A drafter is a person whose job is to make careful drawings of things that will be built — houses, machines, roads — so that other people can follow the plan.

A drafter指 is a person whose job is一個工作是 to make careful drawings of things that will be built仔細畫出將要蓋、造出來的東西的圖——houses房子、machines機器、roads道路——so that other people can follow the plan好讓其他人能照著這份圖去做。

Older English, especially British, often says draughtsman or draftsman for the same job; drafter is the newer, more American word, and it does not mark the person as male. In offices you will also hear drafter for the person who writes the first full version of a law, a contract, or a report, because that first version is a draft.

Older English較早的英語，especially British尤其是英式英語，often says draughtsman or draftsman for the same job常用draughtsman或draftsman來稱呼同一份工作；drafter而drafter is the newer, more American word是比較新、比較美式的字，and it does not mark the person as male而且不帶男性的意味。In offices在辦公室裡 you will also hear drafter你也會聽到drafter for the person who writes the first full version of a law, a contract, or a report指寫出法律、合約，或報告第一份完整草稿的人，because that first version is a draft因為那第一份版本就叫draft（草稿）。

Though actually, these two jobs share a spelling for a reason: both come from drawing something up on paper. The technical-drawing sense is the one people mean when they say drafter instead of draftsman.

Though actually不過事實上，these two jobs這兩種工作 share a spelling for a reason拼法會一樣是有原因的：both都 come from drawing something up on paper源自「在紙上畫出來」這件事。The technical-drawing sense製圖這個意思 is the one people mean才是大家 when they say drafter instead of draftsman說drafter而不說draftsman時真正指的意思。

It is a job word. It is not a soldier, and it is not about cold air coming through a window.

It is a job word這是個職業用字。It is not a soldier它不是指軍人，and it is not about cold air coming through a window也跟窗戶透進來的冷風無關。