Textual means 'to do with the written words themselves'. It is an adjective used in study and criticism: textual analysis is looking closely at what a text actually says, textual evidence is proof taken from the words on the page rather than from opinion or outside facts, and a textual error is a mistake in the writing. Scholars who compare old handwritten copies of a book to work out what the author first wrote do 'textual criticism'.

TextualTextual means 'to do with the written words themselves'意思是『跟文字本身有關』. It is an adjective used in study and criticism這是一個用在研究和評論裡的形容詞: textual analysis is looking closely at what a text actually saystextual analysis（文本分析）是仔細看一篇文本實際上寫了什麼, textual evidence is proof taken from the words on the page rather than from opinion or outside factstextual evidence（文本證據）是從紙上的文字本身取得的證明，而不是來自意見或外部事實, and a textual error is a mistake in the writinga textual error（文本錯誤）則是寫作上的一個錯誤. Scholars who compare old handwritten copies of a book to work out what the author first wrote比對一本書不同古老手抄本、想弄清楚作者最初到底寫了什麼的學者 do 'textual criticism'做的就是『textual criticism』（版本校勘）.

It belongs to formal, academic English — teachers, editors and researchers use it, and it would sound strange over dinner. There is a second, quieter use in computing, where 'textual' means plain letters rather than pictures or sound, as in 'a textual interface'.

It belongs to formal, academic English它屬於正式、學術的英文 — teachers, editors and researchers use it老師、編輯和研究者會用它, and it would sound strange over dinner如果拿來在餐桌上聊天會聽起來很奇怪. There is a second, quieter use in computing在電腦領域裡還有第二種比較低調的用法, where 'textual' means plain letters rather than pictures or sound『textual』的意思是純文字，而不是圖片或聲音, as in 'a textual interface'像是『a textual interface』（純文字介面）.

Notice the shape of the word: 'text' does not simply take -al, it takes -ual, so the u is there before the l. That u matters more than usual, because 'textual' and 'sexual' sit one letter apart, and the slip is easy to make and hard to live down.

Notice the shape of the word注意這個字的長相: 'text' does not simply take -al, it takes -ual『text』不是直接加-al，而是加-ual, so the u is there before the l所以l前面會有一個u. That u matters more than usual那個u比你想的更重要, because 'textual' and 'sexual' sit one letter apart因為『textual』和『sexual』只差一個字母, and the slip is easy to make and hard to live down一不小心就會拼錯，而且錯了會很尷尬.