英語の場合はできるだけ間接的な表現にすることで丁寧さや優しさを増した表現になることが多く、この場合は定番の聞き方が、“What do you do？” 又は “What do you do for a living?” と聞くのがベスト。
少なくとも “What is your job？” （あなたの[義務](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/34865/)（[責任](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/32224/)）は何ですか？） とか、
"What is your work?" とはネイティブなら聞かないでしょう。
1. What do you do?
[お仕事は何をされているんですか？](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/2516/)
これが最も一般的な聞き方だと思います。直訳は「何をしていますか？」ですが、「お仕事は何をされているんですか？」の意味です。
例：
A: What do you do? お仕事は何をされているんですか？
B: I'm a Japanese/English translator. 日英[翻訳者](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/63224/)です。
What do you do for a living? のように for a living を加えても良いです。
*What do you do for a living? - This question is asking what one does to survive and where they get income from.
A:What do you do for a living?
B: I'm an electrician.
例文
*What do you do for a living?
お仕事は何をされていますか？
この質問は、生活をしていくために何をしているのかとどこから収入を得ているかを尋ねています。
A:What do you do for a living?
お仕事は何をされていますか？
B: I'm an electrician.
電気技師です
What is your occupation? Is the most formal way to ask someone what their job is.
What line of employment are you in? Employment asks about the industry they work in. So they may answer medical or financial.
When you ask what they do for a living? It means what do they do for money meaning what job do they have?
"What is your occupation?
職業を聞く時の最もフォーマルな表現です。
What line of employment are you in?
Employmentは働いている業種を尋ねています。ですから答えは医療、金融等になります。
what they do for a living?
生計を立てるために何の仕事をしているのかという意味です。"
1. It's so fascinating to understand what people do for a living. I was wondering about you?
2. What do you do?
3. May I ask you, what area of business are you involved in?
1. Here the speaker introduces the idea of peoples' professions as being an interesting topic. He asks indirectly about the other person's job. Indirect questions are seen as being more polite than direct questions as the person responding may choose to answer
or just make a comment to avoid answering, such as, in this case: "Yes, it''s sometimes difficult to guess what people do for a living isn't it?
2. This is a direct question, suitable for any situation where knowledge of the other person's work is important for the conversation.
3. A formal and slightly indirect way of asking someone what they do.
１＝遠回りにその人の情報を聞きこうとしています。初対面や親しくない場合、丁寧に聞く方が良いと思います。
２＝どんなお仕事をしていますか？そのままです。この表現がシンプルで定番です。
３＝どんな職業をされていますか？このようなニュアンスになります。"May I ask you"をつけることで丁寧な表現になります。
When asking someone what their job is, you need to be considerate with your choice of words, as some people consider it a personal question. Adding subtle wording to your sentences makes a world of difference. When we say "line of work", we are just politely asking what the field is in which they work. This is best suited if you are speaking to a stranger. You may also use "May I ask what you do for a living?" The words "do for a living" asks what they do to make money and survive.
If you just wish to be direct, then "What is your job?" would suffice wonderfully. Thank you for your question!
If you would like to know how to ask someone what they do for a living, you can say something like "What do you do for a living?" or "What do you do for work?". These are some easy ways to ask someone what it is they do for a living.
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