The quality of letting light pass through while not letting you see clearly through to the other side. It is the noun for 'translucent'.

The quality of letting light pass through指的是讓光線透過去的那種特質 while not letting you see clearly through to the other side卻又沒辦法清楚看穿到另一邊. It is the noun for 'translucent'它是translucent的名詞形式.

Frosted bathroom glass has translucence: light comes in, but the shapes beyond are only blurred outlines. So do jade, thin porcelain, wax, a paper lantern, a young leaf held up to the sun.

Frosted bathroom glass has translucence磨砂的浴室玻璃有translucence: light comes in光線可以進來, but the shapes beyond are only blurred outlines但另一邊的形狀只是模糊的輪廓. So do jade, thin porcelain, wax, a paper lantern, a young leaf held up to the sun玉、薄瓷器、蠟、紙燈籠，還有對著陽光舉起的嫩葉，也都是如此.

The word is uncountable and quite formal — it belongs to writing about art, design, materials and nature, and it often appears when the writer admires something: 'the translucence of the jade', 'the strange translucence of her skin'. That last use, about skin, is common in novels and usually suggests either great delicacy and beauty or, sometimes, illness — someone so pale you feel you could almost see the light through them.

The word is uncountable and quite formal這個詞是不可數名詞，而且相當正式 — it belongs to writing about art, design, materials and nature它屬於談論藝術、設計、材質和自然的文章, and and it often appears when the writer admires something常常出現在作者在讚嘆某樣東西的時候: 'the translucence of the jade' 「the translucence of the jade（玉的透光感）」, 'the strange translucence of her skin' 「the strange translucence of her skin（她皮膚那種奇異的透光感）」. That last use, about skin那種用在皮膚上的最後一種用法, is common in novels在小說裡很常見, and usually suggests either great delicacy and beauty通常暗示著極度的纖細與美, or, sometimes, illness或者有時候是暗示生病 — someone so pale you feel you could almost see the light through them一個人蒼白到你覺得幾乎可以看穿光線透過他的樣子.

There is a second noun, 'translucency', which means the same thing. In practice 'translucency' turns up more often in technical and scientific writing (measuring the translucency of a material), while 'translucence' sounds more literary. Neither is wrong. In ordinary conversation people simply do not use either one; they say 'you can see the light through it'.

There is a second noun, 'translucency' 還有第二個名詞「translucency」, which means the same thing意思一樣. In practice 'translucency' turns up more often in technical and scientific writing實際使用上，「translucency」比較常出現在技術性和科學性的文章裡 (measuring the translucency of a material用來測量一種材質的translucency), while 'translucence' sounds more literary而「translucence」聽起來比較文學. Neither is wrong兩個都不算錯. In ordinary conversation在日常對話裡, people simply do not use either one人們根本不會用這兩個詞其中一個; they say 'you can see the light through it'他們會說「you can see the light through it（可以看到光穿過去）」.