核心畫面

Picture a form that normally comes back to you with someone else's judgement on it — a teacher's, a manager's, an official's. Now picture the same form handed to you blank, with your name already in the box marked assessor. You have to look at your own work, or your own year, and put down the number yourself. That is the picture inside self-assessment: the seat that belongs to the judge, with you sitting in it.

可以想成一張表,平常會由別人填好再交回你手上——老師、主管、或稅務人員的評定。現在同一張表空白地遞給你,而「評定者」更多收起可以想成一張表,平常會由別人填好再交回你手上——老師、主管、或稅務人員的評定。現在同一張表空白地遞給你,而「評定者」那一欄已經印著你的名字。你得自己看自己的作品、自己的這一年,然後自己把數字寫下去。self-assessment 的畫面大概就是這樣:本來屬於評判者的那個位子,現在坐著的是你自己。

From the word’s history

Formed from self- plus assessment, so the word says literally 'an assessment of oneself' — the judgement and the thing judged belong to the same person, which is what both modern uses turn on.

由 self-(自己)加 assessment(評估、估算)構成,字面就是「對自己做的評估」。這個組法直接對上現在的兩個用法:評的人和被評的人是同一個,差別只在被評的是表現還是收入。

Wiktionary entry 'self-assessment' (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:2624343599:4242), etymology_text: 'From self- + assessment.'

One branch

自己坐上評判的位子

兩個意思用的是同一個動作,只是被自己評的東西不同:一邊是你的表現,一邊是你的收入和稅額。

noun · B2

The act of judging your own work, progress or ability yourself, instead of a teacher or manager judging it. It can also mean the form or set of questions you fill in to do this.

自我評估