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Question: What is Aptitude?
問題：啥是天賦？

Answer: When you are researching occupations, you will often see something about aptitude listed among the requirements. For example, you may read that in order to work in a particular field you need to have an aptitude for science. Other occupations require having an aptitude in math, visual arts or performing arts; verbal or spatial abilities; or manual dexterity or motor coordination. But, what exactly is an aptitude?
回答：找工作時，你都會在工作要求上找到關於天賦的問題。例如，你有科學技術方面的天賦；你就會讀讀這方面的工作要求，以在這一特定領域找份工作。其他的工作可能要求你有數學，視覺藝術或表演藝術方面的天賦；口語交際能力或空間想象能力；或是靈活的動手能力及動作協調能力。可是，天賦到底是毛啊？

When a career description lists an aptitude among the qualifications one needs to work in an occupation, it is referring to a natural talent or an ability an individual has acquired through life experience, study or training. The word may also pertain to one's capacity to acquire a skill.
當一份工作的介紹中列出了求職者所必要的天賦時，這就意味着你要有這方面的天賦，或者這個天賦可以在以後的工作生活、學習和培訓中被培養出來。擁有能培養出技術的能力，也是一種天賦。

Assessing Aptitude
評估天賦

Assessing aptitude can help with career guidance. A career development professional who is helping a client choose a career may administer a multiaptitude test battery to identify the client's abilities and subsequently, occupations that require them. It is important to note that this type of instrument should never be used in isolation. There are many other factors to consider when choosing a career. They include an individual's personality type, interests and work-related values. Example of multiaptitude tests career development professionals use with their clients are the DAT (Differential Aptitude Test) and the GATB (General Aptitude Test Battery). Another is the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) which the United States Military administers to students who are enlisting. They use the results to classify enlistees for training opportunities.
對於天賦進行評估可以幫助你求職。一個職業生涯規劃師可以運用多項天賦測試來檢測與管理客戶的能力並在其後找到與之匹配的職業。但是需要說明的是，在選擇職業時是不應該只考慮運用這一種手段的，還有很多其他的因素需要考慮，這包括個人性格類型，興趣和與工作相關的個人價值。職業生涯規劃師運用的這種檢測手段包括DAT（微分天賦測試）和GATB（通用天賦測試）。還有一種是ASVAB（三軍職業能力管理），也就是美國軍隊選拔人才所用的測試。軍隊利用這個結果來劃分候選人以分配培訓機會。

Aptitude tests may also look for the presense of abilities that are specific to a particular occupation or area of study.
天賦的評估也會尋找某一特定的工作或研究領域所要求的特定的能力。

Some college programs use these intruments to assess applicants to certain academic programs and employers use them to evaluate job candidates. For example, many pharmacy schools use the the PCAT (Pharmacy College Admission Test) to look for "abilities, aptitudes, and skills that pharmacy schools have deemed essential for success in basic pharmacy curricula" (Mental Measurements Yearbook With Tests in Print). The Electrical Aptitude Test is another aptitude test that looks for a specific aptitude. It is administered to "applicants for jobs that require the ability to learn electrical skills" (Mental Measurements Yearbook With Tests in Print).
一些大學會利用這種檢測儀器來測試競選者對特定學科項目的合適度，僱主也會運用這種儀器來分析職業候選人的個人素質。例如，很多醫藥學院會運用PCAT（醫藥大學入學測試）來尋找“具有成功學習醫藥基礎課程必不可少的能力，天賦和技術的候選者”（來自《印刷品檢驗年鑑》一書）。電子天賦檢測則是另一個天賦測試以尋找個人的特殊素質。它的職能是分析“競聘者學習電子技術的能力”（來自《印刷品檢驗年鑑》一書）

Some Important Things to Know
你必須要知道的事

It is worth pointing out once more that you should not use aptitude alone as the criteria for choosing a career. You should also learn about your interests, personality type and work-related values by doing a thorough self assessment, and consider that information along with aptitude when choosing a career. Here are a few other things of which you should be aware:
只得再次提醒的是，在求職時千萬不要把天賦當作唯一標準。你應該通過完備的個人評價來了解自己的興趣，人格和與工作相關的個人價值，並將這些和自己的天賦放在一起來考慮選擇什麼工作。下面的這些你也應該瞭解：

While having a particular aptitude may indicate you can succeed in an occupation, it doesn't mean you will do well in every job within it. Required abilities may vary from one job to another, even in the same occupation.
雖然擁有某一特定天賦可能會讓你在工作中成功，但這也不說明靠他你就能做好一切和他相關的工作。每個工作所需要的能力相互都是不同的，甚至即使是同一份職業都需要很多不同方面的能力。

A number of occupations may require the same aptitude so you shouldn't feel like you are only qualified to do one thing. In reality, there may be several suitable occupations for you.
很多工作需要的能力都是有相同之處的，所以你並不能只想着吊死在一棵樹上。事實上，可能有好多其他工作等着你呢。

Just because you are good at something, it doesn't mean you will like doing it. For example, having an aptitude for math doesn't necessarily mean a career using your mathematical ability should be in your future. Do what you're good at, but only if you like it
會者不難，但不意味着會者喜歡。比方說，你擁有數學方面的天賦，但你以後的工作卻並不一定必須用你的數學天賦。你喜歡你擅長的，才能做好你擅長的。