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The Journal of Internationalization and Localization
Vol. 5:1 (2018) ► pp.1–20

Towards a Japanese video game localization quality analysis model

| Universidad de Almería
In this article, a quality analysis model for video game localization is established. By focusing on the video games that originally come from Japan, the article proposes a model that can be useful for many types of video games. After reviewing the existing bibliography on quality analysis, the model is proposed and tested with promising results.
Keywords: video games, localization, Japanese, quality analysis
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.State of the art
  • 3.Towards a Japanese video game localization quality analysis model
  • 4.Testing the model
    • 4.1Results of the analysis
  • 5.Conclusions
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 10 August 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jial.00008.cas
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