邦訳

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 邦訳(ほうやく) means translating a foreign-language text into Japanese or the resulting translation.
• Basic usage: It is used when discussing whether a foreign novel or picture book has a Japanese translation and how it renders the original.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The target language
  • The target language is Japanese. The word does not shift to a Korean or English translation according to the reader's nationality.
• The broader term 翻訳
  • 翻訳(ほんやく) broadly refers to translation between languages; 邦訳 specifies translation into Japanese.