Care before and care after

Vor, before. Nach, after. Sorge, care.

German has a clean word for each — care taken beforehand, and care taken afterwards — and uses both in ordinary speech. Medicine, law and business all distinguish them.

English has prevention and aftercare, but they do not sit as a pair. The German words do, and the pairing makes the choice visible every time either is used.

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