Secretarial describes work, skills, or a job that belongs to a secretary: the person who keeps an office running. That can mean letters, diaries, phone calls, filing, booking rooms, and making sure papers are in the right place before a meeting.

Secretarial secretarial describes形容的是 work, skills, or a job工作、技能、或職位 that belongs to a secretary屬於秘書的：the person who keeps an office running也就是讓辦公室運作順暢的那個人。That這 can mean可以包括 letters, diaries, phone calls, filing, booking rooms,信件、行程、電話、歸檔、訂會議室，and還有 making sure papers are in the right place before a meeting開會前確保文件都放在對的地方。

A secretarial course trains those skills; secretarial staff are the people hired to do them; a secretarial job is that kind of post.

A secretarial course a secretarial course（秘書課程）trains those skills訓練的就是這些技能；secretarial staff secretarial staff（秘書人員）are the people hired to do them是被雇來做這些事的人；a secretarial job a secretarial job（秘書工作）is that kind of post就是這一類的職位。

The word is about the type of work, not about keeping secrets — though the two ideas sit next to each other in English history, because a secretary once was the person trusted with private letters.

The word這個字 is about the type of work講的是工作的類型，not about keeping secrets而不是「保守秘密」——though雖然 the two ideas這兩個概念 sit next to each other在英語的歷史裡剛好靠在一起 in English history，because因為 a secretary once was秘書這個角色曾經是 the person trusted with private letters被信任來處理私人信件的人。

Today it can sound a little old-fashioned. Many offices now say admin, assistant, or PA.

Today現在，it這個字 can sound a little old-fashioned聽起來可能有點過時。Many offices now say很多辦公室現在會說 admin, assistant, or PA admin、assistant、或PA。

Used kindly, it still names a real craft: being organised, precise, and good with people and paper. Used carelessly, it has sometimes been a way to talk down to women’s office work, so the tone matters.

Used kindly善意地使用時，it這個字 still names a real craft指的仍然是一門真正的專業：being organised, precise, and good with people and paper有組織、細心、又擅長應對人和文書。Used carelessly不小心使用時，it它 has sometimes been a way有時候變成一種方式 to talk down to women's office work來貶低女性的辦公室工作，so所以 the tone matters語氣很重要。