{"product_id":"the-translation-of-realia-and-silvia-pettini-9780367432324","title":"The Translation of Realia and Irrealia in Game Localization: Culture-Specificity Between Realism and Fictionality","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the impact of a video game's degree of realism or fictionality on its linguistic dimensions, investigating the challenges and strategies for translating \u003ci\u003erealia \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eirrealia\u003c\/i\u003e, the interface of the real world and the game world where culture-specificity manifests itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume outlines the key elements in the translation of video games, such as textual non-linearity, multitextuality, and playability, and introduces the theoretical framework used to determine a game's respective degree of realism or fictionality. Pettini applies an interdisciplinary approach drawing on video game research and Descriptive Translation Studies to the linguistic and translational analysis of in-game dialogs in English-Italian and English-Spanish language pairs from a corpus of three war video games. This approach allows for an in-depth look at the localization challenges posed by the varying degree of realism and fictionality across video games and the different strategies translators employ in response to these challenges. A final chapter offers a comparative analysis of the three games and subsequently avenues for further research on the role of culture-specificity in game localization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is key reading for students and scholars interested in game localization, audiovisual translation studies, and video game research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Silvia Pettini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367432323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367432324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Silvia Pettini","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136006828287,"sku":"9780367432324","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85c1692f-8234-4adb-b80b-3597f9819e3a.jpg?v=1770159889","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-translation-of-realia-and-silvia-pettini-9780367432324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}