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00:00:05I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at White Global Trading Co. Lou Di.
00:00:09I've been here for three years, and make $24,000 a year.
00:00:13Pretty ordinary, right? But in fact, I'm fluent in eight languages.
00:00:17English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian.
00:00:23Nobody knows that.
00:00:24My father was a diplomat, and mother was simultaneous insurder.
00:00:27Five years ago, they died in a car accident.
00:00:30I've never wanted to show off because of these skills.
00:00:33I just want to keep my head down and be a small, unassuming translator.
00:00:36Let's welcome Mr. White to the stage.
00:00:41Everyone have worked hard over the past year.
00:00:44Thank you for your dedication.
00:00:46In the new year, we will...
00:00:49It's been ten minutes.
00:00:51And I'm down here counting how many times he says thank you while he's giving the speech.
00:00:56Annie, you better win the lucky draw later.
00:00:59If you do, finish on me.
00:01:02Sure, why not?
00:01:04That's my everyday life.
00:01:05Elon is my only friend at work.
00:01:08She doesn't know I speak eight languages.
00:01:11But she does know one thing.
00:01:14Also, I have another one.
00:01:18Everyone here, who speaks German, will earn a 70% of Gehandserröhung.
00:01:2670%.
00:01:27My salary would go from $24,000 to $4,800.
00:01:31But it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:33I told myself, it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:40Annie, did you understand that?
00:01:42No.
00:01:44I don't speak German.
00:01:46Right, of course.
00:01:47You only have a certificate in Spanish.
00:01:49What could you possibly understand?
00:01:52Poor thing.
00:01:55Starlet, majoring in German, French, and Spanish, is the head of translator team.
00:02:00She got promoted in just three months.
00:02:02And has been riding that high ever since.
00:02:05Mm-hmm.
00:02:07Anyway, the raise has nothing to do with you.
00:02:10Just keep doing the basic work.
00:02:13Oh, and remember to translate the annual meeting press replaced tonight.
00:02:17I didn't say anything.
00:02:19A 70% raise.
00:02:20The German translation team consists of four people, plus Starlet.
00:02:24Only five people would get it.
00:02:25What did that have to do with me?
00:02:27Nothing.
00:02:28Really, nothing.
00:02:33Ann!
00:02:34Stay right there!
00:02:35I'm coming over right now!
00:02:38Annie?
00:02:40Why didn't you raise your hand just now?
00:02:42Raise my hand for what?
00:02:45You definitely understood that German, right?
00:02:4770%?
00:02:48You only make 24,000 a year.
00:02:50After the raise, that's 4,800 a year.
00:02:53No, I didn't get the meeting.
00:02:55I don't speak German.
00:02:58Who are you trying to fool?
00:02:59Your French is already that good.
00:03:01You expect me to believe you don't understand German.
00:03:03Are you kidding me?
00:03:04I really don't understand German.
00:03:07Ann, that crappy place you rent barely have working heating.
00:03:11Sometimes, you even can't bring yourself to go when we go out for a drink on Friday.
00:03:14Can't you stand up for yourself for once?
00:03:16Elin caught me reading a French book in the pantry last year.
00:03:19I told her I'd studied a little bit French.
00:03:22She's been holding it in for almost a year.
00:03:24I don't want to expose.
00:03:30Oh my god, Annie, what are you afraid of?
00:03:35Fine, keep pretending.
00:03:37I'm done.
00:03:38But Annie, I'm telling you.
00:03:40You're gonna suffer with that kind of personality sooner or later.
00:03:44All right.
00:03:51Good luck, isn't it?
00:03:53You can only understand the people from the German team.
00:03:56It means that only gives the core team a change.
00:04:00Others will just think that I think I'm a motivator.
00:04:05Very brilliant, Mr. White.
00:04:08Apros.
00:04:09Wen scherben wir nächste Woche für das Projekt der Crownbell Group?
00:04:14Scarlet.
00:04:15Sie spricht am besten Deutsch.
00:04:18Ich habe gehört, dass Präsident Anderson von Crownbell ziemlich schwierig ist.
00:04:22Letztes Mal hat er das gesamte Übersetzungsgrund von Meridian aus dem Sprengsraum hinlang gefrogen.
00:04:26Das sollte kein Problem sein.
00:04:28Scarlet kommt damit klar.
00:04:33Leute, auf Andersonville sollten wir diesmal nicht mitmehen.
00:04:36Sie könnten das Meeting ruinieren.
00:04:39They didn't know I could understand them.
00:04:41They thought I was just a small translator.
00:04:45But that's only to be expected.
00:04:47I haven't shown what I'm capable of either.
00:04:50Annie, send me the proofread version of last week's contract tomorrow.
00:04:55Yes, Mr. White.
00:05:01I placed the proofread contract on Brian White's desk the next day.
00:05:05It was a 30,000 word Spanish contract.
00:05:08And I had corrected 47 mistakes in the original translation.
00:05:12The original translator was Scarlet.
00:05:13But my name would never appear on the proofread version.
00:05:16It would only show translation department on the surface.
00:05:20Scarlet never knew her translations had been corrected by me.
00:05:23She thought she was the top.
00:05:26Annie, did you hear?
00:05:28Hear what?
00:05:29Scarlet is going to handle the Crownwell International next week.
00:05:32I heard.
00:05:33Do you know President Anderson of Crownwell?
00:05:40Who?
00:05:44Louis Anderson.
00:05:4532 years old.
00:05:46President of Crownwell International Commerce Group lead in.
00:05:49He ranked 98th on last year's global wealth rankings.
00:05:51They say he's fluent in five languages, but notorious for his bad temper.
00:05:54He even chewed out the entire Meridian's translation team and drove them out of the meeting room.
00:05:58What does that have to do with me?
00:06:00You don't think Scarlet can handle him?
00:06:03Even if she can't, that's not my business.
00:06:07Annie, seriously.
00:06:09You're way too good at putting up with things.
00:06:11Louis left.
00:06:12She doesn't get it.
00:06:13I'm not putting up with it.
00:06:14I just don't want to get involved.
00:06:16It was an Eric supplier quotation.
00:06:18Technically, it should have gone to someone on the Eric group.
00:06:21But the Eric team is out of the office today, so Alex Wood casually dumped it on me.
00:06:25Annie, didn't you say you took a little Arabic course in college?
00:06:28Just do a rough translation.
00:06:29Sure.
00:06:30I did tell him I'd taken a little Arabic.
00:06:32But in fact, I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years.
00:06:35Arabic is basically my fourth native language.
00:06:38It took me 15 minutes to finish the translation.
00:06:40I left two tiny mistakes in proposal just to pretend the work of someone who had only taken a little
00:06:45Arabic.
00:06:51Not bad was actually good enough for me.
00:07:00Annie, organize these materials for me. I need them for Crownwell's project next week.
00:07:04This is background materials on Crownwell International Commerce Group Loa, all in Spanish.
00:07:09About 50 pages.
00:07:10This isn't my job.
00:07:11How is it not?
00:07:12You're in the translation department, and I'm your leader.
00:07:14Is there a problem with me assigning you work?
00:07:16She had been promoted to team leader last month, so of course was at the peak of her arrogance.
00:07:22Fine.
00:07:25Oh, and there's a department meeting tomorrow.
00:07:27We'll be discussing the handover plan for the Crownwell project.
00:07:30You don't need to attend.
00:07:32I know. You're only responsible for basic proofreading.
00:07:35A major project like this isn't something you get to be part of.
00:07:38I know.
00:07:38Hmm.
00:07:45I heard everything in the pantry. Who does she think she is talking to you like that?
00:07:48What does she mean by not something you get to be part of?
00:07:51I'm used to it.
00:07:52Can't you just clap back for once, and then what?
00:07:54She's the boss.
00:07:57If you showed everyone what you can really do, what kind of boss would she even be?
00:08:03I don't want to.
00:08:04What exactly are you afraid of, Annie?
00:08:07What am I afraid of?
00:08:09I don't know either.
00:08:10Maybe I'm afraid of being noticed.
00:08:12Afraid that people will dig into my past and will look at me with pity.
00:08:16Or maybe I'm just too tired to care.
00:08:23An annual salary of 24 for $1,000.
00:08:26In this city, after rent and utilities, there isn't much left.
00:08:36Hello?
00:08:37Hello. Am I speaking with Miss Annie Smith?
00:08:39Yes.
00:08:40This is Attorney Wills from Kirkland and Ellis Law Firm.
00:08:43There are some documents regarding the settlement of the overseas assets left by your parents.
00:08:47And we need you to sign in person.
00:08:49I've said this before. I don't want any of it. Donate everything.
00:08:52Mrs. Smith, there is a sum in your parents' account in Zurich.
00:08:54I don't want it. Attorney Wills, thank you, but please stop calling me.
00:09:04The Translation Department had a meeting on the Monday morning.
00:09:07I wasn't told to attend, but my desk was right next to the meeting room.
00:09:11I could hear every word through that glass wall.
00:09:13Louis Anderson is fluent in German and French.
00:09:15There are also someone who can speak Mandarin and Japanese in his team.
00:09:18This time we're discussing a supply chain partnership for the Middle East market.
00:09:22Anything involving Arabic will be handled by their side.
00:09:25We only need to cover the German communication.
00:09:26Can you handle that?
00:09:27Of course. I studied in Germany for three years.
00:09:29The business negotiation like this is exactly in my comfort zone.
00:09:32To be fair, Charlotte's German is decent.
00:09:34Daily conversation is indeed a piece of cake for her.
00:09:37But I've reviewed her previous translations.
00:09:39Her business German has one fatal habit.
00:09:41She relies too much on literal translation
00:09:42and often misses the level of formality required in German business correspondence.
00:09:46In everyday conversation, that's not a big deal.
00:09:48But if the person she faced is extremely sensitive to details,
00:09:51never mind. Not my business.
00:09:54Finished sorting everything?
00:09:56Yes.
00:09:57I made her a summary classified by project type,
00:09:59cooperation history, and key personnel.
00:10:01I also marked a change of the carrot policies and the risk points.
00:10:04All she had to do was a glance through and she was exactly to expect.
00:10:06It'll do.
00:10:11Scarlet!
00:10:13Scarlet!
00:10:14Scarlet!
00:10:14He rarely came down here in person.
00:10:17Scarlet, crown will move the schedule up.
00:10:20Anderson will be here tomorrow afternoon.
00:10:21Are you ready?
00:10:22Moved up?
00:10:25I've gone through all the materials. No problem.
00:10:28Good.
00:10:28Bring someone with you tomorrow for on-site interpretation support.
00:10:32I'll take Zach.
00:10:33His German is decent too.
00:10:34Zach is still on leave.
00:10:39Annie! You come with me tomorrow.
00:10:41Me? I only speak Spanish.
00:10:43You'll just take notes and serve coffee.
00:10:45I'll handle the professional part.
00:10:47Her?
00:10:48Don't worry, Mr. White.
00:10:50She's more than enough as an assistant.
00:10:52I got dragged into Crown Lillian's business negotiation.
00:10:55As an assistant and a note taker.
00:10:57Someone who can serve coffee at the same time.
00:10:59I sent Elin a message.
00:11:01I will go to Crown Lill tomorrow.
00:11:03Scarlet is taking you?
00:11:04Doesn't she always sit down on you?
00:11:06As the errand girl.
00:11:07You...
00:11:08You just agreed to that?
00:11:09What else am I supposed to do?
00:11:11Annie!
00:11:23Are you from White Global?
00:11:24Yes.
00:11:25I'm Scarlet, team leader of the translation department.
00:11:27This is my assistant, Annie.
00:11:29Oh, she called me assistant.
00:11:31I didn't correct her.
00:11:35Please wait.
00:11:35President Alexandring is still in a meeting.
00:11:39Scarlet reapplied her lipstick twice and adjusted her hair three separate times in just these 15 minutes.
00:11:44Annie, when we go in, just sit on the side and take notes.
00:11:46Don't speak unless you're asked.
00:11:48Got it?
00:11:48Got it.
00:11:49Also, when you address Mr. Anderson, be formal and respectful.
00:11:54Don't let your eyes wander.
00:11:56People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.
00:11:59Okay.
00:12:02Miss Scarlet, President Anderson will see you now.
00:12:1632 years old.
00:12:17About six foot one.
00:12:19Gray suit.
00:12:19No tie.
00:12:20The top button of his shirt was undone.
00:12:22His face was cold.
00:12:23Not the kind of cold people put on to look cool.
00:12:25He was genuinely cold.
00:12:26Sit.
00:12:29Two other people were sitting next to him.
00:12:30The legal director and a lady who looked very, very young.
00:12:33A translation device sat in front of her.
00:12:50He spoke so fast.
00:12:52Every word was sharp.
00:12:53She understood him.
00:12:54But she clearly didn't expect him to open like that.
00:13:02I mean.
00:13:04I have asked in German.
00:13:05Also, please answer in German.
00:13:07I don't want to waste time.
00:13:11That was just a first time.
00:13:13We will update the data.
00:13:16Update.
00:13:17Update?
00:13:18She didn't know.
00:13:30But I did.
00:13:31Because that policy change was mentioned in the background materials.
00:13:34I have specifically marked it in the summary.
00:13:37But Scarlet obviously hadn't read it carefully.
00:13:42I have to do it internally.
00:13:44I have to do it internally.
00:13:47Have you not prepared before you come here?
00:13:50Yes.
00:13:51You have used three times the wrong German language.
00:13:55For the first time I said nothing.
00:13:57For the second time I did not.
00:13:58For the third time?
00:14:00Do you know what is in the business life when you use the wrong form constantly?
00:14:05It means either that you don't respect me or that you don't know your truth.
00:14:09What is this?
00:14:11The legal director beside Anderson gave a slight shake of his head.
00:14:15The meaning was obvious.
00:14:17This negotiation was about to fall through.
00:14:25Mr. President Anderson, I pray for forgiveness.
00:14:28If this is the evil of White Glover, I will feel like I'm going to share it with another partner.
00:14:33My hands froze above the keyboard.
00:14:35Two voices were speaking in my head.
00:14:37It's none of your concern.
00:14:38You're just here to fetch coffee and serve drinks.
00:14:40This is Whitworth did Global's biggest deal of the year.
00:14:42If we lose it, they'll probably be layoffs by the end of the year.
00:14:45And junior translators like me will be first on the chopping block.
00:14:58Mr. President Anderson, please give us five minutes.
00:15:13And you are?
00:15:16I'm Annie, junior translator at Whitmore Global.
00:15:20Junior translator?
00:15:22Yes.
00:15:23The one who always takes notes beside and serves coffee.
00:15:29Five minutes.
00:15:30Five minutes.
00:15:52Five minutes.
00:15:58The new three are
00:16:00his head and flipped through the files as if he was checking whether i was right where did you
00:16:04learn german i lived in berlin for a while your honorifics are very precise thank you and you
00:16:10said you were the junior level yes your five minutes are up but i can give you ten more
00:16:15on one condition from here on you need the negotiation she can't i said she leads
00:16:24or you can leave right now scarlet should i take over
00:16:32then let's restart from the first part of the proposal this wasn't because i had prepared in
00:16:36advance while sorting that 50 pages materials i for scarlet i had memorized every word plus i grew
00:16:41up in a diplomatic family the basics of international trade are as natural to me as breathing
00:16:54you speak arabic too a little the japanische lieferstein is 6 prozent günstiger aber
00:16:59die lieferzeit ist instabil wie entscheiden sie die erschreckende japanische angesichts nummer
00:17:04light jpkt 0427 ich würde nicht das nierigste aubergang sondern die leusung mit dem kleinsten
00:17:13the framework works i'll have my legal team follow up with you on the details
00:17:18the hand was warm and strong and the grip was just right annie right yes you're wasted in the junior
00:17:25level you lied to everyone what you said you only spoke spanish
00:17:41i do mainly work in spanish what you did in there today that's what you call mainly working
00:17:45in spanish your german is better than mine where did that arab come from it's not even on your resume
00:17:53scarlet the project was saved wasn't it you did this on purpose you hid your skills just waiting
00:17:58for a chance like this to show off what do you think will happen just because you impressed
00:18:03louis anderson once when we're back at the company you're still just that junior translator
00:18:08annie just you wait
00:18:17suddenly i felt a little tired
00:18:21how did the negotiation go did scarlet crash and burn the project was saved
00:18:25how was it saved wasn't she wait was it you
00:18:27i'll tell you when i get back annie you finally made a move
00:18:33standing at the exit of the underground garage i felt the autumn wind blowing in
00:18:37it was a bit cold i didn't want to show off
00:18:40i really didn't but i didn't want to lose my job either
00:18:53mr white annie spoke out of turn during negotiation and completely ignored the company hierarchy
00:18:58was the project saved yes but that was and that's all that matters the crown will deal is worth 40
00:19:03million dollars if it had fallen through yesterday the entire translation department could have packed
00:19:07up one look at her face and i knew this wasn't over
00:19:18annie how good is your german exactly i can get by you can get by i heard you handled the
00:19:24entire negotiation in german without any problem at crownwell and you even used arabic my german just everyday level do
00:19:30you know if the company hired a multi-language translator like you the starting salary would be at least ninety
00:19:33six thousand dollars a year i have no issues with my current salary fine
00:19:37come to the meeting room at two this afternoon we need you involved in the follow-up coordination for the
00:19:41crownwell project
00:19:43mr wood i'm the one in charge of the crownwell project we'll remain in charge but annie will be involved
00:19:48in the coordination that's mr white's decision
00:19:54happy now annie
00:19:56scarlet i just you just what you think because you showed up once yesterday you're on the same level as
00:20:02me now
00:20:02that's not what i meant i've been here for seven years i worked my way up from intern to department
00:20:06leader and you a liar who's been hiding everything
00:20:13just you wait
00:20:18annie mr anderson specifically requested you as the translator for the follow-up coordination
00:20:22starting today you'll be temporarily transferred to the crownwell project team
00:20:25okay but your position will remain junior and salary will stay the same we'll evaluate it again after the
00:20:30project ends got it crownwell supply chain project is divided into three stages the preliminary framework
00:20:35was already discussed yesterday next comes the translation of the detailed terms and contract
00:20:38documents all files will need english spanish and german versions annie can you handle all three
00:20:43language versions at the same time yes three languages since she joined this company she has only ever
00:20:47worked as a spanish translator we don't even know her actual german level what if something goes wrong
00:20:51yesterday's negotiation showed exactly what her level is any other questions
00:20:58it took me two hours to finish the english version and another hour and a half to finish the spanish
00:21:03version
00:21:06you're translating that fast aren't you afraid of making mistakes
00:21:09nope you'd better pray you don't make any
00:21:18both the speed and quality excited expectations annie what exactly have you been doing for the past three years
00:21:31hello
00:21:32annie
00:21:33it was louie anderson
00:21:34this is louie anderson from crownwell
00:21:36mr wood gave me your number
00:21:38mr anderson what can i do for you
00:21:40i read the 62 pages you translated today
00:21:42was there any problem
00:21:43no problem at all
00:21:44it's the most accurate german business translation i've seen in the past three years
00:21:48thank you
00:21:49you're not someone who belongs in a junior position
00:21:51that is my current position
00:21:53i know that's why i'm curious
00:21:55crownwell has an internal meeting tomorrow afternoon
00:21:57it involves partner selection for the middle eastern market
00:22:00i need an arabic speaking interpreter there
00:22:01this should go through the company
00:22:03i know but i'm asking you directly
00:22:05would you like to come
00:22:06okay i will
00:22:10annie maybe you're going to be exposed after all
00:22:12i knew this day would come eventually
00:22:14but i just didn't expect it to come this soon
00:22:20they were from a construction materials group in the uae
00:22:22the man leading the meeting looked about 50
00:22:24wearing a white robe with a siri expression
00:22:26a young arab woman sat beside him should be his interpreter
00:22:29you're here
00:22:31today i may need you to do an interpretation between eric and english
00:22:34okay
00:22:35if starlet were here she would probably ask
00:22:37where did your ablik even come from
00:22:38the answer is i lived in cairo for a year and a half
00:22:40during that time my roommate was even an egyptian diplomat's daughter
00:22:43you know that i need a bit of us
00:22:47grass this valid scene is lowered
00:22:49standard procedure 15 minutes passed
00:22:52the ceiling that i didn't mean i had a shenaka
00:22:54murkir gidden
00:22:54i'm going to talk about 20 percent of the one
00:22:57if i'm going to talk about it i'm going to talk about it
00:22:59i lowered my head in height as if i were taking notes
00:23:01then i turned my laptop slightly so louie anderson could see this one line in english
00:23:04they said they want to push the price down by 20 work they'll switch to suppliers
00:23:07louie anderson's eyes stayed on the screen for one second
00:23:11his expression didn't change at all
00:23:12but it's in the negotiation that followed his strategy clearly shifted
00:23:16let's cut the chase our final offer is 10 percent below the current market price
00:23:19take your lead
00:23:25your abishik is excellent
00:23:26not that good just the daily level
00:23:28you heard what he said to his interpreter just now
00:23:31then you warned me
00:23:32i just thought the information might be useful for the negotiation
00:23:35without that warning from you this deal would have cost us at least eight million dollars today
00:23:38annie how many languages do you speak
00:23:40german french japanese korean spanish arabic and italian
00:23:44eight in total plus english
00:23:45and you're a junior level translator at white global
00:23:48do you think that makes sense
00:23:49it was my choice
00:23:50would you be interested in coming to crownwell
00:23:51i can start you at four hundred thousand dollars a year
00:23:53if you're willing to head the international business department there's no upper limit
00:23:57mr anderson thank you for the offer
00:23:59i'm not planning to change jobs for now
00:24:00for now
00:24:01for now
00:24:01you can change your mind to any ground
00:24:03only one line of text lowey anderson and a phone number
00:24:05it didn't even say president crownwell international
00:24:08this kind of card is usually given to people who already need to know who you are
00:24:19what are you doing
00:24:21i i i was passing by and saw your computer was still on
00:24:24it was off when i left
00:24:25you went to crownwell again today
00:24:27louie anderson asked you to go didn't he
00:24:29it was needed for the project coordination
00:24:30what kind of project needs you to interpret arabic
00:24:32you never said you were that good at arabic
00:24:33what else are you hiding silent
00:24:34what did you see on my computer
00:24:37i didn't see anything
00:24:38she had opened my personal folder
00:24:40what was inside
00:24:42some translation exercises
00:24:44casual translations in french japanese and korean
00:24:47things i did when i was bored
00:24:49if she saw those
00:24:52annie what exactly did you do at crownwell today
00:24:54scarlet was losing her mind in the office all afternoon
00:24:57she went through your computer
00:24:58i know
00:24:58you know why are you reporting her
00:25:00report what i don't have proof
00:25:01you are way too
00:25:02forget it i heard something today
00:25:04do you want to know
00:25:05go on
00:25:05there's something going on between scarlet and alex wood
00:25:07what do you mean
00:25:08i handle reverse performance and admen
00:25:09over the past six months
00:25:10scarlet has gone on loan with alex wood
00:25:12to talk about work 17 times
00:25:13every single time i was at that hotel
00:25:14on the one side of the street
00:25:15think about that
00:25:16that has nothing to do with me
00:25:17how does that have nothing to do with you
00:25:18alex wood made scarlet department leader
00:25:19because of that relationship
00:25:26the message basically said the company found some employees failed to truthfully fill in personal
00:25:31skills during onboarding all staff must update profiles within a week
00:25:35concealment or classification will be dealt with as a violation of company regulations
00:25:41this email was entered straight to you
00:25:43of course i knew when scarlet went through my computer she found those multilangular translation exercises she must have gone
00:25:50to alex wood
00:25:54annie
00:25:54did you see that email
00:25:57so what are you planning to update your profile
00:25:59i'm still thinking about it
00:26:02i suggest you do it soon
00:26:03if they find out you hid something
00:26:05that'll be a very serious matter
00:26:09thank you for the reminder scarlet
00:26:16it had a pure black background with handwritten words on the back
00:26:22i never noticed it before
00:26:24it hasn't come to that yet
00:26:29there are two things to discuss today
00:26:31first the crownwell project has finished the initial handover
00:26:35mr anderson is very satisfied with our translation work
00:26:39bonuses for this project will be issued next month
00:26:44second regarding the update of employee profiles
00:26:51mr white i have a question
00:26:54go ahead
00:26:56if an employee deliberately hides their skills and causes the company to make the mistakes in allocation human resources
00:27:02does that count as a violation
00:27:10then let me give an example
00:27:11say an employee only lists spanish on her profile but in fact she is fluent in multiple languages
00:27:15the company assigns her position and salary according on the standard for a spanish translator and she never raises any
00:27:20objection
00:27:20over three years without knowing the truth the company loses out on a huge amount of usable human resources
00:27:25this kind of behavior
00:27:26enough
00:27:30scarlet
00:27:31scarlet get to the point the person you're talking about is me right
00:27:35so what
00:27:36yes
00:27:36i only listed spanish on my profile because the position i applied for was junior spanish translator
00:27:43i have never made a mistake during the work
00:27:46as for the other languages
00:27:47as for the other languages you hid your ability
00:27:50you let the company spend high salaries hiring people for the german french and arabic teams when you alone could
00:27:55do all of their jobs
00:27:56isn't that damaging the company's interests
00:27:58if i alone can replace all of them then where does that leave you scarlet
00:28:01this has nothing to do with my place
00:28:03it does
00:28:04because what you're really worried about isn't the company's interests
00:28:08it's the fact that you found out i'm more capable than you
00:28:11and now your position doesn't feel so secure anymore
00:28:14you
00:28:15i'll say it again
00:28:17not listing on my profile does not mean hiding
00:28:19the skills section does not say all skills must be listed
00:28:22i chose to show only the skills required for the job i applied for
00:28:26that is my right
00:28:31fine then let me ask another question
00:28:33mr white the bonus for the crown well project is distributed among the team members right
00:28:37yes
00:28:38annie was added to the team later on a temporary basis
00:28:40the part she took in was just translation handover
00:28:43she wasn't on the original team list
00:28:45so when the bonus is distributed she shouldn't receive the full amount
00:28:49that was a vicious move
00:28:50she stopped attacking me over the hidden skills issue because she knew she couldn't win that fight
00:28:54so she switched to mund money instead
00:28:58well
00:29:01scarlet does have a point annie joined halfway through
00:29:04louie anderson specifically requested me
00:29:08mr anderson what brings you here i came to deliver the contract
00:29:13i heard your meeting the door wasn't fully closed the core negotiation of this project was
00:29:17completed by annie on the day we first met she saved the entire conversation in the final five minutes
00:29:21during meeting with the uae client she used arabic to win me eight million dollars in profit margin
00:29:25how your company distributes bonus is your business but i suggest you figure out who really is
00:29:30the key person in this project
00:29:38one more thing there is a clause in this contract from now on all translation handover work for crown
00:29:43width will be handled by annie if she is no longer at white global this contract automatically becomes void
00:29:53mr anderson you mean i've made myself very clear this contract is worth 80 million dollars a year
00:30:00the handover translator is annie if you replace her the contract is void
00:30:13which level i'm in deputy director of the translation department as for your salary you'll discuss it
00:30:20privately mr white she's only been here for three years i've been here for seven scarlet sit down
00:30:26the translation department was in an uproar she actually speaks eight languages she stayed in the
00:30:36junior level for three years how did that happen didn't you hear louis anderson's contract he
00:30:42specifically asked for her 80 million scarlet's face looks amazing i mean the color
00:30:52that line in french you understood it i did what did you think i'm thinking about it take your time
00:31:05annie let's have a chat
00:31:09you hid for three years and now everything is out in the lopen do you really think your life here
00:31:14will
00:31:14be easy from now on are you threatening me i'm reminding you do you think becoming
00:31:19deputy director solves everything the translation department's connections client relationships and
00:31:24internal resources are all in my hands you're a newcomer who just got promoted you won't be able
00:31:28to handle any of it what are you trying to say give me your position you can keep working as
00:31:32the
00:31:33handover translator and take your project bonus i'll manage the department and you handle the business
00:31:37we both get what we want what if i don't want to then i'll let you know ability isn't the
00:31:42only thing
00:31:43that matters in reality
00:31:50it tasted awful scarlett was right ability isn't the only thing that matters but there is one thing
00:31:56she's wrong about thinking she was the only one who had the connection
00:32:02on monday something major happened at white global the company had received a new project
00:32:07a fashion brand from neon france it required a full set of french to english brand translation and
00:32:13market localization services alex wood had brought this project back through an old client
00:32:19the amount was not huge but it mattered a lot for the company's brand expansion
00:32:24the problem was one of the two translators on the french team had just resigned last month
00:32:29the other was on maternity leave there's no one left on the french team what are we supposed to do
00:32:35with this project annie what level is your french it works what do you mean by that can you handle
00:32:43high-end french brand localization yes good then you're taking this project
00:32:51the director of the french side personally called brian white after looked through
00:32:57is your translator french the language feels incredibly authentic yes we have a dedicated
00:33:03french translation team
00:33:09annie the french side is extremely satisfied they've added another project the full translation
00:33:15of their product manuals it's worth three million dollars okay i'll approve your project bonus for this
00:33:22month separately thank you mr white please note everyone project assignments in the translation
00:33:30should follow department procedures no one should skip the leader and take projects directly
00:33:46annie do you really speak eight languages yes do you know how rare someone like you is in the translation
00:33:52industry i know then why did you forget it there's something i should tell you scarlet has a real problem
00:34:00with you she's brought it up with me several times already i know you better be careful
00:34:06she has certain connections in the company mr wood about you and scarlet what about us nothing
00:34:21annie scarlet and i don't have the kind of relationship you might be thinking of
00:34:25she got promoted to team lead because she had been here long enough and knew the business well
00:34:29that's all
00:34:32i thought of the 17 hotel reinforcing claims elan had mentioned human nature really is an interesting thing
00:34:41the way people looked at me was strange it wasn't admiration or envy it was more like
00:34:47avoidance something happened what happened scarlet reported you to brian white
00:34:52reported me for what she said you privately leaked white global's internal pricing strategy to crown
00:34:57back while you were translating for them that's a false accusation i know but she has evidence what
00:35:02evidence she said she found a file on your computer screenshots of a chat between you and
00:35:07louie anderson's assistant frank young the chat mentions white global's internal pricing there is no
00:35:12such file on my computer she says there is and she already showed it to brian white brian wants you
00:35:18in
00:35:18office tomorrow morning to explain yourself that so-called chat record it's fake i sneaked a look
00:35:25at it the chat time was last wednesday at 2 p.m but you were at the department meeting last
00:35:29wednesday
00:35:30afternoon everyone can prove it then how did she she edited the time in the chat photoshopped it but she
00:35:36forgot one thing there's a battery indicator in the top right corner of the screenshot that battery display
00:35:40doesn't match your phone model you use a samsung that screenshot is from an iphone ellen i need you
00:35:47to do me a favor name it you're in administration can you pull the attendance records and meeting room
00:35:54usage records from last wednesday afternoon yes pull them also scarlet's reimbursement records the 17 hotel
00:36:00ones do you have them i do are you finally going to use them not to attack her but to
00:36:04protect myself
00:36:05if she comes after me i need brian white to know her credibility has problem got it
00:36:20every file had a timestamp and sending record my real chat history with frank young was all on teams
00:36:26with server backups scarlet could fake screenshots but she couldn't change server data
00:36:41i heard you were recorded news travels fast frank told me do you need help no i can handle it
00:36:49myself
00:36:49are you sure yes fine if you can't handle it just tell me
00:37:06annie scarlet reported that you privately leaked our pricing strategy to crownwell while you were
00:37:11translating for them these screenshots are the evidence she provided is there anything you want to say
00:37:16it was exactly as aline had described my profile picture my name a conversation with frank young
00:37:22the content did involve white global pricing but the wording was extremely unnatural like it had been
00:37:27made up by someone who didn't understand formal business conversation these screenshots are fake
00:37:33of course you would say that i can prove it this is my full chat history with frank young it
00:37:41has
00:37:41server backups and time stamps please compare them the times don't match the screenshot scarlet provided
00:37:49show that the conversation happened last wednesday at 2 p.m but the team's record show that annie and frank
00:37:54young had no conversation at that time she could have deleted teams has server backups even if an employee
00:37:59deletes the chat on their eye the server still keeps it also from 2 p.m to 4 p.m
00:38:03last wednesday i was
00:38:04attending the department meeting in the company the attendance and meeting room booking records can prove it
00:38:07one more thing this screenshot is from an ios interface i use android scarlet your phone is an iphone
00:38:14isn't it that proves nothing maybe you change phone i've been here for three years the device binding
00:38:20records from it show i have never used an iphone
00:38:27scarlet where did these screenshots come from i i found them on her computer after you went through my
00:38:33computer last week i reset the password these screenshots were never on my computer
00:38:40you never saw these snapshots on my computer because they never existed in the first place
00:38:46you made them yourself
00:38:49scarlet do you have anything else to explain
00:38:53mr wood say something scarlet you went too far this time
00:38:59faking evidence to falsely accuse a colleague is a serious violation scarlet your position as
00:39:04the department leader is revoked immediately mr white also your year-end performance rating will
00:39:07be downgraded by one level if anything like this happens again your employment will be terminated
00:39:11immediately annie are you happy now scarlet from beginning to end you were the one causing trouble
00:39:15for me i never went after you first because your very existence is a quotation you speak eight
00:39:20language and you hit it for three years you made my seven years of hard work look like a joke
00:39:26on the surface no one in the translation department said much but the group chat had completely blown up
00:39:32she should have been removed ages ago her translation skills were just average
00:39:36she only got there through connections you guys didn't know every translation she submitted had been
00:39:42corrected by annie what i am serious i have seen the proof peating records then how many has annie
00:39:48corrected over the past three years a conservative estimate over a hundred
00:40:01excuse me which one of you is annie me hello i am victoria hayes a producer at harbor light media
00:40:10we are preparing a large-scale international documentary project and we need a multi-linguished
00:40:15translation consultant how did you find me industry recommendation the crownwell project and the
00:40:20french brand project you worked on recently have attracted some attention in the field harbor light
00:40:24media a top team production company mrs hayes what kind of project is it exactly a documentary about
00:40:29the strait of the role and global trade we need simultaneous interpretation and subtitle proof
00:40:34feeding across five languages english french italian spanish and arabic we contacted three translation
00:40:40companies but none of them could provide one person who covers all five languages then someone told me
00:40:46that white global has a girl who speaks eight languages who told you that louie anderson he is one
00:40:51of the investors in this project louie anderson again what is the consulting fee for this project
00:40:55fifty thousand dollars a month the estimated period is three months one hundred and fifty thousand
00:41:00dollars that is about six years of my salary at white global if you take it you will need to
00:41:05travel for
00:41:05two months the middle east and europe a bank account in zurich a property in munich and a small apartment
00:41:18in the 16th compartment of paris the total value was close to 10 million dollars language was the thing
00:41:24my parents loved most in their lives my mother used to say language is the best bridge my father said
00:41:32if
00:41:33you can understand a person in their mother tongue you can understand their heart they carved the
00:41:38languages of the world into my blood then they left so i hid those languages away along with my memories
00:41:44of them because every time i speak one of those languages i remember what they looked like when they
00:41:49were by my side teaching it to me german was in berlin my dad taught it to me while taking
00:41:54me for ice
00:41:55cream in front of the bransberg gate french was in paris my mother read maupus so to me in the
00:42:01original
00:42:01french by the san arabic was in cairo the three of us were on a boat on the nile my
00:42:09father counted the
00:42:10stars while teaching me how to say wahid ethwan flatha every language was a memory and i didn't want to
00:42:16open those memories but i has mrs hayes from harbor light reached out to you she has why did you
00:42:28introduce
00:42:28this to me because you need to step out of it you do not know me i know your parents
00:42:34were diplomats i
00:42:35know your background you investigated me before i decide who to work with i learn about them annie
00:42:43your parents were remarkable people you do not need to lock yourself in a corner just to escape their
00:42:49shadow go take a look at harbor lights project the strait of jurada the bridge between europe and africa
00:42:56maybe you should see it for yourself
00:43:02maybe he was right
00:43:07mr white i need to take two months off
00:43:11for what a documentary project wants me as a translation sultan i need to travel to the middle
00:43:15east and europe two months what about crownwell's project i have already completed all the translation
00:43:20drafts for crownwell's second phase the third phase will not start until three months later are you
00:43:24resigning i will come back fine i will approve two months for you thank you
00:43:33scarlett scarlett had placed and transferred to administration as a clerk the old shine was gone
00:43:37you are going on a business trip for how long two months you know when i joined the white seven
00:43:43years ago i only spoke one language too later i learned french and spanish while working here i went from
00:43:50intern to the department leader i thought i had worked really hard you did work hard but without
00:43:55doing anything you were already above me eight languages what gives you the right my parents they
00:44:01paid for it with their lives that was the last time we spoke in this building at the airport i
00:44:08unexpectedly ran into someone louie anderson he was wearing casual clothes it was the first time i had ever
00:44:14seen him out of a suit annie what are you doing here crownwell has business in dubai what 20 coincidence
00:44:20yeah what a coincidence
00:44:26business class is pretty empty why are you sitting here i bought an economy ticket
00:44:31about the inheritance your parents left you you even know about that the law firm has worked with us
00:44:37before attorney wills once mentioned a client who refused to inherit in the state the industry is only so
00:44:41big so the whole world knows not the whole world just me caring about it i turned to look at
00:44:45him
00:44:45and my heart skipped a beat the sunlight in dubai was completely different from back home dry fierce
00:44:50almost as if it could burn straight through your shadow so you are annie the one who speaks eight
00:44:54languages yes let's do a test translate a section for me first martin handed me an arabic interview
00:44:59outline okay i'm annie smith a junior translator at white global trading co i've been here three
00:45:04years and make 24 000 a year finally she is the one she is better than those three translation companies
00:45:12combined martin she has not even given us a quote yet no need it's her the first stop was the
00:45:19antique
00:45:19market in old dubai the documentary was going to cover how the strait of hormas connects global trade
00:45:24there was a persian carpet shop here that had been open for 40 years and the owner was a third
00:45:29generation iranian merchant in the middle of the jeter arabe shayfake anna to almona fill
00:45:34caliura aywa canta say kina fika kata sawida
00:45:48in casablanca i interviewed a historian in french
00:45:51le détru de bloulort n'est pas simplement un passage maritain mais une forme de dialogue
00:45:55les personnes excedent de monde écoute jose jose has a tru bien qu'elle parle de valdina fériant
00:45:58par le tacomar est inétofait
00:46:00he said on the street of jawali shipping and trade are a way of having a dialogue
00:46:04people may come from different backgrounds and speak different languages but their hearts
00:46:07are connected my voice but their hearts was a little halcy because my father had said almost
00:46:12the exact same thing okay that night the team had dinner at the hotel
00:46:19annie mr anderson asked whether your work went smoothly today it went smoothly no need to worry about
00:46:24me mr anderson asked me to tell you that he is in the office on the 58th floor of this
00:46:28hotel
00:46:28if you need anything contact him anytime hello have you eaten i am eating now the food here may not
00:46:39really suit our taste if you want something else mr anderson why are you telling me this because i care
00:46:45about you i do not need your concern thank you okay no more concern good night over the next few
00:46:51weeks
00:46:52we went a lot of places on the flight from istanbul to cairo i received an email sender scarlet subject
00:46:57no subject after you left they laid off the french team and the german team because brian white said
00:47:03you alone would enough seven people lost their jobs because of you are you happy now i looked at the
00:47:09email and deleted it do not believe scarlet the french and german teams were cut because they were
00:47:14already at the bottom in performance it has nothing to do with you she is just trying to mess with
00:47:18you
00:47:18i know are you okay i'm fine
00:47:25cairo the third stop of the documentary i lived here for a while
00:47:31when the plane landed i looked out at that familiar city and my heart started beating a little faster
00:47:36in cairo the team was filming a section about the history of trade between the middle east and europe
00:47:42they needed arabic interpretation
00:47:54our act is given in providing sammler in cairo the besitzer dieser seison war ein diplomat
00:48:00er ist vor fünf jahren verstorben seine tauter erhält die seison als erbe ist jedoch nie erstehen
00:48:11michael smith michael smith michael smith that was my father's name
00:48:20after the interview i sat alone on the streets of cairo i looked up at the sky it was gray
00:48:28i still remembered the pistachio flavor ice cream that year
00:48:36hello you arrived in cairo yes
00:48:41what happened your voice sounds off nothing i flew to cairo this afternoon if you have time why do you
00:48:48always show up wherever i am because victoria has your itinerary she is running a project i invested in
00:48:54so i have the right to see that is called stalking that is called paying attention
00:49:02there is a difference the next afternoon louisger anderson went with me to a private
00:49:07warehouse on the outskirts of cairo it was not big but the temperature and humidity were carefully
00:49:12controlled the kind of place used specifically to store antiques
00:49:18after the manager opened the door i saw three full shelves
00:49:24every piece had a handwritten tag hanging on it
00:49:28it was my father's handwriting an 18th century style meissen porcelain vase
00:49:35purchased at the grand bazaar in istanbul 2008 with annie
00:49:422008 i was eight years old in istanbul with my dad he took me to the grand bazaar i kept
00:49:47asking for
00:49:48turkish ice cream and he said we would go after looking at that little stall that stall was selling
00:49:52these old porcelain pieces i did not remember any of it but my dad did for three years i hid
00:49:58everything
00:49:58about them away the languages the inheritance the memories i thought as long as i did not touch any of
00:50:04it i could pretend they had never left but they had always been with me your father was an extraordinary
00:50:11man i know then you should become someone extraordinary too instead of hiding yourself
00:50:19in a position far below your level
00:50:24that night i called attorney wills attorney wills i will handle the inheritance miss smith finally donate
00:50:31the zur accounts and the properties according to the original plan but i am keeping the porcelain
00:50:36collection in cairo understood that is wonderful i will arrange it right away one more thing go ahead
00:50:40did my father leave any letter or document for me not a legal document something personal yes a
00:50:46letter he noted that it should be given to you when you came to collect the antiques send it to
00:50:50me
00:50:51attorney wills sent the letter to my hotel i sat in my room for 10 minutes before finally working
00:50:57up the courage to open the letter the letter was not long annie when you see this letter your mother
00:51:02and i should no longer be by your side knowing your personality i guess you will probably run away
00:51:07for a while you may seal away the memories connected to us along with all those languages maybe it is
00:51:12because every language is tied to us one sentence in german will remind you of landscape in berlin one
00:51:17sentence in arabic will remind you of the stars in cairo but annie language is not a chain language is
00:51:23wings
00:51:23your mother spent her life building bridges i spent mine planting seeds you are that bridge of seed
00:51:27don't shrink yourself into the dark you are exceptional you are smart gifted and you should
00:51:31do what you are really good at trying to plant seeds in your own way you are a pride mom
00:51:35and dad
00:51:35will always love you there was a water stain on the paper i did not know whether he left it
00:51:39when
00:51:39he wrote the letter or whether i had just left it my dad was right language is not a chain
00:51:44it is wings
00:51:48in madrid i interviewed a flamenco dancer in spanish
00:51:56she says every language has its own rhythm i wrote that sentence down in my translation notes
00:52:02the final stop was venice omar the arab old bookseller he had his own antique bookshop in the best spot
00:52:10on the
00:52:10busiest square in venice he was in his sixties and had lived in italy for 30 years and the story
00:52:16of him moved me the most sono arrivato in italia 24 anni non sapevo nemmeno una parola della lingua
00:52:21locale mi perdevo per strada non riuscivo a capire nulla non potevo leggere nulla non
00:52:25ero neanche in grado di chiedere indicazioni dovevo gestare i gesti e parlare contemporaneamente
00:52:29con le persone pensavano che fossi passo what happened after that poi ho trascorri dieci anni
00:52:34in parlare l'italiano e oltre dieci anni a far sì che tutti in quella strada mi chiamassero signor omar
00:52:40la lingua non serve solo a tradizione è il modo in cui si fa rispettere
00:52:47keep this part original audio with subtitles
00:52:54any translation almost made me cry in venice i completed the final three interviews in italian
00:53:00two months two continents and eight languages my dad was right language is not a chain it is wings
00:53:12the day i came back it was late december new york's winter was cold but the air carried a familiar
00:53:20scent annie the director position in the translation department is open i want you to take it
00:53:30what is the salary two hundred thousand dollars okay and just like that in less than half a year i
00:53:37went from a junior role to the director of the translation department on the day i officially
00:53:43took the role i stood in the meeting room and made a speech to the people in the translation department
00:53:51i know many of you have questions about me
00:53:55why does someone who hid for three years suddenly get to become director i am not going to explain
00:54:00from today on results will do the talking i will personally proofread everyone's translation drafts
00:54:05i have only one standard accuracy if you cannot do it i will teach you if you still cannot do
00:54:11it after
00:54:11that you will be replaced that's straight translation is not a word game one wrong number in a trade
00:54:18contract can mean tens of millions in losses strictness is the bare minimum
00:54:26hello director smith congratulations on the promotion thank you two hundred thousand dollars
00:54:31i offered four hundred thousand before i know still not considering it not for now but thank you for all
00:54:37your help the offer the harbor light media project that day in cairo you don't need to thank me those
00:54:41weren't favors then what were they things i wanted to do are you free this weekend for what
00:54:48dinner no work no projects okay he was driving a very ordinary gray sedan not the kind of luxury car
00:54:55i had imagined your car doesn't really match your status cars are for driving not for showing off
00:54:59i'm taking you to a japanese restaurant it only has eight seats you're paying obviously
00:55:07this place has the best sashimi in the whole city how do you know i've tried every japanese restaurant in
00:55:12city this man annie i'm going to be direct since that day in cairo or maybe even earlier since the
00:55:20first time you spoke german at crownwell i you what i knew you were someone i didn't want to miss
00:55:26right now you're the only person in my mind you really are way too to what too direct you don't
00:55:33like it
00:55:34i didn't say i didn't like it
00:55:38that night he drove me home downstairs he said i'm flying to south korea for a business trip tomorrow
00:55:44how long a week okay will you miss me no liar maybe a little
00:56:01over the next three months many things happened at once the crownwell project successfully completed
00:56:08its third phase and white global brought in nearly 80 million dollars in revenue from it
00:56:14when brian white reviewed the monthly report he said to alex wood you should have put any on it from
00:56:19the
00:56:21start after scarlet resigned from white global she became a director at a small translation company
00:56:26three months later that company face had its mascara fifth compensation claim a german contract
00:56:32had its tariff clauses mistranslated causing the client to lose 20 million dollars that translation
00:56:38was done by scarlet herself her problem with germich honoratis had finally been exposed on a bigger stage
00:56:44when the news reached white global some people started mocking her in the group chat
00:56:49i only said one thing stop talking about it everyone has to take responsibility for their own choices
00:57:05hello annie it's uncle george your father's old colleague uncle george i saw you on tv translation
00:57:13consultant in five languages annie your parents must be so proud of you in heaven
00:57:17uncle george how did you see you look exactly like michael and your arabic that cairo accent of your
00:57:22father's i recognized at the moment i heard it annie before your father passed away he said something
00:57:27to me what did he say annie will become a better bridge than i ever was that night louie anderson
00:57:34came back from south korea and went straight to my building come out for what i want to take a
00:57:42walk with you
00:57:45the street was cold and the street lights stretched our shadows long across the pavement
00:57:50i watched the documentary how was it not good enough for your translation the director was average
00:57:57don't say that about martin but your parts were excellent you weren't just translating in the
00:58:02interview you were carrying the emotion across my father once said if you understand someone's
00:58:07mother tongue you can understand their heart you did that we walked for a long time until we reached
00:58:14a river annie yeah crownwell is setting up an international cultural exchange department next
00:58:20year we'll focus on crossword cultural projects documentaries publishing exhibitions forums i need
00:58:24someone to lead it you're trying to poach me again i'm not poaching you i'm building a position for you
00:58:29what do you mean you're not meant to be just a translator translation is a tool and you should
00:58:34use that tool to do something bigger your father's porcelain collection can become an exhibition about
00:58:38the history of global trade use your eight languages to tell that story to the world what's the salary
00:58:42name your price you don't think i'm taking advantage of you then let me take advantage of you what be
00:58:48my
00:58:48girlfriend no salary needed louie i'm joking one million dollars a year plus project dividends but the
00:58:55girlfriend party series two the street light fell across his face softening cold lines he usually
00:59:00carried two days later i gave him my answer i said yes to both brian white personally locked me to
00:59:10the
00:59:10entrance annie you are the most underestimated employee in white global's history mr white you
00:59:15also gave me the opportunity you earned that opportunity yourself speaking of which what i said in german
00:59:23at the annual meeting the 70 raise you understood it back then didn't you i did then why didn't
00:59:30you forget it i wish you all the best thank you three years a 24 000 salary a junior level
00:59:38position
00:59:39i had repaid what needed to be repaid it was time to start over
00:59:48crownwell's international cultural exchange department was officially established i became
00:59:53its first director the first project is an international touring exhibition the core exhibits
00:59:58are the 40 blubber antiques my father collected from around the world
01:00:04the exhibition will open simultaneously in five cities berlin cairo istanbul paris and new york
01:00:12i'll personally translate the narration for each city into the local language
01:00:16on opening day more than 300 people came to the new york venue uncle george stood in the exhibition
01:00:22hall looking at my father's handwritten labels on the Portland pieces tears streaming down his face
01:00:28michael your daughter made it
01:00:34andy how about turning this exhibition into a second season of the documentary
01:00:40we can talk about it i told you you were never just a translator
01:00:47louie anderson stood in the corner of the exhibition hall staying away from the front
01:00:50he was wearing a black suit hands in my pockets watching me give interviews under the
01:00:54spotlight that look in his eyes you are someone i didn't want to miss
01:01:03mrs smith you are fluent in eight languages but i heard you spent three years as a junior
01:01:08translator at a trading company making only 24 000 a year
01:01:14yes why did you hide your abilities
01:01:17because i was running away every language was tied to memories of my parents i thought if i hid
01:01:23them away it would stop hurting but later i realized that languages do not disappear just
01:01:28because you refuse to speak them they stay in your blood waiting for you to speak what finally made
01:01:33you decide to speak up a letter my father wrote it he said if i have the ability to make
01:01:40a difference
01:01:40i should use it on the second day of the exhibition someone unexpected showed up
01:01:48scarlet what are you doing here i saw it on the news your father collected these yes
01:01:56they're beautiful annie i owe you an apology you do not have to let me speak i was jealous of
01:02:04you
01:02:04i had been jealous since the first time you opened your mouth and spoke german
01:02:08it took me seven years to climb up to team leader but you were already above me without
01:02:11even trying i could not accept that so you chose to frame me yes and then i paid the price
01:02:18after i
01:02:18left white global that german contract at the translation company you heard about it right i did
01:02:24because you used to correct my work i never knew what my real level was once you were not there
01:02:27anymore i finally realized starlet your hard work was real those seven years of german were not
01:02:31wasted either you just chose the wrong direction at certain moments you don't hate me no
01:02:37the forge screen shops are in the past now you really are different from
01:02:41before back then i could not even face myself the exhibition is wonderful your father must be very happy
01:02:52the exhibition ran for two months across five cities with more than 120 000 visitors in total
01:03:06after the closing ceremony louis anderson found me on the hotel terrace tired
01:03:13a little five cities two months you handled all the narration translation work across every language
01:03:18by yourself i am used to it do not get used to carrying everything alone
01:03:24this is not a proposal so don't be nervous it's custom made because you said your father once
01:03:30told you that you were the bridge this there is a line engraved on the bridge it has the word
01:03:38bridge
01:03:38engraved in nine languages the ninth language is russian i studied for three months just to learn one
01:03:44word the cairo night wind swept across the terrace in the distance the banks of the nile were bright with
01:03:50lights
01:03:53really anderson you really are what
01:03:57too good at this only with you
01:04:08five years later crownwell's international cultural exchange department had become an industry denmark
01:04:12it ran more than 20 cross-cultural projects every year with revenue exceeding 200 million
01:04:18revenue is up another 30 percent this year your salary should be adjusted this year to how much
01:04:24you tell me one dollar
01:04:29seriously put the rest into a scholarship to support young people studying languages name it after my
01:04:34parents the michael smith and evelyn chen language scholarship how do you know my mother's name i'm your
01:04:40husband how could i not know your mother's name outside the window was the skyline of the whole city it
01:04:47was no longer that rental apartment with the broken heating but sometimes i still think of that window and
01:04:51the nights when i crouched there eating soup back then i was fluent in eight languages made three thousand
01:04:57dollars a year and rejected a ten million dollar inheritance i hid myself in the deepest corner
01:05:01thinking that as long as i stayed silent it would not hurt in his letter my father wrote be brave
01:05:06enough
01:05:07to be yourself it took me a long time to understand that but luckily i did it
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