A geisha is a Japanese woman who has trained for years in traditional arts — dancing, singing, playing music, and the art of conversation — so she can entertain guests, usually men, at special dinners and parties. We keep the Japanese word in English; it is not a job name English made up.

A geishageisha（藝妓） is a Japanese woman who has trained for years in traditional arts是受過多年傳統藝能訓練的日本女性 dancing, singing, playing music, and the art of conversation跳舞、唱歌、演奏樂器，還有談話的藝術 so she can entertain guests, usually men, at special dinners and parties這樣她才能在特別的晚宴和聚會上招待賓客，通常是男性賓客 We keep the Japanese word in English英文保留了這個日文字 it is not a job name English made up這不是英文自己造出來的職業名稱

In the West people often talk as if a geisha were simply a sex worker. That is a loose, and often unkind, use.

In the West在西方 people often talk as if a geisha were simply a sex worker大家講話時常常好像geisha就是性工作者一樣 That is a loose, and often unkind, use那是一種鬆散、而且常常帶著惡意的用法

Her training is about performance, manners, and art. Some of the work is about making guests feel looked after, and that can look like romance from the outside, but the tidy picture “she is a prostitute” is tidier than the truth, and Japanese people often find it insulting.

Her training is about performance, manners, and art她受的訓練是關於表演、禮儀，還有藝術 Some of the work is about making guests feel looked after有些工作內容是讓賓客覺得被照顧到 and that can look like romance from the outside從外面看可能像是某種浪漫情調 but the tidy picture "she is a prostitute" is tidier than the truth但「她是娼妓」這種整齊的說法，比事實整齊得多 and Japanese people often find it insulting日本人常常覺得這種說法很冒犯

The profession is old, and there are far fewer geisha now than in the past.

The profession is old這個行業歷史悠久 and there are far fewer geisha now than in the past現在的geisha比過去少了很多