Re-skilling is teaching people new skills so they can do a different kind of job. A factory closes, a trade shrinks, the software everyone used is gone — and workers need a new set of skills, not just a better version of the old ones.

Re-skilling轉職培訓 teaching people new skills是教人新技能 so讓 they can do他們能做 a different kind of job不同種類的工作。A factory closes工廠倒了、a trade shrinks行業萎縮了、the software everyone used is gone大家用的軟體不見了——workers need工人需要 a new set of skills一整套新技能，not just不只是 a better version of the old ones舊技能的更好版本。

Though actually, offices now say reskilling (often with no hyphen) as a hopeful business word, and they blur it with upskilling. Upskilling is getting better at the job you already have. Re-skilling is changing what you can do so a new job is possible.

Though actually不過其實，offices now say reskilling辦公室現在說reskilling（often with no hyphen常常不加連字號），as a hopeful business word當作一個充滿希望的商業用語，and they blur it with upskilling還把它跟upskilling搞混。Upskilling升級技能 the job you already have在你已經有的工作上 is getting better at做得更好。Re-skilling轉職培訓 changing what you can do改變你能做的事 so讓 a new job is possible新工作變得可能。

Governments and companies like it because it sounds kind: we will train you, not just send you home.

Governments and companies政府和公司 like it喜歡這個詞 because因為 it sounds kind它聽起來很仁慈 we will train you我們會訓練你 not just不是只 send you home把你打發回家。

You meet it in news, HR, and policy, not much at the dinner table.

in news, HR, and policy在新聞、人資、政策裡 you meet it你會遇到它，at the dinner table在餐桌上 not much比較少見。