Chapter 431 Newspaper Work

"I use it as a translator. It used to be far away, but when people heard I was studying here, they recommended a place closer to me."

"this……"

Tang Mei also understood.

This letter of recommendation is a favor.

If something is lost or damaged, they can only blame themselves for not keeping it properly. There is no possibility of asking someone to return it.

This matter made Lu Miao a little annoyed.

But the letter was gone, and there was no point in venting my emotions in front of those close to me.

It will only hurt people and feelings.

Covering his face with his hands and taking a few deep breaths, Lu Miao wiped away his tears, his nose red as he tried to calm down:

"Forget it, it's nothing, aunt, go and do your work."

"Your dad knows some people. How about asking him about this? See if he can help?"

Tang Mei was worried.

"Connections must be used wisely. What's the point of being a real connection?"

Lu Miao shook his head stubbornly.

"Let's take it one step at a time. If there's any difficulty, I'll talk to Dad."

Letters of recommendation are a shortcut.

Talent is scarce right now. If she is willing to put in some effort, she can find a job that meets her expectations without taking shortcuts.

Lu Miao looked determined and made up his mind.

Tang Mei watched her calm down again, but she was still a little worried.

It's only two o'clock in the afternoon, still early.

Lu Miao decided to go out for a walk.

When people are in a bad mood, it seems that bad luck is more likely to happen to them.

Just as he finished counting the money and was about to get off the bed, his stomach suddenly felt bloated. Lu Miao didn't feel well, so he went to the bathroom to check, and found that his period had come early.

In a hurry, she didn't have time to clean up, so she changed into clean clothes and soaked the dirty clothes in a small basin behind the door of the room, planning to wash them when she came back later.

There is a Guoguang Bookstore in the department store next to Junbei University.

Lu Miao went there directly.

The state does release some relevant recruitment information through bookstores, but not every bookstore does so.

There is no Guoguang Bookstore on the West Second Ring Road.

However, when he settled the bill for the book, Lu Miao still got some useful information.

A few stops east on the bus, there is a newspaper and a publishing house that need translation-related personnel.

There is also a place called "National Komon Eisha" that is also recruiting relevant talents.

This place sounded unfamiliar, so Lu Miao asked a few questions casually and learned that it was the National Komon English Society, abbreviated as Komon English Society.

It also has a common name, called the National News Agency.

It is responsible for serving as the country's mouthpiece, eyes and ears, think tank and information center, and is not an ordinary public institution.

It is not easy to get into this kind of unit in this era.

Being a college student from a prestigious university is something of a certain standard, but she is still a freshman and probably would not have been hired in the past.

Lu Miao has a scale in his heart.

After thinking about it, I directly passed the Imperial English Press.

After thanking the comrades at the bookstore, Lu Miao bought a ticket and got on the bus to go to the newspaper office and publishing house.

At the current stage, there is a large gap in English translation, so it is still relatively advantageous to engage in this field.

Lu Miao first went to the Sitong News Agency.

When the receptionist heard that she was asking about translation-related work, he went directly to find her superior, the president.

The newspaper's president, Liu Shouyi, brought a few people over.

"She? Can she translate English?"

Some people saw that Lu Miao was so young, a little girl, and immediately shook their heads and sneered:

"Little comrade, you've come to the wrong place, haven't you? Do you know where this is? Do you know what the English translation means?"

Lu Miao frowned slightly.

Someone pulled the man from before and said in disagreement:

"Old Zhou, please hold on to it...what if something unexpected happens?"

"Even if we're short of people, we can't waste time like this! I still have a lot of work to do."

The middle-aged man named Lao Zhou shook his head, snorted coldly and left.

Lu Miao took a deep breath.

No one will be happy if they are looked down upon.

But I don’t know what the situation is with the other publishing house.

If there is a vacancy here, she wants to try to keep a fallback.

The other few people were a little embarrassed, looking at each other, not knowing what to say.

Lu Miao shook his head gently, "It's okay."

Turning to look at the middle-aged man in a Mao suit, who looked like he had the highest rank, he said:

"I used to work as a translator at the Chongwen Translation Bureau, so I don't have anything to prove it right now... But it doesn't matter. You can test me on anything."

Perhaps it is because at this stage, talent is extremely scarce, so Liu Shouyi did not look down on the girl in front of him.

He casually pulled a stack of newspapers from the table next to him, shook it open and took a look, then Liu Shouyi marked an area and handed it to Lu Miao.

Lu Miao took the newspaper and took a look.

It is the literal propaganda of the Communist Youth League.

English-Chinese translation requires a solid foundation in Chinese.

Chinese-English translation requires a higher level of English vocabulary.

You also need to be familiar with the use of various long and short sentence patterns.

Everyone looked at Lu Miao.

Lu Miao silently read the entire promotional slogan, then calmed down and moved his lips slightly. After a brief mental summary, he spoke:

"Some people say, Reconizing me is easy at moments of life and death."

Some people say that it is easy to recognize me in the face of life and death.

“Because I am the one who follows the flag and charges ahead…”

I am the one who follows the flag and rushes to the front...

Lu Miao responded quickly and fluently repeated a long paragraph.

People who know the business think she is awesome.

People who don’t know the business…

I think she’s awesome too!

Like the older guys, I had also been exposed to English when I was in high school ten years ago.

But the embarrassing thing is that most of them are only at the stage of understanding the basics.

Many of the English words Lu Miao said were unfamiliar to them. They could understand some of them but didn't know how to spell them.

Liu Shouyi is slightly better and also does some English translations on a daily basis.

But because of my busy position in the newspaper, I can't take care of too many things, so I'm in a hurry to find someone.

Lu Miao responds quickly and speaks standard English.

Listening to her interpretation, Liu Shouyi's eyes lit up and he quickly pulled out a chair for her to sit down:

"Are you still a student?"

"Yes, I'm an English major at the Military Region University."

"Military University! English major!"

The people around looked at each other and said:

"It's a prestigious school! No wonder!"

Liu Shouyi nodded, looking at Lu Miao with even more passion, and truthfully told him the current situation:

"The newspaper is currently recruiting translators. We will be translating from English to Chinese and Chinese to English, but mainly English to Chinese..."

"The content of the section will be screened and sent to individuals, and generally the length will not be too long."

He took the newspaper and roughly marked the sections for Lu Miao to see.

It was almost one of the many sections that Lu Miao translated when he was working at the Translation Bureau.

Each one is about three to five hundred words.

"The remuneration depends on the content. If it's less than five lines, it's two yuan. If it's more than five lines, it's five yuan for ten lines. If it's more than ten lines, it's eight yuan."

Sibao News Agency is not big and mainly covers local news and small news.

One of the directions is to include foreign content and expand the audience.

Another thing is that the audience has greatly increased, and income has naturally come as well.

Newspapers also need money to operate.