A cryptographer is a person whose work is secret writing and codes: how to hide a message so only the right eyes can read it, and how to read a message someone else has hidden. The study and the craft are called cryptography; the cryptographer is the human being who does that work.

A cryptographer isCryptographer 是 a person whose work is secret writing and codes:一個工作內容是密碼寫作的人： how to hide a message怎麼把一則訊息藏起來， so only the right eyes can read it,只讓對的人看得懂， and how to read a message還有怎麼解讀一則訊息， someone else has hidden.別人藏起來的。 The study and the craft are called cryptography;這門學問和技藝叫做 cryptography； the cryptographer is the human beingcryptographer 則是那個人， who does that work.做這件事的。

You will meet the word in talk about spies and wars, and these days in talk about computers — the people who protect online money and private messages are often cryptographers too. It is a formal job-title word, more in news and textbooks than in casual chat.

You will meet the word你會遇到這個字， in talk about spies and wars,在講間諜和戰爭的話題裡， and these days in talk about computers現在也常在講電腦的話題裡—— the people who protect online money and private messages保護網路上的金錢和私人訊息的人， are often cryptographers too.通常也是 cryptographer。 It is a formal job-title word,它是個正式的職稱用字， more in news and textbooks比較常出現在新聞和教科書裡， than in casual chat.不太出現在閒聊裡。

Though actually, in everyday talk many teams just say "the encryption people"; cryptographer is the proper name of the job when someone wants to be exact. It is not the name of the study itself.

Though actually,不過其實， in everyday talk在日常對話裡， many teams just say "the encryption people";很多團隊就直接說「the encryption people（做加密的人）」； cryptographer is the proper name of the jobcryptographer 才是這份工作正式的名稱， when someone wants to be exact.當有人想講得精確一點時。 It is not the name of the study itself.它不是這門學問本身的名稱。