Game Localization‭: ‬A Quest for Fidelity in Video Games

• Main Authors: Hsu, Hao, 徐昊
• Other Authors: Lee, Ken-Fang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/pf9p7q

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 翻譯研究所 === 104 === Video games have come a long way since the first electronic game‭ ‬"Spacewar‭!‬‭" ‬was invented at MIT in 1962‭. ‬With amazing animation‭, ‬sophisticated storylines and wild fantasy worlds for players to freely explore‭, ‬modern video games are no longer just entertainment‭, ‬but a cultural phenomenon‭, ‬exerting influence on literature‭, ‬movies‭, ‬music and other areas‭. ‬In a globalized society‭, ‬video games are not only sold in their country of origin‭, ‬but the world over as well‭, ‬creating the need for localization‭. ‬Game localization has existed since the 1980s‭, ‬but was not a focus of translation theorists until the year 2000‭. ‬While many related articles and books have been published in English since then‭, ‬Taiwan has yet seen academic research on this topic‭. ‬This thesis first analyzes game texts through case study and discusses text types and translation strategies through functionalist approaches‭. ‬Moreover‭, ‬a case study of‭ ‬a‭ ‬game localization center is used to introduce the game localization industry in Taiwan and is the basis for discussion on Taiwan’s role in the Asian and world markets‭.‬