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Although this seems to be more of an English question, it deals with Japanese
usage, so I would like some help here.

We know the kanji 中; I am talking about when this is used for processes that
are happening. For example 回収中、実行中、動作中... What would be a correct way to
translate this into English? Sometimes I use "In" as in "In Operation",
sometimes I use the "ing" as in "Collecting", etc.

Any suggestions?
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What is the best way to translate 中？?
Language is not a science, nor is translation. There should be no such thing
as the single best translation for 「～～中{ちゅう}」.

Whatever sounds best for the context in the **_target language_** would be the
best.

> in, within, during, while, in the middle of, in the course of, under (as in
> "under investigation" = 「調査中{ちょうさちゅう}」), etc.

Thus, no matter what word comes before the 「中」 in the original Japanese, there
should usually be one or two word/phrase choices that sound natural in
English.
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