FEEL MY SWORD! LOCALIZATION STRATEGIES AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN SKILL DESCRIPTION IN TORAM ONLINE MMORPG

Ryo Adi Buwono; Robith Khoiril Umam

doi:10.33884/basisupb.v13i1.10985

Penulis

Ryo Adi Buwono Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Mas Said Surakarta
Robith Khoiril Umam Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Mas Said Surakarta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33884/basisupb.v13i1.10985

Kata Kunci:

Localization Strategies, Localization Quality Assessment,, Skill Description,, Toram Online

Abstrak

Penelitian ini mengkaji strategi dan kualitas pelokalan deskripsi skill bertarung dalam game Toram Online MMORPG dari bahasa Inggris ke bahasa Indonesia. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi jenis deskripsi yang digunakan oleh Toram Online MMORPG dalam menggambarkan skill bertarung, serta mengidentifikasi strategi pelokalan dan kualitasnya dalam menerjemahkan deskripsi skill dalam game Toram Online MMORPG. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif, mengumpulkan data teks dan visual dari permainan. Analisis menggunakan teori Gardner (1983) tentang jenis deskripsi, serta kerangka kerja Purnomo (2019, 2025) tentang strategi spasialisasi dan Ludic Localization Quality Assessment (LQA). Temuan menunjukkan bahwa Faithful Description (161 data) merupakan jenis yang dominan, menunjukkan prioritas pada akurasi teknis. Berkenaan dengan strategi, penerjemah secara dominan menggunakan Mediasi (226 data) dan Retensi (138 data) untuk menyeimbangkan kejelasan dengan terminologi permainan. Akibatnya, kualitas lokalisasi diklasifikasikan sebagai “Cenderung Baik” (skor rata-rata 2,95), dengan 421 titik data dinilai sebagai “Baik.” Studi ini menyimpulkan bahwa lokalisasi Toram Online berhasil memediasi mekanika kompleks tanpa mengorbankan informasi, secara efektif mendukung budaya optimasi strategis basis pemainnya.

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