Humorous Translation in Warcraft Ⅲ

In the warcraft Ⅲ, there are a lot of interesting stories about translation. Due to the players’ poor English, they often mislead the meaning of the instruction which appeared in the process of playing the game. In the following, some funny examples will be presented to you.

In the game, the short sentence often appeared. A typical example is “there is no spoon”. Usually the players may translate according to the literal meaning. In fact, if we translate like this, we will become quite confused and do not know what we should do in the next. In the following, the result is becoming bad. The players will mislead the meaning and fight with their partners rather than their enemies. However, this short sentence does not mean that we have no spoon in here. Its true meaning is that the magic is limitless. And this meaning originates from a movie. Therefore, it is very necessary for the players to know the background of the game. To be honest, I do not think that this mistake is made because of the poor English. Some foreigners may also mislead this short sentence. These sentences in the online game just like the ancient proverbs which have obtained the specific meaning. So, to grasp a foreign language is not only to learn the language itself but also the culture and history of the foreign country.

So, to play the online game well, it is very necessary for players to learn English well. There really exist some relationships between game and language.