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UI mods fall into two categories:
插件被分为两个类别：

Macros - these aren't really mods at all, but they can use LUA code to do neat things in game. These are found ENTIRELY inside the game, and the code is run by blizzard's interpreter, so they make the rules on what macros can an cannot do. Therefore, blizzard won't ban someone from using any macros.
宏 - 其实这个应该不算是真正的插件化改造，但是却能在游戏中使用 LUA 代码做一些很方便的事情(比如一些条件判断什么什么的)，这些东西完全是游戏内置的，并且这些代码是通过暴雪的编译机(也就是WOW的游戏程序，而非其他执行程序，如WG所需要运行的执行程序)所解释并且执行。所以一个宏究竟能做什么或者不能做什么完全是暴雪所规定的。因此，暴雪不会封停任何使用宏的玩家。

AddOns - These are extra files, put into the WoW Interface directory on your hard drive which supplement the existing LUA and XML code that blizzard created that makes up the user interface that everyone uses.
插件 - 他们是一些附加的文件，被放置在玩家 WOW 游戏目录下的 Interface 文件夹中。插件 使用暴雪提供的LUA和XML代码(官方API函数接口)来扩充玩家可以使用的用户界面功能。

Addons are made up of LUA files, and XML files, both of which are also run by blizzard's interpreter. Therefore, blizzard won't ban someone from using any addons.
插件是通过(暴雪提供的)LUA和XML文件(函数)构成的，并且也是通过暴雪的编译机所解释和执行的。因此，暴雪也不会封停任何使用插件的玩家。

3rd party programs are actual programs that get loaded into memory and executed using their own code. They run separate from the game similar to how ICQ or MSN Messenger runs in the background. The difference is that 3rd party hacks try to read, or change data coming into or out of the WOW game client(to the network card), or they try to read or write to memory space used by the Wow Game client.
而第三方程序(也就是我们说的WG)是一个拥有独立于暴雪提供的任何代码、函数外的代码的程序。他们(WG)是如 MSN 、 ICQ (或者 QQ) 那样的独立后台程序(注意最大的区别就在这个WG要工作就必须运行除 WOW.EXE 外的其他程序)。与插件的区别就在于他们(WG)试图并且确实访问和修改WOW客户端与服务器的通讯信息，以及修改WOW客户端的内存领域(也就是说修改记录在本地或者暂时记录在本地机器上的数据，以达成修改数据和发送欺骗数据到服务器的目的)。

Speed hacks, for example, often interfere with data flowing from the game client to the network card by intercepting the "i am here" signal that he game client sends to the server and making it seem that the player is moving faster than they should be. The server accepts this as truth because blizzard left it up to the game client to limit how fast you can go. (oops blizzard?) This strange design is caused by a need to let the game client do some of the work because the server is too busy to be expected to do everything.
比如说 加速外挂 ，是截取WOW客户端发送给服务器的关于“我在这里”的坐标信息(最大的问题就在于 WOW 的坐标信息是在本地计算然后在传送给服务器的，除了坐标，一些物理逻辑如重力、反重力、障碍、通过性检查等……都是在本地计算了，我想是BZ为了塑造更加真实和无逻辑延迟的游戏世界才这么做的)并修改后再送会服务器，于是玩家就可以“跑”的更快。之所以服务器接受了这种不正确的信息是因为暴雪将移动速度的限制放在了客户端(也就是上面说的物理逻辑运算被放在了本地)。这样做的目的是处于减轻服务器的负担而让客户端来完成更多的处理。

Anyway, the distinction in 3rd party hacks is usually the fact that hacks run as their own programs and interfere with the game client.
无论如何，插件和第三方程序(WG)的区别就在于是否需要运行单独的程序(区别于 WOW.EXE 外的任何程序)。

Mods aren't anything more than REALLY extravagant macros.

(Note: Cosmos is known to have an external EXE file that gets run as it's own code - however, it doesn't interfere with the game client - in fact, all it does is download LUA and XML files, puts them in the right places, then QUITS long before the WoW game client even starts.)
最后我就不翻译了，大概意思就是 如 Cosmos(BIGFOOT、WOWSHELL……) 这样的插件虽然拥有自己的独立于 WOW.EXE 外的执行程序，但是他们仅仅是用来更新或者带参数的启动WOW的辅助程序。我们完全可以不运行他们而在游戏中使用其提供的功能。那么仅仅利用其 Interface 中的文件工作也就是上面提到的纯粹的插件了。
 
This is a very good explanation of things as I understand them. However, I am not involved in policy and I'm not a lawyer. While we've done our best not to penalize people who use the scripting interface, even in ways that aren't intended, it's conceivable that at some point someone will find a way to use them that is against the terms of use (e.g. is hurting other people's play experience), and is something we can't disable. In that case it's possible that we might warn people that using the addon is against the terms of use, and if they continue to do so, some action would be taken. If you haven't been explicitly warned by a GM, or seen an official blizzard response about an addon or UI modification, then don't worry about it.
这段是BZ官方发言人的解释，其中应该注意的就是： 除了对上面那些说明的肯定外，还提出如果你真的太倒霉了，使用了一些BZ不愿意看到但是却因为当前的某种原因不能修改的插件功能而被官方注意，那么你仅仅会受到的“惩罚”是一个警告，在警告之后如果你继续使用，才会有下一步的处理。然而一般来说，没有被警告的情况下可以随便使用。