A zine (say it 'zeen', like the end of magazine — not 'zyne') is a small magazine that ordinary people make themselves. Nobody is paid, there is no big company behind it, and often only a few dozen or a few hundred copies exist.

A zine (say it 'zeen', like the end of magazine — not 'zyne') zine（念成「zeen」，像magazine字尾那樣，不是「zyne」） is a small magazine that ordinary people make themselves是一般人自己動手做的小型刊物。Nobody is paid沒有人領薪水, there is no big company behind it背後也沒有大公司, and而 often only a few dozen or a few hundred copies exist常常只印個幾十本或幾百本。

Classically it is photocopied paper, folded and stapled by hand, sold cheaply or given away at concerts, small bookshops, art school fairs, and zine markets. The content is whatever the maker cares about: a band, comics, poems, drawings, recipes, a personal diary, a political argument.

Classically傳統上 it它 is photocopied paper, folded and stapled by hand是影印的紙張，手工摺疊、裝訂, sold cheaply or given away at concerts, small bookshops, art school fairs, and zine markets在演唱會、小書店、藝術學校市集，還有zine市集上便宜賣，或直接送人。The content內容 is whatever the maker cares about就是製作者關心的任何東西: a band, comics, poems, drawings, recipes, a personal diary, a political argument一個樂團、漫畫、詩、畫作、食譜、私人日記、政治論述。

Because there is no editor and no advertiser, zines feel raw and honest — messy handwriting, crooked photos, strong opinions — and that roughness is the point, not a mistake.

Because因為 there is no editor and no advertiser沒有編輯、也沒有廣告主, zines zine給人的感覺 feel raw and honest很原始、很誠實 — messy handwriting, crooked photos, strong opinions潦草的手寫字、歪斜的照片、強烈的個人意見 — and而 that roughness is the point, not a mistake這種粗糙感就是重點，不是缺陷。

The word grew out of 1930s science-fiction 'fanzines' and got much bigger in the punk music scene of the 1970s and 80s. Today zines are alive again in art and design circles, including in Taipei, where independent bookshops and art book fairs sell them.

The word這個詞 grew out of 1930s science-fiction 'fanzines'源自1930年代科幻迷的「fanzines」 and而 got much bigger in the punk music scene of the 1970s and 80s後來在1970、80年代的龐克音樂圈裡發揚光大。Today今天 zines zine are alive again in art and design circles在藝術和設計圈裡又重新活躍起來, including in Taipei, where independent bookshops and art book fairs sell them包括在台北，獨立書店和藝術書展都在賣它們。

A person who makes one is a zinester, and 'to zine' is not a verb — you make a zine.

A person who makes one is a zinester做zine的人叫zinester, and而 'to zine' is not a verb「to zine」不是動詞 — you你 make a zine是「做」一本zine。