Forensic is a describing word. It is about using careful science to find out what happened in a crime: blood, fingerprints, phones, fibres, even a tiny bit of dust, then turning that into something a court can trust. Police labs, scientists, and lawyers all use it — forensic evidence, a forensic scientist, a forensic test.

Forensic is a describing wordforensic是一個形容詞。It is about using careful science它是指用嚴謹的科學方法 to find out what happened in a crime找出一件犯罪案件裡發生了什麼事：blood, fingerprints, phones, fibres, even a tiny bit of dust血跡、指紋、手機、纖維，甚至一點點灰塵, then turning that into something a court can trust然後把這些變成法庭可以採信的東西。Police labs, scientists, and lawyers all use it警察實驗室、科學家和律師都會用這個字 — forensic evidence, a forensic scientist, a forensic testforensic evidence、forensic scientist、forensic test。

Though actually, people now stretch it. A forensic accountant hunts through money records the way a crime-lab person hunts through a room; forensic linguistics studies language to help a case. The old Latin idea was “of the public square / of the law court,” so the science sense grew out of “what you can show in public, in court.” In everyday talk now it almost always means crime-lab science, not a friendly chat.

Though actually不過事實上, people now stretch it現在的人把這個字用得更寬了。A forensic accountant hunts through money records鑑識會計師會像鑑識人員搜查房間一樣 the way a crime-lab person hunts through a room去翻查金錢紀錄；forensic linguistics studies language to help a case鑑識語言學則是用語言分析來協助案件。The old Latin idea was古老的拉丁字義是 “of the public square / of the law court,”「廣場的／法庭的」, so the science sense grew out of所以科學這個意思是從 “what you can show in public, in court.”「你能在公開場合、在法庭上呈現的東西」發展出來的。In everyday talk now在現在的日常用語裡 it almost always means crime-lab science它幾乎都是指鑑識科學, not a friendly chat而不是輕鬆聊天的意思。

TV makes it look like every case is a dead body; a lot of forensic work is quiet, slow, and about objects.

TV makes it look like every case is a dead body電視讓人覺得每個案子都跟屍體有關; a lot of forensic work is quiet, slow, and about objects但很多鑑識工作其實安靜、緩慢，處理的是物品。