疫情期間，許多國家的課程改成網路授課，或用直播、或用預錄的方式，考驗老師對科技的熟悉程度。台灣教育部則推動「安心就學」方案，讓無法返校就學的學生，可以利用實時授課或線上課程修課。有讀者詢問，「安心就學」的英語應該怎麼說、怎麼翻譯比較適合。是Study at Ease Project好，還是Project of Reassured Study比較合適？
我認為「安心就學」方案，可譯為：Stay Home Stay Safe Study Program。「就學」一詞就是study，言簡意賅；而「安心」，則不必試著直翻，而是將此專案的內涵翻譯出來較為恰當，也就是──待在家、安全地學習。此外，六個字中有四個字是S開頭，押頭韻(alliteration)，唸起來比較鏗鏘有力。相關用語也可以在國外見到，比如加拿大有針對偏遠地區原住民有類似的「在家就學」方案(Stay at Home Learning Program)。
Ms. Massie: We have a very active stay-at-home learning program. Some of them are doing long-distance education right in the home.
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(Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoplessencanada.ca)
至於program和project，中文一般都譯為「計畫」，但有何不同？我們可以在網路上找到以下解釋：project一般是指為達成一項目標的單一的行動／努力過程，而program則是由一系列projects所組成。
A project represents a single, focused endeavor. A program is a collection of projects – together all the projects form a connected package of work. The different projects complement each other to assist the program in achieving its overall objectives.
(“What is a Program in Project Management?,” Wrike)
所以，可以視program為project的上位詞，是更複雜的計畫和方案。安心就學包含很多種措施，每個學校也有各自施行的指導細則，可以將每個學校所實施的方案視為單一的project，而教育部統籌的計畫，是這些projects的集合，是以稱之為program。
防疫必備詞彙：疫情因應
暫停或延後大型集會 postpone or suspend mass gatherings
延遲開學 to postpone back to school
確診病例 confirmed case / 疑似病例 suspected case
零星病例 sporadic case / 指標病例 benchmark case
二代病例 second-generation case /本土病例 domestic case
境外移入病例 imported case / 首例 primary case
零號病人 patient zero
隱性感染者 subclinically infected person
指示病例 index case
超級傳播者 super spreader
高危險群 high-risk population
帶原者 virus carrier / 無症狀帶原者 asymptomatic carrier
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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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