摘要：This research discussed about loss and gain in the context of game localization with the limitation on subtitles.The objectives are to present the loss and gain in the visual novel game adaptation subtitles entitled A Child in the Forest and to identify reasons of the loss and gain happen.A Child in the Forest is a kind of game which consists of static and background images also music soundtrack with storylines and dialogues.It was made and translated from English into Indonesian version by English Letters students of IAIN Surakarta.The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative.The method of collecting data,researcher gets English and Indonesian subtitles script from the game packages.After that,the researcher analyses the data which consist of loss and gain and also make interview with translator.The researcher uses informant to make data validation which is expert in translation and in the world of visual novel game.The result of this research,researcher found 63 data about loss and 55 data about gain.The reasons of loss and gain in visual novel game subtitle is mostly because of the translator wants to reach the goal of game localization in order the visual novel can be easy to be played and to be understood.
关键词：Game Localization;Loss and Gain;Subtitle of Visual Novel Game.
