Midwifery is the skill and the work of a midwife: helping a mother through pregnancy, birth, and the days just after. The midwife is the person; midwifery is the job, the training, and the craft. You study midwifery, you practise midwifery, a hospital has a midwifery ward.

Midwifery ismidwifery是 the skill and the work of a midwife助產士的技能和工作：helping a mother through pregnancy, birth, and the days just after協助母親度過懷孕、生產，以及生產後那幾天。The midwife is the personmidwife指的是這個人；midwifery is the job, the training, and the craftmidwifery指的是這份工作、這套訓練，和這門技藝。You study midwifery你可以修習midwifery（助產學），you practise midwifery執業midwifery，a hospital has a midwifery ward醫院也會有midwifery ward（助產病房）。

Though actually a lot of the work is not the birth itself. It is watching, teaching, calming, and knowing when to call a doctor. In many countries this is a full profession with exams and a licence, not only a kind neighbour who has seen a few births.

Though actually不過其實 a lot of the work is not the birth itself這份工作有很多部分並不是生產那一刻本身。It is watching, teaching, calming而是觀察、衛教、安撫，and knowing when to call a doctor以及知道什麼時候該叫醫生。In many countries在許多國家 this is a full profession with exams and a licence這是一個要考試、要有執照的完整專業，not only a kind neighbour who has seen a few births不只是看過幾次生產的熱心鄰居而已。

The word is calm and a little official. In everyday talk people more often just say, “She’s a midwife.”

The word is calm and a little official這個字聽起來沉穩，也有點正式。In everyday talk日常說話時 people more often just say人們更常直接說 "She's a midwife."「She's a midwife.」（她是助產士）。