An anthropologist is a person whose work is anthropology: the scientific study of people, their societies, and their cultures. The word names the person, not the subject.

An anthropologist Anthropologist人類學家is a person whose work is anthropology指的是以人類學為工作的人：the scientific study of people, their societies, and their cultures也就是科學研究人、社會和文化的學問。The word names the person, not the subject這個字指的是人，不是那門學科本身。

Some anthropologists stay with a living community and try to understand it from the inside; some study bones, bodies, and our past as a kind of animal; some look at language.

Some anthropologists stay with a living community有些人類學家會住進一個現存的社群and try to understand it from the inside試著從內部去理解它；some study bones, bodies, and our past as a kind of animal有些人研究骨頭、身體，還有人類作為一種動物的過去；some look at language有些人則研究語言。

You become one by training, usually at a university, and it is a formal job title. In news and documentaries the anthropologist is often the person who has “been there” and can say how a group of people actually lives, which is messier than a tidy textbook picture.

You become one by training要成為人類學家得經過訓練，usually at a university通常是在大學裡，and it is a formal job title而且這是個正式的職稱。In news and documentaries在新聞和紀錄片裡，the anthropologist is often the person who has “been there”人類學家常常是那個「親身去過」的人and can say how a group of people actually lives能說出一群人實際上是怎麼生活的，which is messier than a tidy textbook picture而那往往比教科書上乾淨整齊的圖像更雜亂。