Translated from English or created in Spanish? The reception of audio description for video games : An experimental pilot study
Mangiron i Hevia, Carme (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Zhang, Xiaochun (University College London)

Data:	2025
Resum:	Video gaming has gained immense popularity as a form of entertainment all around the world. However, most games are not fully accessible for players with visual disabilities. Audio description (AD) translates visual elements into spoken words, thus making games accessible to players with vision loss. The TransAD4games project aims to explore the creation and translation of audio descriptions for video games to improve game accessibility across languages and cultures. This article presents part of the research findings from the TransAD4games, reporting the outcomes of a reception study on players' preferences and opinion about AD for the game Before I Forget (3-Fold Games, 2020) translated from English into Spanish and AD created from scratch in Spanish. Results show that while players preferred the original Spanish AD created from scratch, they also appreciated the translated version, suggesting that translating AD is a viable and acceptable option to improve visual game accessibility.
Ajuts:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-00077
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Video games ; Visual game accessibility ; Audio description ; Reception study ; Blind and partially sighted players
Publicat a:	Translation Spaces, Vol. 14 Núm. 1 (27 2025) , p. 146-169, ISSN 2211-372X

DOI: 10.1075/ts.24037.man

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