Game Localization: Translating For The Global Digital Entertainment Industry (benjamins Translation Library)
by Minako O'Hagan /
2013 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
