Chapter 394: Translator at the Translation Office
However, you can't judge a book by its cover. Director Ma did not look down on Lu Miao. He stood up and stepped back from the table, holding a chair and inviting Lu Miao to sit down.
"I can do it myself, you can sit down too."
Director Ma smiled and waved his hand, saying to Sister Liu:
"Could you please, Comrade Liu, run over and bring me two jars of water so I can have a chat with this young comrade?"
"Why!"
Sister Liu went out to get some water, and Director Ma asked with a smile:
"How old?"
"I'm already twenty-two years old."
"Oh, I really didn't see that!"
Director Ma has a friendly attitude and acts like an elder when chatting with us.
Lu Miao smiled, and his attitude and expression softened. In the eyes of others, he looked even more well-behaved.
Director Ma saw the book in her hand and stretched out his hand, and Lu Miao understood and handed it to her.
"You know English? Who did you learn it from?"
This question is not easy to answer. If you answer it poorly, it can easily lead to trouble.
Lu Miao's brain was working rapidly, and he smiled and said:
"My father worked in a school. Before I went to the countryside to work in the fields, I always went to the school to audit classes. There were teachers there who could speak English."
Guoguang Bookstore is a state-owned enterprise and relies on the state.
The Director Ma in front of us is naturally also a staff member of the state-owned system. To put it bluntly, he works for the country.
If she wants to take this job, her personal information will be strictly controlled, and these will have to be verified and investigated sooner or later.
Whenever Lu Miao goes out, he always carries his household registration page with him, fearing that he would have to show it when buying books.
Let me show it to Director Ma now.
Director Ma nodded after reading it, flipped through the English version of The Lady of the Camellias and read a random passage from the middle. He asked:
"Did you understand the meaning of the passage I just read?"
Lu Miao thought for a while and said:
"The mind is small, but he hides his thoughts; the eyes are just a tiny dot, but he can see the vast world."
Director Ma nodded, then randomly flipped through the back part and picked out a few paragraphs.
After finding that Lu Miao could translate it accurately into Chinese, he turned to the Chinese translation of "The Lady of the Camellias" and selected some passages for Lu Miao to translate into English.
Lu Miao can speak several foreign languages, but she hadn't touched these languages for a long time, so she was a little halting when she first answered.
It was not until the third time I translated the paragraph into English that I regained my previous rhythm.
Her spoken English was so standard that Director Ma felt like he was talking to a foreign guest.
There is no problem with his background. He participated in the Down to the Countryside Movement and is a prospective college student who passed the exam.
He is a person with a very good family background and is quite promising.
Director Ma values the young girl in front of him very much.
He hoped to keep Lu Miao, but the test at hand did not stop at the book "The Last Days of the Lady of the Camellias".
In order to prevent Lu Miao from having read these two books, even if the probability was very small, Director Ma chose to act cautiously.
Director Ma randomly picked a few more books from his desk and tested Lu Miao a few more times.
Discovering that Lu Miao really had a solid foundation, Director Ma couldn't help but admire Lu Miao even more.
After putting the foreign books back on the table, Director Ma returned the two copies of "The Lady of the Camellias" to Lu Miao.
Just then Sister Liu came in to bring water.
After Lu Miao brought the enamel mug, Director Ma blew on the tea leaves and took a sip of the tea, enduring the heat. Then he introduced the job content and salary in a gentle manner:
"The translators we are recruiting now are mainly responsible for translating foreign magazines and journals."
"Newspapers and magazines are very particular about timeliness. They usually ask for translations within three days of receiving the manuscript. Journals, on the other hand, focus on the content and have more time."
"The salary is five yuan for less than three thousand words, and three yuan per thousand words for more than three thousand words..."
Director Ma took a breath, thought for a moment, and continued:
"However, all submitted translations need to be reviewed, so the settlement won't be too fast. There will be about half a month of tolerance."
Lu Miao listened carefully and asked questions promptly:
"Can I take this home and make it?"
Director Ma nodded. "You can do it here at the translation office, or you can take it home. However, some manuscripts that require a confidentiality agreement can only be translated here at the translation office."
Lu Miao understood, hugged the two books tightly and asked again:
"Director Ma, um... do you have a manuscript you want me to translate today?"
Director Ma laughed out loud, "Yes, yes!"
The turmoil of the past decade or so has resulted in a current shortage of language talent at home and abroad.
As the national superiors have needs, a steady stream of manuscripts are sent to various translation offices and studios every day.
There are always endless manuscripts to be translated, but there is never a shortage of manuscripts to be translated.
Director Ma took out the information sheet and asked Lu Miao to fill it out.
After Lu Miao recorded her detailed personal information, Director Ma gave her a sample translation and a foreign newspaper that had been delivered yesterday.
Lu Miao took the newspaper and looked at it from front to back, then tilted his head and blinked:
"Just one? Any more, Director?"
Director Ma was stunned for a moment, then laughed again.
"You're still young, don't be greedy. Take this back and try it out first. By the way, the accuracy must be guaranteed."
Lu Miao thought about it and agreed.
You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and it's not good to be too ostentatious.
After neatly putting the newspapers away and tucking them into the book, Lu Miao asked:
"Should I come in through the bookstore in front next time? Do I need to say any slogans?"
Director Ma shook his head and led her into the yard, pointing to the small door at the corner of the yard.
"Next time, come from that side and go around the alley behind the bookstore."
"The translation office is staffed all day, so it's okay even if I'm not here. The children in the academy are all students in the junior class, and many of them are in your grade."
"When the time comes, you can hand the things over to them and explain the situation. They will handle it."
Lu Miao nodded. "Okay, I'll go back today. Thank you, Director Ma."
Director Ma waved his hand, opened the small gate to the yard and saw her off:
"The country is in need of talent in this field right now. Comrade Xiao Lu, you made the right choice in choosing this major."
Lu Miao smiled.
She thinks so too.
Although I don't plan to become a pillar of the country, I can still make some money and contribute a little.
It feels good to contribute half a brick or a tile to the country at this time.
Lu Miao bowed slightly in the alley, then walked out of the alley holding a book and a newspaper, and ran home with a burning heart.
Lu Yuanzheng is the principal and is literate.
The study on the second floor not only contains many books, but also pens and notebooks.
Lu Miao flipped through the two books he had bought, and carefully read the translation draft he had brought back several times before spreading out the English newspaper and picking up the pen to write on a thick stack of lined manuscript paper.
Not every section of every newspaper needs to be translated.
These social newspapers and periodicals have all gone through several rounds of screening.
The parts that need to be translated are marked with numbers or specific symbols such as five-pointed stars.
When Lu Miao translates, he will mark the same symbols in front of the manuscript paper to avoid confusion of information.
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