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English to Burmese: Obtaining services at health center by pregnant women General field: Medical Detailed field: Medical: Health Care
Source text - English Obtaining services at health center by pregnant women
Bazlu sat outside the examination room. Meanwhile, doctor and health workers took Sonali in the room for checkup. The doctor carried out various tests and examinations. After a while, when the doctor and Sonali came out of the examination room, Bazlu asked the doctor about Sonali's checkup. Doctor told Bazlu that Sonali and her baby are in good health. And he advised them how to care for her at home during pregnancy. After hearing this Sonali and Bazlu smiled.
Receiving services at the health center
Checkups during Pregnancy at the health center: The doctor checked the following for Sonali-
• Weight
• Measuring blood pressure
• Test must be done to know the blood group
• Blood tests
• Urine test
• Measuring the cervical length
• Whether TT vaccines have been taken as per EPI schedule?
• Giving advice to help them take decisions
• Determine the possible delivery date
• Inform them about the immediate actions to be taken if any complication arises during pregnancy or delivery
During anti-natal checkups, ensure 5 things, i.e., blood and urine tests, measuring weight, blood pressure and cervical length are done.
Care of pregnant woman at home
Eating extra food
Taking at least 2 hours of rest during daytime
Energy giving food
Body building food
Protective food
Care of pregnant woman at home
Heeding health worker's advice, everyone including Bazlu, Sonali's sister-in-law and mother-in-law, took very good care of her. They did not let her do any heavy household work, such as lifting heavy things, husking paddy, washing clothes etc. Not only this! They ensured Sonali ate energy giving, body building and protective foods, she remained in good mood, she took her medicines regularly and on time - and so on!
Care of pregnant woman at home
• To deliver a healthy and strong baby, pregnant women need to eat extra food and drink plenty of water
• Pregnant women should eat at least two snacks in between breakfast, lunch and dinner or she should eat extra food during each meal.
• Every day, she should eat green and leafy vegetables, fish, pulses, eggs, nuts, meat, liver and milk as much as she can afford.
• Every day, she should eat colorful fruits and vegetables and leafy vegetables rich in vitamin A, like ripe papayas, ripe mangoes, ripe jackfruits, bananas oranges, pumpkins, carrots, Indian spinach, spinach, jute leaves/Egyptian spinach, water amaranth or Kalmi leaves and Taro stem or Kochu shak.
• It is important for pregnant women to take only iodized salt because Iodine deficiency can affect the physical and brain development of the unborn child.
• It is important for pregnant women to eat nutritious food in adequate quantity to avoid low birth weight of the baby; low birth weight babies grow at a slower rate and have a much higher risk of death.
It should be ensured that every pregnant woman eats nutritious food in adequate amount, takes 1 iron/folic acid tablet and 1 calcium tablet daily and gets adequate sleep and rest.
Planning Delivery
The family should decide beforehand where the baby will be born.
It is best to deliver in a hospital.
If hospital is not available, arrange to have a community based skilled birth attendant (CSBA) during delivery and find out his/her mobile number.
As soon as you find out about pregnancy, start saving money.
Arrange for vehicles that can be used in case of emergency and keep the mobile numbers of the driver handy.
Find out the blood group of the pregnant woman and arrange for a few blood donors.
English to Chin: How Much Does A Miracle Cost? General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English How Much Does A Miracle Cost?
Sally was only eight years old when she heard Mommy and Daddy talking about her little brother, Georgi. He was very sick, and they had done everything they could afford to save his life. Only a very expensive surgery could help him now . . . and that was out of the financial question, she heard Daddy say it with a whispered desperation. Only a miracle can save him now.
Sally went to her bedroom and pulled her piggybank from its hiding place in the closet. She shook all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three times. The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes. Tying the coins up in a cold-weather kerchief, she slipped out of the apartment and made her way to the corner drug store.
She waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her attention, but he was too busy talking to another man to be bothered by an eight-year-old. Sally twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise. She cleared her throat. No good. Finally, she took a quarter from its hiding place and banged it on the glass counter. That did it! "And what do you want?" the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice. "I'm talking to my brother."
"Well, I want to talk to you about my brother," Sally answered back in the same annoyed tone. "He's sick . . . and I want to buy a miracle."
"I beg your pardon," said the pharmacist.
"My Daddy says only a miracle can save him now . . . so how much does a miracle cost?"
"We don't sell miracles here, little girl. I can't help you."
"Listen, I have the money to pay for it. Just tell me how much it costs".
The well-dressed man stooped down and asked, "What kind of a miracle does your brother need?"
"I don't know," Sally answered. A tear started down her cheek. "I just know he's really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my folks can't pay for it . . . so I have my money."
"How much do you have?" asked the well-dressed man.
"A dollar and eleven cents," Sally answered proudly. "And it's all the money I have in the world."
"Well, what a coincidence," smiled the well-dressed man. "A dollar and eleven cents . . . the exact price of a miracle to save a little brother." He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said "Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents."
That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, renowned surgeon specializing in solving Georgi's malady. The operation was completed without charge and it wasn't long until Georgi was home again and doing well.
Mommy and Daddy were happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to this place. "That surgery," Mommy whispered. "It's like a miracle. I wonder how much it would have cost?"
Sally smiled to herself. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost... one dollar and eleven cents... plus the faith of a little child.
Translation - Chin Sally akici numeino in asanggampa ahi Georgi’ thu tawh kisai anu-le-apa te akihona/akikupna uh a-zakkhak lai-in, tua numeino Sally pen kum giat bek na pha pan hi. Anaupa pen acina lua mahmah-a, acinatluatna pan hong dam-in anuntak theih nading in ahih zawh zah leh ahih theih khempeuh phial uh hih khin ta uh hi. Tun ahihleh, a manpha mahmah ki-atna/ki-kheina (surgery) bek in amah huh leh damsak zo ding hi na pi’n, a sum-le-paai lamsang enleng cin zolo leh apiang thei ngiatlo thu khat ahi hi. “Tun’n bel nalamdang (miracle) bek in amah damsak zo in cei maw”, ci-in apa’n lungkia leh lamet bei tak-in agen ngeungau thu aza kha hi.
Sally zong alupna inndei sung ah lutphei-in, puan koihna (closet) sung-a aseelsim ahi sumtang kholna bung (piggy bank) hong la khia khian hi. Abung sung-a sumtang-sumneen khempeuh sual (floor) tung ah avek-in asingkhiat seuhseuh khitciang in, asum kholsa sumneen aneih teng bang zah pha peuh mah hiam ci-a limtak-in sim ciauciau hi. Akhialh khak ding alau man leh akhial thei ngiatlo ahih man-in thum vei bang sim phapha kik lai zen hi. Asum aphazah atheih tak ciangin, asumtang teng khempeuh khuadam hunsung-a akizang lutang ahihkeileh ngawng ah aki-ok puanthem (cold-weather-kerchief) tawh atun khitciang-in, innsaapna inndeituam (apartment) pan apualam hong pusuak khia khiankhian a, lamkiu kawi ah a-om zatui nam tuamtuam zuakna sumbuk (drug store) lam hong manawh in hong pai sauhsauh hi.
Zatui zuakna mun atun ciang-in (pharmacist) zatui zuakte’thudonna angah dong lungduai-sinduai tak-in na ngak ngiungeu hi. Himahtaseleh, tua zatui zuakpa pen kum kua apha panding naupang khat lel ci-a awlmawh manselo liang-in midang khat tawh kiho in na buai keei mawk hi. Tua ahihman in, zatui zuakte’ thudonna angah theihtheih nading in, Sally in akhete sual ah taat kawmkawm-in gingsak sualsual a, kikhuh bawl kawmkawm phial mah taseleh ki-awlmawh tuanlo hi.
Atawpna ah, puanthem sung ah akoih khinkhian sumneen lakpan 25 cent tang khat hong lakhia-in, maan (glass) tawh akibawl sumpiakna sabuai/dawhkan (glass counter) tung khut-ah atawi tua sumtang tawh va beeng (bang) phei giap ahih man in, zatui zuakpa in tua naupangno hong thudon panpan hi. “Bang deih na hiam”, ci-in tua zatui zuakpa in lungkim mello leh hehna awkam zangh-in hong dong hi. “Awww, ka sanggampa’ thu ong gen nuam hing ee. Ka naupa pen maw dam lua khollo in aci na mahmah aihciang-a nalamdang (miracle) alei nuam hing ee”, ci-in amah adotdan lian in hehna leh lungduailohna awkam pian mah hong zangh-in adawng kik pah hi.
“Bang e, telpak kei sing e. Nalamdang e?”, ci-in tua zatui zuakpa in dong pha kik hi. Naupangno in, “He hi mah. Kapa’n maw, nalamdang bek in amah dam sak zo ding ci hiven. Tua nalamdang na zuak mah hia? Tua nalamdang bang zah aman tam maw?”, ci-in adawng kik hi. Zatui zuakpa in, “Ko maw, tua na cih nalamdang te hih laitak ah zuaklo hi ve ung, naupangno aw. Hong na maisak o maw, ko hong huh zo kei mai nung e.”, ci-in adawng kik hi. Naupangnu zong um pha mello ahih man in, “Ka thugen ong ngaih sak phot dih ve maw. Ken maw tua nalamdang ka leinang sum nei hiveng. Hehpinatawh bang zah aman hiam cih hong gen ta peuh ve maw,” ci-in hong thum ngetngut hi. Tualeh, agei-a limtak-a akithawi leh akizem sa-a ading pasal upa sim pian khat in akihona teng uh azak khit ciangin, awn suk-in tua naupangno kiang ah, “Boih, na sanggampa’n bang dan nalamdang te ki sam ahia?”, ci-in awnemno tawh na dot bawl hi.
“Thei…thei…thei nawnlo hiveng”, ci-in dawng kik a, “Ka sanggampa aci na lua mahmah aihciang a, zatopi ah akikhei/aki-at ding (operation) kisam cih ka nu’n one gen hiven… tua bek thei ing. Aihhang ka nu ka pate’n ka naupa’aki-aat theih nading sum akisam zah nei vetlo e, tua aih ciang a, ka sanggampa’ading in sum kholsa ken nei hiveng.”, ci-in acih kawmkawm-in lainatna luankhi te abiang tungah hong tak khia kelhkelh hi.
Tua akithawi sitset papi uhampa in, “Boih, tualeh nang sum bang zah nei na hia?”, ci-in adot tak ciang in, naupangno Sally in, “Ken maw dollar 1 leh 11 cents bang nei hiveng, leitung ah ka sum neih khempeuh hih teng hi pah ei”, ci-in kisathei tak leh lungmuang tak in na dawng phiau hi.
“Aw pha ei leh, na naupa’ading akisam nalamdang i amah zah pen zong dollar 1 leh 11 cents hi pah lian ei. Kituak lian kha in cei”, ci-in maaitai tak in a gen hi. Amah zong naupangno’sum la-a akhut langkhat tawh tawi-in, akhut alang khat ah naupangno’khut len kawm sa-in, “Boih, na omna uh hong pai pih in maw, na sanggampa leh na nu-le-pate munuam ing e.”, ci-in agen hi.
Tua puanhoih tawh akithawi pasal upa simpian pen amin thang vangvang mikhei leh mi-aat lamsang asiam mahmah siavuan (surgeon) Dr. Carlton Armstrong hi-a, asanggampa’damlohna pan adam theih nading in atuam deuh-a vaihawm sak-in abawl hi. Zato inn ah ki-aatna (operation) te akhawn khong in leh lawhcing tak in zo thei-a, asawtloin asanggampa pen aci hong dam tektek-in innlum-lolum ah hong zuan kik thei ta hi.
Anu-le-apa ten zong hih dinmun ciang dong a hong tunsak theih thulela lungdam tak leh lungnuam takin na ki gengen uh hi. Anu in, “Hih ki-aatna (surgery) pen nalamdang taktak hi mawk mah ei maw. Sum tawh alei ding bang hileng bang zah tak aman zen mah tam maw”, ci-in amah zakkhop dinglel in phun ciauciau-a apau mualmual hi. Numeino in tua nalamdang bang zah aman lian hiam cih thei leh tel lua ahih man in amahguak na nui sim hieuhiau hi. Amah atheih leh atel thu in Dollar 1.11 leh naupangno khat’upna in nalamdang lei zo sak cih thu ahi hi.
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