign Language Education (pp. 115–136). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82174-5_7
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