Feb 14, 2021 07:55
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English term
cordon sanitaire
COVID-19
GBK
English to Slovak
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Medical (general)
Definition from
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
(n.) A protective barrier (as of buffer states) against a potentially aggressive nation or a dangerous influence (such as a pandemic). Borrowed from French, it is also referred to as "sanitary cordon" in certain areas.
Example sentences:
But while the waters of the lagoon were a corridor for the passage of an epidemic, they were also a natural cordon sanitaire that facilitated an efficient quarantine system as a bulwark against the disease for the rest of Italy. (TIME)
In addition to a cordon sanitaire, which halted travel into or out of the affected areas, the lockdown prohibited the sixteen million people living inside the so-called zone rosse from any movement that was not required for work, health, or other “necessary” reasons. (The New Yorker)
The first thing is the strong-arm methods introduced by the Chinese on January 23rd, when they introduced cordon sanitaire, which is a wholesale quarantine by cordoning off with soldiers and policemen whole geographical areas and communities. (The New Yorker)
Proposed translations
(Slovak)
4 +2 | sanitný kordón | Alžbeta Takácsová |
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Proposed translations
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sanitný kordón
Also used as sanitárny or zdravotný, where these are synonyms to sanitný
Definition from
slovník cudzích slov:
sanitný kordón = izolujúci pruh územia okolo zamorenej oblasti postihnutej nákazlivou chorobou
Example sentences:
Koncom leta sa v Bratislave a ďalších mestách rozšíril mor. Vedenie mesta sa ho snažilo tajiť, ale keď zomrel mestský lekár, sanitný kordón okolo mesta sa zavrel. (korunovacie.sk)
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