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00:00:05I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at White Global Trading Co. LuDi.

00:00:09I've been here for three years, and make $24,000 a year.

00:00:13Pretty ordinary, right?

00:00:14But 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.

00:00:57Nanny, you better win the lucky draw later.

00:00:59If you do, it's on me.

00:01:03Sure, why not?

00:01:04That's my everyday life.

00:01:06Elon is my only friend at work.

00:01:08She doesn't know I speak eight languages.

00:01:11But she does know one thing.

00:01:15Also, I have another indication.

00:01:18Everyone here, who speaks German, will receive a 70% increase in the next year.

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?

00:01:43No.

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.

00:02:07Anyway, the raise has nothing to do with you.

00:02:10Just keep doing the basic work.

00:02:14Oh, and remember to translate the annual meeting presser place tonight.

00:02:18I didn't say anything.

00:02:19A 70% raise.

00:02:21The German translation team consists of four people, plus Scarlet.

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.

00:02:33Anne!

00:02:34Stay right there.

00:02:35I'm coming over right now.

00:02:39Annie?

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.

00:02:51After the raise, that's 4,800 a year.

00:02:54No, I didn't get the meaning.

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're expecting me to believe you don't understand German.

00:03:03Are you kidding me?

00:03:04I really don't understand German.

00:03:07Anne, that crappy place you rent barely have working heating.

00:03:11Sometimes, you even can't bring yourself to go and we go out for a drink on Friday.

00:03:14Can't you stand up for yourself for once?

00:03:16Eileen 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.

00:03:31Oh my god, Annie.

00:03:32What are you afraid of?

00:03:35Fine.

00:03:36Keep pretending.

00:03:37I'm done.

00:03:38But Annie, I'm telling you.

00:03:40You're going to suffer with that kind of personality sooner or later.

00:03:45Alright.

00:03:52Guter Schaßzug, oder?

00:03:53Schließlich können das nur die Leute aus dem deutschen Team verstehen.

00:03:56Das bedeutet, dass sich nur dem Kern-Team eine Gehens-Erhöhung gibt.

00:04:00Alle anderen werden einfach denken, dass ich eine motivasiere Schrey halte.

00:04:05Sehr brillant, Mr. White.

00:04:08Abross.

00:04:09Wen schäden wir nächste Woche für das Projekt der Crown Bell Group?

00:04:15Scarlet.

00:04:16Sie spricht am besten Deutsch.

00:04:17Ich habe gehört, dass Präsident Anderson von Crown Bell ziemlich schwierig ist.

00:04:22Letztes Mal hat er das gesamte Übersetzungsgrund von Meridian aus dem Sprengraum hinlanggefrogen.

00:04:27Das sollte kein Problem sein.

00:04:28Scarlet kommt damit klar.

00:04:33Leute, auf Anis-Nivelle sollten wir diesmal nicht mitmehen.

00:04:36Sie könnten das Meeting ruinieren.

00:04:40They didn't know I could understand them.

00:04:42They thought I was just a small translator.

00:04:46But that's only to be expected.

00:04:48I 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.

00:05:02I placed the proofread contract on Brian White's desk the next day.

00:05:06It 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.

00:05:14But 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.

00:05:27Annie, 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.

00:05:47President of Crownwell International Commerce Group leading 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.

00:06:08Annie, seriously.

00:06:09You're way too good at putting up with things.

00:06:12Louis 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 would casually dump it on me.

00:06:26Annie, 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.

00:06:33But in fact, I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years.

00:06:36Arabic is basically my fourth native language.

00:06:38It took me 15 minutes to finish the translation.

00:06:41I 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.

00:07:02I 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.

00:07:15Is there a problem with me assigning you work?

00:07:17She 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.

00:07:33You'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.

00:07:46I heard everything in the pantry.

00:07:47Who does she think she is talking to you like that?

00:07:49What 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?

00:07:55She'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.

00:08:05What 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 $24,000.

00:08:26In this city, after rent and utilities, there isn't much left.

00:08:37Hello?

00:08:37Hello.

00:08:38Am I speaking with Miss Annie Smith?

00:08:40Yes.

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.

00:08:50I don't want any of it.

00:08:51Donate everything.

00:08:52Mrs. Smith, there is a sum in your parents' account in Zurich.

00:08:54I don't want it.

00:08:55Attorney Wills, thank you, but please stop calling me.

00:09:05The 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.

00:09:19This 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?

00:09:28Of course.

00:09:28I studied in Germany for three years.

00:09:30The business negotiation like this is exactly in my comfort zone.

00:09:33To be fair, Charlotte's German is decent.

00:09:35Daily 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,

00:09:43and 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's faced is extremely sensitive to details,

00:09:52never mind.

00:09:52Not my business.

00:09:54Finish sorting everything?

00:09:56Yes.

00:09:57I made her a summary classified by project type, cooperation history, and key personnel.

00:10:01I also marked a change in the parent 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.

00:10:12Scarlett!

00:10:13Scarlett!

00:10:14He rarely came down here in person.

00:10:17Scarlett, Crown will move the schedule up.

00:10:20Anderson will be here tomorrow afternoon.

00:10:22Are you ready?

00:10:22Moved up?

00:10:25I've gone through all the materials.

00:10:27No problem.

00:10:28Good.

00:10:29Bring 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!

00:10:40You come with me tomorrow.

00:10:41Me?

00:10:41I only speak Spanish.

00:10:43You'll just take notes and serve coffee.

00:10:45I'll handle the professional part.

00:10:47Her?

00:10:49Don't worry, Mr. White.

00:10:50She's more than enough as an assistant.

00:10:52I got dragged into Crown Willian's business negotiation.

00:10:55As an assistant and a note-taker.

00:10:57Someone who can serve coffee at the same time.

00:11:00I sent you in a message.

00:11:01I will go to Crown Will tomorrow.

00:11:03Scarlett 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!

00:11:12Annie!

00:11:15Annie!

00:11:16Annie!

00:11:23Are you from White Global?

00:11:24Yes.

00:11:25I'm Scarlett, team leader of the translation department.

00:11:28This is my assistant, Annie.

00:11:30Oh, she called me assistant.

00:11:31I didn't correct her.

00:11:35Please wait.

00:11:36President Alexandring is still in a meeting.

00:11:39Scarlett reapplied her lipstick twice

00:11:41and adjusted her hair three separate times

00:11:42in just these 15 minutes.

00:11:44Annie, when we go in,

00:11:45just sit on the side and take notes.

00:11:47Don't speak unless you're asked.

00:11:48Got it?

00:11:49Got it.

00:11:49Also, when you address Mr. Anderson,

00:11:52be 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 Scarlett,

00:12:03President Anderson will see you now.

00:12:1732 years old,

00:12:18about 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.

00:12:31The legal director

00:12:31and a lady who looked very, very young.

00:12:34A translation device

00:12:35sat 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 my bag.

00:13:03I mean...

00:13:26She didn't know.

00:13:30But I did.

00:13:31Because that policy change was mentioned in the background materials.

00:13:34I had specifically marked it in the summary.

00:13:37But Scarlett obviously hadn't read it carefully.

00:13:41Die ist das.

00:13:43Ich muss das erst mal intern infektieren.

00:13:47Haben Sie sich noch nicht vorbehaltet,

00:13:49bevor Sie hierher kommen sind?

00:13:51Sie haben dreierl die falsche Deutschbehandlingste verwendet.

00:13:55Beim ersten Mal habe ich nichts gesagt.

00:13:57Beim zweiten Mal auch nicht.

00:13:58Beim dritten Mal.

00:14:01Wissen Sie, was es im Geschäftsleid benaut,

00:14:03wenn man ständig die falsche Ansturfform benutzt?

00:14:05Es bedeutet entweder, dass Sie mich nicht respektieren,

00:14:08oder dass Sie Ihre Führigkeit nicht ausweisen.

00:14:10Welches ist das?

00:14:11The legal director beside Anderson

00:14:13gave a slight shake of his head.

00:14:15The meaning was obvious.

00:14:17This negotiation was about to fall through.

00:14:25Herr Präsident Anderson,

00:14:26ich bette vielmals um Entschuldung.

00:14:29Wenn das das Nive von White Glover ist,

00:14:31werde ich in Erwengung fühlen,

00:14:32zu einem anderen Partner zu schelten.

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 Witwerpid Global's biggest deal of the year.

00:14:42If we lose it,

00:14:43there'll probably be layoffs by the end of the year.

00:14:45And junior translators like me

00:14:46will be first on the chopping block.

00:14:58President Anderson,

00:14:59geben Sie uns bitte noch fünf Minuten.

00:15:14And you are?

00:15:16I'm Annie,

00:15:18junior translator at Whitmore Global.

00:15:21Junior translator?

00:15:22Yes.

00:15:24The one who always takes notes beside

00:15:26and serves coffee.

00:15:29Five minutes.

00:15:34Die neue drei erfettet den Standard

00:15:36für irgendein Sechlinge von sechs

00:15:37auf acht Stelle HSKs.

00:15:39Artikel diese Bärenser zwei zeigen

00:15:41unser Tachtechnischen Bärlog

00:15:42und Beckermann fünf Prozent.

00:15:47Der White Global über ein Sollbaus

00:15:49in den W.E. hüttt,

00:15:50das von den Vorlägenschaften

00:15:51der Freie Hande

00:15:51von Comfort Profession

00:15:52werden etwa drei Prozent

00:15:54der durch die Erkreisung des HS-Bogen

00:15:55verdusen Kostenstabung kompensiert.

00:15:57Die nette Ausbildung

00:15:57entheizt den Stolzpitz.

00:15:58Louis Anderson's legal director

00:16:00lowered his head

00:16:00and flipped through the files,

00:16:02as if he was checking

00:16:03whether I was right.

00:16:04Where did you learn German?

00:16:05I lived in Berlin for a while.

00:16:07Your honorifics are very precise.

00:16:10And you said you were

00:16:11the junior level?

00:16:11Yes.

00:16:12Your five minutes are up.

00:16:14But I can give you ten more

00:16:15on one condition.

00:16:17From here on,

00:16:18you meet the negotiation.

00:16:21She can't...

00:16:22I said she leads.

00:16:24Or you can lead right now.

00:16:28Scarlett,

00:16:29should I take over?

00:16:32Then let's restart

00:16:33from the first part

00:16:34of the proposal.

00:16:35This wasn't because

00:16:35I had prepared in advance.

00:16:37While sorting that

00:16:3750 pages materials

00:16:38I first scarlet,

00:16:39I had memorized every word.

00:16:41Plus,

00:16:41I grew up in a diplomatic family.

00:16:43The basics of international trade

00:16:44are as natural to me

00:16:45as breathing.

00:16:46Auf dem Neustmarkt,

00:16:47wenn ein Kuntel lange

00:16:48nicht über den Preis spricht,

00:16:49sondern nur über Tellingen,

00:16:50wie würden Sie damit umgehen?

00:16:51Atajriya bala taffa.

00:16:52Musibit alaagata awala,

00:16:54fana naqo bisharat.

00:16:55You speak Arabic too?

00:16:57A little.

00:16:57The japanische Lieferstand

00:16:58is 6% günstiger,

00:17:00aber die Lieferzeit

00:17:00ist instabil.

00:17:01Wie entscheiden Sie?

00:17:02Die erschwichtene

00:17:02japanische Angosuznummer

00:17:04leist JPKT0427.

00:17:07Ich würde nicht

00:17:07das nierigste Aubertoch wählen,

00:17:09sondern die Läusung

00:17:10mit dem kleinsten Gesamteriskop.

00:17:14The framework works.

00:17:15I'll have my legal team

00:17:16follow up with you

00:17:17on the details.

00:17:19The hand was warm and strong,

00:17:20and the grip was just right.

00:17:23Annie, right?

00:17:23Yes.

00:17:24You're wasted in the junior level.

00:17:30You lied to everyone.

00:17:33What?

00:17:34You said you only spoke Spanish.

00:17:41I do mainly work in Spanish.

00:17:43What you did in there today,

00:17:44that's what you call

00:17:45mainly working in Spanish?

00:17:46Your German is better than mine.

00:17:48Where did that Arab come from?

00:17:49It's not even on your resume.

00:17:53Scarlett,

00:17:53the project was saved,

00:17:54wasn't it?

00:17:55You did this on purpose.

00:17:57You hid your skills

00:17:58just waiting for a chance

00:17:59like this to show off.

00:18:01What do you think will happen

00:18:02just because you impressed

00:18:03Louie Anderson once?

00:18:05When we're back at the company,

00:18:06you're still just that

00:18:07junior translator.

00:18:09Annie,

00:18:09just you wait.

00:18:17Suddenly,

00:18:18I felt a little tired.

00:18:21How did the negotiation go?

00:18:22Did Scarlett crash and burn?

00:18:24The project was saved.

00:18:25How was it saved?

00:18:26Wasn't she...

00:18:27Wait,

00:18:27was it you?

00:18:28I'll tell you when I get back.

00:18:30Annie,

00:18:30you finally made a move!

00:18:34Standing at the exit

00:18:35of the underground garage,

00:18:36I felt the autumn wind blowing in.

00:18:38It was a bit cold.

00:18:39I didn't want to show off.

00:18:41I really didn't.

00:18:42But I didn't want to lose

00:18:43my job either.

00:18:45I didn't want to lose my job either.

00:18:54Mr. White,

00:18:54Annie spoke out of turn

00:18:55during negotiation

00:18:56and completely ignored

00:18:57the company hierarchy.

00:18:59Was the project saved?

00:19:00Yes,

00:19:00but that was...

00:19:01Then that's all that matters.

00:19:02The Crown Will deal

00:19:03is worth $40 million.

00:19:04If it had fallen through yesterday,

00:19:05the entire translation department

00:19:07could have packed up.

00:19:10One look at her face

00:19:11and I knew

00:19:12this wasn't over.

00:19:18Annie,

00:19:19how good is your German exactly?

00:19:22I can get by.

00:19:23You can get by?

00:19:24I heard you handled

00:19:25the entire negotiation in German

00:19:26without any problem

00:19:27at Crown Well

00:19:27and you even used Arabic.

00:19:28My German just everyday level.

00:19:30Do you know if the company

00:19:30hired a multi-language translator

00:19:32like you,

00:19:32the starting salary

00:19:33would be at least $96,000 a year?

00:19:35I have no issues

00:19:35with my current salary.

00:19:37Fine.

00:19:37Come to the meeting room

00:19:38at 2 this afternoon.

00:19:39We need you involved

00:19:40in the follow-up coordination

00:19:41for the Crown Well project.

00:19:43Mr. Wood,

00:19:44I'm the one in charge

00:19:45of the Crown Well project.

00:19:46We'll remain in charge

00:19:47but Annie will be involved

00:19:48in the coordination.

00:19:49That's Mr. White's decision.

00:19:54Happy now, Annie?

00:19:56Scarlet, I just...

00:19:57You just what?

00:19:59You think because you showed up

00:20:00once yesterday

00:20:01you're on the same level

00:20:02as me now?

00:20:02That's not what I meant.

00:20:04I've been here for seven years.

00:20:05I worked my way up

00:20:06from intern to department leader.

00:20:07And you?

00:20:08A liar who's been hiding everything.

00:20:13Just you wait.

00:20:18Annie,

00:20:19Mr. Anderson specifically requested

00:20:20you as the translator

00:20:21for the follow-up coordination.

00:20:22Starting today,

00:20:23you'll be temporarily transferred

00:20:24to the Crown Well project team.

00:20:25Okay.

00:20:26But your position will remain junior

00:20:27and salary will stay the same.

00:20:29We'll evaluate it again

00:20:30after the project ends.

00:20:31Got it.

00:20:32Crown Well's supply chain project

00:20:33is divided into three stages.

00:20:34The preliminary framework

00:20:35was already discussed yesterday.

00:20:37Next comes the translation

00:20:37of the detailed terms

00:20:38and contract documents.

00:20:39All files will need

00:20:40English, Spanish,

00:20:40and German versions.

00:20:42Annie,

00:20:42can you handle

00:20:43all three language versions

00:20:44at the same time?

00:20:45Yes.

00:20:45Three languages?

00:20:46Since she joined this company

00:20:47she has only ever worked

00:20:48as a Spanish translator.

00:20:49We don't even know

00:20:49her actual German level.

00:20:50What if something goes wrong?

00:20:51Yesterday's negotiations

00:20:52showed exactly

00:20:53what her level is.

00:20:54Any other questions?

00:20:59It took me two hours

00:21:00to finish the English version

00:21:01and another hour and a half

00:21:02to finish the Spanish version.

00:21:06You're translating that fast?

00:21:08Aren't you afraid

00:21:08of making mistakes?

00:21:09Nope.

00:21:10You'd better pray

00:21:11you don't make any.

00:21:18Both the speed

00:21:19and quality

00:21:20excited expectations.

00:21:21Annie,

00:21:21what exactly have you been doing

00:21:22for the past three years?

00:21:32Hello?

00:21:33Annie?

00:21:33It was Louis Anderson.

00:21:35This is Louis Anderson

00:21:36from Crownwell.

00:21:37Mr. Wood gave me your number.

00:21:38Mr. Anderson,

00:21:39what can I do for you?

00:21:40I read the 62 pages

00:21:41you translated today.

00:21:42Was there any problem?

00:21:44No problem at all.

00:21:45It's the most accurate

00:21:46German business translation

00:21:47I've seen in the past

00:21:48three years.

00:21:50You're not someone

00:21:50who belongs in a junior position.

00:21:52That is my current position.

00:21:53I know.

00:21:54That's why I'm curious.

00:21:56Crownwell has an internal

00:21:56meeting tomorrow afternoon.

00:21:58It involves partner selection

00:21:59for the Middle Eastern market.

00:22:00I need an Arabic

00:22:01speaking interpreter there.

00:22:02This should go through

00:22:03the company.

00:22:04I know.

00:22:04But I'm asking you directly.

00:22:06Would you like to come?

00:22:07Okay, I will.

00:22:10Annie,

00:22:11maybe you're going to be

00:22:12exposed after all.

00:22:13I knew this day

00:22:13would come eventually.

00:22:15But I just didn't expect

00:22:16it to come this soon.

00:22:20They were from a construction

00:22:21materials group in the UAE.

00:22:23The man leading the meeting

00:22:23looked about 50,

00:22:24wearing a white robe

00:22:25with a Siri expression.

00:22:26A young Arab woman

00:22:27sat beside him

00:22:28should be his interpreter.

00:22:30You're here.

00:22:31Today, I may need you

00:22:32to do an interpretation

00:22:33between Eric and English.

00:22:35Okay.

00:22:35If Charlotte were here,

00:22:36she would probably ask,

00:22:37where did your ab look

00:22:38even come from?

00:22:39The answer is,

00:22:39I lived in Cairo

00:22:40for a year and a half.

00:22:41During that time,

00:22:41my roommate was even

00:22:42an Egyptian diplomat's daughter.

00:22:47Grass.

00:22:48This valid asking is lowered.

00:22:49Standard procedure.

00:22:5115 minutes passed.

00:22:57I lowered my head in height

00:23:00as if I were picking notes.

00:23:02Then I turned my laptop slightly

00:23:03so Louie Anderson

00:23:03could see this one line

00:23:04in English.

00:23:05They said they want to

00:23:05push the price down by 20 work,

00:23:06they'll switch to suppliers.

00:23:08Louie Anderson's eyes

00:23:09stayed on the screen

00:23:09for one second.

00:23:11His expression

00:23:12didn't change at all,

00:23:13but it's in the negotiation

00:23:14that followed his strategy

00:23:15clearly shifted.

00:23:16Let's cut the chase.

00:23:17Our final offer is 10%

00:23:18below the current market price.

00:23:19Take your lead.

00:23:25Your abhishek is excellent.

00:23:27Not that good.

00:23:28Just the daily level.

00:23:29You heard what he said

00:23:30to his interpreter just now?

00:23:31Then you warned me.

00:23:32I just thought the information

00:23:34might be useful

00:23:34for the negotiation.

00:23:35Without that warning from you,

00:23:36this deal would have cost us

00:23:37at least $8 million today.

00:23:39Annie, how many languages

00:23:40do you speak?

00:23:41German, French, Japanese,

00:23:42Korean, Spanish, Arabic,

00:23:43and Italian.

00:23:44Eight in total, plus English.

00:23:45Mm-hmm.

00:23:46And you're a junior level

00:23:46translator at White Global.

00:23:48Mm-hmm.

00:23:48Do you think that makes sense?

00:23:49It is my choice.

00:23:50Would you be interested

00:23:51in coming to Crownwell?

00:23:52I can start you

00:23:52at $400,000 a year.

00:23:54If you're willing to head

00:23:54the International Business Department,

00:23:55there's no upper limit.

00:23:57Mr. Anderson,

00:23:58thank you for the offer.

00:23:59I'm not planning

00:23:59to change jobs for now.

00:24:01For now?

00:24:01For now.

00:24:02You can change your mind

00:24:03to any ground.

00:24:03Only one line of text,

00:24:04Louie Anderson,

00:24:05and a phone number.

00:24:06It didn't even say

00:24:06President Crownwell International.

00:24:08This kind of card

00:24:09is usually given to people

00:24:09who already need

00:24:10to know who you are.

00:24:20What are you doing?

00:24:22I-I-I was passing by

00:24:23and saw your computer

00:24:24was still on.

00:24:24It was off when I left.

00:24:26You went to Crownwell

00:24:27again today?

00:24:27Louie Anderson

00:24:28asked you to go,

00:24:29didn't he?

00:24:29It was needed

00:24:29for the project coordination.

00:24:30What kind of project

00:24:31needs you to interpret Arabic?

00:24:32You never said

00:24:33you were that good at Arabic.

00:24:34What else are you hiding?

00:24:34Scarlett,

00:24:35what did you see

00:24:35on my computer?

00:24:38I didn't see anything.

00:24:39She had opened

00:24:40my personal folder.

00:24:41What was inside?

00:24:42Some translation exercises.

00:24:44Casual translations

00:24:45in French,

00:24:46Japanese,

00:24:47and Korean.

00:24:48Things I did

00:24:48when I was bored.

00:24:50If she saw those...

00:24:53Annie,

00:24:53what exactly

00:24:54did you do

00:24:54at Crownwell today?

00:24:55Scarlett was losing her mind

00:24:56in the office

00:24:56all afternoon.

00:24:57She went through

00:24:58your computer.

00:24:58I know.

00:24:58You know?

00:24:59Why are you reporting her?

00:25:00Report what?

00:25:01I don't have proof.

00:25:02You are way too...

00:25:03Forget it.

00:25:03I heard something today.

00:25:04Do you want to know?

00:25:05Go on.

00:25:06There's something going on

00:25:06between Scarlett and Alex Wood.

00:25:08What do you mean?

00:25:08I handle reverse reforms

00:25:09and admin.

00:25:10Over the past six months,

00:25:11Scarlett has gone on alone

00:25:11with Alex Wood

00:25:12to talk about work

00:25:1217 times.

00:25:13Every single time

00:25:14it was at that hotel

00:25:15on the one side of the city.

00:25:15Think about that.

00:25:16That has nothing to do with me.

00:25:17How does that have

00:25:18nothing to do with you?

00:25:18Alex Wood made Scarlett

00:25:19to partner the leader

00:25:20because of that relationship.

00:25:26The message basically said

00:25:28the company found

00:25:29some employees

00:25:29failed to truthfully fill

00:25:30in personal skills

00:25:31during onboarding.

00:25:32All staff must update profiles

00:25:34within a week.

00:25:35Concealment or classification

00:25:37will be dealt with

00:25:38as a violation

00:25:39of company regulations.

00:25:41This email

00:25:42is coming straight to you.

00:25:43Of course I knew.

00:25:45When Scarlett went

00:25:46through my computer,

00:25:47she found those

00:25:47multilingual translation exercises.

00:25:50She must have gone

00:25:50to Alex Wood.

00:25:54Annie,

00:25:55did you see that email?

00:25:57So what?

00:25:58Are you planning

00:25:58to update your profile?

00:26:00I'm still thinking about it.

00:26:02I suggest you do it soon.

00:26:04If they find out

00:26:05you hid something,

00:26:06that'll be a very serious matter.

00:26:09Thank you for the reminder, Scarlett.

00:26:17It had a pure black background

00:26:18with handwritten words

00:26:19on the back.

00:26:22I never noticed it before.

00:26:24It hasn't come to that yet.

00:26:29There are two things

00:26:30to discuss today.

00:26:32First,

00:26:33the Crownwell project

00:26:34has finished

00:26:34the initial handover.

00:26:36Mr. Anderson

00:26:36is very satisfied

00:26:37with our translation work.

00:26:39Bonuses for this project

00:26:41will be issued next month.

00:26:44Second,

00:26:45regarding the update

00:26:46of employee profiles.

00:26:52Mr. White,

00:26:53I have a question.

00:26:55Go ahead.

00:26:56If an employee

00:26:57deliberately hides

00:26:58their skills

00:26:58and causes the company

00:26:59to make the mistakes

00:27:00in allocation

00:27:01human resources,

00:27:02does that count

00:27:03as a violation?

00:27:10Then let me give an example.

00:27:12Say an employee

00:27:12only lists Spanish

00:27:13on her profile,

00:27:14but in fact,

00:27:14she is fluent

00:27:15in multiple languages.

00:27:16The company assigns

00:27:17her position and salary

00:27:17according on the standard

00:27:18for a Spanish translator

00:27:19and she never raises

00:27:20any objection.

00:27:21Over three years

00:27:21without knowing the truth,

00:27:22the company loses out

00:27:23on a huge amount

00:27:24of usable human resources.

00:27:25This kind of behavior.

00:27:27Enough.

00:27:30Scarlett,

00:27:31get to the point.

00:27:32The person you're talking

00:27:33about is me, right?

00:27:35So what?

00:27:36Yes.

00:27:37I only listed Spanish

00:27:38on my profile

00:27:39because the position

00:27:40I applied for

00:27:41was Junior Spanish Translator.

00:27:43I have never made

00:27:44a mistake during the work.

00:27:46As for the other languages,

00:27:48As for the other languages,

00:27:49you hid your ability.

00:27:50You let the company

00:27:51spend high salaries

00:27:52hiring people

00:27:53for the German,

00:27:53French,

00:27:54and Arabic teams

00:27:54when you alone

00:27:55could do all of their jobs.

00:27:56Isn't that damaging

00:27:57the company's interests?

00:27:58If I alone

00:27:59can replace all of them,

00:28:00then where does that

00:28:01leave you, Scarlett?

00:28:02This has nothing

00:28:02to do with my place.

00:28:03It does.

00:28:05Because what you're

00:28:05really worried about

00:28:06isn't the company's interests.

00:28:08It's the fact

00:28:09that you found out

00:28:10I'm more capable than you.

00:28:11And now your position

00:28:12doesn't feel so secure anymore.

00:28:15You...

00:28:15I'll say it again.

00:28:17Not listing on my profile

00:28:18does not mean hiding.

00:28:20The skills section

00:28:21does not say

00:28:21all skills must be listed.

00:28:23I chose to show

00:28:24only the skills required

00:28:25for the job I applied for.

00:28:26That is my right.

00:28:31Fine.

00:28:32Then let me ask

00:28:32another question.

00:28:33Mr. White,

00:28:34the bonus for the

00:28:35Crownwell Project

00:28:35is distributed

00:28:36among the team members, right?

00:28:38Yes.

00:28:38Annie was added to the team

00:28:40later on a temporary basis.

00:28:41The part she took in

00:28:42was just translation handover.

00:28:43She wasn't on

00:28:44the original team list.

00:28:45So when the bonus

00:28:46is distributed,

00:28:47she shouldn't receive

00:28:47the full amount.

00:28:49That was a vicious move.

00:28:50She stopped attacking me

00:28:52over the hidden skills issue

00:28:53because she knew

00:28:53she couldn't win that fight.

00:28:54So she switched

00:28:55to Mund,

00:28:56Money,

00:28:57instead.

00:28:59Well,

00:29:01Scarlet does have a point.

00:29:02Annie joined

00:29:03halfway through.

00:29:04Louie Anderson

00:29:05specifically requested me.

00:29:08Mr. Anderson,

00:29:10what brings you here?

00:29:11I came to deliver

00:29:12the contract.

00:29:13I heard your meeting.

00:29:14The door wasn't

00:29:15fully closed.

00:29:16The core negotiation

00:29:17of this project

00:29:17was completed by Annie.

00:29:18On the day we first met,

00:29:19she saved the entire

00:29:20conversation in the

00:29:21final five minutes.

00:29:22During the meeting

00:29:22with the UAE client,

00:29:23she used Arabic

00:29:24to win me $8 million

00:29:24in profit margin.

00:29:26How your company

00:29:26distributes bonuses

00:29:27your business,

00:29:28but I suggest you figure out

00:29:29who really is

00:29:30the key person

00:29:32in this project.

00:29:38One more thing.

00:29:39There is a clause

00:29:39in this contract.

00:29:40From now on,

00:29:41all translation

00:29:42handover work

00:29:43for Crown Width

00:29:43will be handled

00:29:44by Annie.

00:29:45If she is no longer

00:29:46at White Global,

00:29:47this contract

00:29:47automatically becomes void.

00:29:53Mr. Anderson,

00:29:54you mean,

00:29:55I've made myself

00:29:56very clear.

00:29:57This contract

00:29:58is worth $80 million

00:29:59a year.

00:30:00The handover translator

00:30:01is Annie.

00:30:03If you replace her,

00:30:04the contract is void.

00:30:07$80 million.

00:30:09Annie.

00:30:10Mr. White?

00:30:10Starting today,

00:30:12you are no longer

00:30:12on the junior level.

00:30:14Then which level

00:30:14I'm in?

00:30:15Deputy Director

00:30:16of the Translation Department.

00:30:18As for your salary,

00:30:19we'll discuss it privately.

00:30:21Mr. White!

00:30:22She's only been here

00:30:23for three years.

00:30:24I've been here

00:30:24for seven.

00:30:25Scarlett,

00:30:26sit down.

00:30:27Tu n'es rite n'eux que ça.

00:30:30The Translation Department

00:30:32was in an uproar.

00:30:33She actually speaks

00:30:35eight languages.

00:30:36She stayed in the junior level

00:30:37for three years?

00:30:39How did that happen?

00:30:40Didn't you hear

00:30:40Louis Anderson's contract?

00:30:42He specifically asked for her.

00:30:44$80 million.

00:30:46Scarlett's face

00:30:47looks amazing.

00:30:48I mean,

00:30:49the color.

00:30:52That line in French,

00:30:54you understood it?

00:30:55I did.

00:30:56What did you think?

00:30:59I'm thinking about it.

00:31:01Take your time.

00:31:05Annie,

00:31:06let's have a chat.

00:31:09You hid for three years,

00:31:11and now everything

00:31:11is out in the low-open.

00:31:13Do you really think

00:31:13your life here

00:31:14will be easy from now on?

00:31:16Are you threatening me?

00:31:17I'm reminding you.

00:31:18Do you think

00:31:19becoming Deputy Director

00:31:20solves everything?

00:31:21The Translation Department's

00:31:22connections,

00:31:23client relationships,

00:31:24and internal resources

00:31:25are all in my hands.

00:31:26You're a newcomer

00:31:27who just got promoted.

00:31:27You won't be able

00:31:28to handle any of it.

00:31:29What are you trying to say?

00:31:30Give me your position.

00:31:32You can keep working

00:31:32as the handover translator

00:31:34and take your project bonus.

00:31:35I'll manage the department

00:31:36and you handle the business.

00:31:38We both get what we want.

00:31:39What if I don't want to?

00:31:41Then I'll let you know,

00:31:42ability isn't the only thing

00:31:43that matters in reality.

00:31:50It tasted awful.

00:31:52Scarlett was right.

00:31:53Ability isn't the only thing

00:31:54that matters.

00:31:55But there is one thing

00:31:56she's wrong about.

00:31:57Thinking she was the only one

00:31:59who had the connection.

00:32:03On Monday,

00:32:04something major happened

00:32:05at White Global.

00:32:06The company had received

00:32:07a new project,

00:32:08a fashion brand

00:32:09from Lyon, France.

00:32:10It required a full set

00:32:11of French to English

00:32:12brand translation

00:32:13and market localization

00:32:14services.

00:32:15Alex Wood had brought

00:32:17this project back

00:32:17through an old client.

00:32:19The amount was not huge,

00:32:21but it mattered a lot

00:32:22for the company's

00:32:23brand expansion.

00:32:24The problem was,

00:32:25one of the two translators

00:32:27on the French team

00:32:28had just resigned

00:32:28last month.

00:32:29The other was

00:32:30on maternity leave.

00:32:32There's no one left

00:32:33on the French team.

00:32:34What are we supposed

00:32:35to do with this project?

00:32:38Annie,

00:32:39what level is your French?

00:32:41It works.

00:32:42What do you mean by that?

00:32:43Can you handle

00:32:43high-end French brand

00:32:44localization?

00:32:45Yes.

00:32:46Good.

00:32:47Then you're taking

00:32:48this project.

00:32:51The director of the

00:32:52French side

00:32:53personally called

00:32:54Brian White

00:32:54after looked through.

00:32:58Is your translator French?

00:33:00The language feels

00:33:01incredibly authentic.

00:33:02Yes.

00:33:03We have a dedicated

00:33:03French translation team.

00:33:09Annie,

00:33:10the French side

00:33:11is extremely satisfied.

00:33:13They've added another

00:33:14project,

00:33:14the full translation

00:33:15of their product manuals.

00:33:16It's worth $3 million.

00:33:19Okay.

00:33:20I'll approve

00:33:21your project bonus

00:33:21for this month separately.

00:33:23Thank you,

00:33:24Mr. White.

00:33:27Please note everyone,

00:33:29project assignments

00:33:29in the translation

00:33:30should follow

00:33:30department procedures.

00:33:31No one should skip

00:33:32the leader

00:33:32and take projects directly.

00:33:46Annie,

00:33:47do you really speak

00:33:48eight languages?

00:33:49Yes.

00:33:50Do you know how rare

00:33:50someone like you is

00:33:51in the translation industry?

00:33:53I know.

00:33:54Then why did you...

00:33:57Forget it.

00:33:58There's something

00:33:58I should tell you.

00:33:59Scarlet has a real

00:34:00problem with you.

00:34:01She's brought it up

00:34:01with me several times already.

00:34:03I know.

00:34:04You better be careful.

00:34:07She has certain

00:34:08connections in the company.

00:34:10Mr. Wood,

00:34:11about you and Scarlet?

00:34:13What about us?

00:34:15Nothing.

00:34:21Annie, Scarlet and I

00:34:22don't have the kind

00:34:23of relationship

00:34:23you might be thinking of.

00:34:25She got promoted

00:34:26to team lead

00:34:26because she had been here

00:34:27long enough

00:34:27and knew the business well.

00:34:30That's all.

00:34:32I thought of the

00:34:3317 hotel-reinforcing

00:34:35things Elon had mentioned.

00:34:36Human nature

00:34:37really is an interesting thing.

00:34:42The way people

00:34:42looked at me

00:34:43was strange.

00:34:44It wasn't admiration

00:34:45or envy.

00:34:46It was more like

00:34:47avoidance.

00:34:48Something happened.

00:34:50What happened?

00:34:51Scarlet reported you

00:34:52to Brian White.

00:34:53Reported me for what?

00:34:54She said you privately

00:34:55leagered White Global's

00:34:56internal pricing strategy

00:34:57to Crownweck

00:34:57while you were

00:34:58translating for them.

00:34:59That's a false accusation.

00:35:00I know.

00:35:01But she has evidence.

00:35:03What evidence?

00:35:03She said she found

00:35:04a file on your computer.

00:35:06Screenshots of a chat

00:35:07between you and

00:35:07Louis Anderson's assistant,

00:35:09Frank Young.

00:35:09The chat mentions

00:35:10White Global's

00:35:11internal pricing.

00:35:12There is no such file

00:35:13on my computer.

00:35:14She says there is.

00:35:15And she already showed it

00:35:16to Brian White.

00:35:17Brian wants you in his office

00:35:18tomorrow morning

00:35:19to explain yourself.

00:35:21That so-called chat record

00:35:23is fake.

00:35:24I sneaked a look at it.

00:35:26The chat time was last

00:35:26Wednesday at 2 p.m.

00:35:28But you were at the

00:35:29department meeting

00:35:29last Wednesday afternoon.

00:35:31Everyone can prove it.

00:35:31Then how did she...

00:35:32She edited the time

00:35:33in the chat.

00:35:34Photoshopped it.

00:35:35But she forgot one thing.

00:35:37There's a battery indicator

00:35:38in the top right corner

00:35:39of the screenshot.

00:35:40That battery display

00:35:40doesn't match

00:35:41your phone model.

00:35:42You use a Samsung.

00:35:43That screenshot

00:35:44is from an iPhone.

00:35:47Ellen, I need you

00:35:48to do me a favor.

00:35:49Name it.

00:35:50You're in administration.

00:35:51Can you pull

00:35:52the attendance records

00:35:53and meeting room usage records

00:35:55from last Wednesday afternoon?

00:35:56Yes, pull them.

00:35:57Also, Scarlet's

00:35:58reimbursement records,

00:35:59the 17 hotel ones,

00:36:00do you have them?

00:36:01I do.

00:36:02Are you finally going

00:36:03to use them?

00:36:03Not to attack her,

00:36:04but to protect myself.

00:36:06If she comes after me,

00:36:07I need Brian White

00:36:07to know her credibility

00:36:08has a problem.

00:36:09Got it.

00:36:21Every file had a

00:36:22timestamp and sending record.

00:36:23My real chat history

00:36:25with Frank Young

00:36:26was all on teams

00:36:27with server backups.

00:36:29Scarlet could fake screenshots,

00:36:31but she couldn't

00:36:32change server data.

00:36:41I heard you were recorded.

00:36:44News travels fast.

00:36:45Frank told me.

00:36:47Do you need help?

00:36:48No.

00:36:48I can handle it myself.

00:36:50Are you sure?

00:36:53Yes.

00:36:54Fine.

00:36:54If you can't handle it,

00:36:55just tell me.

00:36:58It won't.

00:37:05Annie.

00:37:06Scarlet reported that

00:37:08you privately leaked

00:37:09our pricing strategy

00:37:10to Crownwell

00:37:10while you were translating

00:37:11for them.

00:37:12These screenshots

00:37:13are the evidence

00:37:14she provided.

00:37:15Is there anything

00:37:16you want to say?

00:37:17It was exactly

00:37:17as Aline had described.

00:37:18My profile picture,

00:37:20my name,

00:37:21a conversation

00:37:21with Frank Young.

00:37:22The content

00:37:23did involve

00:37:23White Global's pricing,

00:37:25but the wording

00:37:25was extremely unnatural,

00:37:27like it had been

00:37:27made up by someone

00:37:28who didn't understand

00:37:29formal business conversation.

00:37:30These screenshots

00:37:31are fake.

00:37:33Of course you would say

00:37:34that.

00:37:35I can prove it.

00:37:37This is my full chat history

00:37:39with Frank Young.

00:37:40It has server backups

00:37:41and timestamps.

00:37:43Please compare them.

00:37:45The times don't match.

00:37:47The screenshots

00:37:48Scarlet provided

00:37:49show that the conversation

00:37:50happened last Wednesday

00:37:51at 2 p.m.,

00:37:52but the team's record

00:37:53show that Annie

00:37:54and Frank Young

00:37:54had no conversation

00:37:56at that time.

00:37:57She could have deleted

00:37:57Teams has server backups.

00:37:59Even if an employee

00:37:59deletes the chat

00:38:00on their eye,

00:38:01the server still keeps it.

00:38:02Also,

00:38:02from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

00:38:03last Wednesday,

00:38:04I was attending

00:38:04the department meeting

00:38:05in the company.

00:38:06The attendance

00:38:06and meeting room

00:38:07booking records

00:38:07can prove it.

00:38:08One more thing.

00:38:09This screenshot

00:38:10is from an iOS interface.

00:38:11I use Android.

00:38:13Scarlet,

00:38:13your phone is an iPhone,

00:38:14isn't it?

00:38:15That proves nothing.

00:38:16Maybe you changed phones.

00:38:17I've been here

00:38:18for three years.

00:38:19The device binding records

00:38:20from IT show

00:38:21I have never used

00:38:23an iPhone.

00:38:28Scarlet,

00:38:28where did these

00:38:28screenshots come from?

00:38:30I...

00:38:30I found them

00:38:31on her computer

00:38:32after you went

00:38:33through my computer

00:38:33last week.

00:38:34I reset the password.

00:38:37These screenshots

00:38:38were never on my computer.

00:38:41You never saw

00:38:42these snapshots

00:38:42on my computer

00:38:43because they never

00:38:44existed in the first place.

00:38:46You made them yourself.

00:38:50Scarlet,

00:38:50do you have anything

00:38:51else to explain?

00:38:53Mr. Wood,

00:38:55say something.

00:38:56Scarlet,

00:38:57you went too far

00:38:57this time.

00:39:00Faking evidence

00:39:00to falsely accuse

00:39:01a colleague

00:39:01is a serious violation.

00:39:03Scarlet,

00:39:03your position

00:39:04as the department leader

00:39:04is revoked immediately.

00:39:05Mr. White?

00:39:06Also,

00:39:06your year-end performance rating

00:39:07will be downgraded

00:39:08by one level.

00:39:08If anything like this

00:39:09happens again,

00:39:10your employment

00:39:10will be terminated

00:39:11immediately.

00:39:12Annie,

00:39:12are you happy now?

00:39:13Scarlet,

00:39:13from beginning to end,

00:39:14you were the one

00:39:15causing trouble for me.

00:39:16I never went after you first.

00:39:17Because your very existence

00:39:18is a quotation.

00:39:19You speak eight language

00:39:20and you hit it

00:39:21for three years.

00:39:22You made my seven years

00:39:23of hard work

00:39:23look like a joke.

00:39:26On the surface,

00:39:28no one in the translation

00:39:29department said much.

00:39:30But the group chat

00:39:31had completely blown up.

00:39:33She should have been

00:39:34removed ages ago.

00:39:35Her translation skills

00:39:36were just average.

00:39:37She only got there

00:39:38through connections.

00:39:39You guys didn't know?

00:39:40Every translation

00:39:41she submitted

00:39:42had been corrected

00:39:42by Annie.

00:39:44What?

00:39:44I am serious.

00:39:46I have seen

00:39:46the proof-peating records.

00:39:47Then how many

00:39:48has Annie corrected

00:39:49over the past three years?

00:39:50A conservative estimate?

00:39:51Over a hundred.

00:40:01Excuse me.

00:40:03Which one of you

00:40:04is Annie?

00:40:05Me.

00:40:06Hello.

00:40:07I am Victoria Hayes,

00:40:09a producer

00:40:09at Harbor Light Media.

00:40:10We are preparing

00:40:11a large-scale

00:40:12international documentary

00:40:13project and we need

00:40:14a multi-linguished

00:40:15translation consultant.

00:40:17How did you find me?

00:40:18Industry recommendation.

00:40:19The Crownwell project

00:40:20and the French brand

00:40:21project you worked on

00:40:22recently have attracted

00:40:22some attention in the field.

00:40:24Harbor Light Media,

00:40:25a top-team production company.

00:40:27Mrs. Hayes,

00:40:28what kind of project

00:40:28is it exactly?

00:40:29A documentary

00:40:29about the Strait of Garou

00:40:30and global trade.

00:40:32We need simultaneous

00:40:33interpretation

00:40:33and subtitle proof-feeding

00:40:34across five languages,

00:40:36English, French,

00:40:37Italian, Spanish,

00:40:37and Arabic.

00:40:38We contacted

00:40:39three translation companies,

00:40:41but none of them

00:40:42could provide one person

00:40:43who covers all five languages.

00:40:45Then someone told me

00:40:46that White Global

00:40:47has a girl

00:40:47who speaks

00:40:48eight languages.

00:40:49Who told you that?

00:40:50Louis Anderson.

00:40:51He is one of the investors

00:40:52in this project.

00:40:53Louis Anderson again.

00:40:54What is the consulting fee

00:40:55for this project?

00:40:56$50,000 a month.

00:40:57The estimated period

00:40:58is three months.

00:40:59$150,000.

00:41:00That is about six years

00:41:01of my salary

00:41:02at White Global.

00:41:03If you take it,

00:41:04you will need to travel

00:41:05for two months,

00:41:06the Middle East

00:41:07and Europe.

00:41:14A bank account in Zurich,

00:41:16a property in Munich,

00:41:17and a small apartment

00:41:18in the 16th compartment

00:41:20of Paris.

00:41:21The total value

00:41:22was close to $10,000,000.

00:41:23Language was the thing

00:41:25my parents loved most

00:41:26in their lives.

00:41:27My mother used to say,

00:41:28language is the best bridge.

00:41:31My father said,

00:41:33if you can understand

00:41:33a person in their mother tongue,

00:41:35you can understand

00:41:36their heart.

00:41:37They carved the languages

00:41:38of the world

00:41:39into my blood.

00:41:40Then they left.

00:41:41So I hid those languages away,

00:41:44along with my memories of them.

00:41:45Because every time

00:41:46I speak one of those languages,

00:41:47I remember what they looked like

00:41:49when they were by my side

00:41:50teaching it to me.

00:41:51German was in Berlin.

00:41:52My dad taught it to me

00:41:54while taking me for ice cream

00:41:55in front of the Bransberg Gate.

00:41:57French was in Paris.

00:41:59My mother read Malpouseau to me

00:42:01in the original French

00:42:02by the San.

00:42:03Arabic was in Cairo.

00:42:05The three of us

00:42:06were on a boat

00:42:07on the Nile.

00:42:09My father counted the stars

00:42:10while teaching me

00:42:11how to say

00:42:11Wahid,

00:42:12Ethwan,

00:42:13Flatha.

00:42:14Every language

00:42:14was a memory.

00:42:15And I didn't want

00:42:16to open those memories.

00:42:17But I...

00:42:23Has Mrs. Hayes

00:42:24from Harbor Light

00:42:25reached out to you?

00:42:26She has.

00:42:27Why did you introduce

00:42:29this to me?

00:42:29Because you need

00:42:30to step out of it.

00:42:32You do not know me.

00:42:34I know your parents

00:42:35were diplomats.

00:42:36I know your background.

00:42:38You investigated me?

00:42:39Before I decide

00:42:40who to work with,

00:42:41I learn about them.

00:42:43Annie,

00:42:44your parents

00:42:44were remarkable people.

00:42:46You do not need

00:42:47to lock yourself

00:42:48in a corner

00:42:48just to escape

00:42:49their shadow.

00:42:51Go take a look

00:42:52at Harbor Light's project.

00:42:53The Strait of Jurada,

00:42:54the bridge between

00:42:55Europe and Africa.

00:42:56Maybe you should

00:42:57see it for yourself.

00:43:03Maybe he was right.

00:43:07Mr. White,

00:43:08I need to take

00:43:09two months off.

00:43:11For what?

00:43:12A documentary project

00:43:13wants me as a

00:43:13translation sultan.

00:43:14I need to travel

00:43:15to the Middle East

00:43:16and Europe.

00:43:16Two months?

00:43:17What about

00:43:18Crownwell's project?

00:43:19I have already completed

00:43:20all the translation drafts

00:43:21for Crownwell's

00:43:22second phase.

00:43:22The third phase

00:43:23will not start

00:43:23until three months later.

00:43:24Are you resigning?

00:43:25I will come back.

00:43:28Fine.

00:43:28I will approve

00:43:29two months for you.

00:43:33Scarlet?

00:43:34Scarlet had placed

00:43:35and transferred

00:43:35to administration

00:43:36as a clerk.

00:43:37The old shine was gone.

00:43:38You are going

00:43:38on a business trip?

00:43:40Mm-hmm.

00:43:41For how long?

00:43:41Two months.

00:43:42You know,

00:43:43when I joined

00:43:43the White seven years ago,

00:43:44I only spoke

00:43:44one language, too.

00:43:47Later,

00:43:48I learned French

00:43:48and Spanish

00:43:49while working here.

00:43:49I went from intern

00:43:50to the department leader.

00:43:52I thought I had

00:43:53worked really hard.

00:43:54You did work hard.

00:43:55But without doing anything,

00:43:56you were already above me.

00:43:57Eight languages.

00:43:58What gives you the rights?

00:44:00My parents.

00:44:01They paid for it

00:44:02with their lives.

00:44:05That was the last time

00:44:06we spoke in this building.

00:44:08At the airport,

00:44:09I unexpectedly ran

00:44:09into someone.

00:44:11Louis Anderson.

00:44:12He was wearing

00:44:12casual clothes.

00:44:13It was the first time

00:44:14I had ever seen him

00:44:15out of a suit.

00:44:16Annie?

00:44:16What are you doing here?

00:44:18Crownwell has business

00:44:18in Dubai.

00:44:19What's one of a coincidence?

00:44:20Yeah.

00:44:21What a coincidence.

00:44:26Business class is pretty empty.

00:44:27Why are you sitting here?

00:44:29I bought an economy ticket.

00:44:32About the inheritance

00:44:33your parents left you.

00:44:34You even know about that?

00:44:36The law firm

00:44:36has worked with us before.

00:44:37Attorney Wills

00:44:38once mentioned a client

00:44:39who refused to inherit

00:44:39an estate.

00:44:40The industry is only so big.

00:44:42So the whole world knows?

00:44:43Not the whole world.

00:44:44Just me caring about it.

00:44:45I turned to look at him

00:44:46and my heart skipped a beat.

00:44:47The sunlight in Dubai

00:44:48was completely different

00:44:49from back home.

00:44:50Dry, fierce,

00:44:51almost as if it could burn

00:44:52straight through your shadow.

00:44:53So you are Annie?

00:44:54The one who speaks

00:44:55eight languages?

00:44:55Yes.

00:44:56Let's do a test.

00:44:57Translate a section

00:44:57for me first.

00:44:58Martin handed me

00:44:59an Arabic interview outline.

00:45:00Okay, I'm Annie Smith,

00:45:02a junior translator

00:45:03at White Global Trading Co.

00:45:04I've been here three years

00:45:05and make $24,000 a year.

00:45:07Finally, she is the one.

00:45:09She is better than those

00:45:10three translation companies

00:45:12combined.

00:45:13Martin, she has not even

00:45:15given us a quote yet.

00:45:16No need.

00:45:17It's her.

00:45:18The first stop

00:45:19was the antique market

00:45:20in old Dubai.

00:45:21The documentary

00:45:21was going to cover

00:45:22how the Strait of Hormos

00:45:23connects global trade.

00:45:25There was a Persian

00:45:25carpet shop here

00:45:26that had been open

00:45:27for 40 years

00:45:28and the owner

00:45:28was a third generation

00:45:30Iranian merchant.

00:45:31You're a woman.

00:45:32I'm a woman.

00:45:33I'm a woman.

00:45:35I'm a woman.

00:45:37I'm a woman.

00:45:39I'm a woman.

00:45:41I'm a woman.

00:45:42I'm a woman.

00:45:43I'm a woman.

00:45:44I'm a woman.

00:45:45I'm a woman.

00:45:46I'm a woman.

00:45:48In Casablanca,

00:45:49I interview

00:45:49the historian

00:45:50in French.

00:45:59He said

00:46:01on the street

00:46:02of Jorali,

00:46:02shipping and trade

00:46:03are a way

00:46:03of having a dialogue.

00:46:04People may come

00:46:05from different backgrounds

00:46:06and speak different languages,

00:46:07but their hearts

00:46:08are connected.

00:46:09My voice

00:46:09that their hearts

00:46:10was a little halcy

00:46:10because my father

00:46:11had said

00:46:12almost the exact

00:46:12same thing.

00:46:14Okay.

00:46:15That night,

00:46:16the team had dinner

00:46:17at the hotel.

00:46:19Annie,

00:46:20Mr. Anderson

00:46:20asked whether your work

00:46:21went smoothly today?

00:46:22It went smoothly.

00:46:23No need to worry about me.

00:46:25Mr. Anderson

00:46:25asked me to tell you

00:46:26that he is in the office

00:46:27on the 58th floor

00:46:28of this hotel.

00:46:29If you need anything,

00:46:30contact him anytime.

00:46:33Hello?

00:46:35Have you eaten?

00:46:37I am eating now.

00:46:38The food here

00:46:39may not really suit

00:46:39our taste.

00:46:40If you want

00:46:41something else...

00:46:42Mr. Anderson,

00:46:43why are you

00:46:44telling me this?

00:46:45Because I care about you.

00:46:46I do not need

00:46:47your concern.

00:46:48Okay.

00:46:49No more concern.

00:46:50Good night.

00:46:51Over the next few weeks,

00:46:52we went a lot of places.

00:46:53On the flight

00:46:54from Istanbul to Cairo,

00:46:55I received an email.

00:46:56Sender, Scarlet.

00:46:57Subject, no subject.

00:46:59After you left,

00:47:00they laid off

00:47:00the French team

00:47:01and the German team

00:47:02because Brian White

00:47:03said you alone

00:47:04would enough.

00:47:05Seven people

00:47:05lost their jobs

00:47:06because of you.

00:47:07Are you happy now?

00:47:08I looked at the email

00:47:09and deleted it.

00:47:11Do not believe, Scarlet.

00:47:12The French and German teams

00:47:13were cut because

00:47:14they were already

00:47:14at the bottom

00:47:15in performance.

00:47:16It has nothing

00:47:16to do with you.

00:47:17She is just trying

00:47:17to mess with you.

00:47:18I know.

00:47:19Are you okay?

00:47:20I'm fine.

00:47:25Cairo,

00:47:25the third stop

00:47:26of the documentary.

00:47:28I lived here

00:47:28for a while.

00:47:31When the plane landed,

00:47:32I looked out

00:47:33at that familiar city

00:47:34and my heart

00:47:35started beating

00:47:35a little faster.

00:47:36In Cairo,

00:47:37the team was filming

00:47:38a section about

00:47:39the history of trade

00:47:40between the Middle East

00:47:41and Europe.

00:47:42They needed

00:47:43Arabic interpretation.

00:47:55Are Zakt,

00:47:56is Gipdeinen

00:47:56provided in Sammler

00:47:57in Cairo?

00:47:58The owner of this

00:47:59was a diplomat.

00:48:00He died five years ago.

00:48:02His daughter

00:48:03is a citizen

00:48:04as a servant,

00:48:04but never been

00:48:05yet.

00:48:07Are you going to

00:48:08have a diplomat?

00:48:10I am

00:48:11Michael Smith.

00:48:15Michael Smith.

00:48:16That was

00:48:17my father's name.

00:48:21After the interview,

00:48:22I sat alone

00:48:23on the streets

00:48:23of Cairo.

00:48:24I looked up

00:48:25at the sky.

00:48:26It was gray.

00:48:28I still remember

00:48:29the pistachio flavor

00:48:30ice cream that year.

00:48:36Hello?

00:48:37You arrived in Cairo?

00:48:38Yes.

00:48:41What happened?

00:48:42Your voice sounds off.

00:48:45Nothing.

00:48:46I flew to Cairo

00:48:46this afternoon.

00:48:47If you have time...

00:48:48Why do you always

00:48:49show up wherever I am?

00:48:50Because Victoria

00:48:51has your itinerary.

00:48:52She is running

00:48:53a project I invested in,

00:48:54so I have the right

00:48:55to see it.

00:48:56That is called

00:48:56stalking.

00:48:57That is called

00:48:58paying attention.

00:49:02There is a difference.

00:49:04The next afternoon,

00:49:05Louie Geranderson

00:49:06went with me

00:49:07to a private warehouse

00:49:08on the outskirts of Cairo.

00:49:09It was not big,

00:49:10but the temperature

00:49:11and humidity

00:49:12were carefully controlled.

00:49:13The kind of place

00:49:14used specifically

00:49:15to store antiques.

00:49:19after the manager

00:49:20opened the door,

00:49:21I saw three full shelves.

00:49:24Every piece

00:49:25had a handwritten tag

00:49:26hanging on it.

00:49:28It was my father's

00:49:30handwriting.

00:49:31An 18th century

00:49:32style Meissen

00:49:33porcelain vase

00:49:34purchased at the Grand

00:49:36Bazaar in Istanbul

00:49:382008

00:49:40with Annie.

00:49:422008.

00:49:43I was eight years old

00:49:44in Istanbul

00:49:44with my dad.

00:49:45He took me

00:49:46to the Grand Bazaar.

00:49:47I kept asking

00:49:48for Turkish ice cream

00:49:49and he said

00:49:49we would go

00:49:50after looking

00:49:50at that little stall.

00:49:52That stall

00:49:52was selling

00:49:53these old porcelain pieces.

00:49:54I did not remember

00:49:55any of it,

00:49:56but my dad did.

00:49:57For three years,

00:49:58I hid everything

00:49:59about them away.

00:50:00The languages,

00:50:01the inheritance,

00:50:01the memories.

00:50:02I thought as long

00:50:03as I did not touch

00:50:04any of it,

00:50:05I could pretend

00:50:05they had never left.

00:50:07But they had always

00:50:07been with me.

00:50:09Your father

00:50:10was an extraordinary man.

00:50:13I know.

00:50:15Then you should become

00:50:16someone extraordinary too.

00:50:18Instead of hiding yourself

00:50:19in a position

00:50:19far below your level.

00:50:24That night,

00:50:26I called Attorney Wills.

00:50:27Attorney Wills,

00:50:28I will handle

00:50:29the inheritance.

00:50:30Miss Smith,

00:50:30finally.

00:50:31Donate the Xur accounts

00:50:32and the properties

00:50:33according to the original plan.

00:50:35But I am keeping

00:50:35the porcelain collection

00:50:36in Cairo.

00:50:37Understood.

00:50:37That is wonderful.

00:50:38I will arrange it right away.

00:50:39One more thing.

00:50:40Go ahead.

00:50:41Did my father leave

00:50:42any letter or document for me?

00:50:43Not a legal document,

00:50:44something personal.

00:50:46Yes, a letter.

00:50:47He noted that it should be

00:50:48given to you

00:50:48when you came to collect the antiques.

00:50:49Send it to me.

00:50:51Attorney Wills

00:50:52sent the letter to my hotel.

00:50:54I sat in my room

00:50:55for 10 minutes

00:50:56before finally working up

00:50:57the courage to open the letter.

00:50:59The letter was not long.

00:51:01Annie,

00:51:01when you see this letter

00:51:02your mother and I

00:51:03should no longer be by your side.

00:51:05Knowing your personality

00:51:06I guess you will probably

00:51:07run away for a while.

00:51:08You may seal away

00:51:09the memories connected to us

00:51:10along with all those languages.

00:51:12Maybe it is because

00:51:12every language is tied to us.

00:51:14One sentence in German

00:51:15will remind you

00:51:16of landscape in Berlin.

00:51:17One sentence in Arabic

00:51:18will remind you

00:51:19of the stars in Cairo.

00:51:20But Annie,

00:51:21language is not a chain.

00:51:22Language is wings.

00:51:24Your mother spent her life

00:51:24building bridges.

00:51:25I spent mine planting seeds.

00:51:27You are that bridge of seed.

00:51:28Don't shrink yourself

00:51:28into the dark.

00:51:29You are exceptional.

00:51:30You are smart, gifted,

00:51:31and you should do

00:51:32what you are really good at.

00:51:32Trying to plant seeds

00:51:33in your own way.

00:51:34You are a pride.

00:51:35Mom and dad

00:51:35will always love you.

00:51:36There was a water stain

00:51:37on the paper.

00:51:38I did not know

00:51:39whether he left it

00:51:39when he wrote the letter

00:51:40or whether I had just left it.

00:51:42My dad was right.

00:51:43Language is not a chain.

00:51:44It is wings.

00:51:48In Madrid,

00:51:49I interviewed

00:51:50a flamenco dancer

00:51:51in Spanish.

00:51:52Every language

00:51:52has its own rhythm.

00:51:54Once your body

00:51:55remembers it,

00:51:56you will never forget it.

00:51:57She says every language

00:51:58has its own rhythm.

00:52:00I wrote that sentence

00:52:01down in my translation notes.

00:52:02The final stop

00:52:03was Venice.

00:52:05Omar,

00:52:06the Arab old bookseller.

00:52:07He had his own

00:52:08antique bookshop

00:52:09in the best spot

00:52:10on the busiest square

00:52:11in Venice.

00:52:12He was in his 60s

00:52:14and had lived in Italy

00:52:15for 30 years.

00:52:16And the story of him

00:52:17moved me the most.

00:52:30What happened after that?

00:52:46Keep this part.

00:52:48Original audio

00:52:49with subtitles.

00:52:53Annie,

00:52:55your translation

00:52:56almost made me cry.

00:52:57In Venice,

00:52:58I completed

00:52:58the final three interviews

00:52:59in Italian.

00:53:00Two months,

00:53:02two continents

00:53:02and eight languages.

00:53:04My dad was right.

00:53:05Language is not a chain.

00:53:07It is wings.

00:53:13The day I came back,

00:53:14it was late December.

00:53:17New York's winter was cold,

00:53:19but the air carried

00:53:20a familiar scent.

00:53:22Annie,

00:53:23the director position

00:53:24in the translation department

00:53:25is open.

00:53:26Mm-hmm.

00:53:27I want you to take it.

00:53:30What is the salary?

00:53:32$200,000.

00:53:34Okay.

00:53:35And just like that,

00:53:36in less than half a year,

00:53:37I went from a junior role

00:53:38to the director

00:53:39of the translation department.

00:53:42On the day

00:53:43I officially took the role,

00:53:44I stood in the meeting room

00:53:45and made a speech

00:53:46to the people

00:53:47in the translation department.

00:53:51I know many of you

00:53:52have questions about me.

00:53:55Why does someone

00:53:56who hid for three years

00:53:57suddenly get to become director?

00:53:59I am not going to explain.

00:54:01From today on,

00:54:02results will do the talking.

00:54:03I will personally proofread

00:54:04everyone's translation drafts.

00:54:06I have only one standard,

00:54:07accuracy.

00:54:08If you cannot do it,

00:54:09I will teach you.

00:54:10If you still cannot do it after that,

00:54:12you will be replaced.

00:54:13That's straight.

00:54:15Translation is not a word game.

00:54:17One wrong number

00:54:18in a trade contract

00:54:19can mean tens of millions

00:54:20in losses.

00:54:21Strictness is the bare minimum.

00:54:26Hello?

00:54:27Director Smith,

00:54:28congratulations on the promotion.

00:54:30$200,000?

00:54:31Mm-hmm.

00:54:32I offered $400,000 before.

00:54:34I know.

00:54:34Still not considering it?

00:54:35Not for now,

00:54:36but thank you for all your help.

00:54:37The offer,

00:54:38the Harborlight Media Project

00:54:39that day in Cairo.

00:54:40You don't need to thank me.

00:54:41Those weren't favors.

00:54:42Then what were they?

00:54:43Things I wanted to do.

00:54:44Are you free this weekend?

00:54:46For what?

00:54:48Dinner.

00:54:48No work,

00:54:49no projects.

00:54:51Okay.

00:54:51He was driving

00:54:52a very ordinary gray sedan,

00:54:54not the kind of luxury car

00:54:55I had imagined.

00:54:56Your car doesn't really

00:54:57match your status.

00:54:58Cars are for driving,

00:54:59not for showing off.

00:55:00I'm taking you

00:55:01to a Japanese restaurant.

00:55:02It only has eight seats.

00:55:04You're paying?

00:55:05Obviously.

00:55:07This place has the best sashimi

00:55:09in the whole city.

00:55:10How do you know?

00:55:11I've tried every Japanese

00:55:12restaurant in the city.

00:55:15This man.

00:55:16Annie,

00:55:17I'm going to be direct.

00:55:18Since that day in Cairo,

00:55:19or maybe even earlier,

00:55:20since the first time

00:55:21you spoke German

00:55:22at Crownwell,

00:55:23I...

00:55:23You what?

00:55:24I knew you were someone

00:55:25I didn't want to miss.

00:55:26Right now,

00:55:27you're the only person

00:55:28in my mind.

00:55:30You really are way too...

00:55:32Too what?

00:55:33Too direct.

00:55:33You don't like it?

00:55:34I didn't say I didn't like it.

00:55:38That night,

00:55:39he drove me home.

00:55:40Downstairs,

00:55:41he said,

00:55:42I'm flying to South Korea

00:55:43for a business dress tomorrow.

00:55:44How long?

00:55:46A week.

00:55:46Okay.

00:55:47Will you miss me?

00:55:49No.

00:55:51Liar.

00:55:52Maybe a little.

00:56:02Over the next three months,

00:56:04many things happened at once.

00:56:05The Crownwell project

00:56:06successfully completed

00:56:08its third phase,

00:56:09and White Global

00:56:10brought in nearly

00:56:11$80 million

00:56:12in revenue from it.

00:56:14When Brian White

00:56:15reviewed the monthly report,

00:56:17he said to Alex Wood,

00:56:18You should have put Annie

00:56:19on it from the start.

00:56:22After Scarlet resigned

00:56:23from White Global,

00:56:24she became a director

00:56:25at a small translation company.

00:56:27Three months later,

00:56:28that company face

00:56:29had its mass tariff

00:56:30compensation claim.

00:56:31A German contract

00:56:32had its tariff glosses

00:56:33mistranslated,

00:56:35causing the client

00:56:35to lose $20 million.

00:56:37That translation

00:56:38was done by Scarlet herself.

00:56:40Her problem

00:56:41with German honoratis

00:56:42had finally been exposed

00:56:43on a bigger stage.

00:56:44When the news reached

00:56:45White Global,

00:56:46some people started

00:56:47mocking her in the group chat.

00:56:49I only said one thing.

00:56:51Stop talking about it.

00:56:54Everyone has to take

00:56:55responsibility

00:56:55for their own choices.

00:57:05Hello?

00:57:06Annie?

00:57:07It's Uncle George,

00:57:08your father's old colleague.

00:57:10Uncle George?

00:57:12I saw you on TV.

00:57:13Translation consultant

00:57:14in five languages.

00:57:15Annie, your parents

00:57:16must be so proud

00:57:17of you in heaven.

00:57:17Uncle George,

00:57:18how did you see it?

00:57:19You look exactly like Michael.

00:57:21And you're Arabic.

00:57:21That Cairo accent

00:57:22of your father's,

00:57:23I recognized it

00:57:23the moment I heard it.

00:57:25Annie,

00:57:25before your father

00:57:26passed away,

00:57:27he said something to me.

00:57:28What did he say?

00:57:30Annie will become

00:57:31a better bridge

00:57:31than I ever was.

00:57:33That night,

00:57:34Louis Anderson

00:57:34came back from South Korea

00:57:35and went straight

00:57:36to my building.

00:57:38Come out.

00:57:39For what?

00:57:41I want to take

00:57:42a walk with you.

00:57:45The street was cold

00:57:47and the streetlights

00:57:48stretched our shadows

00:57:49long across the pavement.

00:57:50I watched the documentary.

00:57:53How was it?

00:57:54Not good enough

00:57:55for your translation.

00:57:56The director was average.

00:57:57Don't say that

00:57:58about Martin.

00:57:59But your parts

00:58:00were excellent.

00:58:01You weren't just

00:58:01translating in the interview.

00:58:02You were carrying

00:58:03the emotion across.

00:58:05My father once said

00:58:06if you understand

00:58:07someone's mother tongue,

00:58:08you can understand

00:58:08their heart.

00:58:09You did that.

00:58:12We walked for a long time

00:58:13until we reached a river.

00:58:15Annie.

00:58:16Yeah?

00:58:17Crownwell is setting up

00:58:18an international

00:58:19cultural exchange

00:58:19department next year.

00:58:20We'll focus on

00:58:21cross-buck cultural projects,

00:58:22documentaries,

00:58:23publishing,

00:58:23exhibitions,

00:58:24forums.

00:58:24I need someone to lead it.

00:58:25You're trying to

00:58:25poach me again.

00:58:26I'm not poaching you.

00:58:27I'm building a position

00:58:28for you.

00:58:29What do you mean?

00:58:30You're not meant

00:58:31to be just a translator.

00:58:32Translation is a tool

00:58:33and you should use

00:58:34that tool to do

00:58:35something bigger.

00:58:36Your father's porcelain

00:58:36collection could become

00:58:37an exhibition about

00:58:38the history of global trade.

00:58:39Use your eight languages

00:58:40to tell that story

00:58:40to the world.

00:58:41What's the salary?

00:58:42Name your price.

00:58:43You don't think

00:58:44I'm taking advantage

00:58:45of you?

00:58:45Then let me take

00:58:46advantage of you.

00:58:47What?

00:58:48Be my girlfriend.

00:58:49No salary needed.

00:58:51Louie!

00:58:52I'm joking.

00:58:53One million dollars a year

00:58:54plus project dividends.

00:58:55But the girlfriend

00:58:56part is serious too.

00:58:58The streetlight fell

00:58:58across his face

00:58:59softening cold lines

00:59:00he usually carried.

00:59:04Two days later

00:59:05I gave him my answer.

00:59:07I said yes to both.

00:59:08Brian White personally

00:59:09locked me to the entrance.

00:59:11Annie, you are the most

00:59:12underestimated employee

00:59:14in White Global's history.

00:59:15Mr. White,

00:59:16you also gave me

00:59:16the opportunity.

00:59:18You earned that

00:59:19opportunity yourself.

00:59:21Speaking of which,

00:59:22what I said in German

00:59:23at the annual meeting?

00:59:24The 70% raise?

00:59:25You understood it

00:59:26back then, didn't you?

00:59:28I did.

00:59:29Then why didn't you

00:59:30forget it?

00:59:31I wish you all the best.

00:59:34Three years,

00:59:35a $24,000 salary,

00:59:38a junior level position.

00:59:39I had repaid

00:59:40what needed to be repaid.

00:59:42It was time to start over.

00:59:49Crownwell's

00:59:49International Cultural

00:59:50Exchange Department

00:59:51was officially established.

00:59:53I became its first director.

00:59:54The first project

00:59:56is an international

00:59:56touring exhibition.

00:59:57The core exhibits

00:59:59are the 40 Blubber

01:00:00antiques my father

01:00:01collected from around

01:00:01the world.

01:00:05The exhibition

01:00:06will open simultaneously

01:00:07in five cities,

01:00:08Berlin, Cairo,

01:00:08Istanbul, Paris,

01:00:09and New York.

01:00:12I'll personally

01:00:13translate the narration

01:00:14for each city

01:00:15into the local language.

01:00:17On opening day,

01:00:18more than 300 people

01:00:19came to the New York venue.

01:00:21Uncle George

01:00:21stood in the exhibition hall,

01:00:23looking at my father's

01:00:24handwritten labels

01:00:25on the Portland pieces,

01:00:26tears streaming down his face.

01:00:28Michael,

01:00:29your daughter made it.

01:00:34Annie,

01:00:35how about turning

01:00:36this exhibition

01:00:36into a second season

01:00:37of the documentary?

01:00:40We can talk about it.

01:00:42I told you,

01:00:43you were never

01:00:44just a translator.

01:00:47Louie Anderson

01:00:48stood in the corner

01:00:48of the exhibition hall,

01:00:49staying away from the front.

01:00:50He was wearing a black suit,

01:00:52hands in my pockets,

01:00:53watching me do interviews

01:00:53under the spotlight.

01:00:54That look in his eyes,

01:00:56you are someone

01:00:56I didn't want to miss.

01:01:04Mrs. Smith,

01:01:05you are fluent

01:01:05in eight languages,

01:01:06but I heard you spent

01:01:07three years

01:01:07as a junior translator

01:01:08at a trading company,

01:01:09making only $24,000 a year.

01:01:13Yes.

01:01:14Why did you hide

01:01:15your abilities?

01:01:17Because I was running away.

01:01:19Every language

01:01:20was tied to memories

01:01:21of my parents.

01:01:22I thought if I hid them away,

01:01:23it would stop hurting.

01:01:25But later I realized

01:01:27that languages

01:01:27do not disappear

01:01:28just because you

01:01:28refuse to speak them.

01:01:29They stay in your blood,

01:01:30waiting for you to speak.

01:01:32What finally made you

01:01:33decide to speak up?

01:01:36A letter.

01:01:37My father wrote it.

01:01:38He said if I have the ability

01:01:39to make a difference,

01:01:40I should use it.

01:01:41On the second day

01:01:42of the exhibition,

01:01:43someone unexpected

01:01:44showed up.

01:01:46Scarlet.

01:01:48What are you doing here?

01:01:51I saw it on the news.

01:01:52Your father collected these?

01:01:54Yes.

01:01:56They're beautiful.

01:01:58Annie,

01:01:59I owe you an apology.

01:02:00You do not have to.

01:02:01Let me speak.

01:02:03I was jealous of you.

01:02:04I had been jealous

01:02:05since the first time

01:02:06you opened your mouth

01:02:07and spoke German.

01:02:08It took me seven years

01:02:09to climb up to Team Leader,

01:02:10but you were already above me

01:02:11without even trying.

01:02:12I could not accept that.

01:02:14So you chose to frame me?

01:02:15Yes.

01:02:16And then I paid the price.

01:02:18After I left White Global,

01:02:20that German contract

01:02:21at the translation company,

01:02:22you heard about it, right?

01:02:22I did.

01:02:24Because you used

01:02:25to correct my work,

01:02:25I never knew

01:02:26what my real level was.

01:02:27Once you were not there anymore,

01:02:28I finally realized,

01:02:29Scarlet,

01:02:29your hard work was real.

01:02:30Those seven years of German

01:02:31were not wasted either.

01:02:32You just chose the wrong direction

01:02:33at certain moments.

01:02:34You don't hate me?

01:02:36No.

01:02:37The forged screenshots

01:02:38are in the past now.

01:02:40You really are different

01:02:41from before.

01:02:42Back then,

01:02:43I could not even face myself.

01:02:45The exhibition is wonderful.

01:02:47Your father must be

01:02:47very happy.

01:02:52The exhibition ran

01:02:53for two months

01:02:54across five cities

01:02:55with more than

01:02:56120,000 visitors in total.

01:03:07After the closing ceremony,

01:03:09Louis Anderson

01:03:10found me on the hotel terrace.

01:03:11Tired?

01:03:13A little.

01:03:14Five cities,

01:03:15two months.

01:03:16You handled all the narration

01:03:17translation work

01:03:17across every language

01:03:18by yourself.

01:03:19I am used to it.

01:03:21Do not get used

01:03:22to carrying everything alone.

01:03:24This is not a proposal,

01:03:26so don't be nervous.

01:03:28It's custom made

01:03:29because you said

01:03:30your father once told you

01:03:31that you were the bridge.

01:03:34This?

01:03:34There is a line

01:03:35engraved on the bridge.

01:03:37It has the word bridge

01:03:38engraved in nine languages.

01:03:41The ninth language

01:03:41is Russian.

01:03:42I studied for three months

01:03:44just to learn one word.

01:03:45The Cairo night wind

01:03:46swept across the terrace.

01:03:48In the distance,

01:03:49the banks of the Nile

01:03:50were bright with lights.

01:03:53Louis Anderson,

01:03:54you really are.

01:03:55What?

01:03:58Too good at this.

01:04:00Only with you.

01:04:08Five years later,

01:04:09Crownwell's

01:04:10international

01:04:10cultural exchange department

01:04:11had become

01:04:12an industry Denmark.

01:04:13It ran more than

01:04:1320 cross-cultural projects

01:04:15every year,

01:04:15with revenue

01:04:16exceeding 200 million.

01:04:18Revenue's up

01:04:19another 30% this year.

01:04:21Your salary should be

01:04:22adjusted this year.

01:04:23To how much?

01:04:25You tell me.

01:04:27One dollar.

01:04:29Seriously?

01:04:30Put the rest

01:04:31into a scholarship

01:04:32to support young people

01:04:33studying languages.

01:04:34Name it after my parents.

01:04:36The Michael Smith

01:04:36and Evelyn Chen

01:04:37language scholarship.

01:04:38How do you know

01:04:39my mother's name?

01:04:40I am your husband.

01:04:41How could I not know

01:04:42your mother's name?

01:04:44Outside the window

01:04:45was the skyline

01:04:46of the whole city.

01:04:46It was no longer

01:04:47that rental apartment

01:04:48with the broken heating.

01:04:49But sometimes

01:04:50I still think

01:04:51of that window

01:04:51and the nights

01:04:52when I crouched there

01:04:53eating soup.

01:04:54Back then,

01:04:55I was fluent

01:04:55in eight languages,

01:04:56made $2,000 a year

01:04:57and rejected

01:04:58a $10 million inheritance.

01:05:00I hid myself

01:05:01in the deepest corner

01:05:01thinking that as long

01:05:02as I stayed silent

01:05:03it would not hurt.

01:05:04In his letter

01:05:05my father wrote,

01:05:06Be brave enough

01:05:07to be yourself.

01:05:08It took me a long time

01:05:10to understand that.

01:05:12But luckily,

01:05:14I did it.

01:05:14I'd love to wait

01:05:16until the 100 year old

01:05:16kid

01:05:16that you角

01:05:17that

01:05:18that

01:05:19you sucked

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