Typing is the act of writing by pressing keys — on a computer, a phone, or an old typewriter. It works as a noun ('typing is slow today', 'a typing test', 'typing speed'), and it is also just the -ing form of the verb type, so you will see it in sentences like 'she is typing an email'.

Typing is the act of writing by pressing keystyping是靠按鍵打字書寫的動作 — on a computer, a phone, or an old typewriter在電腦、手機，或舊式打字機上。It works as a noun它可以當名詞 ('typing is slow today', 'a typing test', 'typing speed')「typing is slow today」「a typing test」「typing speed」, and it is also just the -ing form of the verb type也可以只是動詞type的-ing形式, so you will see it in sentences like 'she is typing an email'所以你會在像「she is typing an email」這樣的句子裡看到它

As a noun it often names a skill you can measure and be paid for: 'he can do sixty words a minute', 'typing lessons', 'a typing job'. That older office sense — a typist sitting and copying out someone else's handwriting — is fading now that everyone types their own work, so 'typing' as a job title sounds a bit dated.

As a noun it often names a skill you can measure and be paid for當名詞時，它常常是指一種可以被衡量、可以領薪水的技能: 'he can do sixty words a minute', 'typing lessons', 'a typing job'像「he can do sixty words a minute」「typing lessons」「a typing job」。That older office sense那種比較舊的辦公室意義 — a typist sitting and copying out someone else's handwriting一個打字員坐著把別人的手寫稿打出來 — is fading now that everyone types their own work現在因為大家都自己打自己的東西這個意義正在淡去, so 'typing' as a job title sounds a bit dated所以「typing」當職稱聽起來有點過時

Two extra uses are worth knowing. In chat apps, 'typing…' on the screen means the other person is writing right now, which is why people say things like 'he was typing and then he stopped'. And in computer programming, 'typing' means something completely different: deciding what kind of thing a piece of data is — a number, a word, a yes/no — as in 'strong typing'.

Two extra uses are worth knowing有兩個額外的用法值得知道。In chat apps在聊天app裡, 'typing…' on the screen means the other person is writing right now螢幕上的「typing…」表示對方現在正在輸入, which is why people say things like 'he was typing and then he stopped'這就是為什麼大家會說像「he was typing and then he stopped」這樣的話。And in computer programming而在電腦程式設計裡, 'typing' means something completely different「typing」的意思完全不一樣: deciding what kind of thing a piece of data is是在決定一筆資料是哪一種類型 — a number, a word, a yes/no像是數字、文字、還是是非值 — as in 'strong typing'像「strong typing」這種說法

Learners meet the first sense far more often, but if you read about programming, the second will appear.

Learners meet the first sense far more often學習者遇到第一個意義的頻率高得多, but if you read about programming但如果你讀跟程式設計有關的東西, the second will appear就會出現第二個意義