A chandler, in the old sense, was someone who made or sold candles. Before electric light, that was an ordinary skilled job, like a baker. You will mostly meet this meaning in history books, old stories, and family names — Chandler as a surname began as “the candle-seller”.

A chandler, in the old sense在舊的意義裡，chandler was someone who made or sold candles是指做蠟燭或賣蠟燭的人。Before electric light在電燈出現之前, that was an ordinary skilled job那是一種普通的技術性工作, like a baker就像麵包師傅一樣。You will mostly meet this meaning你大多會在 in history books, old stories, and family names歷史書、老故事和姓氏裡遇到這個意思 — Chandler as a surname began asChandler這個姓最早的意思就是 “the candle-seller”「賣蠟燭的人」。

Though actually, the word did not die; it moved. A ship’s chandler sells supplies to ships (rope, paint, food, tools), and that is the job title you still see in ports. The jump makes sense if you remember that ships once needed a great many candles, and the shop that sold them grew into a shop that sold everything a ship needs.

Though actually不過事實上, the word did not die這個字並沒有消失; it moved只是轉了個意思。A ship's chandler sells supplies to shipsship's chandler是賣補給品給船的人 (rope, paint, food, tools繩子、油漆、食物、工具), and that is the job title you still see in ports這是你現在在港口還看得到的職稱。The jump makes sense這個意思的轉變是說得通的 if you remember如果你記得 that ships once needed a great many candles船以前需要大量的蠟燭, and the shop that sold them grew into而賣蠟燭的店後來變成了 a shop that sold everything a ship needs一間什麼都賣、只要是船需要的東西都有的店。

Unless someone is talking about the past, they probably mean the ship-supply sense, or they mean the surname.

Unless someone is talking about the past除非有人在講過去的事, they probably mean the ship-supply sense否則他們大概是指船具商的意思, or they mean the surname或者是指這個姓氏。