Your persona is the face you put on when other people are watching — the way you act at work, on stage, or online, which makes people think you are a certain kind of person. It is not always a lie, but it is not the whole of you either.

Your persona你的人設 is是 the face you put on when other people are watching別人在看的時候你戴上的那張臉——the way you act at work, on stage, or online也就是你在工作、在台上、或在網路上表現出來的樣子，which makes people think you are a certain kind of person讓別人覺得你是某一種人。It它 is not always不一定 a lie是謊言，but但 it is not也不是 the whole of you你的全部。

A quiet person may have a loud, funny persona in class. A singer’s persona might be wild, even if they are shy at home.

in class在課堂上，a quiet person一個安靜的人 may have可能會有 a loud, funny persona一個又吵又搞笑的人設。A singer's persona一個歌手的人設 might be wild可能很狂野，even if they are shy at home即使他們在家很害羞。

The word comes from Latin for a mask, the kind actors wore so the crowd would know the character. Psychologists still use it that way: the social mask.

The word這個字 comes from Latin源自拉丁文 for a mask的「面具」，the kind actors wore是演員戴的那種，so the crowd would know the character好讓觀眾認出角色。Psychologists心理學家 still use it that way現在還是這樣用它：the social mask社會面具。

In everyday English it is a little fancy; journalists and people who talk about film and pop stars like it. Though actually, we all have more than one, and that is normal — the persona you use with your boss is not the one you use with your grandmother.

In everyday English在日常英語裡，it它 is a little fancy有點文謅謅；journalists and people who talk about film and pop stars記者和談論電影、流行歌手的人 like it很愛用它。Though actually不過其實，we all have more than one我們每個人都不只一個人設，and that is normal這很正常——the persona you use with your boss你對老闆用的人設，is not跟 the one you use with your grandmother你對阿嬤用的不一樣。