2020年4月5日報載稱政府因清明連假多人出遊、群聚，發送了「細胞簡訊」給民眾，提醒前往部分景點出遊的民眾應注意防疫。
有讀者問我「細胞簡訊」的翻譯是否正確，所謂「細胞簡訊」或「細胞廣播」，是 Cell Broadcast 字面的直譯，確實是滿奇怪的說法。在我國， Cell Broadcast 主要用於發送防災訊息以及速報給特定區域的民眾，讓他們能以最快的速度接收第一手資訊。
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Cell 在生命科學裡是指「細胞」沒錯，但它的基本意思是小單位、小空間 (a basic and usually small unit/a small enclosure)，因此 cell broadcast 指的是「小區域、小範圍的發送訊息」，(small sections of a geographic area of a cellular telephone system)。手機因其發射、接收訊號係透過一小區、一小區組成的 cellular network，因此叫 cellular phone/cell phone，但我們不會把 cell phone 叫做「*細胞電話」吧！
2019年已有民眾反映「細胞廣播」的譯名怪異，投書給國教院，認為以譯為「小區廣播」（中國大陸採用此翻譯）為宜。
2020年4月13日我們在國家教育研究院的「雙語詞彙審譯會」上通過將 Cell Broadcast 譯為「小區簡訊」、「小區廣播」。
2024年10月初山陀兒颱風造成北海岸嚴重水災，中央氣象署強調「當日已依監測內容發布多次預警訊息，包括五次 *細胞廣播…」顯然氣象署並未注意到國教院《樂詞網》早已公告修正為「小區簡訊」、「小區廣播」。
註：Cell Broadcast 習慣上兩個英文字皆大寫開頭。
防疫必備詞彙：
防護器具用品（一）
額溫槍 forehead thermometer
耳溫槍 ear thermometer
紅外線體溫測量儀 infrared thermometer
體溫熱像儀 thermal imaging camera
乾洗手（劑）hand sanitizer
消毒濕巾 disinfecting wipes
N95 口罩 N95 respirator; N95 mask
外科口罩 surgical mask
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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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