Cartography is the activity of making maps — the whole craft, not one drawing. It is about how we show the world on a flat page: where north goes, how big things look, what a line or a colour is meant to mean. People have done this for a very long time; a lot of it now happens on computers.

Cartography「cartography」 is指的是 the activity of making maps畫地圖這件事 — the whole craft是整個工藝技術, not one drawing而不是一張畫。It is about它關乎的是 how we show the world on a flat page我們怎麼把世界畫在一張平面的紙上: where north goes北方在哪裡, how big things look東西畫多大, what a line or a colour is meant to mean一條線或一個顏色代表什麼意思。People have done this for a very long time人們做這件事已經很久了; a lot of it現在有很多 now happens on computers是在電腦上完成的。

The person who does it is a cartographer.

The person who does it做這件事的人 is a cartographer叫做 cartographer（製圖師）。

Students sometimes treat cartography as a fancy twin of geography. Geography is the study of the world; cartography is how we draw the pictures we use to find our way around it.

Students學生 sometimes有時候 treat cartography把 cartography 當成 as a fancy twin of geography geography（地理）比較花俏的雙胞胎。Geography「geography」 is the study of the world研究的是這個世界; cartography「cartography」 is指的是 how we draw the pictures we use to find our way around it我們怎麼畫出用來在這個世界裡認路的圖。

You will hear the word in school, museums, and specialist talk more than in the kitchen.

You will hear the word你會聽到這個字 in school, museums, and specialist talk比較常出現在學校、博物館和專業討論裡 more than in the kitchen而不是在廚房裡的閒聊。