Strategies for Translating Game Vocabulary From Chinese to Thai from Series Subtitles “You are my Glory”

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study of strategies for translating game vocabulary from Chinese to Thai from series subtitles “You Are My Glory”.  There are 3 levels of vocabulary games: words, phrases, and idiom. The results showed that translators used both single translation strategies and combined strategies with two strategies. There are 3 types of translation strategies as follows: 1) English transliteration strategies. The most common Because during play the game, short, concise and quick words are needed to communicate to the team members to understand immediately. Therefore, it is popular to speak or type with short messages, so Thai people are accustomed to using English transliteration superimposed words since the beginning of play the game.  2) Strategy free translation. Because the translator wants people who watch the series to be able to understand the context related to the game while watching at the illustrations in order not to understand the meaning differently from the original. 3) Strategy

   

non-literal translation. Because the translation of subtitles has a limitation on the number of characters. Translators, therefore, need to omit sentences that are too long and retain the full meaning of the destination language. However, the translator uses a variety of strategies. to find the most appropriate and consistent translation of the Chinese original while considering space and time, which is a limitation in subtitle translation. Although Thai is a language that can use a variety of words. But the translator must use words that retain their meaning in the original language as much as possible in the context of the series.