Song Shishi learned English when she was in college in her previous life.
There is no problem with normal oral communication.
If she didn't have this confidence, she wouldn't have agreed to let Director Zhao take part in the assessment.
The place where they are now is an administrative building, and the assessment is held in the conference room.
There are about three or four meeting rooms along this entire corridor.
Song Shishi discovered that at the door of each meeting room, there was a man or woman dressed similarly to her, all dressed formally and looking nervous.
Obviously, he was also a translator who came to take the assessment like her.
Director Zhao led her to the door of a meeting room on the far right, gave her a few simple instructions, and then left, saying only that he would come back to pick her up after her assessment was finished.
The corridor returned to silence for a moment.
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Song Shishi, who was not very nervous at first, couldn't help rubbing her hands in such an atmosphere.
"Candidates please come in."
Following a serious voice, the door to the conference room in front of them opened from the inside.
The conference room is not big, but it is very clean.
There was a long table in the room. Two examiners were sitting on the inside of the table, looking at her seriously.
Song Shishi folded her hands in front of her and bowed slightly to the examiner politely, "Hello, examiner. I am the examinee Song Shishi."
"Please sit down!" One of the female examiners, who was wearing a dark gray formal suit and had short hair, gestured for her to sit down.
Song Shishi sat down directly opposite the examiner.
There was a document in front of her.
"We are now conducting the written test."
Song Shishi nodded and opened the file in front of her.
The above is divided into several major questions. The first major question is the translation of political documents.
During this period, in order to prepare for this exam, Song Shishi consulted many English books related to politics in the library.
So this question was not difficult for her.
The written test covered translations in multiple fields, which was also a challenge for Song Shishi.
In addition to content related to politics, there are also translations related to our country's traditional culture and current affairs news.
This involves some international professional terms.
Fortunately, Song Shishi did her homework well, and combined with her memories from her previous life, her accuracy rate was still very high.
She kept smiling during the assessment.
She had not touched the English dictionary that lay beside the table.
This alone surprised the examiners present.
After a three-hour written test, Song Shishi completed the translation quickly and accurately.
"You can go and have a rest first, and come back here in an hour to take the oral test." The female examiner stood up and led Song Shishi out of the meeting room.
"Yes, thank you."
The door to the conference room closed again in front of her and she let out a breath.
Turning his head to look at the meeting room next door, it seemed that other candidates had not finished the assessment yet.
I looked at the time on my watch. It was only four o'clock. I didn't think Director Zhao would come so soon.
She walked to the window next to the corridor and looked out, and the tall palm trees came into view.
"Comrade, there is an assessment here. It is not appropriate to stay here. Please leave."
A deep male voice suddenly sounded behind me.
Song Shishi was startled and turned to look at the person who came.
"Is it you?" She frowned, looking worried.
The man in front of him stood tall and straight like a pine tree, wearing a well-tailored blue Zhongshan suit without a single wrinkle.
Neat short hair and a pair of bright and lively eyes under thick eyebrows, looking straight at her.
The man seemed to have just realized what was happening, and said in a daze, "Oh... you are the one from the mall this morning..."
Before he finished speaking, he touched the back of his head embarrassedly and said with a smile: "I'm so sorry for this morning. How about this, I'll treat you to a meal as an apology?"
He could see that the dress Song Shishi was wearing was not the two that he had knocked to the ground in the morning.
Judging from how new the clothes were, it was obvious that he had bought a new set.
He felt really bad about it.
Since the other person said so, Song Shishi couldn't show her displeasure anymore, but having dinner with the other person was impossible.
He and the other party had only met twice, and they were no different from strangers. How could he just leave with him?
"No."
The man didn't care and said with a smile: "Then go to the lobby on the first floor and wait. This is really not a good place to stay."
Song Shishi nodded.
When she reached the hall, she discovered that the man was still following her.
She stopped, turned around and asked, "Anything else?"
"I forgot to introduce myself to you." The man smiled innocently, then said seriously: "My name is Xie Youan, I am in charge of..."
Song Shishi glanced at the time on her watch and raised her hand to interrupt Xie Youan, "Sorry, Comrade Xie, I have something else to do, so I'll go up first."
She was talking to Xie Youan and didn't notice the time, and almost missed the oral interview.
Without waiting for Xie Youan's response, she turned and ran upstairs.
Just as I arrived at the door of the conference room, the door happened to open from the inside.
The examiner inside the door was stunned for a second when he saw her, then pointed to the other side of the corridor and said, "Comrade Song, the oral exam is in the large conference room. Go forward and it's the first conference room."
"OK, thanks."
She took a deep breath, adjusted her state, and then walked towards the conference room.
In the large conference room, the other three candidates were already waiting inside, but the oral examiner had not arrived yet.
Hearing the noise at the door, the candidates turned their heads to look, then looked away, with no intention of talking to each other.
Not long after Song Shishi sat down, three examiners walked into the conference room carrying briefcases.
Her pupils couldn't help but shrink.
It’s him!
Because among the three examiners in front of him, Xie Youan was among them and standing in the middle.
She stood up with the other candidates and bowed slightly to the examiner to show her respect.
During the oral interview, except for the first time when Xie Youan raised his eyebrows at her when he entered the meeting room, Alai kept a serious face and did not show any other expression.
Seeing that he could do this, Song Shishi also breathed a sigh of relief.
The oral exam went smoothly.
It is nothing more than the situations that examiners will encounter when simulating diplomacy on the spot. Sometimes Chinese needs to be translated into English, and sometimes English needs to be translated into Chinese.
Because foreigners speak very fast and many words are hidden during speech, this really tests the translator's skills.
In her previous life, Song Shishi met a foreign teacher in college, so she didn’t find this aspect too difficult.
Instead, what she found difficult was how to translate the remarks of the Chinese representative into English in a reasonable way so as not to cause the other party to misinterpret the meaning.
This really tests her vocabulary.
The assessment was over and it was dark outside.
Director Zhao had been waiting outside the conference room. When he saw her coming out, he smiled and walked over to her: "Thank you for your hard work. Come on, I'll take you to dinner."
It was not until they got in the car that Director Zhao said that the leaders of the Beijing Library would also have dinner with them.
"Is there anything I need to pay attention to right now?" Song Shishi felt inexplicably nervous.
Director Zhao waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, we're just having a simple meal together. Mr. Gong is a very nice person."
"The document you translated last time was reviewed by Mr. Gong himself and then sent to me. He has always admired you and entrusted me with it many times, saying that he wanted to meet you."
Since Director Zhao said so, Song Shishi had no choice but to agree.
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