A craftswoman is a woman who is very skilled at a particular craft — the same idea as craftsman, named in a way that marks her as a woman. She may work in clay, cloth, wood, jewellery, or another hand skill built up over a long time.

A craftswoman is a woman who is very skilled at a particular craft是一位在a particular（某項）工藝上very skilled（非常熟練）的女性 — the same idea as craftsman概念跟craftsman一樣，named in a way that marks her as a woman只是命名方式標明了她是女性。She她 may work in clay可能做陶土，cloth布料，wood木工，jewellery珠寶，or another hand skill built up over a long time或其他經過長時間累積的手工技藝。

The word is respectful. It is used, but you will hear craftsman more often, even about mixed groups, because that form became the general job word for many speakers.

The word這個詞 is respectful是帶有尊重意味的。It is used有人會用它，but you will hear craftsman more often但你更常聽到craftsman，even about mixed groups就連講混合性別的一群人時也是，because that form became the general job word for many speakers因為對很多說話者來說，那個形式已經變成通用的職業字眼。

Some people prefer craftsperson when they do not want the word to pick a gender; others like craftswoman because it makes the woman visible. None of these is a trick-word: they all sit on craft as skill, not on crafty as sneakiness.

when they do not want the word to pick a gender當他們不想讓這個詞指定性別時，some people有些人 prefer craftsperson會偏好craftsperson；others而其他人 like craftswoman則偏好craftswoman because it makes the woman visible因為這樣能讓這位女性被看見。None of these這些字沒有一個 is a trick-word是文字陷阱：they all sit on craft as skill它們都是立足在craft（技藝）這個意思上，not on crafty as sneakiness而不是crafty（狡猾）那個意思。

Though actually, woman itself is an old compound (the second half is the same man you meet in craftsman), so craftswoman is craft + linking -s- + woman, built the same way as craftsman.

Though actually不過其實，woman本身 itself is an old compound是個古老的複合詞 (the second half is the same man you meet in craftsman後半段就是你在craftsman裡看到的那個man)，so craftswoman所以craftswoman is craft + linking -s- + woman是craft加上連接的-s-再加上woman，built the same way as craftsman組成方式跟craftsman一樣。