Asklemmy

I'd have to go through a bunch of concepts about light, moving motion and photography in general but I'm sure we'd get there eventually.

People who try to work together fail to do it well, so I help them understand why this happens, so that they can do better.

I'd say, Beethoven on "steroids"

I create drawings of the enclosure of machines and contraptions, you know, the knobs and switches and all those things, and then instruct machines to assemble those machines according to the drawings.

I make energy (a word describing the measure of the invisible magic which makes sea waves happen, the sensation of warmth of the sun on your skin, and the effort you put into lifting heavy rocks) move around really, really, really fast, and lots and lots of it too.

Controlling this 'energy' is a difficult task because if you give it even a little chance, 'energy' will escape in the easiest, most useless way possible. Half my job is planning how to prevent energy from escaping without doing something useful first.

I'm the guy who makes sure the castle is built to keep out the invaders. Only everything is made of captured lightning.

Gets burned at the stake

They'd understand perfectly. When my employers buy something, it's my job to check that it arrives in good order and matches what we asked for, and then arrange for the sender to be paid.

Sometimes the thing is a piece of equipment for transmitting real-time video of tumours from one part of the country to another, but I don't think we need to go into that.

Im a process auditor, so they would probably understand but would think my job is not necessary ( can't blame)

I solve problems related to how lightning rocks talk to each other. Often there's an issue with how automatic scribes decide they don't feel like talking. Some days I must travel more than double the speed of your fastest horse using a metal box with wheels. I will often complain when my metal box picks the wrong music to play.

"I make money by typing things in modern typewriter."

Yeah for sure, they had my job then, some advancements have been made is all.

I work in a trade school and apprenticeship has been around for ages so I think it would translate. I would just say that I help teach apprentices along with their masters, specifically about boats and ships.