docent

先週は何十年ぶりに虫歯になって治療、30分間で済みました。それから弟が背骨の骨折で入院、コルセットはまだできていないが、その後もリハビリでまともに歩けようになるのか心配。独り者なので歩くのに不自由だと一人暮らしは難しくなる可能性あり。色々あって貯蓄もない弟なので、考えてやらないといけない。
さて、Reader's　Digest 12月&1月合併号の記事 "The Man Who Looks After His Wife's Ex" からの引用です。

Kris's day started off in typical fashion. She drove to her father's company, where she worked as an administrator. After a few hours, she left for her second job as a docent at the art museum.

"docent" は美術館での仕事なので学芸員を連想しますが、何でしょう？　辞書を見ます。

・Merriam-Webster Dictionary: a person who leads guided tours especially through a museum or art gallery: Inside the entrance, volunteer docents offer pamphlets and welcoming smiles.
Did you know?
The title of docent is used in many countries for what Americans would call an associate professor—that is, a college or university teacher who has been given tenure but hasn't yet achieved the rank of full professor. But in the U.S. a docent is a guide who works at a museum, a historical site, or even a zoo or a park. Docents are usually volunteers, and their services are often free of charge.
・Vocabulary.com: If you’re a docent, you’re a teacher at a college or university. In most countries, you’d rank right below a professor.
Docent came into English by way of German, tracing back to the Latin word docere, meaning “teach.” Docent typically refers to someone who teaches at a college or university, but the term can be used more broadly to mean "someone who promotes learning." If you take a museum tour, it might be led by a docent, a volunteer who acts as a guide to the museum’s collection. Pronounce docent with a long “o” sound and a soft “c”: “DOH-sent.”

日本の学芸員には資格が必要ですが、"docent" はボランティアでもできる様なので、レベルには人によって大きな差があるでしょうね。