Triage is what medical staff do when many people need help at once and there are not enough doctors, beds or time: they quickly look at everyone and decide the order of treatment. The person treated first is not the one who arrived first, and not the one shouting loudest — it is the one whose life is most in danger right now and who can still be saved.

Triage檢傷分類 is what medical staff do是醫護人員做的事 when many people need help at once and there are not enough doctors, beds or time在很多人同時需要幫助、但醫生、病床或時間都不夠時: they他們 quickly look at everyone and decide the order of treatment很快地看過每個人，決定治療的先後順序。The person treated first第一個被治療的人 is not the one who arrived first不是最先到的, and也不是 not the one shouting loudest叫得最大聲的 — it而是 is the one whose life is most in danger right now and who can still be saved現在生命最危急、而且還救得回來的那個人。

That last part surprises people. In a disaster, someone almost certain to die may be passed over so that three people who can be saved get help.

That last part surprises people最後這一點常常讓人意外。In a disaster在災難現場, someone almost certain to die一個幾乎確定會死的人 may be passed over可能會被跳過 so that three people who can be saved get help好讓三個還救得回來的人得到幫助。

Triage is a hard idea, and hospitals train for it. You meet it in emergency rooms, on battlefields, and after earthquakes and crashes.

Triage triage是個很殘酷的觀念, and而且 hospitals train for it醫院會特別為此訓練。You你 meet it in emergency rooms, on battlefields, and after earthquakes and crashes會在急診室、戰場，還有地震和空難之後遇到它。

In a normal Taiwanese hospital 急診, the nurse who checks you at the desk and gives you a level number is doing triage.

In a normal Taiwanese hospital 急診在台灣一般醫院的急診, the nurse who checks you at the desk and gives you a level number櫃檯幫你檢查、給你分級號碼的護士 is doing triage做的就是triage。

The word has spread far beyond medicine. Companies, engineers and managers now say triage for any 'we cannot do everything, so what gets attention first?' decision — bug triage in software teams, email triage on Monday morning. This use is common and quite casual.

The word這個詞 has spread far beyond medicine早就用到醫學以外的地方了。Companies, engineers and managers公司、工程師、主管 now say triage for any 'we cannot do everything, so what gets attention first?' decision現在會用triage來指任何「我們沒辦法全部都做，那先處理什麼？」的決定 — bug triage in software teams軟體團隊的bug triage（錯誤分類）, email triage on Monday morning星期一早上的email triage（信件分類）。This use這種用法 is common and quite casual很常見，語氣也蠻隨意的。

It works as a noun (a triage nurse, do triage) and as a verb (to triage patients, to triage the bug list). Note the French sound: roughly 'TREE-ahzh' or 'tree-AHZH'.

It它 works as a noun可以當名詞用 (a triage nurse檢傷護士, do triage做檢傷分類) and也可以 as a verb當動詞用 (to triage patients對病人做檢傷分類, to triage the bug list整理bug清單的優先順序)。Note the French sound要注意它保留了法文的發音: roughly 'TREE-ahzh' or 'tree-AHZH'大概念成「TREE-ahzh」或「tree-AHZH」。