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Game Localization

Author : Minako O'Hagan

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 11,40 MB

Release : 2013-08-29

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027271860

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Book Description

Video games are part of the growing digital entertainment industry for which game localization has become pivotal in serving international markets. As well as addressing the practical needs of the industry to facilitate translator and localizer training, this book seeks to conceptualize game localization in an attempt to locate it in Translation Studies in the context of the technologization of contemporary translation practices. Designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the topic of game localization the book draws on the literature in Game Studies as well as Translation Studies. The book’s readership is intended to be translation scholars, game localization practitioners and those in Game Studies developing research interest in the international dimensions of the digital entertainment industry. The book aims to provide a road map for the dynamic professional practices of game localization and to help readers visualize the expanding role of translation in one of the 21st century's key global industries.



The Game Localization Handbook

Author : Heather Chandler

Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Page : 387 pages

File Size : 41,39 MB

Release : 2011-09-19

Category : Computers

ISBN : 0763795933

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Authored by two internationally known experts in game localization, this text is a comprehensive, up-to-date reference for information about how to localize software for games, whether they are developed for the PC, console, or other platforms.





Legends of Localization Book 1

Author : Clyde Mandelin

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 31,37 MB

Release : 2015-11-27

Category :

ISBN : 9780984503278

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An in-depth exploration of the localization of Nintendo's blockbuster franchise from Japanese to English.



Translation and Localisation in Video Games

Author : Miguel Á. Bernal-Merino

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 333 pages

File Size : 12,91 MB

Release : 2014-09-19

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 1317617835

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Book Description

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the translation and localisation of video games. It offers a descriptive analysis of the industry – understood as a global phenomenon in entertainment – and aims to explain the norms governing present industry practices, as well as game localisation processes. Additionally, it discusses particular translation issues that are unique to the multichannel nature of video games, in which verbal and nonverbal signs must be cohesively combined with interactivity to achieve maximum playability and immerse players in the game’s virtual world. Although positioned within the theoretical framework of descriptive translation studies, Bernal-Merino incorporates research from audiovisual translation, software localisation, computer assisted translation, comparative literature, and video game production. Moving beyond this framework, Translation and Localisation in Video Games challenges some of the basic tenets of translation studies and proposes changes to established and unsatisfactory processes in the video game and language services industries.



Fun for All

Author : Carmen Mangiron

Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 47,41 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Audio-visual equipment

ISBN : 9783034314503

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Book Description

The different contributions in this pioneering volume address the emerging fields of Game Accessibility and Game Localization from different angles, providing insightful information about these relatively unexplored academic areas with such close tights to the industry.



A Practical Guide to Localization

Author : Bert Esselink

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 506 pages

File Size : 23,56 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Computers

ISBN : 9781588110060

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Book Description

Translation technology has evolved quickly with a large number of translation tools available. In this revised addition, much content has been added about translating and engineering HTML and XML documents, multilingual web sites, and HTML-based online help systems. Other major changes include the addition of chapters on internationalizatoi, software quailty assurance, descktop publishing and localization supprort. There is a focus on translators who want to learn about localization ad translation technology.



The Dubbing Translation of Humorous Audiovisual Texts

Author : Pietro Luigi Iaia

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 10,89 MB

Release : 2015-09-04

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1443881988

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This book provides a theoretical and practical framework for researchers and practitioners who focus on the construction, interpretation and retextualisation of audiovisual texts. It defines translation as a communicative and interpretative process, with translators seen as cross-cultural mediators who make the denotative-semantic and connotative-pragmatic dimensions of source scripts accessible to target receivers, prompting equivalent perlocutionary effects, while still respecting the original illocutionary force. While existing research on audiovisual translation generally adopts a product-based perspective, examining the lexico-semantic and syntactic features of source and target versions, this book proposes an “Interactive Model”, in order to explore what happens in the translators’ minds, as well as the influence of the interaction between the linguistic and extralinguistic dimensions in the construction and interpretation of audiovisual texts. The application of this Model to the analysis of a corpus of humorous films, TV series and video games foregrounds the integration between the analysis of the source-text features and the knowledge of the target linguacultural backgrounds in the creation of pragmalingustic equivalent scripts. At the same time, this book also provides valuable insights into the audience’s reception of these translations, by submitting close-ended and open-ended questionnaires to subjects representing empirical receivers, thus helping to evaluate the degree of linguistic and functional equivalence of target versions.



Video Games Around the World

Author : Mark J. P. Wolf

Publisher : MIT Press

Page : 715 pages

File Size : 30,46 MB

Release : 2015-05-01

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 0262527162

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Thirty-nine essays explore the vast diversity of video game history and culture across all the world's continents. Video games have become a global industry, and their history spans dozens of national industries where foreign imports compete with domestic productions, legitimate industry contends with piracy, and national identity faces the global marketplace. This volume describes video game history and culture across every continent, with essays covering areas as disparate and far-flung as Argentina and Thailand, Hungary and Indonesia, Iran and Ireland. Most of the essays are written by natives of the countries they discuss, many of them game designers and founders of game companies, offering distinctively firsthand perspectives. Some of these national histories appear for the first time in English, and some for the first time in any language. Readers will learn, for example, about the rapid growth of mobile games in Africa; how a meat-packing company held the rights to import the Atari VCS 2600 into Mexico; and how the Indonesian MMORPG Nusantara Online reflects that country's cultural history and folklore. Every country or region's unique conditions provide the context that shapes its national industry; for example, the long history of computer science in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, the problems of piracy in China, the PC Bangs of South Korea, or the Dutch industry's emphasis on serious games. As these essays demonstrate, local innovation and diversification thrive alongside productions and corporations with global aspirations. Africa • Arab World • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Brazil • Canada • China • Colombia • Czech Republic • Finland • France • Germany • Hong Kong • Hungary • India • Indonesia • Iran • Ireland • Italy • Japan • Mexico • The Netherlands • New Zealand • Peru • Poland • Portugal • Russia • Scandinavia • Singapore • South Korea • Spain • Switzerland • Thailand • Turkey • United Kingdom • United States of America • Uruguay • Venezuela



What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second Edition

Author : James Paul Gee

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 31,44 MB

Release : 2014-12-02

Category : Education

ISBN : 1466886420

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Cognitive Development in a Digital Age James Paul Gee begins his classic book with "I want to talk about video games–yes, even violent video games–and say some positive things about them." With this simple but explosive statement, one of America's most well-respected educators looks seriously at the good that can come from playing video games. This revised edition expands beyond mere gaming, introducing readers to fresh perspectives based on games like World of Warcraft and Half-Life 2. It delves deeper into cognitive development, discussing how video games can shape our understanding of the world. An undisputed must-read for those interested in the intersection of education, technology, and pop culture, What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy challenges traditional norms, examines the educational potential of video games, and opens up a discussion on the far-reaching impacts of this ubiquitous aspect of modern life.