A conversationalist is someone who is good at talk — not just chatting about the weather, but keeping a conversation alive with interesting, funny, or thoughtful things.

A conversationalist is someone who is good at talk是個很會聊天的人 — not just chatting about the weather不只是聊聊天氣, but keeping a conversation alive而是能讓對話一直進行下去, with interesting, funny, or thoughtful things靠有趣、好笑或有深度的話題

You praise a person by calling them a good conversationalist. It is a complimentary word, a little educated or old-fashioned. You might use it about a dinner guest, or in a book.

You praise a person你在稱讚一個人, by calling them a good conversationalist時會說他是個好conversationalist. It is a complimentary word這是個稱讚的詞, a little educated or old-fashioned帶點有教養或老派的味道. You might use it你可能會用它 about a dinner guest形容一位晚餐客人, or in a book或用在書裡

Teenagers almost never say it; they might say someone is good to talk to, or funny.

Teenagers almost never say it青少年幾乎不會這樣說; they might say someone is good to talk to他們可能會說某人很好聊, or funny或說他很好笑

Talking a lot is not the same thing. A person who never stops, but says nothing worth hearing, is not a conversationalist. The skill is conversation; the person who has it is the conversationalist.

Talking a lot說很多話 is not the same thing不是同一回事. A person who never stops一個講個不停的人, but says nothing worth hearing但講的東西沒什麼好聽的, is not a conversationalist不算是conversationalist. The skill is conversation這個技能是「談話」本身; the person who has it有這個技能的人 is the conversationalist才是conversationalist