Foregoing names what has just been mentioned, read, or dealt with. The foregoing means “what I have already said” or “what is written above.” You can also use it before a noun: the foregoing chapter, the foregoing remarks.

Foregoing前述 names指的是 what has just been mentioned, read, or dealt with剛被提到、讀過或處理過的內容。The foregoing前述 means意思是 what I have already said我已經說過的內容 or或 what is written above上面寫的內容。You can also use it before a noun你也可以把它放在名詞前面用：the foregoing chapter前一章、the foregoing remarks前述的話。

It is almost always a written, formal word — contracts, essays, reports. In speech, people say what I just said or the bit above.

It is almost always a written, formal word幾乎都是書面、正式的用字——contracts, essays, reports合約、論文、報告裡。In speech在口語裡，people say人們會說 what I just said我剛剛說的話 or或 the bit above上面那一段。

The fore- here is the “before” kind: this is the part that went before, so it is already on the page.

The fore- here這裡的fore- is是「之前」的意思the "before" kind：this is the part that went before這是先前出現過的部分，so it is already on the page所以已經寫在前面了。

Though actually, almost nobody uses this word when they talk; if you put it in a friendly message it will sound stiff, as if you had borrowed a lawyer’s sentence.

Though actually不過其實，almost nobody uses this word when they talk幾乎沒有人講話時會用這個字；if you put it in a friendly message如果你把它放進一則親切的訊息裡，it will sound stiff聽起來會很生硬，as if you had borrowed a lawyer's sentence好像借用了律師的句子一樣。