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中文直播!Direstrait vs ROOTDrewbie!

Blogs > eXelEnders
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BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-24 13:43:18
May 24 2012 11:58 GMT
#1
Hi guys, I'm casting for my main man and my Starcraft 2 Coach, Direstrait, an AMAZING player from the NA server who I believe is master's rank one and this is the third game I believe I have casted for him. He's a borderline GM player. And his opponent his ROOTDrewbie, a pro Terran player with quite a few tournament wins under his belt.

There were some points in this cast that I was lost for words at, like calling out the Ultralisk Cavern (here I called it the 雷獸房 like an idiot), and I said things like "Bad engagement" (壞的交戰), but I should probably ask you guys since I've been watching a few Taiwanese casts lately, how exactly would I say "exchanges"? The same way I would say "交換"?

I'm trying to stake a living on being a foreigner working here as a Chinese-caster. But for now, I am just a student.

Other vocabulary Items I need to know:
Matchup- Example: "This looks like a Zerg vs Terran match up"
more colloquial terms for:
Raven
Ghost
Battlecruiser
Carrier
Collossus - 巨像? In the next cast, I think I'll call it a 長頸驢
-VERY IMPORTANT- I need to know how you would say "Medivac" as well as "Medivac Harass."
Neural Parasite (although I know very few people actually use this ability.)


As always, please comment, like, and subscribe to my videos



EDIT: I accidentally hit the "Post" button too early. The replay I casted is still in processing.

EDIT EDIT: The video has finished processing now -_-.

EDIT 3: I just realized I forgot to mention things like, stimpacks getting researched or level 2 upgrades, etc.

****
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-24 13:13:35
May 24 2012 13:11 GMT
#2
Good stuff. I haven't followed Chinese SC scene for a while due to lack of quality contents so I might be wrong on the lingoes, hopefully they are still the same as in BW. Anyone with better level of Chinese can correct me.

Match up - 对局 - However, in Mandarin, more specifically in context of Starcraft, we don't use this noun very often.

For example to translate the sentence "Zerg vs Terran Match Up strategies"

We say: 星际ZVT战略 or 虫对人战略

Exchanges - Again, depending on context, for example if players are base racing, you say they are 互拆

If you are talking about exchanging units, like 3 zergling in exchange for 3 probes, you say, 3只狗换了3个农民.

Rillanon.au
nihoh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia978 Posts
May 24 2012 13:17 GMT
#3
Awesome.
Dont look at the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
Mobius_1
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2763 Posts
May 24 2012 13:34 GMT
#4
Raven 渡鸦
Ghost 幽灵
Battlecruiser 大和(战舰) 大和means Yamato
Carrier 航母
Medivac 医疗艇,or funnily 妹子,coz the pilot is female
Medivac harass would be something like 空投, basically drops.
Colossus 巨象,or 高富帅

For matchup you can just say 这是一场TvZ

This is more mainland than Taiwan though, like you'd hear from MarsTV GSL broadcasts.
Starleague Forever. RIP KT Violet~
EngrishTeacher
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Canada1109 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-24 14:37:52
May 24 2012 14:32 GMT
#5
光头 (bald guy) = Marauder
枪兵 (machine gun soldier) = Marine
铁鸦 (iron raven) = Raven [渡鸦 isn't used much]
Ghost = Ghost (again, 幽灵 isn't used much)
围巾 (English to Chinese homophone for scarf) = Viking
死神 = reaper
雷神 = thor
女妖 = banshee
坦克 = tank

女王 = Queen
王虫 (king insect) = infestor
小狗 (small dog) = zergling
蟑螂 = roach
飞龙 (flying dragon) = mutalisk
刺蛇 (prickly snake) = hydralisk
大象 (eleplant) = ultralisk
毒爆 (poisonous explosion) = baneling

甩 = kite
堵口 = wall off
军毯 (military carpet) = creep
铺 = spread [creep]
操作 = micro
运营 = macro
多线 = multitask (or multi-proned attack)
timing = timing
架 = siege [mode]
变 = morph
攻防 = attack/armor [upgrade]
提速 X = speed upgraded X
X 挂了 = X is fucked

All I can think of for the TvZ matchup for now. Damn I watch too much Chinese casting.
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
May 24 2012 14:57 GMT
#6
On May 24 2012 23:32 EngrishTeacher wrote:

王虫 (king insect) = infestor
。。。
X 挂了 = X is fucked

All I can think of for the TvZ matchup for now. Damn I watch too much Chinese casting.


when you say 王虫, i believe it refers to "overlords" and infestors are called "感染虫"

and when you say "X 挂了" is that a really really bad word? The problem is, I'm taiwan and I don't want to say anything that isn't television-appropriate... And I think censorship on television programs in China is different from Taiwanese programs.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
May 24 2012 16:19 GMT
#7
On May 24 2012 20:58 eXelEnders wrote:
Collossus - 巨像? In the next cast, I think I'll call it a 長頸驢


Didn't you mean 長頸鹿 instead ?
ॐ
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
May 24 2012 16:39 GMT
#8
On May 25 2012 01:19 endy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2012 20:58 eXelEnders wrote:
Collossus - 巨像? In the next cast, I think I'll call it a 長頸驢


Didn't you mean 長頸鹿 instead ?

my bad... you're right about that.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
May 24 2012 19:37 GMT
#9
I love chinese casts, thank you for this
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
EngrishTeacher
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Canada1109 Posts
May 25 2012 01:00 GMT
#10
On May 24 2012 23:57 eXelEnders wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2012 23:32 EngrishTeacher wrote:

王虫 (king insect) = infestor
。。。
X 挂了 = X is fucked

All I can think of for the TvZ matchup for now. Damn I watch too much Chinese casting.


when you say 王虫, i believe it refers to "overlords" and infestors are called "感染虫"

and when you say "X 挂了" is that a really really bad word? The problem is, I'm taiwan and I don't want to say anything that isn't television-appropriate... And I think censorship on television programs in China is different from Taiwanese programs.


Yah, I got overlords and infestors mixed up.

And no, it's not as bad as saying someone is f'ed, more like saying "X is dead".

Watch some Chinese VODs on Youku, your casting will be 10000 times better because of it.
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
May 25 2012 02:07 GMT
#11
On May 25 2012 10:00 EngrishTeacher wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2012 23:57 eXelEnders wrote:
On May 24 2012 23:32 EngrishTeacher wrote:

王虫 (king insect) = infestor
。。。
X 挂了 = X is fucked

All I can think of for the TvZ matchup for now. Damn I watch too much Chinese casting.


when you say 王虫, i believe it refers to "overlords" and infestors are called "感染虫"

and when you say "X 挂了" is that a really really bad word? The problem is, I'm taiwan and I don't want to say anything that isn't television-appropriate... And I think censorship on television programs in China is different from Taiwanese programs.


Yah, I got overlords and infestors mixed up.

And no, it's not as bad as saying someone is f'ed, more like saying "X is dead".

Watch some Chinese VODs on Youku, your casting will be 10000 times better because of it.

Is there anything wrong with watching taiwanese casts on youtube?
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
EngrishTeacher
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Canada1109 Posts
May 25 2012 16:42 GMT
#12
On May 25 2012 11:07 eXelEnders wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 25 2012 10:00 EngrishTeacher wrote:
On May 24 2012 23:57 eXelEnders wrote:
On May 24 2012 23:32 EngrishTeacher wrote:

王虫 (king insect) = infestor
。。。
X 挂了 = X is fucked

All I can think of for the TvZ matchup for now. Damn I watch too much Chinese casting.


when you say 王虫, i believe it refers to "overlords" and infestors are called "感染虫"

and when you say "X 挂了" is that a really really bad word? The problem is, I'm taiwan and I don't want to say anything that isn't television-appropriate... And I think censorship on television programs in China is different from Taiwanese programs.


Yah, I got overlords and infestors mixed up.

And no, it's not as bad as saying someone is f'ed, more like saying "X is dead".

Watch some Chinese VODs on Youku, your casting will be 10000 times better because of it.

Is there anything wrong with watching taiwanese casts on youtube?


No haha, just the fact that YouTube is blocked here in the mainland, and watching through my shiity VPN is like watching a slideshow.

Plus, there's way more Chinese content on youku anyway, you get a much better variety.
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
May 25 2012 16:52 GMT
#13
So, this begs the question... does this make me the first caucasian to do casting in Chinese on youtube? Have I done something original? ;_;
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
Carson
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada820 Posts
May 25 2012 17:38 GMT
#14
I am far from fluent in Mandarin, but from what I could understand, you are doing a great job!

5/5 for blog in Mandarin

Question for you: how long did it take you to reach your current level of speaking?
"You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn." Arnold Schwarzenegger
mijellin
Profile Joined November 2008
China740 Posts
May 25 2012 20:01 GMT
#15
You again. I gave you constructive advice in the last thread and you completely ignored my post. Will not be watching your new video D:
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