A comptroller is a senior official who watches the money — what comes in, what goes out, and whether the accounts are straight. You see the title on the doors of government offices and some large organisations.

A comptroller is a senior official who watches the moneyComptroller主計長是一位高階官員，負責盯緊財務 — what comes in, what goes out, and whether the accounts are straight收進來的錢、花出去的錢，還有帳目對不對得起來。You see the title on the doors of government offices and some large organisations你會在政府機關的門上，還有一些大型機構裡看到這個頭銜。

Though actually, this is the same job as a controller. For a long time the two spellings were just two ways to write one word, and people said them the same way. The extra letters crept in because people thought the word came from a French word for 'account.' That was a tidy story about the spelling, not the true history. Later, some speakers began to pronounce the mp because they could see it written.

Though actually不過事實上, this is the same job as a controller這跟controller是同一份工作。For a long time曾經有很長一段時間, the two spellings were just two ways to write one word這兩種拼法只是同一個字的兩種寫法, and而 people said them the same way大家念起來也一樣。The extra letters crept in多出來的那幾個字母會跑進來, because因為 people thought the word came from a French word for 'account.'有人以為這個字是從一個代表『帳目』的法文字來的。That was a tidy story about the spelling, not the true history那只是一個關於拼法的、聽起來很整齊的說法，不是真正的歷史。Later後來, some speakers began to pronounce the mp because they could see it written有些人因為看到這樣拼就開始把mp那個音也念出來。

In everyday English, people mostly say controller; comptroller is the old official title. It is a very formal word.

In everyday English在日常英文裡, people mostly say controller大家大多說controller; comptroller is the old official titlecomptroller是比較舊的正式官方頭銜。It is a very formal word這是一個非常正式的字。