Yet many of the dictionary's contributors were autodidacts.

然而，这本词典的许多贡献者都是自学成才。

You may have some unique skills, or be a natural autodidact (learn by yourself), and so school doesn’t matter much even if you are poor.

有一些独特的技， 或者是一个天生的自学者（自己学习），所以即使很穷， 学校也无关紧要。