Cultural Transfer in Video Games

• Authors: Sajna Mateusz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

DE

Kultureller Transfer in Video-Spielen Trotz der immer stärker werdenden Tendenz zur Internationalisierung bedienen sich Spieleentwickler ungern der Titel, die keine kulturellen Bezüge aufweisen. Eigentlich wäre das Schaffen eines solchen Produkts unmöglich. Aus diesem Grunde müssen in einem Spiel, das auf einem anderen Markt herausgegeben wird, unterschiedliche kulturelle Änderungen vorgenommen werden, damit das Spiel von Rezipienten verstanden und angenommen wird. Dieses Problem ist insbesondere am Beispiel von Märkten sichtbar, die kulturell voneinander weit entfernt sind. Deshalb werden in diesem Beitrag Fragen erörtert, die mit kulturellen Bezügen verbunden sind und die im Prozess der Lokalisierung vorkommen, sowie Lösungen diskutiert, die in diesem Bereich auftreten.

In spite of the frequent calls for internationalization, video game developers do not seem to be willing to create titles completely devoid of cultural references. As a matter of fact, it might be even impossible to produce an utterly acultural product. For this reason, whenever a video game is planned to be published in a different market, it might have to undergo cultural alterations for this target market recipients to understand and accept it. This is especially the case when the source and target markets are far apart as far as their cultural conventions are concerned. This article discusses the culture-related problems encountered by video game localization teams and the solutions utilized.

Keywords

EN

video games; culture; localization; culturalization; translation

DE

Video-Spiele; Kultur; Lokalisierung; Kulturalisierung; Translation; Inkorporierung

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT – Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
• Journal: Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 14
• Pages: 175-185

Contributors

author

Sajna Mateusz

• Wyższa Szkoła Filologiczna, Wrocław

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