土石流，英文該怎麼說？－梓色夢想

禮拜三的英文小組
這個字，讓大家疑惑了......

因為我要分享這個夏天去南投的經驗
講到兩個颱風的事情
當然就免不了提到
恐怖的土石流
讓大家出不了門的土石流

要講這個東西之前
轉頭問了聲：

土石流，英文怎麼講？

英文小組裡
號稱是嗡嗡翁的人體翻譯機

思考了一下說

"Mountain collapses?"

大家大笑之後，還是沒個結論~

今天終於查了字典

用"mud slide"
或是"landflows and mudslides"
應該都可以
台灣山區常見的應該也屬於這種狀況

另外有兩種不同定義的土石流

1.Debris flow譯為「岩屑流」

2.Solifluction，這種「土石流」一般多發生在高緯度、冬季寒冷的結冰地區，或是永遠結冰的永凍地區。在化冰時，溝谷內原本堆積的地質材料因浸水飽合的緣故，使溝谷內地質材料產生移動、流動，並沿著溝谷內地形的坡度慢慢向下滑移、流動，而稱為土石流。

以下是一個外國記者寫土石流的文章，用法可以參考看看。

Deadly Mud Slide
Karen Fanning

Thursday, January 13—Rescue crews continued their search on Wednesday for survivors of a powerful mud slide that buried more than a dozen homes in La Conchita, California, Monday.

More than 600 emergency workers from 20 agencies are sifting through mud, sand, and rubble in hopes of locating 13 people who are reported missing. Days of torrential rains unleashed several mud slides in the region this week.

Although the La Conchita mud slide has claimed the lives of 10 people, just as many people have been pulled out alive. Officials remain optimistic that they will find more survivors.

"The rescue workers are going in; they're finding voids still in the rubble pile that we believe are large enough that somebody could be in," said Ventura County Fire Chief Bob Roper. "As long as we're seeing that, then we hold out hope."

While most workers are digging through the mud by hand, they also have the help of search dogs. Some are using listening devices designed to detect any signs of life beneath the debris.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger surveyed the destruction on Wednesday.

La Conchita suffered significant damage in 1995 when another massive mud slide hit the town. Afterward, construction workers built a barrier wall, but the force of Monday's mud slide proved to be too great.

"It used to be this cute little seaside community here," said survivor Bill Harbison. "And it just has a giant tear down the middle of it . . . just rubble and remains of what used to be people's homes."

Heavy rains have wreaked havoc not only in California, but also in other parts of the U.S. Flooding along the Ohio River has forced people in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky to flee their homes. Power outages were reported in many parts of Ohio. In Overton, Nevada, residents were evacuating their homes to escape the swelling waters of the Muddy River.