projectionist
映写技師
解説 Definition
映画館やホールで映写機を操作する技術者。フィルムやデジタル映像を大画面に投影する専門職。
A projectionist is a person who operates the equipment that shows films in a movie theater. The word is mainly used in cinema and theater settings, and today it can also include digital projection systems.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
project を知っていれば核は取りやすい語。映画を前へ映し出す projection に、人を表す -ist が付いて「投影を担当する人」。projector は機械、projection は投影そのもの、projectionist はその操作役、という3点セットで並べると混同しにくい。movie theater の booth で reels や digital screening を扱う場面を思い浮かべると、単なる technician ではなく上映を成立させる専門職として記憶に残る。director や producer とは役割が全く別、と添えておくとさらに定着する。
Build it as `projection` + `-ist`, meaning a person who does that job. A `projector` is the machine, `projection` is the act, and the `projectionist` is the person controlling it. Picture someone in the booth of a movie theater making the film appear on the screen. That image makes the word easy to hold.
例文
The projectionist carefully threaded the film before the movie started.
映写技師は映画開始前にフィルムを慎重に通しました。
We hired an experienced projectionist for the conference presentation.
カンファレンスプレゼンテーションのために経験豊かな映写技師を雇いました。
The cinema's longtime projectionist retired after 40 years of service.
その映画館の長年の映写技師は40年間の勤務を経て退職しました。
projectionist の類義語・関連語
projectionist の語源・成り立ち Etymology
projectionist は project に -ion と、人を表す -ist が重なった語です。project はラテン語 pro-『前へ』+ iacere『投げる』に由来し、eject, inject と同根なので、映像を前方へ投げ出す人だと分かります。
Projectionist is formed from projection plus the suffix -ist, meaning a person connected with an activity. The deeper root is Latin pro- "forward" and iacere "to throw," which also appear in words like eject and inject. The idea developed from "throwing forward" to showing an image forward onto a screen.
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