臨床表現 (clinical picture)、咳嗽有痰 (productive cough) 與不實消息 (misinformation/ disinformation)
有些醫學用語,如:「咳嗽有痰」,中文一目了然,但對應的英文 productive cough,可能就較難從字面理解。澳洲的 myDr.com.au 解釋 productive cough 如下:
A productive (wet) cough is when you have a cough that produces mucus(黏液) or phlegm (痰).
因此 productive cough(咳嗽有痰),就是因為它produces phlegm, 有別於沒有痰的 cough(乾咳),productive cough 又稱為 wet cough (濕咳)。
醫學術語「臨床表現」 (clinical picture) 無論中文、英文,一般人都不易了解。其實, 臨床 (clinical)是「實際觀察及治療,有別於理論或實驗」:
. . . pertaining to or founded on actual observation and treatment of patients, as distinguished from theoretical or basic sciences.
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譬如:解剖學、生理學是基礎醫學 (basic medicine),內科、外科是臨床醫學 (clinical medicine)。所以,臨床表現就是「直接觀察病患呈現的症狀」。
「臨床表現」英文也可說 clinical presentation 或 clinical manifestation。雖然也有人主張 clinical picture, clinical presentation 和 clinical manifestation 不完全相等,不過所有同義詞都會有不完全等義的問題,在此就不細述了。
網路常有「不實消息」俗稱「假消息」 (fake news) 流傳,「假消息」如果是「錯誤訊息」英文叫 misinformation 如果是刻意「扭曲訊息」則是 disinformation。
防疫必備詞彙:新冠常見症狀
發燒 fever
乾咳 cough
肌肉痠痛 myalgia
四肢乏力 fatigue
咳嗽有痰 productive cough
A productive [wet] cough is a cough that produces mucus or phlegm.
頭痛 headache
咳血 hemoptysis
腹瀉 diarrhea
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蘇正隆 — 台灣翻譯學學會前理事長、師大翻譯研究所兼任副教授; 編著《英語的對與錯》,《世紀病毒:必讀防疫英文知識與詞彙》...等
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