A secondment is a stretch of time when you leave your usual job, but you have not quit. Your employer sends you to work somewhere else — another team, another company, a government office, a charity — or sometimes to study, and you are expected to come back. Your old desk is still, in a way, yours; your pay and your contract often stay with the home organisation.

A secondment is a stretch of timesecondment指的是一段時間 when you leave your usual job在這段時間裡你離開原本的工作 but you have not quit但你並沒有離職 Your employer sends you to work somewhere else你的雇主把你派去別的地方工作 another team, another company, a government office, a charity另一個團隊、另一間公司、政府機關，或慈善機構 or sometimes to study有時候是去進修 and you are expected to come back而大家預期你之後會回來 Your old desk is still, in a way, yours從某個角度說，你原本的位子還是你的 your pay and your contract often stay with the home organisation你的薪水和合約通常還是掛在原本的機構

British and Commonwealth workplaces use the word a lot; American offices more often say a temporary assignment or a loan. It can last months or a couple of years.

British and Commonwealth workplaces use the word a lot英國和大英國協地區的職場很常用這個字 American offices more often say a temporary assignment or a loan美國的公司更常說a temporary assignment或a loan It can last months or a couple of years可以持續幾個月，也可以是一兩年

People take a secondment to learn a new skill, to help a partner organisation, or because their own office needs them elsewhere for a while. It is a formal HR word, not a holiday and not a promotion by itself — though it can help your career.

People take a secondment to learn a new skill大家去做secondment，可能是為了學一項新技能 to help a partner organisation為了幫助合作機構 or because their own office needs them elsewhere for a while或者因為自己的單位暫時需要他們去別的地方 It is a formal HR word這是個正式的人資用字 not a holiday and not a promotion by itself不是放假，本身也不是升遷 though it can help your career不過對職涯是有幫助的

The related verb is to second someone (stress on the second syllable: se-COND), which means to send them on that posting.

The related verb is to second someone相關的動詞是to second someone stress on the second syllable: se-COND重音在第二個音節：se-COND which means to send them on that posting意思是把某人派去那個職位