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targ
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Malaysia445 Posts
July 16 2013 12:27 GMT
#1
I came across this thread detailing all the nicknames of SC2 units in Chinese, some were quite amusing. Here I have translated it for my TL brethren:

Here are the Terran names:

SCV - 农民: Farmer. This name is the same for harvesters of all races.

Marine - 机枪: Machine gun (self-explanatory), 枪兵: Rifleman

Marauder - 光头: Bald guy. This is a reference to Dustin Browder whom the marauder is supposed to resemble.

Reaper - 收割者: Reaper/harvester, 死神: Death god.

Ghost - 鬼兵: Ghost soldier, 鬼子: Ghost (this is a derogatory reference to the Japanese from the WW2 days), 狗屎特: Direct translation of the pronunciation "ghost". Chinese words mean "dog shit special".

Hellion - 火车: Fire car.

Siege tank - 坦克: Tank

Thor - 雷神: Thunder god, 高达: Gundam, 守门人: Goalkeeper (maybe because he is not very mobile).

Viking - 维京: Viking, 变形金刚: Transformer.

Medivac - 运输机: Transporter, 医生姐姐: Doctor elder sis (seems to have mild sexual connotations).

Raven - 渡鸦: Raven

Banshee - 女妖: Female demon, 阿凡达: Avatar (because it resembles the ship in Avatar).

Battlecruiser - 大和: Yamato. 吉祥物: Mascot. Mascot is a title given to the least useful units of each race.

Hellbat: 火车侠: Fire car-man. Note: 侠 is a suffix given to most superheroes in Chinese, e.g. Spideman is 蜘蛛侠 (蜘蛛 is Spider) and Ironman is 钢铁侠 (钢铁 is iron/steel).

Widow mine - 寡妇雷: Widow mine.

If you guys are interested I will continue with the Zerg and Protoss names.

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ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
July 16 2013 12:29 GMT
#2
I know the nickname for zerglings is 狗狗 or doggys/dogs, and mutalisks are 飞龙 or dragons if memory serves.
Nomzter
Profile Joined March 2012
Sweden2802 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-16 12:37:45
July 16 2013 12:37 GMT
#3
dog shit special, hahahah. Ghosts will never be the same for me.
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
July 16 2013 12:38 GMT
#4
On July 16 2013 21:27 targ wrote:
If you guys are interested I will continue with the Zerg and Protoss names.

i am interested.
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Catherine
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
33 Posts
July 16 2013 12:40 GMT
#5
Hahaha I really like the marauder nickname! xD

I thought that this was really funny!
Bluelightz
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Indonesia2463 Posts
July 16 2013 12:42 GMT
#6
Cannot unsee omg :p
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[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
July 16 2013 12:42 GMT
#7
Was the Marauder meant to be Dustin Browder? I thought the hero Goliath was him.

The Marauder is the new black guy since the SCV became white in SC2.
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Marcinko
Profile Joined May 2013
South Africa1014 Posts
July 16 2013 12:49 GMT
#8
If you guys are interested I will continue with the Zerg and Protoss names.


Please continue.

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yuuG
Profile Joined March 2013
Malaysia23 Posts
July 16 2013 12:50 GMT
#9
Hellion - 火车: Fire car.

this also means train in chinese !
Burrfoot
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States1176 Posts
July 16 2013 12:54 GMT
#10
Great thread! /vote to continue with other races!

I know my dad would use 白鬼 and 黑鬼 everyday!
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laegoose
Profile Joined June 2010
Russian Federation325 Posts
July 16 2013 13:09 GMT
#11
Why are there multiple names for some units?
yuuG
Profile Joined March 2013
Malaysia23 Posts
July 16 2013 13:12 GMT
#12
On July 16 2013 22:09 laegoose wrote:
Why are there multiple names for some units?


they're nicknames, like mommacore/ mommaship


c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
July 16 2013 13:28 GMT
#13
This is hilarious. Would love to see the Protoss ones.

Somewhat off-topic is there a resource for well-casted games in Chinese? Thanks.
woreyour
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
582 Posts
July 16 2013 13:34 GMT
#14
Please continue with all the units and races if possible

So Carrier is the mascot? or Mothership? :D

Zerg has no mascot hahaha
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Markwerf
Profile Joined March 2010
Netherlands3728 Posts
July 16 2013 14:15 GMT
#15
Wonder what zerg mascot is, Protoss mascot is carrier I suppose though it should be mothership, carrier has some uses actually
garbanzo
Profile Joined October 2009
United States4046 Posts
July 16 2013 14:36 GMT
#16
That was a great share! Please continue with the Protoss and Zerg units.
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HeeroFX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2704 Posts
July 16 2013 15:04 GMT
#17
Post the other ones.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
July 16 2013 16:21 GMT
#18
I love this! Please do Zerg and Protoss units as well
monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8476 Posts
July 16 2013 16:25 GMT
#19
I was actually looking for something like this when I went to China for interviews. Please do the others!
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Cri du Chat
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany606 Posts
July 16 2013 18:41 GMT
#20
Would be very nice if you could continue this. Would make it a lot easier to try to understand Starcraft casts in chinese
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