Strategies, Approaches and Techniques in Translating the Game Mechanics of Diablo III

• Authors: Ewa Barbara Nawrocka

Title variants

PL

Strategie, podejścia i techniki w tłumaczeniu gry Diablo III

Abstracts

PL

Diablo III to trzecia część słynnego tytułu RPG akcji wydanego przez Blizzard Entertainment. Gra została w pełni zlokalizowana na język polski, wraz z podkładem głosowym, i stanowi przykład wysokiej jakości tłumaczenia. Kategoria mechaniki gry obejmuje różne teksty z wnętrza gry odnoszące się do rozgrywki w przeciwieństwie do świata gry i jej interfejsu. W domenie gier RPG są to teksty takie jak statystyki postaci, klasy, umiejętności, cechy przedmiotów, osiągnięcia oraz wskazówki i samouczki. W niniejszym artykule podjęto próbę przestudiowania wyzwań związanych z tymi tekstami poprzez zbadanie strategii, podejść i technik zastosowanych w ich tłumaczeniu.

EN

Diablo III is the third installment of a renowned action RPG title developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The game has been fully localized into Polish, including the voice-over, and displays high-quality translation. The category of game mechanics covers a variety of in-game texts related to the gameplay as opposed to the game world or the game interface. In the domain of RPG games, these are texts such as character statistics, character classes, character skills, item properties, achievements as well as hints and tutorials. The present study seeks to investigate the challenges posed by these texts through an examination of strategies, approaches, and techniques that have been employed in their translation.

Keywords

EN

game localization; game translation; game mechanics; gameplay; terminology; standard terminology; creative terminology; strategies; approaches; techniques

PL

lokalizacja gier; tłumaczenie gier; mechanika gry; rozgrywka; terminologia; standardowa terminologia; kreatywna terminologia; strategie; podejścia; techniki

• Publisher: Krakowskie Towarzystwo TERTIUM
• Journal: Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 203-231

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Ewa Barbara Nawrocka

• Uniwersytet Gdański

• https://orcid.org/0000000243650797

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7592/Tertium2021.6.1.178

Biblioteka Nauki

1955610