Mahatma is a title of great respect in India for a person people see as very wise and very good — almost holy. It is not a job, and it is not a name you are born with; other people give it to you.

Mahatma聖雄 is a title of great respect in India是印度一個非常尊敬的頭銜 for a person people see as very wise and very good用來稱呼被認為非常有智慧又非常良善的人 —— almost holy幾乎像聖人一樣. It它 is not a job不是一份職業, and it also它也 is not a name you are born with不是你一出生就有的名字; other people其他人 give it to you是別人給你的.

The most famous Mahatma in the world is Gandhi, so many students meet the word first in history class as if it were his first name. It is not.

The most famous Mahatma in the world世界上最有名的Mahatma is Gandhi就是甘地, so many students很多學生 meet the word first in history class所以最先是在歷史課上遇到這個字 as if it were his first name還以為那是他的名字. It它 is not其實不是.

His name was Mohandas; Mahatma was the honour placed in front of it, like saying “great soul.” You will almost never hear it used for a living person in ordinary English now, except when people talk about Gandhi or, more rarely, other Indian holy figures of the past. It feels formal and a little old, and outside writing about India it is uncommon.

His name他的名字 was Mohandas其實是Mohandas; Mahatma而Mahatma是 was the honour placed in front of it放在名字前面的一種尊稱, like saying “great soul.”意思像是「偉大的靈魂」. You你 will almost never hear it used for a living person in ordinary English now現在一般英文裡幾乎不會用來稱呼還活著的人, except when people talk about Gandhi除非是在談甘地 or, more rarely, other Indian holy figures of the past或比較少見地談其他印度過去的聖人. It它 feels formal and a little old聽起來正式又有點老派, and outside writing about India而在講印度以外的文章裡 it它很 is uncommon少見.