The English Translation of Polish Cultural References in the Video Game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The paper examines the English translation of Polish cultural elements in the video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and its two expansion packs: The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone and The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine. In the theoretical part, the author addresses the term culture and comments on cultural differences, as well as briefly looks at the translation techniques based on Kozłowska & Szczęsny’s (2018: 56–80) classification and analyses methods used in the translation of culture. The paper focuses on how the elements characteristic of Polish culture, including cuisine, legends, customs, clothing, literary references, history, are presented to the English-speaking audience, and offers an evaluation of the effectiveness of the translation.