Report On Simulated Interpreting For The Online Game Product Launch

Based on the product launch concerning mainstream game platform,XBOX,and other burgeoning PC games,this report has studied the strategies and skills used in the whole process of interpretation when the interpreter is faced with technical terms,original patterns and occasional dialogues,etc.Practical cases involved in the report consisted of the product launch of XBOX series made by Microsoft company,such as the XBOXONE,XBOX360 and XBOXE3;the game launch relating to Call of Duty,the most successful franchise made by Activision,the Call of Duty Online,a new work made by Activision and Tecent,and the DIABLO3.In 2015,Microsoft released its product launch,aiming to present the new revolution of XBOX on technology,game function and hardware upgrading to global users.Featured with large amounts of technological terms,the product launch was quite difficult for interpreting and cost about 2.5 hours.Released in October,2015,the Call of Duty 10 revealed its unique design of modes and equipment,and the Call of Duty Online,cooperatively designed by two game companies,released its new chapter and game maps.Meanwhile,DIABLO 3attracted global fans with its new difficulties and feature elements.Those product launch covered a large range of professional terms inside the game franchise,increasing the difficulty for the interpreter and cost about 3.5 hours for interpreting.Integrated with those practical cases,the report presented the whole preparation process made by the interpreter from beginning to the end,and also analyzed related tactics and skills when confronted with problems during the process of listening,understanding,memorizing and interpreting output.For example,to make full preparation of background knowledge before interpreting,to use different methods to assist memorizing,like note-taking or logical layering,which can be taken as reference for interpreters training in future.