thợ sắp chữ
Definition
- Noun:
- Typesetter: A skilled worker who arranges, or "sets," individual metal or wooden type pieces (letters, numbers, punctuation) into a frame to prepare text for printing. This is the primary and historical meaning.
- Compositor: A synonym for typesetter, emphasizing the craft of composing text from movable type.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông nội tôi từng là một thợ sắp chữ lành nghề ở nhà in. (My grandfather was a skilled typesetter at the printing house.)
- Công việc của thợ sắp chữ đòi hỏi sự tỉ mỉ và chính xác cao. (The work of a compositor requires great meticulousness and accuracy.)
- Trước thời đại kỹ thuật số, thợ sắp chữ là nghề rất quan trọng trong ngành xuất bản. (Before the digital age, typesetting was a very important profession in publishing.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is historically specific, referring almost exclusively to the era of manual and hot metal typesetting. In modern digital contexts, the equivalent roles are "desktop publisher" or "graphic designer," though the core task of arranging text for publication remains.
Variants and Related Words
Sắp chữ (v): The act of typesetting; to set type.
- Công đoạn sắp chữ thường tốn nhiều thời gian nhất. (The typesetting stage often takes the most time.)
Nhà in (n): Printing house.
- Bản in (n): Print, impression.
Synonyms
- Typesetter: The most direct equivalent.
- Compositor: A formal synonym.
- Printing worker: A more general term.
Related Idioms
- While there are no common idioms using the exact phrase "thợ sắp chữ," the profession is associated with the idiom:
- Đúc chữ: Literally "to cast type," referring to the process of creating the metal type pieces used by the thợ sắp chữ.