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OK, so I just pulled a search on the teamliquid website (and google for that matter) and couldn't find any results on Chinese vocabulary items for Starcraft 2. I Really WanT to learn starcraft 2 related vocabulary because if my friends ask about it Here, then I like to fill them in on What I like to do.
Right now I am in Taiwan, I know, they use different vocabulary and different accents from mainlanders. I can read over ONE thousand common characters in simplified script and my traditional script reading skills are developing quickly. If you think I have made mistakes in translations, then please, by all means correct it. I would also prefer to know the more colloquial, more popular, words that you call these items.
FORENOTE: google TRANSLATE iS NOT A RELIABLE TRANSLATION SOURCE.
There's quite a few terms I need to know, I had no clue I would be working on this for this long...
Um, just help out as you see necessary, from time to time, just looked at the clock and saw I spent nearly an hour on this.
1) Non-Starcraft items that are related to SC2:
"Stream" or "streaming"
"Xsplit"
"Owned"
"Replay"
"Live for the Swarm!"
"Ragequit"
2)Starcraft Items I need to know:
Ladder
Campaign
Custom game
"Tower Defense" game
"Observer Mode"
"Detectors"
Hallucinations
"engagement"
"build (a structure)"
Lift off (a Terran structure)
Units:
Structures:
Mineral Fields
Vespene geysers
TurN (a structure in to something.( Ex: "Turning a Command Center Into an Orbital Command.)).
Make (a building or a unit)
Morph (a building or a unit)
Unit compositions:
Macro:
Micro:
Protoss- 神族
Units
Archons
Zealots
Stalkers
Immortals
Sentries
Observers
High TempLar
Dark TempLar
Probes
Carriers
Collossi
Void Rays
Phoenixes
Mothership
Structures
Nexus
Pylon
Gateway
Warpgate
Stargate
forge
cybernetics cOre
Photon Cannon
Robotics Facility
Robotics Bay:
Twilight Council:
TempLar Archives:
Dark Shrine:
Fleet Beacon:
Terran- 人類
Command Center:
Orbital Command
Planetary Fortress
BarrackS
Bunker
Reactor
Tech Lab
Engineering bay
Missile Turret
Sensor Tower
Ghost Academy
Factory
Armory
Starport
Fusion cOre
Refinery
Units:
SCVs
MULEs
Auto-turrets
Point Defense Drones
Marines
Marauders
Medivacs
Vikings
Ravens
Battlecruisers
SieGe Tanks
Thors
Helions
Reapers
Ghosts
Zerg - 蟲族
Units:
Zerglings: 小狗
Banelings:
Drones: 工蜂（農民？- worker?）
Roaches:
Hydralisks: 刺蛇
Mutalisks: 飛龍
Corruptors:
Queens: 后蟲
Ultralisks: 大象
larvae: 幼蟲
Overlords: 王蟲
Overseers:
Brood Lords:
Structures:
Hatchery:
Hydralisk Den
Lair:
Hive:
Ultralisk Cavern:
Nydus Canal:
Spore Crawler:
Spine Crawler:
Spawning pool:
Evolution chamber:
Roach Warren:
Spire:
Greater Spire:
Infestor Pit:
Creep:
Creep Tumor:
Special Abilities / Upgrade names:
Metabollic boost
Glial Reconstruction
Burrowing Claws
Burrow
Pneumatized Carapace
Ventral Sacs
Chitinous Armor
Pathogen Glands
Neural Parasite
"extractor trick"
EMP
Snipe
Stim
Deploy Point Defense Drone
Salvage
Liftoff (a building)
Thor'S Cannon Technique
SieGe Mode
Blue flame
Cloak
Psionic Storm
Feedback
Blink
zealOt Charge
Morph Archon
Graviton beam
Vortex
Mass Recall
Hallucinate
Force Field
Builds / Unit Compositions:
Mech Build
MarinE Medivac Marauder
Ling / BlinG / MuTa
Roach/ Infestor/ Brood Lord
Korean 4 gate
3 Gate robo
Stargate Opening
6 racks
"Cheese"
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the vocab is the same, it's just that one is simplified and one is traditional chinese.
you can get most of the official translated names over the tw battlenet here:
http://tw.battle.net/sc2/zh/game/unit/
for workers, they tend to use 農民 instead, and it means farmers/peasants.
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Dude
Are Zerglings really called "Puppies" and Ultralisks "Big Elephants"?
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On February 27 2012 21:43 theBALLS wrote:
Dude
Are Zerglings really called "Puppies" and Ultralisks "Big Elephants"?
Yes they are, go watch a couple of mandarin streams and you'll find out for yourself.
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I am Chinese, so I am going to translate the first couple for you, for the units you can get them from the website. And people in mainland China call them differently from people from Taiwan for some units. :D
1) Non-Starcraft items that are related to SC2:
"Stream" or "streaming" - 直播
"Xsplit"
"Owned"
"Replay" - 錄像
"Live for the Swarm!" - 為蟲族而生
"Ragequit" - don't think there is a term for that
2)Starcraft Items I need to know:
Ladder - 天梯
Campaign - 戰役
Custom game - 自定遊戲
"Tower Defense" game - 塔防遊戲
"Observer Mode" - not sure if there is one for that
"Detectors" - 反隱單位
Hallucinations - 幻象 (maybe)
"engagement" - 交戰
"build (a structure)" - 造
Lift off (a Terran structure) - 飛起
Units: - 單位
Structures: - 建築
Mineral Fields - 晶礦
Vespene geysers - 氣礦
TurN (a structure in to something.( Ex: "Turning a Command Center Into an Orbital Command.)). - 升級 (it means upgrade, but it is an upgrade)
Make (a building or a unit) - 造
Morph (a building or a unit) - 造
Unit compositions: - 兵種搭配
Macro: - 運營
Micro: - 微操
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On February 27 2012 21:43 theBALLS wrote:
Dude
Are Zerglings really called "Puppies" and Ultralisks "Big Elephants"?
yes.
in China Marauders are called 光头 (bald head). Which is the best imo
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Templars are called lightning 闪电 because you know you use them to storm and nothing else.
Zealots are called XX because the XX sound they make when they attack in BW
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On February 27 2012 22:56 lhr0909 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2012 21:43 theBALLS wrote:
Dude
Are Zerglings really called "Puppies" and Ultralisks "Big Elephants"?
yes. in China Marauders are called 光头 (bald head). Which is the best imo
I don't know about that alot of people call them 胖子 too. (Fatties)
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I think most Chinese commentators like to call anything that adds population limit "房子" (houses). This include supply depots, overlords, etc.
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For the unit names, as officially defined by Blizzard:
http://www.battlenet.com.cn/sc2/zh/game/unit/
I think it also defines all the other stuff too, maybe except for upgrade/tech buildings but most of the time gamers just refer to them by their hotkey anyway, so VC is Twilight Council and VA is Armory.
Also my personal favourite name for Marauders is 城管 :D
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I dont speak chinese and only speak Japanese and when I look at the characters youve suggested for drone I think theyre wrong. 農民 is farmer and some other word is proboably better! 
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On February 27 2012 23:09 Mobius_1 wrote:For the unit names, as officially defined by Blizzard: http://www.battlenet.com.cn/sc2/zh/game/unit/I think it also defines all the other stuff too, maybe except for upgrade/tech buildings but most of the time gamers just refer to them by their hotkey anyway, so VC is Twilight Council and VA is Armory. Also my personal favourite name for Marauders is 城管 :D
城管 is such a weird name though. But yeah it sounds awesome but I don't really think it makes much sense
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On February 27 2012 20:23 ETisME wrote:the vocab is the same, it's just that one is simplified and one is traditional chinese. you can get most of the official translated names over the tw battlenet here: http://tw.battle.net/sc2/zh/game/unit/for workers, they tend to use 農民 instead, and it means farmers/peasants.
Nah, Mainland SC2 version has some different names compare to the TW version.
Like Drones is "Nong min" in Mainland but "Gong chong" in TW version. The Queen name is different too.
Also, mainland players and casters use informal names for many of the units.
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On February 28 2012 00:01 Caphe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2012 20:23 ETisME wrote:the vocab is the same, it's just that one is simplified and one is traditional chinese. you can get most of the official translated names over the tw battlenet here: http://tw.battle.net/sc2/zh/game/unit/for workers, they tend to use 農民 instead, and it means farmers/peasants. Nah, Mainland SC2 version has some different names compare to the TW version. Like Drones is "Nong min" in Mainland but "Gong chong" in TW version. The Queen name is different too. Also, mainland players and casters use informal names for many of the units.
exactly.
Alright, so I stepped out for a while and I want to say thanks guys. I'm a foreigner, not a "banana" who is learning these terms.
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I didn't know people use the term banana seriously  I've only ever heard ABC used.
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here are some easy ones.
Gateway : BG
cybernetics cOre : BY
Twilight Council: VC
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On February 28 2012 01:29 OopsOopsBaby wrote:
here are some easy ones.
Gateway : BG
cybernetics cOre : BY
Twilight Council: VC
lol I laugh at that too
btw barracks is BB
factory is VF
Starport is VS
just continuing the trend
4 BG 实在是太强了
Or。。。
TvP啊。。。我还不如给他来个真善美。
TvP....Time for me to 1/1/1
The 真善美 is a real punchline character, it came from the cult religion in China which the government kind of stomped on. and they had a punchline in their propaganda which was 真善美 and we SC2 players refer to 1/1/1 as 真善美 because it's evil like the cult.
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On February 27 2012 22:14 divinesage wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2012 21:43 theBALLS wrote:
Dude
Are Zerglings really called "Puppies" and Ultralisks "Big Elephants"?
Yes they are, go watch a couple of mandarin streams and you'll find out for yourself.
Oh god that is weird :S
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On February 27 2012 22:56 lhr0909 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2012 21:43 theBALLS wrote:
Dude
Are Zerglings really called "Puppies" and Ultralisks "Big Elephants"?
yes. in China Marauders are called 光头 (bald head). Which is the best imo
I think Blizzard is trolling the Chinese scene
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On February 28 2012 02:00 theBALLS wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2012 22:56 lhr0909 wrote:On February 27 2012 21:43 theBALLS wrote:
Dude
Are Zerglings really called "Puppies" and Ultralisks "Big Elephants"?
yes. in China Marauders are called 光头 (bald head). Which is the best imo I think Blizzard is trolling the Chinese scene
No, these are names that the players gave, not Blizzard. We tend to do that with just about everything with formal sounding names.
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In every language it can change the complete meaning of a unit and some words cant be translated into another language.
If you watch TLO stream (german) sometimes its very funny to see the names of each unit.
For example the Drones: 工蜂 is very funny. I cant read fully chinese but the first means "work" and the second I cant read it but the first part it means for insects... so their perception a drone is just a working kind of insect... 
also another point is.. some words it just cant be translated into another language... It just sounds awkard. There are some examples like flashlight - lighter - torch... I saw a debate once between yankee and an ozzy about that...
This isnt a sc2 problem but a common interlanguistic (is this the right word?, english isnt my native lang) problem
Oh "cheese" cant be translated... because we have cheese, the yellow food. cheese, sc2 and cheese(head), calling dutch people like Ive just called americans a yankee . Also the otherway around... BaiGui... means foreigner/whiteghost... or HeiGui...(very rascist)
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On February 27 2012 23:32 Blasterion wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2012 23:09 Mobius_1 wrote:For the unit names, as officially defined by Blizzard: http://www.battlenet.com.cn/sc2/zh/game/unit/I think it also defines all the other stuff too, maybe except for upgrade/tech buildings but most of the time gamers just refer to them by their hotkey anyway, so VC is Twilight Council and VA is Armory. Also my personal favourite name for Marauders is 城管 :D 城管 is such a weird name though. But yeah it sounds awesome but I don't really think it makes much sense
Well, Marauders, much like our beloved 城管 enforcement officers, are brutal in their methods and completely, completely imba. It is more of a social reference than just the game reference, making it all the more funnier for those of us forced to suffer China's oppressive regime.
@ILOVEWAR
蜂 means bee or hornet or similar, more or less a flying insect. Cheese/All-in is sometimes referred to by commentators as “放大招”，literally "use ultimate (skill/ability)".
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On February 28 2012 09:09 Mobius_1 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2012 23:32 Blasterion wrote:On February 27 2012 23:09 Mobius_1 wrote:For the unit names, as officially defined by Blizzard: http://www.battlenet.com.cn/sc2/zh/game/unit/I think it also defines all the other stuff too, maybe except for upgrade/tech buildings but most of the time gamers just refer to them by their hotkey anyway, so VC is Twilight Council and VA is Armory. Also my personal favourite name for Marauders is 城管 :D 城管 is such a weird name though. But yeah it sounds awesome but I don't really think it makes much sense Well, Marauders, much like our beloved 城管 enforcement officers, are brutal in their methods and completely, completely imba. It is more of a social reference than just the game reference, making it all the more funnier for those of us forced to suffer China's oppressive regime. @ILOVEWAR 蜂 means bee or hornet or similar, more or less a flying insect. Cheese/All-in is sometimes referred to by commentators as “放大招”，literally "use ultimate (skill/ability)".
真善美 is considered the best 大招, well in my arsenal anyways.
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工蜂 means drone in chinese. nothing weird about it.
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Studying in China at the moment. Although I only know a few SC2 words in Mandarin, I noticed a few common colloquial ones were missing (funny ones too):
Mutalist - 飞龙 (flying dragons)
Archon - 白球 (white orb)
Banelings - 爆虫 (exploding bugs)
Also, as some people already noted, most buildings can be referred to by their hotkeys (BG = gateway, etc.), but there are some other ways to refer to them too:
Supply depots (and pylons and overlords) - 房子 (houses)
Starport (sometimes stargates) - 飞机场 (airport)
Spire - 飞龙塔 (mutalisk tower)
Bunker (and spines) - 地堡 (i guess it basically means bunker)
Turrets (and spores) - 防控 (anti-air)
Some famous players:
Boxer - 包哥 (I think... anyhow, it's a phonetic translation. But it also sounds like you're referring to an older brother with the last name of 包)
MKP - 山包 (shortened from "山寨BoxeR" = "fake/knockoff BoxeR")
FruitDealer - 水果贩子 (umm... a guy who sells fruit. who da thunk it.)
Well, that's all I can think of right now. I hope this (my first post) was helpful. If I think of any more, I'll post them. Also, some people post replays with Mandarin commentary on youku.com, so that's pretty helpful if your 听力 is good enough.
P.S. Marauders as 城管? That's absolutely hilarious. I can see the meme now: 城管太OP了！
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