Pennsylvania Railroad company, Thomas Scott who hired him as his personal telegrapher.

宾夕法尼亚铁路公司 Thomas Scott 聘请他担任私人电报员。

Professional telegraphers used it as a pejorative term for operators they considered unskilled or ham-fisted, meaning clumsy.

专业电报员用词贬义地称呼那些他们认为技术不熟练或手笨的操作者，意笨拙。

A telegrapher's unique style and the distinctive rhythm they used to send morse code messages was called their fist.

电报员的独特风格和他们发送摩尔斯电码时特有的称为他们的拍电风格。

After the burial he drew up and personally submitted to the president of the republic a violent telegram, which the telegrapher refused to send.

下葬后，他起草并亲自向共和国总统提交了一封暴力电报，但电报员拒绝发送。

So even though the term ham started as a way for professional telegraphers and wireless radio operators to look down their noses at hobbyists, amateur radio enthusiasts took ownership of the word.

因此，尽管“业余无线电”词最初是由专业电报员和无线电台操作员用来轻视业余爱好者的，但业余无线电爱好者们却将词据为己有。