Manslaughter is the crime of killing someone against the law, but not as murder. The death was unlawful, yet the killer did not set out to murder — a fight that went too far, a moment of lost control, or driving so carelessly that someone died.

Manslaughtermanslaughter is the crime of killing someone against the law, but not as murder是違法殺人卻不算murder（謀殺）的罪. The death was unlawful死亡是不合法的, yet the killer did not set out to murder但殺人的人並沒有打算要謀殺 — a fight that went too far, a moment of lost control, or driving so carelessly that someone died可能是打架打過頭、一時失控，或開車太不小心導致有人死亡.

In English and American law it is still very serious, but the law treats it as lighter than murder because there was no plan to kill, or the killing was not fully intended.

In English and American law it is still very serious在英美法律裡，這仍然是很嚴重的罪, but the law treats it as lighter than murder但法律把它看得比murder輕 because there was no plan to kill, or the killing was not fully intended因為沒有殺人的計畫，或殺人並不是完全故意的.

Lawyers, news reports, and courts use it; it is not a casual word.

Lawyers, news reports, and courts use it律師、新聞報導和法院都會用這個詞; it is not a casual word不是隨口說說的字.

Though actually, the man here is the old word for “a person,” not “an adult male,” and slaughter is “killing.” Different countries draw the line in different places, so the Chinese legal name will not match the English one tick for tick.

Though actually, the man here is the old word for "a person," not "an adult male,"不過其實，這裡的man是古字，指「一個人」，不是「成年男性」, and slaughter is "killing."slaughter則是「殺」. Different countries draw the line in different places不同國家畫這條界線的地方不一樣, so the Chinese legal name will not match the English one tick for tick所以中文的法律名稱不會跟英文完全一一對應.