Silvia Pettini

The Translation of Realia and Irrealia in Game Localization (eBook, ePUB)

Culture-Specificity between Realism and Fictionality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the impact of a video game's degree of realism or fictionality on its linguistic dimensions. It is key reading for students and scholars interested in game localization, audiovisual translation studies, and video game research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000438420
• Artikelnr.: 62331455

Autorenporträt

Silvia Pettini, PhD, is adjunct lecturer in Translation Studies at Roma Tre University, Italy. Her main research interests are Game Localization, Audiovisual Translation and Lexicography. She has published papers in international journals such as Translation Spaces and The Journal of Internationalization and Localization and book chapters in volumes such as Linguistic and Cultural Representation in Audiovisual Translation (Routledge, 2018) and The Routledge Handbook of Translation, Feminism and Gender (Routledge, 2020).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Game Localization and Translation
3 Culture-Specificity in Video Games: The Interface between Realism and
Fictionality
4 Realia and Irrealia in Game Translation
5 Military Language between Realism and Fictionality
6 Conclusions and Further Research
References
Gameography
Index

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List of Figures



List of Tables

List of Abbreviations



Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Game Localization and Translation

3 Culture-Specificity in Video Games: The Interface between Realism and Fictionality

4 Realia and Irrealia in Game Translation

5 Military Language between Realism and Fictionality

6 Conclusions and Further Research



References

Gameography

Index