Yet many of the dictionary's contributors were autodidacts.

然而，这本词典许多贡是自学成才。

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.

你可有一些独特， 或是一个天生自学（自己学习），所以即使你很穷， 学校也无关紧要。