An Analysis of Syntactic Strategy, Accuracy, and Acceptability of the Translation of Noun Phrases in Hero Skill Descriptions of Honor of Kings Video Game

This study explores the types of noun phrases, adopted syntactic strategies, and translation quality in the aspects of accuracy and acceptability of hero skill descriptions from English to Indonesian in the video game titled Honor of Kings. By applying descriptive qualitative method, this study aims to classify the noun phrases by adopting the theory of Quirk et al. (1985), identify the strategies adopted in translating noun phrases based on Chesterman’s syntactic strategy (2016), and evaluate the accuracy and acceptability of the translation of heroes’ skill descriptions by referring to the TQA model by Nababan et al. (2012). Following data collection, 114 noun phrases are found in the hero skill descriptions, specifically those categorized as roaming heroes. The results demonstrate that the major type of noun phrase found is premodifier noun phrase with 79 data. In addition, in translating the noun phrases, the most adopted syntactic strategy is loan which is found in 45 data, followed by phrase structure change with 73 data. Moreover, the translation of the noun phrases is found both accurate and acceptable with scores of 2.71 and 2.58 respectively. Such results indicate that the translator managed to translate the noun phrases in a manner that maintains the meaning.