stenographer
stenographer は英検1級レベルの英単語で、「速記者」という意味があります。発音記号は /stəˈnɑːɡrəfər/ です。
速記者
解説 Definition
話し言葉を特殊な記号で素早く書き取る技術を持つ専門職の人。
A person whose job is to write spoken words in shorthand or to record speech quickly and accurately. Stenographers often work in courts, government offices, or meetings where an exact record is needed. The term is more formal and less common today than in the past.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
語尾の -grapher は photographer や biographer と同じで「記録する人」。だから stenographer もまず「何かを書き取る職業」と押さえる。覚えるときは court stenographer のように、法廷や会議で人の話をその場で高速記録する場面を思い浮かべると定着しやすい。単なる writer や typist ではなく、shorthand で spoken words を追いかけ、後で transcribe できる形に残す専門職。interpreter のように意味を言い換える人ではない、と対比すると混同しにくい。
Focus on the ending `-grapher`, as in `photographer` or `biographer`, meaning a person who records something. A `stenographer` is someone who records spoken words very quickly, often in court or meetings. Picture a `court stenographer` typing fast while people speak. That image helps separate it from an `interpreter`, who changes speech into another form or language.
例文
The stenographer recorded every word spoken during the court proceedings.
速記者は法廷での発言を一語一句記録した。
Before digital recording, a skilled stenographer was essential at every official hearing.
デジタル録音が普及する前は、すべての公式聴聞会で熟練した速記者が不可欠だった。
She worked as a stenographer for the Senate and could transcribe speech at incredible speed.
彼女は上院で速記者として働いており、驚くべき速さで発言を書き起こすことができた。
stenographer の類義語・関連語
派生語
stenographer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
stenographer はギリシャ語 steno-「狭い・短く」+ -graph「書く」から成り、もとは『少ない線で書く人』です。だから速記者の意味になり、stenosis や graphic にも同じ語源要素が見えます。
Stenographer is built from Greek elements: steno-, meaning "narrow" or "short," and -graph, meaning "write." The original idea was writing in a shortened or compressed way. That is why the word came to mean a person who writes in shorthand. Related English words include graphic and stenosis.
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