Translation and Localisation in Video Games: Making Entertainment Software Global

ISBN-13:	9781138805538
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/22/2014
Series:	Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies , #6
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the translation and localisation of video games. It offers a descriptive analysis of the industry - understood as a global phenomenon in entertainment - and aims to explain the norms governing present industry practices, as well as game localisation processes.