An Afrikaner is a white South African whose first language is Afrikaans. Most Afrikaner families go back to Dutch settlers from the 1600s, with some French and German families mixed in.

An Afrikaner阿非利卡人is a white South African是一種母語講Afrikaans南非語的南非白人。Most Afrikaner families大部分阿非利卡人家族go back to往上可以追溯到Dutch settlers from the 1600s1600年代的荷蘭移民，with some French and German families mixed in裡面也混了一些法國和德國家族。

This is not the same as African — an African is anyone from the continent of Africa. It is also not the same as Afrikaans, which is the language. And it is not a word for every white South African: some white families speak English at home and do not call themselves Afrikaners.

This is not the same as African這跟African非洲人不一樣——an African非洲人is anyone from the continent of Africa是指來自非洲大陸的任何人。It is also not the same as Afrikaans這也跟Afrikaans不一樣，which is the language那是語言的名字。And it is not a word for every white South African而且這個字也不是指每一個南非白人：some white families有些白人家庭speak English at home在家講英文，and do not call themselves Afrikaners也不會自稱是Afrikaners。

Older English used Boer for some of these families; Boer meant “farmer” and points more to the old farming states than to every Afrikaner now.

Older English舊式英文used Boer會用Boer這個字來稱呼some of these families其中一些家族；Boer meantBoer的意思是farmer農夫，and points more to old farming states而且比較是指過去的農業州than to every Afrikaner now而不是現在所有的Afrikaner。

The name carries heavy history, because Afrikaner leaders once ran the old system that kept Black and white people apart by law. Use it as a name for this people, calmly and exactly.

The name carries heavy history這個名字背負著沉重的歷史，because因為Afrikaner leaders阿非利卡人的領袖once ran曾經主導過the old system that kept Black and white people apart by law那個用法律把黑人和白人分開的舊制度。Use it as a name for this people把它當成這個族群的名字來用就好，calmly and exactly平靜而準確地用。