A person who is trained in technology — someone whose job involves the practical machines, tools, and methods of a field. It is a formal, job-title kind of word, and it is most alive inside hospitals and laboratories: a 'medical technologist' or 'laboratory technologist' is the person who runs the tests on your blood sample, and a 'radiologic technologist' operates the X-ray machine. In that world it is a real qualification with an exam behind it, not a loose description.

A person who is trained in technology一個受過技術訓練的人 someone whose job involves the practical machines, tools, and methods of a field工作內容涉及某個領域裡實際的機器、工具和方法。It is a formal, job-title kind of word這是個正式、像職稱一樣的字 and it is most alive inside hospitals and laboratories在醫院和實驗室裡最常用到 a 'medical technologist' or 'laboratory technologist' is the person who runs the tests on your blood sample「medical technologist」或「laboratory technologist（醫檢師）」就是幫你驗血的那個人 and a 'radiologic technologist' operates the X-ray machine「radiologic technologist（放射師）」則是操作X光機的人。In that world在那個領域裡 it is a real qualification with an exam behind it它是個要考試的正式資格 not a loose description不是隨便說說的稱呼。

Outside hospitals, the word is used more loosely in writing about industry — 'engineers and technologists' — where it points at people who apply technology rather than people who invent the science behind it.

Outside hospitals在醫院之外 the word is used more loosely in writing about industry這個字在講產業的文章裡用得比較鬆散 'engineers and technologists'像「engineers and technologists」 where it points at people who apply technology指的是應用技術的人 rather than people who invent the science behind it而不是發明背後那套科學的人。

Ordinary people almost never call themselves this in conversation; they say 'I work in IT', 'I'm an engineer', 'I do the lab tests'.

Ordinary people almost never call themselves this in conversation一般人平常講話幾乎不會這樣稱呼自己 they say 'I work in IT'他們會說「I work in IT」 'I'm an engineer'「I'm an engineer」 'I do the lab tests'「I do the lab tests」。

Also worth knowing: in American English, 'technologist' often sits above 'technician' in training and pay, though the line moves from place to place and from hospital to hospital.

Also worth knowing另外值得知道的是 in American English在美式英文裡 'technologist' often sits above 'technician' in training and pay「technologist」在訓練和薪水上通常比「technician」高一級 though the line moves from place to place and from hospital to hospital不過這條界線每個地方、每間醫院都不太一樣。