The content of Chen Mo's Weibo is very simple.
"The new game "The Last of Us", the English translation is "the last of us". Note: This is not a mistranslation."
The text is just two sentences.
The players are all confused, why did they specifically indicate that this is not a mistranslation?
At first glance, many players think that this translation is quite appropriate. Doesn't this English mean the end of the United States
But soon there are players who speak better English. The literal translation of the English name should be "the last of us who survived". The Chinese and English titles really don't have the same meaning.
Only now did many players understand. No wonder Chen Mo specifically noted that this was not a mistranslation. If he didn't, someone would definitely laugh at Chen Mo's English level...
If you strictly translate "The Last of America", it should be "the last of us". In short, us should be changed to usa, america or us. If we use us, it should mean "we".
However, since Chen Mo has said that this is not a mistranslation, it means that the Chinese name and the English name have different meanings, and the two names are not translated, but taken separately.
Many players are wondering, why bother
But thinking about it again, I think it's quite interesting to get these two names.
If you use translation, whether it is Chinese-English or English-Chinese, it seems that the original meaning will be lost. If it is called "the last of usa" or "The Last Survivor", although it is not bad, it is hard to remember when it is called Not loud either.
Therefore, the Chinese name is "The Last of Us", and the English name is "the last of us", which seems to be quite appropriate!
In fact, the final right of interpretation of the name is still with the creator, and whatever the creator calls it is what it is. Just like a famous writer Jia Pingwa, the word "Au" does not have the pronunciation of "wa", but only in his name, the word is pronounced "wa".
Reading this kind of character will not only make you uneducated, but insisting that people who should read "ao" will be regarded as uneducated...
To put it bluntly, this kind of matter is up to the parties themselves.
Chen Mo is like this now, the official Chinese name is "The Last of Us", and naturally no one will say that this Chinese name is a mistranslation, but they will feel that there is a very beautiful connection between the Chinese and English names. It seems that the translation is very accurate, but it is a mistranslation. In fact, the author chose two names deliberately, and the two names are very appropriate and easy to remember.
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Many players feel that Chen Mo's game name is a bit domineering!
"The Last of Us"... Is this going to destroy the world or what
Many people looked at the name and thought it would be a theme of disaster or war, but the gossip had already spread, and it was probably a theme of zombies.
America after the zombie outbreak? Hmm, sounds like that! In other words, the gossip is actually true
The players clicked on the video one after another.
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After the thunder game logo, there was a short black screen.
A female voice asked in a low voice, "What if this is true?"
The picture appeared, on the chaotic street, people were running frantically for their lives, the roadside was ignited with raging fire, the picture was shaking violently, as if one could feel how panicked the running people were.
But the short four or five seconds of the picture is completely silent, silent and depressing.
The screen went black again, and a deep male voice said, "Do you need me to remind you that there is something outside?"
The sun shone into the dark room, and a deformed shadow appeared on the rusty cabinet. It was humanoid, walking upright, but it was shaking constantly, making a palpitating roar.
"A long time ago, I also had someone I cared about."
The scene switches to a middle-aged man and a young girl walking in a lush forest, followed by a close-up close-up of a little girl. The little girl who was supposed to be in school was loading the pistol very skillfully.
I don't know when, the faint background sound gradually fades in, and the simple guitar sound seems to contain a touch of sadness, telling something.
"But now, that ghost thing has only one purpose, and that is to kill you."
After that, a lot of broken conversations.
"I need you to sneak something out of town."
"She'll be a liability, Joel."
"I just need some simple equipment to hit the road."
"I guess it has something to do with that girl?"
"It must have something to do with that girl."
"It can't be worse than staying here, can it?"
"We've been trying to get by, Joel."
"No, we are trying to survive!"
"This is our chance!"
"Stop it, Tess!"
"You're taking a risk."
A dead body hanged from a tree.
Gangster with a gun.
Abandoned mansion.
Joel and Allie are hiding behind a wall as villains with shotguns search their location.
"What do we do now?"
"Don't waste a single bullet."
Zombies, villains, poisonous gas, bloody knives, homemade bombs...
"We've been through so much, we've put in so much effort, it should be worthwhile, right?"
During Ally's last question, the screen went black and the video stopped abruptly.
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After watching the promotional cg, many players are at a loss.
Where is this all? Can not Understand it!
Obviously, the main method of this video is to "disassemble", that is, to split the complete plot of the game into many fragments, interspersed with character dialogues, so that players can get a few words about the plot without any spoiler effect.
But just judging from this video, the players didn't get much useful information, and they didn't see the highlights of the game.
Combat system? How to play? create character? There seems to be nothing special about it.
The only bright spot may be the plot, but the plot has not been revealed at all.
There are also players who are trying to speculate on the plot of "The Last of Us", and even really inferred something from this video.
This is indeed the end of the world after the outbreak of zombies, and the protagonist should be the middle-aged uncle Joel. From what he said, it can be known that he has endured a lot of struggles in order to survive in the last days, and once lost his beloved, but now he has a relationship with a little girl.
Other than that, no specific information can be found.
Many players feel a little disappointed. Although this promotional video is pretty good, it is not as amazing as when "Uncharted" first came out.
You can’t see too many eye-catching settings from the video. You know, Josh Wilson also added a lot of special weapons, special zombies and survival gameplay to his game. As a result, here in The Last of Us, It's a very common traditional zombie theme!