資格：學徒出師之後的那一階
這一支就是核心畫面的正面說法：中間那個位置本身，被當成一個正式的等級。
noun · C1
A worker who has finished training in a skilled trade and is qualified to do the work on their own, but who is employed by someone else instead of running the business.
出師的技工
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: picture the worker in the middle of the shop. The apprentice by the door is still being watched; the master owns the place and signs for it. Between them stands someone who has finished learning, can be left alone with the job, and still goes home on someone else's . Everything the word does — the licence, the judgement about the level of the work, the player on his seventh team — comes off that middle position.
可以想成工坊裡站在中間的那個人。門邊的學徒還有人盯著。老闆是師傅，店是他的，單也是他簽。中間這個人已經學完了，可以一…更多收起
可以想成工坊裡站在中間的那個人。門邊的學徒還有人盯著。老闆是師傅，店是他的，單也是他簽。中間這個人已經學完了，可以一個人把活做完，但領的還是別人發的薪水。這個字後來的每一個用法，其實都是從這個「中間位置」長出來的：正式的執照等級是它，對作品水準的評語是它，連一直換隊的球員也是它。From the word’s history
Built from journey plus man, where journey goes back to Old French jornee, a day or a day's work — so the word first pointed at a worker hired and paid by the day.
資料上寫，這個字是 journey 加 man，而這裡的 journey 來自古法語 jornee，意思是「一天」或「一天的工作」。所以它一開始指的是按日計酬的工人。這條線索正好解釋了那個中間位置：有本事做事，但工作是別人給的、日子是一天一天算的。
Wiktionary etymology for journeyman (packet evidence): From Middle English jorneman; from journe (Old French jornee, a day's work, a journey) and mon; equivalent to journey + -man.
Two branches
水準：做得穩，但沒有亮點
中間位置一旦被拿來當評語，講的就不是資格而是高度：比學徒可靠，但沒有走到師傅那一步。
noun · C1
A worker who knows the job and does it properly, but whose work is never outstanding.
做得穩但不出色的人