This is not a word you say out loud. It is a written shortcut for anonymous, used when a writer, painter, or speaker is not named.

This is not a word you say out loud這不是一個你會唸出口的字。 It is a written shortcut for anonymous它是anonymous（匿名）的書面縮寫， used when a writer, painter, or speaker is not named用在作者、畫家或講者沒有具名的時候。

You meet it in book lists, footnotes, and captions: a poem marked anon., a quote credited to anon. The full stop is the clue that this is an abbreviation, not a living word of its own.

You meet it in book lists, footnotes, and captions你會在書目、註腳、圖說裡看到它： a poem marked anon.一首標著anon.的詩、 a quote credited to anon.一句歸給anon.的引言。 The full stop is the clue那個句點就是線索， that this is an abbreviation, not a living word of its own表示這是縮寫，不是一個獨立存在的字。

Read it as anonymous; write anon. when the page is tight or the style of the list wants the short form.

Read it as anonymous唸的時候要唸成anonymous（匿名）； write anon.但寫的時候寫anon. when the page is tight or the style of the list wants the short form是在版面不夠，或這份清單的格式需要縮寫的時候。

Though actually, English also has a different word anon — no full stop — which is an old way to say “soon.” That one is not this one. If you see the dot, think “no name.” If you do not, you may be in an old play, not a bibliography.

Though actually不過其實， English also has a different word anon英文還有另一個字anon—— no full stop不加句點的—— which is an old way to say “soon.”是古時候表示「不久」的說法。 That one is not this one那個不是這一個。 If you see the dot, think “no name.”看到句點，就想成「沒有具名」。 If you do not如果沒有句點， you may be in an old play, not a bibliography你可能是在讀一齣古老的劇本，而不是書目。