哲学家安德鲁·芬伯格（Andrew Feenberg）曾提出“转译”的概念。在他看来，公众的日常经验与科学家的专业知识，虽然属于不同的话语体系，却并非无法沟通。一方面，科学家可以努力将专业知识转化为公众能够理解的语言，告诉公众自己的研究成果在日常语境中究竟意味着什么，可能产生怎样的启发，乃至帮助公众重新理解自己的经验……另一方面，公众也可以提出自身的生活经验与现实关切，要求研究者将其作为科学研究处理的问题，进而作出回应，甚至由此调整研究方向与技术方案。
可以想象，在一种良好的“转译”关系中，公众对科学知识产生“误读”的风险有望降低，各种“误导”也可能更容易得到识别与纠正。因此，探索那些相对成功的“转译”实践，分析其中怎样的互动策略、沟通方式与制度保障促进了不同知识体系之间的有效沟通，进而减少“误读”与“误导”，或许就能从中提炼出值得借鉴的经验，为建立可靠的“信任机制”提供启示。
从辨明疫情对儿童成长的实际影响，到审视已有的应对举措及尚存挑战，再到思考未来的可能，我们对这批儿童的认识渐渐铺展开来。回望五年前的种种忧虑，不难发现，有些担忧得到了证实，有些则随着研究深入而有所缓解；还有更多问题，则需交由时间与日后的研究来回答。无论如何，儿童的成长从不是一份在出生时便已写定的答卷。历史留下的经验、社会提供的支持，以及他们自身不断发展的能力，都可能改变故事的走向。对于这些从疫情中走来的孩子，我们始终有理由抱持希望。
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/16/children-born-in-pandemic-have-poorer-communication-skills-study-finds?
[7] Rapid help needed for Covid babies who fell behind, says former Ofsted chief
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[9]How did the pandemic impact babies starting school as children now?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39kry9j3rno?
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https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/publications/panflu/stories/survived_somppi.html
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/17/a-brutal-covid-legacy-awaits-our-children-we-need-the-will-and-ambition-to-tackle-it?
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