A tanner is a person whose job is turning raw animal skins into leather. The work means soaking the hides in strong-smelling liquids for days or weeks so the skin will not rot and becomes soft enough to make shoes, bags, and belts. For most of history this was hard, dirty, bad-smelling work, and tanners' workshops were pushed to the edge of a town or downwind of it — which is one reason Tanner became a common family surname in English, like Smith or Baker.

A tanner製革工人 is a person是一種人 whose job他的工作 is turning raw animal skins into leather是把生的動物皮做成皮革。The work這份工作 means代表要 soaking the hides把獸皮浸泡 in strong-smelling liquids在氣味濃烈的液體裡 for days or weeks泡上好幾天甚至好幾週 so the skin will not rot好讓皮不會腐爛 and becomes soft enough並且變得夠柔軟 to make shoes, bags, and belts可以拿來做鞋子、包包和皮帶。For most of history在歷史上大部分時間，this這份工作 was hard, dirty, bad-smelling work都是又辛苦、又髒、又臭的工作，and tanners' workshops而製革工人的工坊 were pushed to the edge of a town被推到城鎮的邊緣 or downwind of it或是下風處——which is one reason這也是原因之一 Tanner讓Tanner became a common family surname in English變成英文裡常見的姓氏，like Smith or Baker就像Smith（鐵匠）或Baker（烘焙師）一樣。

Today the word mostly appears when people talk about traditional crafts, leather factories, or history; you would rarely meet a tanner at a party in Taipei.

Today今天，the word這個字 mostly appears大多出現在 when people談到 talk about traditional crafts, leather factories, or history傳統工藝、皮革工廠或歷史的時候；you你 would rarely meet很難碰到 a tanner一位製革工人 at a party in Taipei在台北的聚會上。

Two other uses are worth knowing. In old British slang, a tanner meant a sixpence coin — you will meet it in old novels and films, and it is dead in modern speech. And in everyday modern talk, tanner sometimes means a machine or a spray for making skin brown — a sunbed or a bottle of self-tanner — though people usually say "self-tanner" or "fake tan" to be clear.

Two other uses還有兩個其他用法 are worth knowing值得知道。In old British slang在舊英國俚語裡，a tanner曾經 meant指的是 a sixpence coin一枚六便士硬幣——you你 will meet it會在 in old novels and films舊小說和電影裡碰到它，and it is dead而它在現代口語裡 in modern speech已經死掉了（沒人用了）。And而且，in everyday modern talk在現代日常對話裡，tanner有時候 sometimes means指的是 a machine or a spray一種機器或噴劑 for making skin brown用來把皮膚曬成古銅色——a sunbed or a bottle of self-tanner一台日曬機或一瓶自助曬黑劑——though不過 people usually say人們通常會說"self-tanner" or "fake tan"「self-tanner」或「fake tan」 to be clear講得更清楚。