On-Screen Language in Video Games

In this Element, the authors focus on the translational dimension of ''on-screen language'' (OSL). They analyse a data set covering the Polish localisations of Tom Clancy''s The Division 2 and Shadow Warrior 2, from which over 1000 cases of unique and meaningful OSL were extracted, almost exclusively in languages other than Polish. Close to 100 representative examples are examined in this Element ...