Condolence is the sympathy you offer when something very bad has happened to someone, most often when a person they love has died.

when something very bad has happened to someone在別人遇到很糟的事， most often when a person they love has died最常是所愛的人過世的時候， you offer你所表達的 the sympathy那種同情， Condolence is就是condolence（哀悼、慰問）

You offer condolences, send condolences, express condolences. English almost always uses the plural in the set phrase: “My condolences.” It is the language of funerals, cards, messages, and careful official notes — not a casual “sorry” when a friend misses the bus.

You你可以說 offer condolencesoffer condolences（表達哀悼） send condolences也可以說send condolences（致上哀悼） express condolences或express condolences（表達慰問） English英文 almost always uses the plural在這固定用法裡幾乎都用複數 in the set phrase：「My condolences.」（我深表哀悼） It is the language of這是用在 funerals, cards, messages, and careful official notes喪禮、卡片、訊息、正式官方文告裡的用語 not a casual "sorry"——不是像 when a friend misses the bus朋友沒趕上公車時 一樣隨口的一句「sorry」

You can speak of a letter of condolence, a message of condolence, or words of condolence.

You can speak of你可以說 a letter of condolencea letter of condolence（一封慰唁信） a message of condolence或a message of condolence（一則慰唁訊息） or words of condolence或words of condolence（幾句慰唁的話）

The feeling is “I hurt with you,” even if you cannot fix anything.

The feeling is這種感覺就是 "I hurt with you,"「我和你一起難過」 even if you cannot fix anything就算什麼都幫不上忙也一樣

People sometimes stretch it to other heavy losses (a house fire, a public disaster), but death is still the centre. It is formal, and that formality is part of the kindness: it gives the other person a serious, respectful sentence when small talk would feel wrong.

People sometimes stretch it to有些人有時候會把這個字延伸用在 other heavy losses (a house fire, a public disaster)其他重大的損失上（像是火災、公共災難） but death is still the centre但死亡還是這個字的核心 It is formal這個字很正式 and that formality is part of the kindness而這份正式感也是一種體貼 when small talk would feel wrong在閒聊會顯得不對勁的時候 it gives the other person它讓對方能聽到 a serious, respectful sentence一句認真、尊重的話