Category | English text message | Hinglish equivalent | Comments |
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Smoking | Hi <xxx>, quitting smoking is the best thing you can do to reduce your risk of a heart attack. Aim for lifetime cessation today. | Cigarette, beedi, gutkha aur tambaku ka tyag (quit)—yeh sabse zyada fayda karega. Zindgi bhar ke liye tyag do. | Asymmetrical translation—incorporates tobacco usage habits of the target population. |
Hi <xxx>, research shows that quitting smoking will halve your chances of a heart attack. | Research (anusandhaan) batate hain ke bidi-cigarette-tambaku ke tyaag se heart attack kaa chance aadhaa ho jaataa hai. | Asymmetrical translation—incorporates tobacco usage habits of target population. | |
Diet | Food prepared at home is usually much healthier than restaurant food. Why not take food from home and have an outing to the park instead? | Ghar kaa khaanaa hotel ke khaaney se jyaadaa healthy hotaa hai. Kyun na ghar se tiffin box le jaayen. | Symmetrical translation. |
Salt is often used in packaged food by food companies as a flavour enhancer or preservative and you may not realise it is there. | Readymade packet ke namkeen/paapaad/aachaar/ketchup/potato chips mein bahut zyaadaa namak hota hai. Inkaa upyog kum hi rakhen. | Asymmetrical translation—provides information on commonly consumed food items in the target population responsible for excessive salt intake. | |
Physical activity | Hi <xxx>, usually it is safe to start mild exercise early after a heart event but if you are unsure ask your doctor or hospital cardiac rehab unit. | Heart attack ke baad, halki-fulki kasrat (walking exercises) se shuruat karen. Dhire dhire isme badhautri karen. | Near symmetrical translation to maintain 160 character length of short message service (SMS). |
Hi <xxx>, physical activity can be accumulated in short bouts of 10 min each. Aim to complete 3 bouts per day. | Ek saath 30 min yaa din me 3 baar 10 min ke liye kasrat (excersie) karen. Faaydaa dono se hogaa. | Symmetrical translation. | |
Medication | Aspirin stops the blood platelets from sticking and prevents blood clots from forming. Take aspirin once per day with food. | Aspirin blood ko patlaa kartaa hai aur khoon ko jamne se roktaa hai. Rozana pehle kuchh khaanaa khayen fir aspirin ki goli len. | Symmetrical translation. |
Cholesterol-lowering meds have names ending with statin. They help decrease low denisity lipoprotein (LDL) (bad) cholesterol and increase high density lipoprotein (HDL) (good) cholesterol. | Cholesterol kum karney vali goli (medicine) ko ‘statin’ kehtay hain. Yeah LDL namak bura cholesterol kum karti hain. | Near symmetrical translation. The last piece of information on HDL cholesterol was dropped to fit 160 character count. | |
General/guidelines | It is important to keep LDL cholesterol levels less than 2.0. | LDL cholesterol, nuksaan-daayak (harmful) cholesterol hai. Yeh khoon mein 100 mg se kum honaa chaahiye. | Symmetrical translation with education on importance of LDL cholesterol. Blood levels of cholesterol converted to country-specific units. |
If you get chest pain take aspirin and anginine or nitrolingual spray if you have it. Keep these medications close by just in case. | Hameshaa apne paas aspirin aur sorbitrate (nitrate) goli rakhen. Chest pain ho to inkaa extra dose le len aur doctor se baat karen. | Symmetrical translation with additional advice on the need to see doctor. |
<xxx> represents participants preferred name.