O uso dos clíticos de primeira pessoa na tradução do jogo Stardew Valley em português brasileiro

Abstract

The situation of linguistic polarization in the Portuguese language – as well as the differences between the standard norm, the norm established as prestigious and the norm established as popular – affects translators’ linguistic choices, which may cause strangeness in the target audience. The aim of this research was to investigate clitic pronouns of first-person in the dialogues of the farm simulation game Stardew Valley through the creation and analysis of a corpus. In this paper, we ascertain the syntactic function and thematic role following, respectively, Duarte (2013) and Cançado (2019), as well as the pronouns’ position in regards to the main verb. We also verified how these pronouns behave according to the characters by adapting the extralinguistic variable proposed by Labov (2008 [1972]). We observed that although the use of proclitic pronouns was hegemonically larger, the number of enclitics used was unexpected due to the informal context of the dialogues. In addition, it was also observed a lack of concern for the game's linguistic diversity, which is expected given the profile of the characters, and how linguistic choices work to create and reinforce stereotypes. Therefore, it is crucial that the translation process is carried by qualified professionals who are sensitive to the diverse linguistic varieties of Brazilian Portuguese.