The (In)visible Agency of Video Games Localizers: A Case Study
The sociological study of video games from the perspective of Translation Studies is a largely uncharted territory. The present study seeks to address this gap by shedding light on the (in)visible agency of video games translators into Persian. It does this through highlighting the concept of intera...
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| description | The sociological study of video games from the perspective of Translation Studies is a largely uncharted territory. The present study seeks to address this gap by shedding light on the (in)visible agency of video games translators into Persian. It does this through highlighting the concept of interactivity as the distinctive feature of video games. To this end, four Persian localized video games were selected as the corpus sample. The games were of different genres to account for the varying degrees of interactivity in different game genres. Upon textual analysis, the cases of translators' (in)visible agency were identified by the researchers. The findings suggest that video games translators exerted visible agency for clarifying game references, increasing comprehension, providing commentaries, and reflecting on their translation strategies. Furthermore, translators' invisible agency was primarily directed at clarifying non-verbal information encoded within the semiotic configuration of video games. These findings will be discussed in light of different game situations and hence varying levels of interactivity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f36c4da0429c4f96993e3ca75253cb482025-01-25T04:09:23ZengTranslation and Intercultural Communication (TICC)Media and Intercultural Communication: A Multidisciplinary Journal2980-98942023-03-0111294710.22034/mic.2023.164369164369The (In)visible Agency of Video Games Localizers: A Case StudyAmir Arsalan Zoraqi0Mohsen Kafi1Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, IranVictoria University of Wellington, New ZealandThe sociological study of video games from the perspective of Translation Studies is a largely uncharted territory. The present study seeks to address this gap by shedding light on the (in)visible agency of video games translators into Persian. It does this through highlighting the concept of interactivity as the distinctive feature of video games. To this end, four Persian localized video games were selected as the corpus sample. The games were of different genres to account for the varying degrees of interactivity in different game genres. Upon textual analysis, the cases of translators' (in)visible agency were identified by the researchers. The findings suggest that video games translators exerted visible agency for clarifying game references, increasing comprehension, providing commentaries, and reflecting on their translation strategies. Furthermore, translators' invisible agency was primarily directed at clarifying non-verbal information encoded within the semiotic configuration of video games. These findings will be discussed in light of different game situations and hence varying levels of interactivity.https://www.micjournal.org/article_164369_8614ec4dcfaeb2d05dd1403e2353a594.pdfagencylocalizationvideo gamesvisibilityinvisibility |
| spellingShingle | Amir Arsalan Zoraqi Mohsen Kafi The (In)visible Agency of Video Games Localizers: A Case Study Media and Intercultural Communication: A Multidisciplinary Journal agency localization video games visibility invisibility |
| title | The (In)visible Agency of Video Games Localizers: A Case Study |
| title_full | The (In)visible Agency of Video Games Localizers: A Case Study |
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| title_short | The (In)visible Agency of Video Games Localizers: A Case Study |
| title_sort | in visible agency of video games localizers a case study |
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