It's an animate thing, but it is a thing.

这是一个有生命的东西， 但它是一个东西。

The things that you would think to be animate are animate, things that have a pulse: people, animals, growing plants.

那些你认为是有生命的事物就是有生命的词，比如那些有活力的事物：人类，动物还有生长的植物。

You have to render an entire 3D world with trees in the distance and things animating in the front and that just asks so much of your computer.

你必须渲染一个完整的 3D 世界，远处有树木，前面有动画，这对你的电脑要求很高。