If property is heritable, it can pass from the older members of a family to the younger ones when someone dies — land, a house, a title, a farm. The law treats it as something an heir can receive, not as a thing that dies with the owner.

If property is heritable如果財產是heritable（可繼承的） it can pass from the older members of a family to the younger ones when someone dies代表有人過世時，這份財產可以從家族裡年紀較長的人傳給比較年輕的人 land, a house, a title, a farm像是土地、房子、頭銜、農場 The law treats it as something an heir can receive法律把它當成繼承人可以拿到的東西 not as a thing that dies with the owner而不是隨著主人過世就消失的東西

This is formal, legal English; in everyday talk people say the house can be inherited, or it stays in the family.

This is formal, legal English這是正式的法律英文 in everyday talk people say the house can be inherited, or it stays in the family日常說話時，大家會說「這房子可以被繼承（inherited）」，或「它會留在家族裡」

(Though actually, biologists use the same word for a trait that can pass from parent to child through genes — a heritable disease, heritable height. That is a different door into the same idea of “passing down,” but the sense filed here is the family-property one.) Not all property is heritable in every legal system; money in a pocket and land in a deed are not always treated the same.

(Though actually（不過其實 biologists use the same word for a trait that can pass from parent to child through genes生物學家也用同一個字，來講可以透過基因從父母傳給小孩的特徵 a heritable disease, heritable height像是heritable disease（可遺傳的疾病）、heritable height（可遺傳的身高） That is a different door into the same idea of “passing down,”那是通往「傳下去」這個概念的另一扇門 but the sense filed here is the family-property one.)但這裡收錄的是家族財產這個意思 Not all property is heritable in every legal system不是每個法律體系裡，所有財產都算heritable： money in a pocket and land in a deed are not always treated the same口袋裡的錢和契約上的土地，待遇不一定相同

The word describes the property (or the trait), not the person.

The word describes the property (or the trait)這個字形容的是財產（或特徵） not the person不是人