核心畫面

You can think of credentials as whatever you put on the table when someone asks, how do I know about you? A degree, a licence, a list of jobs, a pass on a lanyard, a password at a sign-in screen — different objects, one job. Each of them stands in for you and answers for you, so the person deciding does not have to take your word.

credentials 可以想成:有人問你「我憑什麼相信你」的時候,你放到桌上的那些東西。學位、證照、做過的案子、掛更多收起credentials 可以想成:有人問你「我憑什麼相信你」的時候,你放到桌上的那些東西。學位、證照、做過的案子、掛在脖子上的證件、登入畫面上那組帳密——東西長得不一樣,但做的事情是同一件。它們代替你開口,讓對方不必只靠你的一句話來決定。

Two branches

證明你做得來

最核心的一支:桌上放的東西是用來回答「你會不會」。

noun · B2

The education, training, achievements and experience that show other people you are able to do a particular job, or that you really know a subject.

資歷/條件

證明你是誰、可以進來

同樣是放到桌上的東西,但回答的問題換了:不是「你會什麼」,是「你是誰、進不進得來」。

noun · C1

An official letter, card or other document that proves who you are, that you can be trusted, or that you have the right to hold a position or enter a place.

證件/國書