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Hi TLers,
I have a question that's been puzzling me since I started watching Chinese casters for SC2. I'm an ABC, but my Chinese skills are rather weak comparatively to say other ABCs. What does the Protoss race name mean in Chinese?
For example
人族 - renzu means Human race and obviously refers to Terran
虫族－chongzu means Insect race and obviously refers to Zerg
But the Chinese caster calls the Protoss, sen or shenzu. I don't even know the Chinese character or even the pinyin for this. Can someone please clarify? I'm only interested because I like linguistics.
On another note, are there any other interesting translations of SC race names in different languages (besides English transliterations)?
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Protoss is 神族 - shenzu (divine race)
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Damn, beat me to it.
What he said. Second tone, if you're interested. Shén
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I really like the name of the Thor : 雷神 Which makes sense because it means thunder god. But it just sounds cool.
And Ultralisk: 雷兽 : Thunderbeast :D so cool
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Sen plays zerg though? lol.
i'm an ABC and my chinese skills suck too lol TT.
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Sorry if it's a stupid question, but what do you guys mean with "ABC"?
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On January 11 2011 04:32 Sufr1r wrote:
Sorry if it's a stupid question, but what do you guys mean with "ABC"?
ABC usually means American Born Chinese.
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On January 11 2011 04:27 Mr Tambourine Man wrote:
I really like the name of the Thor : 雷神 Which makes sense because it means thunder god. But it just sounds cool.
And Ultralisk: 雷兽 : Thunderbeast :D so cool
wow I didn't even notice that. That's friggin dope. Chinese translations all seem pretty cool. What about the Korean ones. It seems a lot of it is transliterated. Btw I love the Chinese for baneling lol, and how all workers are called nongming aka farmers.
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Oh, I see. Thanks 
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I'm gonna tell people I play the divine race now lol.
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On January 11 2011 04:38 Legacy1 wrote:
wow I didn't even notice that. That's friggin dope. Chinese translations all seem pretty cool. What about the Korean ones. It seems a lot of it is transliterated. Btw I love the Chinese for baneling lol, and how all workers are called nongming aka farmers.
totally! 农民, or farmers, makes me chuckle everytime i hear it.
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This thread is free education. I love it!
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Direct Translation
zu = Group
Ren = Person/People/Human
Chong = Bug
Shen = god
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On January 11 2011 04:38 Legacy1 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2011 04:27 Mr Tambourine Man wrote:
I really like the name of the Thor : 雷神 Which makes sense because it means thunder god. But it just sounds cool.
And Ultralisk: 雷兽 : Thunderbeast :D so cool wow I didn't even notice that. That's friggin dope. Chinese translations all seem pretty cool. What about the Korean ones. It seems a lot of it is transliterated. Btw I love the Chinese for baneling lol, and how all workers are called nongming aka farmers.
Got me all curious now. What's the Chinese for baneling? O.o
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On January 11 2011 04:47 Precision wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2011 04:38 Legacy1 wrote:On January 11 2011 04:27 Mr Tambourine Man wrote:
I really like the name of the Thor : 雷神 Which makes sense because it means thunder god. But it just sounds cool.
And Ultralisk: 雷兽 : Thunderbeast :D so cool wow I didn't even notice that. That's friggin dope. Chinese translations all seem pretty cool. What about the Korean ones. It seems a lot of it is transliterated. Btw I love the Chinese for baneling lol, and how all workers are called nongming aka farmers. Got me all curious now. What's the Chinese for baneling? O.o
毒爆虫
poisonous explosive insectoid
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Thunderbeast is quite possibly the coolest name for a unit I've ever heard :3
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Never understood why zerg look like insects to so many people, what units exactly do you think look like bugs?
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On January 11 2011 04:49 mierin wrote:
Thunderbeast is quite possibly the coolest name for a unit I've ever heard :3
Yea. If youre 13 years old that is :O
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