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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2021.21.5.115

How do game fan translators translate? - Through A case of localization of 'Dragon Age Inquisition' -  

Park, Su-Jin (Media Cultural Studies, Graduate School of Communication & Arts, Yonsei University)
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Journal of Korea Game Society / v.21, no.5, 2021 , pp. 115-132 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study seeks to examine the aspects of the translation and translation activities of game fan translators through the localization case of 'Dragon Age Inquision'. The interaction and experience of the game are game fan translation, giving various motivations and generating translation kinetics. The study confirmed the motivation by observing the process of game fan translation, which shows the characteristics of producers and recipients at the same time, and interviewing game fan translators. The translation of the game fan will reveal the productive aspect of the game fandom, and then I suggest a point where the game culture should discuss the fan translation.
Keywords
Game Culture; Fan Translation; Localization; Motivation; Game; Fandom;
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