Chapter 110
There are a total of sixteen candidates participating in this translation selection.
There are seven people from the School of Engineering, six people from the Russian Department, and three people from the Industrial Economics Department.
Director Miao glanced at the other teams gathered across the way and said to his three slightly nervous Miao Miao, "You three were carefully selected by the department, the best of the best. One of you can take on three on the other side. There's nothing to be nervous about!"
He said this with great force, as if the people on the other side were all good-for-nothings and not worth mentioning.
Ye Manzhi echoed, "The director is right. The Russian language proficiency of the engineering school is really not that good. We will definitely win!"
Even Zhou Mu could be a candidate, which shows that the foreign language proficiency of those engineering students is quite average.
Hearing this, Director Miao reminded him tiredly: "Be humble and don't brag!"
Ye Manzhi: “…”
The sixteen people were divided into four groups, with four people randomly selected from each group, and they all entered Vice President Liu's office together.
Some groups only chatted for a quarter of an hour before leaving, while others took more than half an hour to finish.
The first four-man team from the School of Engineering ended the battle in just ten minutes.
Director Miao explained, "The principal is very busy, so how can he have time to talk to everyone in detail? By letting each person say a few words, we can get a general idea of their level."
Ye Manzhi glanced at his watch secretly. So far, the group that had stayed inside the longest was from the Russian Department, who had stayed there for nearly an hour.
In the Department of Industrial Economics, Su Rui and Gao Yunfan were grouped with two people from the Russian Department, but they left not long after they entered.
Gao Yunfan explained to Director Miao, "Vice President Liu asked about the commune's industry, and we have no preparation in this regard."
"Commune-brigade industry" was still a new term in Chinese, and there was even less standardized Russian expression. They didn't even understand the question...
Director Miao nodded without saying anything. Ye Manyzhi, who was boasting to the sky, followed the other three boys from the School of Engineering into the office.
Whether it’s a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk first.
Ye Manzhi took the lead, walking in front of Zhou Mu and the other two boys, greeted the principal in Russian, and introduced herself as a sophomore student in the Department of Industrial Economics.
Vice Principal Liu seemed to be reviewing something. He took a break from his busy schedule and looked up to ask, "You were chosen as a sophomore? You're usually good in grades, right?"
Ye Manzhi did not mention at all his physics score of around 60 points, but only said that his Russian score was the best in the grade.
She got full marks in Russian last semester and was ranked first in both classes in the whole grade!
When she introduced herself in this way, she immediately gave the principal the impression that she was an excellent student!
Zhou Mu, who knew her background well, couldn't help but look at her with contempt.
This is such a boast!
Why don’t you say that you are the best in the school?
Vice President Liu, after hearing her introduction, became interested. He tightened the cap on his pen and chatted in Russian with a smile: "Since your Russian grades are so good, why don't you apply to the Russian department?"
Ye Manzhi didn't know what to say to the transferred cadre student, so she said that she used to be the deputy director of a street committee. When she took the college entrance examination, she didn't have to take the foreign language test as a cadre, so naturally she couldn't apply for a foreign language major.
She was taught Russian by a Belarusian, and her pronunciation is clear and soft with a slight Belarusian accent, which is very pleasant to the ear.
Vice Principal Liu heard that she had a good command of languages, so he nodded and turned his attention to the other three boys, waiting for them to introduce themselves.
The School of Engineering places less emphasis on foreign languages than the Department of Industrial Economics.
People learn Russian mainly to study foreign materials, so knowing some dumb Russian is enough.
Ye Manzhi listened carefully and didn't expect that the best spoken English among the three was Zhou Mu. In order to study in the Soviet Union, Zhou Mu had practiced spoken English hard and studied with Soviet teachers. His Russian level was no longer the same as before.
After listening to the introductions of several people, Vice President Liu signed the document while asking them about their understanding of the "industrialization path" proposed by the Chairman.
Ye Manzhi can answer this question as he took the test in the political theory class last semester.
She thought and spoke slowly, "The path of industrialization mainly refers to the relationship between the development of heavy industry, light industry, and agriculture. Our country adopts the principle of walking on two legs, which solves the relationship between the two major sectors of the national economy—industry and agriculture..."
Blah blah blah, he talked for more than ten minutes.
Zhou Mu tried to interrupt several times, but she raised her voice and spoke faster, interrupting him.
Then he went on to talk about the impact of the First Five-Year Plan on the industrialization process and the positive significance of the establishment of people's communes on agricultural development. He spoke for another ten minutes with a dry mouth.
Vice Principal Liu listened attentively and occasionally corrected her word choices, such as "production team" should not be used in that way.
Ye Manzhi humbly accepted other corrections, but when it came to the "production team's" turn, she would refute it.
"I've recently been reading a novel serialized in the Soviet magazine 'Friendship of Nations,' called 'Sisters.' In the story, the weavers, in order to resist their boss's exploitation, take the first step in their struggle by forming a production team. That's what 'production team' was called in the Soviet Union."
Vice Principal Liu made a few notes in his notebook and asked with a smile, "Does it also mention the people's communes?"
"No. The Soviet Union only had collective farms, not people's communes. I once saw a movie called 'Butterfly Girl,' and the heroine, Marino, was a breeder on a collective farm."
"Then why did you translate people's commune into Народнаякоммуна?"
Ye Manzhi honestly said that she made up the word on the spur of the moment. "The Paris Commune used the word коммуна, and I think the two communes mean the same thing."
Vice Principal Liu smiled noncommittally.
Commune and production team were still new terms and there was no unified explanation yet, but he felt that this female classmate had some quick wit.
Glancing at the three boys who had been standing there for nearly half an hour, Vice Principal Liu did not ask them to answer the same question.
He then asked, "If the representatives of the Czechoslovak exchange group asked you about the production innovation of our city's machinery manufacturing industry, how would you introduce it?"
The three boys looked at Ye Manyi habitually, thinking that she was going to speak first again.
But Ye Manzhi did not speak in a hurry. She didn't know much about production innovation in machinery manufacturing enterprises, so there was no need to show her weakness.
This type of question is the strong point of engineering students. Two of the three boys are from the mechanical department and have some understanding of the general situation of domestic machinery manufacturing companies.
Moreover, Zhou Mu's biological father is the deputy director of Factory 656, so he knows some inside information.
So, after the two senior brothers finished their speeches, Zhou Mu cited extensively, talked eloquently, and supplemented the senior brothers' answers.
Regardless of their answers, one gets the impression that these three people from the School of Engineering are quite united.
Vice Principal Liu seemed quite satisfied and pointed out several errors in his vocabulary and grammar, just like he had corrected Ye Manzhi before.
After the three students from the School of Engineering finished their answers, Vice President Liu turned his gaze to Ye Manzhi and asked in fluent Russian, "Does the female student have anything else to add to this question?"
Ye Manzhi hesitated for a moment, then furrowed her delicate brows. "I probably won't answer that question," she said. "Technology-related topics may involve confidential information. The Foreign Affairs Department may have prepared answers in advance and assigned someone to answer them. I only have a superficial understanding of production innovation in the machinery manufacturing industry, so I'm afraid I won't explain too much to the delegation. Isn't the role of a translator to pass on messages?"
The school is looking for a translator, not a receptionist.
There are some issues that you can’t just casually discuss with others…
She is the lover of the military representative, and she is very vigilant about confidentiality because of what she has been exposed to.
Thinking of this, she looked at the high-spirited Zhou Mu with a puzzled look, and whispered, "How could the children of the military factory not even have such a sense of confidentiality?"
The volume was not loud, but several people present could vaguely hear it.
Zhou Mu: “!!!”
He just knew it!
Whenever you meet Ye Manzhi, nothing good will happen!
This person is always making trouble no matter how unreasonable he is, not to mention that she has caught him in a trap.
Zhou Mu was already prepared for her to take advantage of the situation.
However, he has grown up, and Ye Manyi is no longer the Wuxia A'mon of the past.
She did not respond aggressively, but just muttered a doubtful sentence and then stopped talking. She stood aside obediently, waiting for the principal's next question.
Principal Liu already knew the details of the people and did not ask any other questions. He asked the students to go back and wait for further notice.
*
Ye Manzhi learned the selection results three days later.
The school assigned four translators to the 17-person exchange group.
Three of them are senior students majoring in Russian, and only Ye Manzhi is a sophomore in the Department of Industrial Economics.
The translation of that speech was from Russian to Chinese. Judging from the Russian proficiency of the four people, anyone could have done the job.
However, according to Director Miao, whose face was beaming, among the sixteen candidates that day, only Ye Manzhi mentioned the issue of confidentiality.
Student Ye Manzhi, with her excellent political qualities, has won herself a precious opportunity to show herself!
After carefully listening to Director Miao’s introduction of precautions, Ye Manzhi ran back to the Wu family’s old house happily.
With Grandpa and Grandma Wu very reluctant to let go, they hurried home with their beautiful daughter in their arms.
She did not go back to the military industrial compound directly, but went to the military representative office of Factory 656 to inform Wu Zhengrong of the good news.
Wu Zhengrong knew that she had been waiting for the school's notice these days, fearing that she would be outshined by Zhou Mu.
Hearing the good news, Wu Zhengrong was happy for her and congratulated her with a smile.
Ye Manzhi asked, "I'm going to host a foreign delegation. Should I practice eating Western food in advance?"
Wu Zhengrong knew what she meant, "Do you want to go to the second floor of the Workers' Club for some Western food?"
"Of course I do. I finally have a legitimate excuse! Can you talk to the factory and let me go to the Western restaurant to practice Western dining etiquette? I don't need your invitation ticket, I can pay for it myself!"
She was afraid of having a bad influence on Wu Zhengrong, so she had only been to the Western restaurant twice so far.
One time was when she thanked Wu Zhengrong and treated him to a meal there, and the other time was last year's Chinese Valentine's Day when she received an admission letter from the university.
Both times, Wu Zhengrong's reception ticket was used.
Other than that, I've never eaten there again.
"You can talk to the logistics department and let me go for a meal!" Ye Manzhi discussed with him.
"No need to go to all that trouble," Wu Zhengrong put the child in her arms and picked up the phone. "Just tell the restaurant and book a table."
There were many family members of factory leaders who went to Western restaurants for dinner, but no one was as cautious as Ye Lai Ya.
Ye Manzhi let him make arrangements. After he put down the phone, she asked, "Are you busy at work today? Can you leave on time?"
"Okay, wait for me for a moment."
Wu Zhengrong thought to himself that the restaurant had already been booked, and it was a rare opportunity for him to have a meal out with his wife to celebrate her successful bid for the translation position. Even if he had work to do, he would have to postpone it.
Seeing him nod, Ye Manyi happily put her beautiful daughter back into his arms.
"That's great! Mom's been busy taking care of the kids lately. I want to take her to the Workers' Club for a Western meal. The decor inside that Western restaurant is so luxurious, Mom hasn't seen it before. I'll take her in to have a look! You'll be in charge of the kids today, and I'll go home to Mom!"
Wu Zhengrong: “…”
Little Wu Yuzhuo can already lift his head. Now he is leaning in his father's arms, looking straight at his mother with his big eyes like black grapes.
The expressions of the father and daughter when they look at people are exactly the same!
Ye Manzhi laughed heartily, kissed the man and his daughter on the cheek, waved her hand and said, "Comrade Wu Yuzhuo has eaten his fill, you two should get along well! I'm going to celebrate today's victory and take my mother out for some Western food..."
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