Continental is able to follow fair translation (7)
I believe the answer is:
african
'continental' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'able to follow fair translation' is the wordplay.
'able' becomes 'can'.
'to follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go after or follow others).
'translation' indicates anagramming the letters.
'fair' anagrammed gives 'afri'.
'can' put after 'afri' is 'AFRICAN'.
'is' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for african that I've seen before include "From a certain continent" , "One type of elephant" , "Person from, eg, Congo" , "Kikuyu possibly" , "Person from south of the Mediterranean" .)