57 Professions Commonly Used in Shanghai English

Professional English: Common Professional Names

What's your occupation? What's your occupation?

Accounting: accounting

Actor: Actor

Actress: an actress

Airline representative: ground crew

Anchor: news anchor

Announcer: Announcer

Architect: Architect

Artist: artist

Associate Professor: Associate Professor

Astronaut: Astronaut.

Attendant: Waiter.

Auditor: auditor

Automatic machinery: automatic machinery

Baker: Baker

Barber: Barber (male)

Baseball player: A baseball player

Waiter: doorman

Bellman: A bellman in a hotel.

Cleaner, garbage man

Blacksmith: Blacksmith

Boxer: Boxer

Broker (agent): Broker

Budgeter: Budget maker

Bus driver: Bus driver

Butcher: Butcher, butcher

Buyer: Buyer

Carpenter: Carpenter

Cartoonist: a cartoonist

Cashier: Cashier

Chef: Chef

Chemist: chemist

Clerk: Clerk.

Clown: Clown

Shoemaker: Shoemaker (shoemaker)

Computer programmer: programmer

Construction worker: Construction worker

Chef: Chef

Cowboy: Cowboy

Customs officer: a customs officer

Dancer: dancer

Dentist: Dentist

Designer: Designer

Receptionist: Receptionist

Detective, detective

Doctor: Doctor.

knocker

Driver: Driver.

Cleaner: Cleaner

Editor: editing

Electrician: electrician

Engineer: Engineer

Farmer: Farmer

Fashion designer: fashion designer

Fireman: Fireman

Fisherman: Fisherman

Flower shop: flower shop

Leaflet: pilot

Foreign Minister: Foreign Minister

Gardener gardener (gardener)

Attendant at the gas station: an oiler.

Geologist: a geologist

Guard: guard

Guide: Guide.

Hired beautician: barber, beautician (female)

Butler: Butler

Housewife: A housewife

Translation: translation

Cleaner: Cleaner

Reporter: reporter

Judge. Judge.

Lawyer: Lawyer.

Librarian: Librarian.

Lifeguard: lifeguard

Magician: Magician

Masseur: Masseur

Masseur: Masseur

Mathematician: Mathematician

Machinery: machinery, machinery

Miner: Miner

Model: model

Monk: Monk, priest

Film director: director

film star

Musician: Musician

Sister: Sister.

Nurse: Nurse.

Office clerk: clerk

office worker

Operator: Operator.

Paratrooper: Paratrooper.

Personnel staff

pharmacist

Photographer: Photographer

Pilot: pilot

Planner: a planner

Police: Police.

Postal clerk: a postal clerk

Postman: Postman

Chairman: Chairman

Pastor: Pastor

Process: Professor

Real estate agent: real estate agent

Receptionist: Receptionist

Repairman: a repairman

Reporter: reporter

Sailor: a crew member, a sailor

Salesman/Salesman: Salesman

Scientists: scientists

Seamstress women's dress tailor

Secretary: Secretary.

Singer: Singer

Soldier: soldier, soldier

Statistics: statisticians

Surveyor: survey technician

Tailor: Tailor

taxi driver

Teacher: Teacher.

Technician: Technician

Guide: Guide.

Traffic controller: Traffic controller.

Translator: translation (translation)

TV producer: A TV producer

Typist: Typist

Veterinary: Veterinary

Veterinary veterinarian

Attendant: waiter (waiter)

Waitress: A waitress (waiter)

Welder: welder

Writer: writer