Ergonomic describes a tool, chair, keyboard, or workspace that has been shaped so a person’s body can work with less pain and less wasted movement. An ergonomic chair supports the back; an ergonomic mouse tries not to twist the wrist.

Ergonomic describes a tool, chair, keyboard, or workspaceergonomic用來形容一項工具、椅子、鍵盤，或工作空間，that has been shaped so a person's body can work with less pain and less wasted movement經過設計後能讓人的身體工作起來比較不痛、也比較不會浪費動作。An ergonomic chair supports the backergonomic的椅子會支撐背部；an ergonomic mouse tries not to twist the wristergonomic的滑鼠會盡量避免讓手腕扭轉。

The word is at home in offices, product boxes, and health-and-safety talk. It became common only in the last few generations; it still sounds a bit technical, but shops use it freely, and not always honestly — “ergonomic” on a packet may only mean “we bent it a little.” Strictly it is an adjective: ergonomic design, an ergonomic keyboard.

The word is at home in offices, product boxes, and health-and-safety talk這個字常出現在辦公室、產品包裝，還有健康與安全相關的討論裡。It became common only in the last few generations它是最近幾個世代才變得普遍的；it still sounds a bit technical聽起來還是有點專業，but shops use it freely, and not always honestly但店家很隨意地在用，而且不見得誠實——"ergonomic" on a packet may only mean "we bent it a little."包裝上寫的「ergonomic」可能只是「我們把它稍微弄彎了一點」。Strictly it is an adjective: ergonomic design, an ergonomic keyboard嚴格來說它是形容詞：ergonomic design（人體工學設計）、an ergonomic keyboard（人體工學鍵盤）。

The subject of that design is ergonomics.

The subject of that design is ergonomics這種設計所屬的學科叫ergonomics（人體工學）。

Though actually, good fit depends on the person; what is ergonomic for one body may not be for another.

Though actually不過，good fit depends on the person是否合適其實因人而異；what is ergonomic for one body may not be for another對某個人來說算ergonomic的東西，對另一個人來說不一定是。