Notes about translation

This page to list the words that may be in doubt in translation.

Not all the contents have official translation, so we will explain them briefly on this page

## **Buildings**

According to official demo video, most of celestial build have official translation.

Basically translated according to their function.

**伏龙殿**

Officia translation:Construction Yard

伏龙：The dragon lying(on the ground)

殿:hall; palace; temple

**揽星亭**

Official translation:Fusion Gloriette

揽星:Catch the star,celestial empire in corona use nuclear fusion to generate electricity.

亭:A small building;gloriette

**神机营**

Official translation:Infantry Garrison

神机营:One of three elite military divisions stationed around Beijing during ming dynasty.

神机:Divine machine, refers to firearm.

营:Originally it means battalion, but here it means barrack.

**熔矿炉**

Official translation:Ore Furnace

熔矿:smelting ore

炉:furnace

**重甲工房**

Official translation:Vehicle Workshop

重甲:Heavy armors, in this case, vehicles.

工房:Workshop.

**羽渡航台**

Official translation:Wingpad

羽:Feathers, can refer to birds,perhaps refering to aircraft.

渡:Ferry;air transport

航:Abbreviation for aviation(航空) or navigation(导航)

台:Flat buildings

**楼船泊坞**

Official translation:Fortress Dockyard

楼船:Formely,ships with an upper deck.

泊:Anchor alongside the shore; lie alongshore;

坞:Dockyards.

**解算主楼**

Official translation:Decryption Structure.

解算:Decryption. This building is used to decrypt quantum encrypted message to unlock units and buildings construction permission.

主楼:Main building.

**导流尖塔**

Official translation:Diversion Spire

导流:Diversion, this building is for improving the efficiency of microwave energy supply.

尖塔:Spire.

**重弩碉台**

Official translation:unknown

重弩:Heavy crossbow.

碉台:Bunker or blockhouse,a kind of fortification.

**天火塔**

Official translation:Aeroflamma Tower

天火: Fire from sky,generally refers to meteorite.This kind of buildings are deployed from satellite orbit and use thermal beam.

塔: Tower.

**浑天塔**

Official translation:Armillary Tower

浑天:Armillary sphere(浑天仪),an astronomical instrument invented by Zhang Heng

塔: Tower.

**浴日神坛**

Official translation:Altar of Solar Scorch

浴日:羲和浴日,Folklore from "the Classic of Mountains and Seas".Hard to explain.

神坛:Alter.

**日晷阵列**

Official translation:Array of sundial.

日晷:Sundial.

阵列:Array.

## **Units**

### **Infantry**

**天眼哨机**

Official translation:Tianyan Drone/Tianyan Beobachter

天: Sky, here means flying.

眼: Eyes.

哨: Sentry(哨兵).

机: Drone(无人机).

**龙炎军**

Official translation: Blaze trooper

龙炎:Fire of dragon

军:Army or soldier.

**破甲铁卫**

Official translation: Armourcrusher Iron Guard

破甲:Breaking armour, Anti-Armor.

铁:Iron

卫:Guardian

**军部司械**

Official translation: Military Engineer

军部:A department about weapons.

司械:The man in charge of weapons and equipment.

**迅雷天罡**

Official translation:Blitzkrieger(?)

迅雷:Thunder.

天罡:Astronomically,the handle of the Big Dipper. In"Water Margin",108 heros are divide into 36 Heavenly Spirits(天罡) and 72 Earthly Fiends(地煞).

### **Vehicle**

**悬浮矿机**

Official translation: Maglev Miner

悬浮:Floating

矿:Names used as verbs, mining

机:Drone.

**凌波护卫战车**

Official translation: Waverider IFV

凌波:walking over waves

护卫战车:Vehicles used to protect infantry

**磁弩防空系统**

Official translation: Magbow Self-Propelled Air Defense System

磁:Magnetic.

弩:Crossbow.

防空:Anti-air,flak.

系统:System

**麒麟破阵战车**

Official translation: QIlin Tank

麒麟:Qilin,a mythological hooved chimerical creature, In Chinese mythology, it is a kind of auspicious animal.

破阵战车:Vehicles for breaking through trenches. equivalent to tanks.

**祝融攻坚战车**

Official translation: Zhurong heavy tank

祝融:Zhurong, the God of fire and south in Chinese Mythology. This tank use high temperature plasma shell.

攻坚战车:Vehicles used to attack strong fortifications, equivalent to heavy tanks.

**白虎攻城重炮**

Official translation: Baihu Siege Weapon System

白虎:Baihu,,the White tiger, one of the four symbols(four mythological creatures) in China. It represents the west and the autumn season.

攻城:Siege.

重炮:Heavy artillery.

**破军金甲**

Official translation:unknown

破军:Break the army.

金:Aurum,or metal in general.

甲:Armor,or mecha in this case.

### **Vessel**

**乌蓬猎船**

Official translation:Wupeng submarine chaser

乌蓬:Black roof.Wupeng boat is a kind of boat in southern China.This kind of boat often blackens the roof.

猎船:Abbreviation of submarine chaser(猎潜艇)

**计蒙驱逐舰**

Official translation: Jimeng destroyer

计蒙:Jimeng, the God of rain in Chinese Mythology.

驱逐舰:Destroyer.

**玄冥战列巡洋舰**

Official translation: Xuanming Battlecruiser

玄冥:Xuanming,the God of water and north in Chinese Mythology.

战列巡洋舰:Battlecruiser.

**玄武导弹潜艇**

Official translation: Xuanwu missile submarine

玄武:Xuanwu,the Black Tortoise, one of the four symbols(four mythological creatures) in China. It represents the north and the winter season.

导弹:Missile.

潜艇:Submarine.

### **Aircraft**

**青龙战斗核心舰**

Official translation: Qinglong Combat Core Ship

青龙:Qinglong,the Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols(four mythological creatures) in China. It represents the east and the spring season.

战斗:combat

核心:core

舰:ship

**凤凰战机**

Official translation: Fenghuang Fighter

凤凰:Fenghuang, a mythological bird, In Chinese mythology, it is a kind of auspicious animal. Fenghuang and Phoenix are not exactly the same.

战机:Fighter.

**朱雀攻击机**

Official translation: Zhuque Attacker

朱雀:Zhuque, the red bird, one of the four symbols(four mythological creatures) in China. It represents the south and the summer season.

攻击机:Attacker

**毕方支援直升机**

Official translation: Bifang Support Chopter

毕方:Bifang, a mythological bird. Its appearance indicates conflagration.Its name may come from the sound of burning.

支援:Support.

直升机:Helicopter.

**重明截击机**

Official translation: Chongming Interceptor

重明:Chongming,a mythological bird.It's not big, but it can fight beasts. It got this name because each eye has two pupils.This aircraft have two reactor, just like two pupils.

截击机:Interceptor.

**金乌轰炸机**

Official translation: Jinwu Bomber

金乌:Jinwu, the golden crow, mythological bird, also another name for the sun. This aircraft have three thruster, like the Jinwu with the third leg.

轰炸机: Bomber.

## **Protocols**

**彻甲惊雷**

Official translation:Piercing Thunderbolt

彻甲:Armour-piercing.

惊雷:Shocking thunderclap.

**元神互锁**

Official translation:Unknown

元神:Spirit, soul, or something similiar.

互:Bidirectional.

锁:Locking.

**羲和焚风/羲和阳炎/羲和十日煌**

Official translation:Unknown

羲和:Xihe,The Goddess of sun and mother of the ten suns.

焚风:Foehn, a type of dry,warm,down-slope wind that occurs in lee of a mountain range. Literally, it can be broken down into burning wind.

阳炎:Kagerou, heat haze in Japanese.It seems more reasonable to break it down literally into the flame of the sun.

十日煌:The light of ten suns. That's really hot.

**百夫长**

Official translation:Centurion

百夫长:Small leader in charge of 100 soldiers.

**四方玉宇/六面琼楼/八门金锁**

Official translation:Unknown

四方/六面（/八门）:unreliable figure,means all-round.

玉宇琼楼:magnificent building,It seems that it's just allusion.

八门金锁:: Formation that encircle and suppress the enemy through its own changes.

**三子归边**

Official translation:Unknown

三子归边:In Chinese chess,a situation in which three offensive pieces are gathered on the flank of the opponent. This protocol deploys three pods with infantry from satellite orbit.

**电能纳贡**

Official translation:Unknown

电能:Electric energy.

纳贡:Tribute

**陨星天火**

Official translation:Unknown

陨星:Meteorite.

天火:Fire from sky, It's also meteorite.

**雷铸天兵：百骑/雷铸天兵：千军/雷铸天兵：万乘**

Official translation:Unknown

雷:Thunder.

铸:Casting (metalwork).

天兵:Divine army,refers to a powerful army.

百/千/万:hundred/thousand/ten thousand.unreliable figure, equivalent to many.

骑/军/乘:Measure word for cavalrymen/soldiers/chariots.