22 / 12 / 05
我们提取了截至2020年1月29日中国大陆30个省、自治区和直辖市552家医院1,099例经实验室确诊的COVID-19患者的数据。主要复合终点是送入重症监护病房（ICU）、采用机械通气或死亡。
We extracted data regarding 1099 patients with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 from 552 hospitals in 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in mainland China through January 29, 2020. The primary composite end point was admission to an intensive care unit (ICU), the use of mechanical ventilation, or death.
Comments：
这里明显的一个表达不妥，是对“中国大陆”一词的处理。““中国大陆”的英译文绝不能用Mainland China，而应是the Chinese Mainland, Mainland of China或China’s Mainland。”——中国翻译协会，《责任必须落实 监管尚需到位——公共场所英语标示纠错有感（之三）》
主要复合终点，primary composite end point
患者中位年龄为47岁；女性占41.9%。67例患者（6.1%）发生了主要复合终点，包括送入ICU的5.0%、接受有创机械通气的2.3%和死亡的1.4%。
The median age of the patients was 47 years; 41.9% of the patients were female. The primary composite end point occurred in 67 patients (6.1%), including 5.0% who were admitted to the ICU, 2.3% who underwent invasive mechanical ventilation, and 1.4% who died.
仅1.9%的患者有与野生动物的直接接触史。
Only 1.9% of the patients had a history of direct contact with wildlife.
Comments：
能用一个词，不用两个词
在非武汉居民中，72.3%有与武汉居民的接触史，其中31.3%曾去过武汉。
Among nonresidents of Wuhan, 72.3% had contact with residents of Wuhan, including 31.3% who had visited the city.
最常见症状为发热（入院时43.8%有发热，住院期间88.7%有发热）和咳嗽（67.8%）。腹泻不常见（3.8%）。
The most common symptoms were fever (43.8% on admission and 88.7% during hospitalization) and cough (67.8%). Diarrhea was uncommon (3.8%).
中位潜伏期为4天（四分位距，2～7）。入院时，磨玻璃影是胸部计算机断层扫描（CT）中最常见的影像学表现（56.4%）。
The median incubation period was 4 days (interquartile range, 2 to 7). On admission, ground-glass opacity was the most common radiologic finding on chest computed tomography (CT) (56.4%). .
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磨玻璃影，ground-glass opacity
影像学表现，radiologic
877例非重症患者中的157例（17.9%）和173例重症患者中的5例（2.9%）无影像学或CT异常。
No radiographic or CT abnormality was found in 157 of 877 patients (17.9%) with nonsevere disease and in 5 of 173 patients (2.9%) with severe disease.
Comments：
radiographic，换了一个表述。
入院时，83.2%的患者有淋巴细胞减少。
Lymphocytopenia was present in 83.2% of the patients on admission.
Comments：
对there be句型的严正抗议有事儿说事儿系列
在此次疫情的前2个月期间，COVID-19在中国大陆迅速传播，并引起了不同程度的疾病。
During the first 2 months of the current outbreak, Covid-19 spread rapidly throughout China and caused varying degrees of illness.
患者就诊时常无发热，许多无影像学异常表现。
Patients often presented without fever, and many did not have abnormal radiologic findings.