Chlamydia is a disease that can pass from one person to another during sex. The cause is a tiny germ — a kind of bacteria, not a virus. Many people feel completely well, so they never guess they have it.

Chlamydia is a disease that can pass from one person to another during sexChlamydia是一種可以在性行為中從一個人傳給另一個人的疾病。The cause is a tiny germ病因是一種微小的病菌a kind of bacteria, not a virus是細菌的一種，不是病毒。Many people feel completely well很多人感覺完全沒事so they never guess they have it所以根本猜不到自己得了。

That is why doctors talk about tests even when nothing hurts: you can have it, pass it on, and still feel fine. Medicine from a clinic can usually clear it. If nobody treats it, it can later damage the parts of the body that make a baby, and pregnancy can become harder.

That is why doctors talk about tests even when nothing hurts這就是為什麼即使完全不痛，醫生還是會提到要做檢驗: you can have it, pass it on, and still feel fine因為你可能已經感染、傳給別人，卻還是感覺很好。Medicine from a clinic can usually clear it診所開的藥通常可以把它治好。If nobody treats it如果沒有人治療it can later damage the parts of the body that make a baby之後可能損害身體裡負責孕育寶寶的器官and pregnancy can become harder也會讓懷孕變得更困難。

It is not HIV, not syphilis, and not gonorrhoea (淋病), and it is not 菜花, which is warts from a different virus. A person can have more than one infection at the same time.

It is not HIV, not syphilis, and not gonorrhoea (淋病)它不是HIV，不是梅毒（syphilis），也不是淋病（gonorrhoea）and it is not 菜花, which is warts from a different virus也不是菜花，那是另一種病毒引起的疣。A person can have more than one infection at the same time一個人也可能同時感染不只一種疾病。

This is a medical word; in casual talk some people just say an STI, which is a bigger umbrella. There is nothing shameful in the name itself — it is a health fact.

This is a medical word這是個醫學用語in casual talk some people just say an STI平常聊天有些人就直接說STIwhich is a bigger umbrella那是一個範圍更大的統稱。There is nothing shameful in the name itself這個名字本身沒有什麼好丟臉的it is a health fact它就是個健康事實。

Though actually, doctors also use the same name for a small family of related germs that can infect the eyes or the chest; that is not what most people mean when they whisper the word.

Though actually, doctors also use the same name for a small family of related germs that can infect the eyes or the chest不過其實，醫生也會用同一個名字，來指一小群相關的病菌，這些病菌可能感染眼睛或胸腔that is not what most people mean when they whisper the word那不是大部分人小聲提到這個字時所指的意思。