In socialist and Marxist writing, the proletariat is the class of people who do not own the factories, land, or tools, and who live by selling their work for wages — especially factory workers and others who build and make things. Karl Marx set this class against the bourgeoisie, the owners. The word came into English from French; behind that is Latin for a person whose “wealth” was their children, their offspring, not property.

In socialist and Marxist writing在社會主義和馬克思主義的著作裡, the proletariat是 is the class of people一群人組成的階級 who do not own the factories, land, or tools不擁有工廠、土地或工具的人, and而且 who live by selling their work for wages靠出賣自己的勞力賺工資維生 — especially factory workers and others who build and make things尤其是工廠工人和其他從事建造、製造工作的人. Karl Marx馬克思 set this class against把這個階級和資產階級對立起來 the bourgeoisie, the owners也就是那些擁有者. The word這個字 came into English進入英文 from French是從法文來的; behind that再往前 is Latin for a person whose "wealth" was their children, their offspring, not property是一個拉丁字，指「財富」是自己的子女、後代，而不是財產的人.

You almost never hear it in the street. News and ordinary talk say workers or the working class.

You你 almost never幾乎不會 hear it在街頭聽到這個字 in the street. News and ordinary talk新聞和日常對話 say workers or the working class會說workers或working class.

Though actually, people sometimes stretch proletariat to mean “ordinary people” in a loose, half-joking way, which is tidier and much less exact than the political sense.

Though actually不過實際上, people人們 sometimes有時 stretch proletariat to mean "ordinary people"把proletariat用得比較寬鬆，拿來指「一般人」 in a loose, half-joking way用一種鬆散、半開玩笑的方式, which而這樣講 is tidier and much less exact than the political sense比政治上原本的意思簡單，也不精確得多.

It names a whole class, not one person.

It它 names指的是 a whole class整個階級, not不是 one person一個人.