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Jabber's English Note--to contain the SARS

How do you translate the Chinese word 控制? control? The answer is yes and no.

Yes, I can control my car. Yes, I can control my subordinates. However, we cannot go too far in this generalization.

What is Chinese government doing? Admittedly, it is doing its best to contain the SARS. Not to control the SARS. I don't know if it is lingistically correct to say "control" a desease. It seems to me that it is at least not wrong to say containing the SARS. This usage of the word "contain" is by no means something unusual. If we watch TV, we may hear that "the fire has been contained", or the local gvernment is making every effort to contain the flood.

After the SARS has been contained in China, I will go and work in Beijing for a period of time.
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  • 工作学习 / English / Jabber's English Note--to contain the SARS
    How do you translate the Chinese word 控制? control? The answer is yes and no.

    Yes, I can control my car. Yes, I can control my subordinates. However, we cannot go too far in this generalization.

    What is Chinese government doing? Admittedly, it is doing its best to contain the SARS. Not to control the SARS. I don't know if it is lingistically correct to say "control" a desease. It seems to me that it is at least not wrong to say containing the SARS. This usage of the word "contain" is by no means something unusual. If we watch TV, we may hear that "the fire has been contained", or the local gvernment is making every effort to contain the flood.

    After the SARS has been contained in China, I will go and work in Beijing for a period of time.
    • good one