The Department of Translation Studies at the Institute of English Studies at the University of Wrocław invites you to the masterclass by dr hab. Mikołaj Deckert, prof. UŁ (Institute of English Studies, University of Łódź) entitled “Translators’ decisions – players’ experience”
The lecture will take place on 17 April 2023 at 10:00 am via the MS Teams platform. If you are interested in attending the lecture, please fill in the form (link). The lecture will be delivered in the Polish language.
Feel free to contact the event organisers:
mgr Maria Kozan: maria.kozan@uwr.edu.pl
dr hab. Michał Garcarz, prof. UWr: michal.garcarz@uwr.edu.pl.
Translators’ decisions – gamers’ experience
The lecture focuses on two methodological perspectives in game translation research. Firstly, I will talk about product-oriented research – the localised game. This will be exemplified by an analysis of ‘language on screen’, i.e. linguistic expressions represented visually in the game world. Secondly, I will consider the perspective of the reception of the localised game – parameters such as understanding the storyline, cognitive effort, satisfaction or imersion. In presenting the results of the conducted work, I will address methodological issues related to product-oriented and audience-oriented research. My starting point will be the thesis that translational research that puts the focus on gamers is particularly underdeveloped at the moment. It is therefore worth asking why this is the case and the prospects for the development of such research.
Bio
Dr hab. Mikołaj Deckert, prof. UŁ, works at the Institute of English Studies at the University of Łódź. His research interests focus on translation – especially audiovisual translation, including films and games – and the relationship between language and cognitive processes. He has co-edited collective publications on such topics as audiovisual translation and media accessibility, cognitive processes and translation, didactics of translation and discourse analysis, most recently “The Palgrave Handbook of Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility” (2020, Palgrave Macmillan, with Prof. Łukasz Bogucki). His most recent publications include articles on the reception of translated games, as well as the monograph “On-Screen Language in Video Games: A Translation Perspective” (2022, Cambridge University Press, with MA Krzysztof Hejduk). He is currently directing the National Science Center grant “On-Screen Language in Video Games: a translation reception perspective”. He is a member of the editorial board of the “Journal of Specialised Translation”.
