The Application Of Thematic Progression Pattern In The Translation Of Video Game Script

Translation of game language plays an important role in mobile games going abroad.The translator needs to make corresponding translation strategies according to the target market area and the characteristics of the game,so as to produce coherent and authentic translations and arouse the interest of players as much as possible.This case study of Romancing Saga of Beauty and Devil is analyzed with the thematic patterns,aiming to provide a perspective for translators to analyze the structure and information of a sentence and determine whether the discourse is coherent.First of all,this thesis briefly introduces the game and its translation project.Second,based on the characteristics of theme and rheme in the game,this thesis concludes that there are two difficulties,including the subject is usually omitted in the part of topical theme,and the use of complex thematic patterns,which lead to the information’s complex evolution.Finally,this thesis proposes three translation strategies to deal with the difficulties and suit the texts’ original thematic patterns:adjusting the content of theme and rheme and add additional information related to the discourse;adjusting the thematic patterns for orderly evolved texts;keep the original patterns for texts with clarity.Considering the coherence is not the only factor of good translation and limited analysis,the outcome is not guaranteed to help translators to produce a best translation version.The author sincerely hopes this thesis can serve as a reference for other video game translators.