A voyager is someone who makes a long journey, especially by sea, and usually one with some risk or discovery in it. Behind the word is a picture: a wooden ship, months of water, a coast nobody has drawn yet.

A voyager is someone who makes a long journeyvoyager指的是進行長途旅程的人, especially by sea特別是走海路, and usually one with some risk or discovery in it通常還帶著一點風險或發現的成分。Behind the word is a picture這個字背後有一幅畫面: a wooden ship一艘木船, months of water好幾個月的海水, a coast nobody has drawn yet一片還沒有人畫出來的海岸。

That is why it fits explorers of the past so naturally, and why it has been carried over to space — a traveller between the planets is a voyager too, and NASA gave the name to its famous Voyager probes.

That is why it fits explorers of the past so naturally這就是為什麼它自然而然適合用在過去的探險家身上, and why it has been carried over to space也是為什麼它被延伸用到太空 — a traveller between the planets is a voyager too在星球之間旅行的人也是voyager, and NASA gave the name to its famous Voyager probesNASA就把這個名字給了它著名的旅行者號探測船。

It is a written, slightly literary word. In real life, someone flying to Tokyo is a *passenger* or a *traveller*, not a voyager. Use *voyager* when you want the weight of distance and adventure.

It is a written, slightly literary word這是一個書面的、帶點文學味的字。In real life現實生活中, someone flying to Tokyo一個要飛去東京的人 is a *passenger* or a *traveller*是passenger（乘客）或traveller（旅客）, not a voyager不是voyager。Use *voyager* when you want the weight of distance and adventure想要那種距離感和冒險感的份量時，就用voyager。

It also has a second, gentler life in figurative writing: a person exploring an inner or unfamiliar world can be called a voyager — "a voyager in the country of grief".

It also has a second, gentler life in figurative writing它在比喻的寫作裡還有另一種比較溫柔的生命: a person exploring an inner or unfamiliar world can be called a voyager一個探索內心世界或陌生領域的人，也可以被叫做voyager — "a voyager in the country of grief"「a voyager in the country of grief」（悲傷之國裡的旅人）。

A small historical note: in Canadian history, the French spelling *voyageur* names the men who paddled canoes and carried furs across the north, and that is a different, specific word — don't swap the two.

A small historical note一個小小的歷史補充: in Canadian history在加拿大歷史裡, the French spelling *voyageur* names the men who paddled canoes and carried furs across the north法文拼法voyageur指的是那些划獨木舟、在北方運送毛皮的人, and that is a different, specific word那是另一個不同的專有字 — don't swap the two不要把兩個字搞混。