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The Silent Polyglot
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00:00:04I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at White Global Trading Co. Lou Did.
00:00:08I'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.
00:00:22Nobody knows that.
00:00:24My father was a diplomat and mother was simultaneous and sort of.
00:00:27Five years ago, they died in a car accident.
00:00:30I've never wanted to show off because of these skills.
00:00:32I just want to keep my head down and be a small, unassuming translator.
00:00:36Let's welcome Mr. White to the stage.
00:00:40Everyone have worked hard over the past year.
00:00:43Thank you for your dedication.
00:00:46In the new year, we will...
00:00:48It's been ten minutes.
00:00:50And 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.
00:00:58If you do, it's on me.
00:01:02Sure.
00:01:03Why 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.
00:01:10But she does know one thing.
00:01:14Also, I have another note.
00:01:17Everyone here, who speaks German, receives a 70% Gehanserröhung.
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.
00:01:43I 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.
00:01:54Scarlett, majoring in German, French, and Spanish, is the head of translator team.
00:01:59She got promoted in just three months.
00:02:02And has been riding that high ever since.
00:02:05Mm-hmm.
00:02:06Anyway, 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.
00:02:18A 70% raise.
00:02:20The German translation team consists of four people, plus Scarlett.
00:02:23Only 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, stay right there.
00:02:34I'm coming over right now.
00:02:39Annie, why didn't you raise your hand just now?
00:02:42Raise my hand for what?
00:02:44You definitely understood that German, right?
00:02:4670%?
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.
00:02:54I don't speak German.
00:02:57Who are you trying to fool?
00:02:59Your French is already that good.
00:03:00You expect me to believe you don't understand German.
00:03:02Are you kidding me?
00:03:04I really don't understand German.
00:03:06Anne, that crappy place you rent barely have working heating.
00:03:10Sometimes 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?
00:03:16Ellen caught me reading a French book in the pantry last year.
00:03:18I told her I'd studied a little bit French.
00:03:21She'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.
00:03:36Keep pretending.
00:03:37I'm done.
00:03:38But Annie, I'm telling you.
00:03:39You're going to 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.
00:03:56That means that I only give the core team a change of change.
00:03:59All right.
00:04:05All right.
00:04:07Apros.
00:04:08Wen schäden wir nächste Woche für das Projekt der Crown Bell Group?
00:04:14Scarlet.
00:04:15Sie spricht am besten Deutsch.
00:04:18Ich habe gehört, dass Präsident Anderson von Crown Bell ziemlich schwierig ist.
00:04:22Letztes Mal hat er das gesamte Übersetzungsgrund von Meridian aus dem Sprengsraum hinangefrogen.
00:04:26Das sollte kein Problem sein.
00:04:28Scarlet kommt damit klar.
00:04:33Leute, auf Arnes-Nivelle sollten wir diesmal nicht mitmehen.
00:04:35Sie 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.
00:04:49Annie, send me the proofread version of last week's contract tomorrow.
00:04:54Yes, 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.
00:05:11The 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.
00:05:19Scarlet 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?
00:05:28Scarlet is going to handle the Crownwell International next week.
00:05:32I heard.
00:05:33Do you know President Anderson of Crownwell?
00:05:39Who?
00:05:44Louis Anderson.
00:05:4532 years old,
00:05:46President of Crownwell International Commerce Group lead in.
00:05:48He ranked 98th on last year's Global Wealth Rankings.
00:05:51They say he's fluent in five languages,
00:05:53but notorious for his bad temper.
00:05:54He even chewed out the entire Meridian's translation team
00:05:57and drove them out of the meeting room.
00:05:57What does that have to do with me?
00:05:59You 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.
00:06:15It 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,
00:06:23so Alex would have 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.
00:06:37It took me 15 minutes to finish the translation.
00:06:40I left two tiny mistakes in proposal
00:06:42just to pretend the work of someone
00:06:44who had only taken a little Arabic.
00:06:50Not bad was actually good enough for me.
00:06:59Annie, organize these materials for me.
00:07:02I need them for Crownwell's project next week.
00:07:04This is background materials
00:07:05on Crownwell International Commerce Group Loa,
00:07:08all 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,
00:07:13and 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,
00:07:19so 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
00:07:29for the Crownwell project.
00:07:30You don't need to attend.
00:07:32I know.
00:07:32You're only responsible for basic proofreading.
00:07:35A major project like this
00:07:36isn't something you get to be part of.
00:07:38I know.
00:07:45I heard everything in the pantry.
00:07:47Who 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?
00:07:50I'm used to it.
00:07:52Can't you just clap back for once?
00:07:53And then what?
00:07:54She's the boss.
00:07:57If you showed everyone what you can really do,
00:07:59what 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?
00:08:08I don't know either.
00:08:10Maybe I'm afraid of being noticed.
00:08:11Afraid that people will dig into my past
00:08:13and will look at me with pity.
00:08:16Or maybe I'm just too tired to care.
00:08:22An annual salary of $24,000.
00:08:26In this city, after rent and utilities,
00:08:28there isn't much left.
00:08:36Hello?
00:08:37Hello.
00:08:37Am 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
00:08:45of 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.
00:08:51Mrs. 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.
00:09:04The Translation Department had a meeting on a Monday morning.
00:09:07I wasn't told to attend,
00:09:08but my desk was right next to the meeting room.
00:09:10I 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.
00:09:24We only need to cover the German communication.
00:09:26Can you handle that?
00:09:27Of course.
00:09:28I studied in Germany for three years.
00:09:29The business negotiation like this is exactly in my comfort zone.
00:09:32To be fair, Starless 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.
00:09:40She 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.
00:09:52Not my business.
00:09:54Finish sorting everything?
00:09:56Yes.
00:09:56I made her a summary classified by project type, cooperation history, and key personnel.
00:10:01I also marked the changes of tariff policies and the risk points.
00:10:03All 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!
00:10:14He rarely came down here in person.
00:10:17Scarlet.
00:10:18Crown 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.
00:10:26No problem.
00:10:27Good.
00:10:28Bring someone with you tomorrow for on-site interpretation support.
00:10:31I'll take Zach.
00:10:32His German is decent too.
00:10:34Zach is still on leave.
00:10:38Annie!
00:10:39You come with me tomorrow.
00:10:40Me?
00:10:41I only speak Spanish.
00:10:42You'll just take notes and serve coffee.
00:10:44I'll handle the professional part.
00:10:47Her?
00:10:48Don't worry, Mr. White.
00:10:49She's more than enough as an assistant.
00:10:52I got dragged into Crown Willian's business negotiation.
00:10:54As 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 Will tomorrow.
00:11:02Scarlet is taking you?
00:11:04Doesn't she always sit down on you?
00:11:05As the errand girl.
00:11:07You...
00:11:07You just agreed to that?
00:11:09What else am I supposed to do?
00:11:10Annie!
00:11:11Annie!
00:11:12Annie!
00:11:22Are you from White Global?
00:11:24Yes.
00:11:24I'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.
00:11:34Please wait.
00:11:35President Alexandring is still in a meeting.
00:11:38Scarlet 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.
00:11:53Don't let your eyes wander.
00:11:55People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.
00:11:59Okay.
00:12:02Miss Scarlet, President Anderson will see you now.
00:12:16Thirty-two years old, about six foot one, gray suit, no tie.
00:12:20The top button of his shirt was undone.
00:12:21His face was cold.
00:12:22Not the kind of cold people put on to look cool.
00:12:24He was genuinely cold.
00:12:26Sit.
00:12:28Two 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 very fast.
00:12:52Every word was sharp.
00:12:53She understood him, but she clearly didn't expect him to open like that.
00:13:01I mean...
00:13:25She didn't know.
00:13:29But I did, because that policy change was mentioned in the background materials.
00:13:34I had specifically marked it in the summary.
00:13:36But Scarlet obviously hadn't read it carefully.
00:13:41Die, das...
00:13:42Ich muss das erstmal intern infektieren.
00:13:47Haben Sie sich überhaupt nicht vorbereitet, bevor Sie hierher gekommen sind?
00:13:51Sie haben dreierl die falsche Deutschbehandelverwendung.
00:13:54Beim ersten Mal habe ich nichts gesagt.
00:13:57Beim zweiten Mal auch nicht.
00:13:58Beim dritten Mal...
00:14:00Wissen Sie, was es im Geschäftsleid benaut, wenn man ständig die falsche Ansturform benutzt?
00:14:05Es bedeutet entweder, dass Sie mich nicht respektieren, oder dass Sie Ihre Führigkeit nicht ausweisen.
00:14:09Welches ist das?
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.
00:14:24Herr Präsident Anderson, ich bette vielmals um Entschuldung.
00:14:28Wenn das das Liebe von White Glover ist, werde ich in Erwengung fühlen, zu einem anderen Partner zu schägen.
00:14:33My hands froze above the keyboard.
00:14:35Two voices were speaking in my head.
00:14:36It's none of your concern.
00:14:38You're just here to fetch coffee and serve drinks.
00:14:39This is Whitworth Bit Global's biggest deal of the year.
00:14:42If we lose it, there'll probably be layoffs by the end of the year.
00:14:44And junior translators like me will be first on the chopping block.
00:14:58Präsident Anderson, geben Sie uns bitte noch fünf Minuten.
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.
00:15:33Die neue 3 erfettet den Standard für irgendein Sechdinger von 6 auf 8 Stelle HS-Cates.
00:15:39Artikel diese Bärensat 2 zeigen unsere Tachtation Bär-Log und Bär-Kombald 5%.
00:15:4315%?
00:15:44Erklären Sie mir bitte in der Richtung.
00:15:46Der White Global über einen Sollbaus in den W.A. hüht, das von den Vorlingsschaffen der Freidehande von Comprofifessions werden
00:15:52etwa 3% der durch die Erkreisung des HS-Cates und Kostenstörungen kompensiert.
00:15:56Die nette Ausbildung in 2012.
00:15:58Louis Anderson's legal director lowered his head and flipped through the files, as if he was checking whether I was
00:16:03right.
00:16:03Where 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 the junior level?
00:16:11Yes.
00:16:12Your five minutes are up.
00:16:13But I can give you ten more.
00:16:15On one condition.
00:16:16From here on, you meet the negotiation.
00:16:20She can't-
00:16:21I said she leads.
00:16:23Or you can lead right now.
00:16:28Scarlett, should I take over?
00:16:32Then let's restart from the first part of the proposal.
00:16:34This wasn't because I had prepared in advance.
00:16:36While sorting that 50 pages materials I had for Scarlett, I had memorized every word.
00:16:40Plus, I grew up in a diplomatic family.
00:16:42The basics of international trade are as natural to me as breathing.
00:16:46Auf dem Neustmarkt.
00:16:47Wenn ein Kunde lange nicht über den Preis spritzt, sondern nur über Tellingen, wie würden Sie damit umgehen?
00:16:51A tajriya baladhafa.
00:16:52Musibit al-lagata awala, fana naquu bisharat.
00:16:55You speak Arabic too?
00:16:56A little.
00:16:56Der japanische Lieferstern ist 6% günstiger, aber die Lieferzeit ist instabil.
00:17:01Wie entscheiden Sie?
00:17:01Die erschriechene japanische Angosuznummer leist J.P.E.K.T. 0427.
00:17:06Ich würde nicht das nierigste Auversauk wählen, sondern die Läusung mit dem kleinsten Gesamtereskop.
00:17:13The framework works.
00:17:15I'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.
00:17:22Annie, 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.
00:17:40I do mainly work in Spanish.
00:17:43What you did in there today, that's what you call mainly working in Spanish?
00:17:46Your German is better than mine.
00:17:47Where did that Arab come from?
00:17:49It's not even on your resume.
00:17:52Scarlet, the project was saved, wasn't it?
00:17:54You did this on purpose.
00:17:56You hid your skills just waiting for a chance like this to show off.
00:18:01What do you think will happen just because you impressed Louis Anderson once?
00:18:04When 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.
00:18:20How did the negotiation go?
00:18:22Did Scarlet crash and burn?
00:18:23The project was saved.
00:18:25How was it saved?
00:18:26Wasn't she...
00:18:26Wait, was it you?
00:18:28I'll tell you when I get back.
00:18:29Annie, 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.
00:18:39I didn't want to show off.
00:18:41I really didn't.
00:18:42But 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?
00:18:59Yes, but that was...
00:19:00Then that's all that matters.
00:19:01The Crown Will deal is worth $40 million.
00:19:03If it had fallen through yesterday, the entire translation department could have packed up.
00:19:09One look at her face, and I knew this wasn't over.
00:19:18Annie, how good is your German exactly?
00:19:21I can get by.
00:19:22You can get by?
00:19:23I heard you handled the entire negotiation in German without any problem at Crown Will, and you even used Arabic?
00:19:28My German just everyday level?
00:19:29Do you know if the company hired a multi-language translator like you, the starting salary would be at least
00:19:33$96,000 a year?
00:19:34I have no issues with my current salary.
00:19:36Fine.
00:19:37Come to the meeting room at 2 this afternoon.
00:19:39We need you involved in the follow-up coordination for the Crown Will project.
00:19:43Mr. Wood, I'm the one in charge of the Crown Will project.
00:19:46We'll remain in charge, but Annie will be involved in the coordination.
00:19:48That's Mr. White's decision.
00:19:53Happy now, Annie?
00:19:56Scarlet, I just...
00:19:57You just what?
00:19:59You think because you showed up once yesterday, you're on the same level as me now?
00:20:02That's not what I meant.
00:20:03I've been here for seven years.
00:20:05I worked my way up from intern to department leader.
00:20:07And you?
00:20:07A liar who's been hiding everything.
00:20:13Just you wait.
00:20:17Annie, Mr. Anderson specifically requested you as the translator for the follow-up coordination.
00:20:22Starting today, you'll be temporarily transferred to the Crown Will project team.
00:20:25Okay.
00:20:25But your position will remain junior, and salary will stay the same.
00:20:28We'll evaluate it again after the project ends.
00:20:30Got it.
00:20:31Crown Will's supply chain project is divided into three stages.
00:20:34The preliminary framework was already discussed yesterday.
00:20:36Next comes the translation of the detailed terms and contract documents.
00:20:39All files will need English, Spanish, and German versions.
00:20:41Annie, can you handle all three language versions at the same time?
00:20:44Yes.
00:20:45Three languages?
00:20:45Since she joined this company, she has only ever worked as a Spanish translator.
00:20:48We don't even know her actual German level.
00:20:50What if something goes wrong?
00:20:51Yesterday's negotiation showed exactly what her level is.
00:20:54Any 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?
00:21:07Aren't you afraid of making mistakes?
00:21:09Nope.
00:21:09You'd better pray you don't make any.
00:21:18Both the speed and quality excited expectations.
00:21:21Annie, 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?
00:21:39I 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.
00:21:49You're not someone who belongs in a junior position.
00:21:51That is my current position.
00:21:53I know.
00:21:54That'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.
00:22:03But I'm asking you directly.
00:22:05Would you like to come?
00:22:07Okay, 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.
00:22:19They were from a construction materials group in the UAE.
00:22:22The man leading the meeting looked about 50, wearing 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 Charlotte were here, she would probably ask, where did your ablick 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.
00:22:47Press.
00:22:48This valid asking is what with it?
00:22:57I 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.
00:23:06They'll switch to suppliers.
00:23:07Louie Anderson's eyes stayed on the screen for one second.
00:23:10His 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.
00:23:17Our final offer is 10% below the current market price.
00:23:18Take or leave it.
00:23:25Your abhishek is excellent.
00:23:26Not that good.
00:23:27Just 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 $8 million 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.
00:23:45Mm-hmm.
00:23:45And you're a junior level translator at White Global.
00:23:47Mm-hmm.
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 $400,000 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.
00:23:58I'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, Louie Anderson, and a phone number.
00:24:05It didn't even say President Crownwell International.
00:24:07This 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 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?
00:24:28It 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, Charlotte?
00:24:34What did you see on my computer?
00:24:37I didn't see anything.
00:24:39She had opened my personal folder.
00:24:41What 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?
00:24:54Scarlett was losing her mind in the office all afternoon.
00:24:57She went through your computer.
00:24:58You know?
00:24:58Why are you reporting her?
00:25:00Report what?
00:25:00I don't have proof.
00:25:01You are way too...
00:25:02Forget it.
00:25:03I heard something today.
00:25:04Do you want to know?
00:25:05Go on.
00:25:05There's something going on between Scarlett and Alex Wood.
00:25:07What do you mean?
00:25:08I handle reimbursement forms and admins.
00:25:09Over the past six months,
00:25:10Scarlett has gone out alone with Alex Wood
00:25:11to talk about work 17 times.
00:25:13Every single time I was at that hotel
00:25:14on the west side of the city, think about that.
00:25:15That has nothing to do with me.
00:25:17How does that have nothing to do with you?
00:25:18Alex Wood made Scarlett department leader
00:25:19because of that relationship.
00:25:26The message basically said
00:25:27the company found some employees
00:25:29failed to truthfully fill in personal skills
00:25:31during onboarding.
00:25:32All staff must update profiles
00:25:33within a week.
00:25:35Concealment or falsification
00:25:36will be dealt with
00:25:37as a violation of company regulations.
00:25:40This email is entered straight to you.
00:25:43Of course I knew.
00:25:44When Scarlett went through my computer,
00:25:46she found those multilingual translation exercises.
00:25:49She must have gone to Alex Wood.
00:25:53Annie, did you see that email?
00:25:56So what?
00:25:57Are you planning to update your profile?
00:25:59I'm still thinking about it.
00:26:01I suggest you do it soon.
00:26:03If they find out you hid something,
00:26:06that'll be a very serious matter.
00:26:09Thank you for the reminder, Scarlett.
00:26:16It had a pure black background
00:26:18with 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
00:26:33has finished the initial handover.
00:26:35Mr. Anderson is very satisfied
00:26:37with our translation work.
00:26:39Bonuses for this project
00:26:40will be issued next month.
00:26:44Second, regarding the update
00:26:46of employee profiles.
00:26:51Mr. White, I have a question.
00:26:54Go ahead.
00:26:56If an employee deliberately hides their skills
00:26:58and causes the company to make the mistakes
00:27:00in allocating 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,
00:27:14but in fact she is fluent in multiple languages.
00:27:15The company assigns her position and salary
00:27:17according on the standard for a Spanish translator
00:27:19and she never raises any objections.
00:27:20Over three years without knowing the truth,
00:27:22the company loses out on a huge amount
00:27:23of usable human resources.
00:27:25This kind of behavior.
00:27:26Enough.
00:27:30Scarlett, get to the point.
00:27:32The person you're talking about is me, right?
00:27:35So what?
00:27:36Yes.
00:27:36I only listed Spanish on my profile
00:27:39because the position I applied for
00:27:40was junior Spanish translator.
00:27:42I have never made a mistake during the work.
00:27:46As for the other languages...
00:27:47As for the other languages,
00:27:49you hid your ability.
00:27:50You let the company spend high salaries
00:27:52hiring people for the German,
00:27:53French, and Arabic teams
00:27:54when you alone could do all of their jobs.
00:27:56Isn't that damaging the company's interests?
00:27:58If I alone can replace all of them,
00:28:00then where does that leave you, Charlotte?
00:28:01This has nothing to do with my place!
00:28:03It does.
00:28:04Because what you're really worried about
00:28:06isn't the company's interests.
00:28:08It's the fact that you found out
00:28:09I'm more capable than you.
00:28:10And now your position
00:28:12doesn't feel so secure anymore.
00:28:14You...
00:28:15I'll say it again.
00:28:16Not listing on my profile
00:28:18does not mean hiding.
00:28:19The skills section does not say
00:28:21all skills must be listed.
00:28:22I chose to show only the skills
00:28:24required for the job I applied for.
00:28:26That is my right.
00:28:30Fine.
00:28:31Then let me ask another question.
00:28:32Mr. White,
00:28:33the bonus for the Crownwell project
00:28:35is distributed among the team members, right?
00:28:37Yes.
00:28:38Annie was added to the team
00:28:39later on a temporary basis.
00:28:40The part she took in
00:28:41was just translation handover.
00:28:43She wasn't on the original team list.
00:28:45So when the bonus is distributed,
00:28:46she shouldn't receive the full amount.
00:28:48That was a vicious move.
00:28:50She stopped attacking me
00:28:51over the hidden skills issue
00:28:52because she knew she couldn't win that fight.
00:28:54So she switched
00:28:55to Mund
00:28:55Money instead.
00:28:58Well,
00:29:00Scarlet does have a point.
00:29:02Annie joined halfway through.
00:29:03Louie Anderson specifically requested me.
00:29:08Mr. Anderson,
00:29:09what brings you here?
00:29:11I came to deliver the contract.
00:29:12I heard your meeting.
00:29:14The door wasn't fully closed.
00:29:15The core negotiation of this project
00:29:17was completed by Annie.
00:29:18On the day we first met,
00:29:19she saved the entire conversation
00:29:20in the final five minutes.
00:29:21During the meeting with the UAE client,
00:29:23she used Arabic to win me
00:29:23$8 million in profit margin.
00:29:25How your company distributes bonus
00:29:26is your business,
00:29:27but I suggest you figure out
00:29:28who really is
00:29:30the key person
00:29:31in this project.
00:29:37One more thing.
00:29:38There is a clause in this contract.
00:29:40From now on,
00:29:41all translation handover work
00:29:42for Crown Width
00:29:43will be handled by Annie.
00:29:44If she is no longer
00:29:45at White Global,
00:29:46this contract automatically
00:29:47becomes void.
00:29:53Mr. Anderson,
00:29:54you mean,
00:29:54I've made myself very clear.
00:29:56This contract
00:29:57is worth $80 million a year.
00:30:00The handover translator
00:30:01is Annie.
00:30:02If you replace her,
00:30:04the contract is void.
00:30:07$80 million.
00:30:08Annie.
00:30:09Mr. White.
00:30:10Starting today,
00:30:11you are no longer
00:30:12on the junior level.
00:30:13Then which level I'm in?
00:30:14Deputy Director
00:30:15of the Translation Department.
00:30:17As for your salary,
00:30:19we'll discuss it privately.
00:30:20Mr. White!
00:30:21She's only been here
00:30:22for three years.
00:30:23I've been here for seven.
00:30:24Scarlet, sit down.
00:30:27You deserve nothing.
00:30:30The Translation Department
00:30:31was 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?
00:30:38How did that happen?
00:30:39Didn't you hear
00:30:40Louis Anderson's contract?
00:30:41He specifically asked for her.
00:30:43$80 million.
00:30:46Scarlet's face looks amazing.
00:30:48I mean, the color.
00:30:51That line in French,
00:30:53you understood it?
00:30:54I did.
00:30:55What did you think?
00:30:58I'm thinking about it.
00:31:00Take your time.
00:31:04Annie, let's have a chat.
00:31:08You hid for three years,
00:31:10and now everything
00:31:11is out in the lopen.
00:31:12Do you really think
00:31:13your life here
00:31:13will be easy from now on?
00:31:15Are you threatening me?
00:31:17I'm reminding you.
00:31:18Do you think
00:31:18becoming Deputy Director
00:31:19solves everything?
00:31:20The Translation Department's
00:31:22connections,
00:31:22client relationships,
00:31:23and internal resources
00:31:24are all in my hands.
00:31:25You're a newcomer
00:31:26who 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.
00:31:31You can keep working
00:31:32as the handover translator
00:31:33and take your project bonus.
00:31:35I'll manage the department
00:31:36and you handle the business.
00:31:37We both get what we want.
00:31:38What if I don't want to?
00:31:40Then I'll let you know
00:31:41ability isn't the only thing
00:31:42that matters in reality.
00:31:49It tasted awful.
00:31:51Scarlett 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
00:31:58who had the connection.
00:32:02On Monday,
00:32:03something major happened
00:32:04at White Global.
00:32:05The company had received
00:32:06a new project,
00:32:07a fashion brand
00:32:08from Lyon, France.
00:32:09It required a full set
00:32:11of French to English
00:32:11brand translation
00:32:12and market localization services.
00:32:15Alex Wood had brought
00:32:16this project back
00:32:17through an old client.
00:32:19The amount was not huge,
00:32:20but it mattered a lot
00:32:22for the company's
00:32:22brand expansion.
00:32:23The problem was,
00:32:25one of the two translators
00:32:26on the French team
00:32:27had just resigned last month.
00:32:29The other was
00:32:30on maternity leave.
00:32:32There's no one left
00:32:32on the French team.
00:32:34What are we supposed
00:32:34to do with this project?
00:32:37Annie,
00:32:38what level is your French?
00:32:40It 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 French side
00:32:52personally called
00:32:53Brian White
00:32:54after looked through.
00:32:57Is your translator French?
00:32:59The language feels
00:33:00incredibly authentic.
00:33:01Yes.
00:33:02We have a dedicated
00:33:03French translation team.
00:33:09Annie,
00:33:10the French side
00:33:11is extremely satisfied.
00:33:12They've added another project,
00:33:14the full translation
00:33:15of their product manuals.
00:33:16It's worth $3 million.
00:33:18Okay.
00:33:19I'll approve your project bonus
00:33:21for this month separately.
00:33:22Thank you, Mr. White.
00:33:27Please note, everyone,
00:33:28project assignments
00:33:29in the translation
00:33:29should follow
00:33:30departmental procedures.
00:33:31No one should skip the leader
00:33:32and take projects directly.
00:33:46Annie,
00:33:46do you really speak
00:33:47eight languages?
00:33:48Yes.
00:33:49Do 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...
00:33:56Forget it.
00:33:57There is something
00:33:58I should tell you.
00:33:59Scarlet has a real problem
00:34:00with you.
00:34:00She's brought it up
00:34:01with me several times already.
00:34:02I know.
00:34:04You better be careful.
00:34:06She has certain
00:34:08connections in the company.
00:34:10Mr. Wood,
00:34:11about you and Scarlet?
00:34:12What about us?
00:34:15Nothing.
00:34:21Annie, Scarlet and I
00:34:22don't have the kind
00:34:22of relationship
00:34:23you might be thinking of.
00:34:24She got promoted
00:34:25to team lead
00:34:26because she had been here
00:34:26long enough
00:34:27and knew the business well.
00:34:29That's all.
00:34:32I thought of the 17
00:34:33hotel reinforcing claims
00:34:34Elon had mentioned.
00:34:36Human nature
00:34:36really is
00:34:37an interesting thing.
00:34:41The way people
00:34:42looked at me
00:34:42was strange.
00:34:43It wasn't admiration
00:34:44or envy.
00:34:45It was more like
00:34:47avoidance.
00:34:48Something happened.
00:34:49What happened?
00:34:50Scarlet reported you
00:34:51to Brian White.
00:34:52Reported me for what?
00:34:53She said you privately
00:34:54leagered White Global's
00:34:55internal pricing strategy
00:34:56to Crownweck
00:34:57while you were
00:34:57translating for them.
00:34:58That's a false accusation.
00:35:00I know.
00:35:00But she has evidence.
00:35:02What evidence?
00:35:03She said she found
00:35:04a file on your computer.
00:35:05Screenshots of a chat
00:35:06between you
00:35:07and Louie Anderson's
00:35:07assistant, Frank Young.
00:35:09The chat mentions
00:35:10White Global's
00:35:10internal pricing.
00:35:11There is no such file
00:35:13on my computer.
00:35:14She says there is.
00:35:15And she already
00:35:16showed it to Brian White.
00:35:17Brian wants you
00:35:17in his office
00:35:18tomorrow morning
00:35:18to explain yourself.
00:35:21That so-called
00:35:22chat record?
00:35:23It's fake.
00:35:24I sneaked a look at it.
00:35:25The chat time
00:35:26was last Wednesday
00:35:26at 2 p.m.
00:35:27But you were
00:35:28at the department meeting
00:35:29last Wednesday afternoon.
00:35:30Everyone 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
00:35:36one thing.
00:35:36There's a battery indicator
00:35:38in the top right corner
00:35:38of the screenshot.
00:35:39That battery display
00:35:40doesn't match
00:35:40your phone model.
00:35:41You use a Samsung.
00:35:42That screenshot
00:35:43is from an iPhone.
00:35:46Ellen, I need you
00:35:47to do me a favor.
00:35:48Name it.
00:35:49You're in administration.
00:35:51Can you pull
00:35:51the attendance records
00:35:53and meeting room usage records
00:35:54from last Wednesday afternoon?
00:35:56Yes.
00:35:56Pull 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
00:36:02going to use them?
00:36:03Not to attack her,
00:36:04but to protect myself.
00:36:05If she comes after me,
00:36:06I need Brian White
00:36:07to know her credibility
00:36:08has a problem.
00:36:09Got it.
00:36:20Every file
00:36:21had a timestamp
00:36:22and sending record.
00:36:23My real chat history
00:36:24with Frank Young
00:36:25was all on Teams
00:36:26with server backups.
00:36:29Scarlet could fake screenshots,
00:36:31but she couldn't
00:36:31change server data.
00:36:41I heard you were reported.
00:36:43News travels fast.
00:36:45Frank told me.
00:36:46Do you need help?
00:36:47No.
00:36:48I can handle it myself.
00:36:49Are you sure?
00:36:52Yes.
00:36:53Fine.
00:36:54If you can't handle it,
00:36:55just tell me.
00:36:58It won't.
00:37:05Annie, Scarlet reported
00:37:07that you privately
00:37:08leaked our pricing strategy
00:37:09to Crown Well
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
00:37:15you want to say?
00:37:16It was exactly
00:37:17as Aline had described.
00:37:18My profile picture,
00:37:19my name,
00:37:20a conversation
00:37:21with Frank Young.
00:37:22The content did involve
00:37:23White Global's pricing,
00:37:24but the wording
00:37:25was extremely unnatural,
00:37:26like it had been made up
00:37:27by someone who didn't
00:37:28understand formal business
00:37:29conversation.
00:37:30These screenshots
00:37:31are fake.
00:37:33Of course you would
00:37:34say that.
00:37:34I can prove it.
00:37:37This is my full chat
00:37:38history with Frank Young.
00:37:40It has server backups
00:37:41and timestamps.
00:37:42Please compare them.
00:37:44The times don't match.
00:37:47The screenshots
00:37:48Scarlet provided
00:37:48show that the conversation
00:37:49happened last Wednesday
00:37:50at 2 p.m.,
00:37:51but the team's record
00:37:52show that Annie
00:37:53and Frank Young
00:37:54had no conversation
00:37:55at that time.
00:37:56She could have deleted
00:37:57Teams has server backups.
00:37:58Even if an employee
00:37:59deletes the chat
00:37:59on their eye,
00:38:00the server still keeps it.
00:38:01Also,
00:38:02from 2 p.m.
00:38:02to 4 p.m.
00:38:03last Wednesday,
00:38:04I was attending
00:38:04the department meeting
00:38:05in the company.
00:38:05The attendance
00:38:06and meeting room
00:38:06booking records
00:38:07can prove it.
00:38:07One more thing.
00:38:08This screenshot
00:38:09is from an iOS interface.
00:38:11I use Android.
00:38:12Scarlet,
00:38:13your phone is an iPhone,
00:38:14isn't it?
00:38:14That proves nothing.
00:38:15Maybe you changed phones.
00:38:17I've been here
00:38:17for three years.
00:38:19The device
00:38:19binding records
00:38:20from IT show,
00:38:21I have never used
00:38:22an iPhone.
00:38:27Scarlet,
00:38:28where did these
00:38:28screenshots come from?
00:38:29I found them
00:38:31on her computer
00:38:31after you went
00:38:32through my computer
00:38:33last week.
00:38:34I reset the password.
00:38:36These screenshots
00:38:37were never
00:38:38on my computer.
00:38:40You never saw
00:38:41these snapshots
00:38:42on my computer
00:38:43because they never
00:38:44existed in the first place.
00:38:45You made them yourself.
00:38:49Scarlet,
00:38:50do you have
00:38:50anything else
00:38:51to explain?
00:38:53Mr. Wood,
00:38:54say something.
00:38:56Scarlet,
00:38:56you went too far
00:38:57this time.
00:38:59Faking evidence
00:39:00to falsely accuse
00:39:00a colleague
00:39:01is a serious violation.
00:39:02Scarlet,
00:39:03your position
00:39:03as the department leader
00:39:04is revoked immediately.
00:39:05Mr. White?
00:39:05Also,
00:39:06your year-end performance rating
00:39:06will be downgraded
00:39:07by one level.
00:39:08If anything like this
00:39:09happens again,
00:39:09your employment
00:39:10will be terminated immediately.
00:39:11Annie,
00:39:11are you happy now?
00:39:12Scarlet,
00:39:13from beginning to end,
00:39:14you were the one
00:39:14causing trouble for me.
00:39:15I never went after you first.
00:39:16Because your very existence
00:39:18is a rotation.
00:39:19You speak eight languages,
00:39:20and you hid it
00:39:20for three years.
00:39:21You made my seven years
00:39:22of hard work
00:39:23look like a joke.
00:39:26On the surface,
00:39:27no one in the translation
00:39:28department said much.
00:39:30But the group chat
00:39:31had completely blown up.
00:39:32She should have been
00:39:33removed ages ago.
00:39:34Her translation skills
00:39:35were just average.
00:39:36She only got there
00:39:37through connections.
00:39:38You guys didn't know?
00:39:39Every translation
00:39:40she submitted
00:39:41had been corrected
00:39:42by Annie.
00:39:43What?
00:39:44I am serious.
00:39:45I have seen
00:39:46the proof-peating records.
00:39:47Then how many
00:39:48has Annie corrected
00:39:48over the past three years?
00:39:49A conservative estimate?
00:39:51Over a hundred.
00:40:01Excuse me.
00:40:02Which one of you is Annie?
00:40:04Me.
00:40:05Hello.
00:40:06I am Victoria Hayes,
00:40:08a producer
00:40:09at Harbor Light Media.
00:40:10We are preparing
00:40:11a large-scale
00:40:12international documentary project,
00:40:13and we need a multi-linguished
00:40:14translation consultant.
00:40:16How did you find me?
00:40:18Industry recommendation.
00:40:19The Crownwell Project
00:40:20and the French brand project
00:40:21you worked on recently
00:40:21have attracted some attention
00:40:22in the field.
00:40:24Harbor Light Media,
00:40:25a top-team production company.
00:40:26Mrs. Hayes,
00:40:27what kind of project
00:40:28is it exactly?
00:40:28A documentary
00:40:29about the Strait of Baroque
00:40:30and global trade.
00:40:31We need simultaneous interpretation
00:40:33and subtitle proof-feeding
00:40:34across five languages,
00:40:35English, French,
00:40:36Italian, Spanish,
00:40:37and Arabic.
00:40:38We contacted
00:40:39three translation companies,
00:40:40but none of them
00:40:41could provide one person
00:40:42who covers all five languages.
00:40:44Then someone told me
00:40:45that White Global
00:40:46has a girl
00:40:47who speaks eight languages.
00:40:48Who told you that?
00:40:49Louis Anderson.
00:40:50He is one of the investors
00:40:51in this project.
00:40:52Louis Anderson again.
00:40:53What is the consulting fee
00:40:54for this project?
00:40:55$50,000 a month.
00:40:57The estimated period
00:40:58is three months.
00:40:58$150,000.
00:41:00That is about six years
00:41:01of my salary
00:41:02at White Global.
00:41:02If you take it,
00:41:04you will need to travel
00:41:05for two months,
00:41:06the Middle East
00:41:07and Europe.
00:41:13A bank account in Zurich,
00:41:15a property in Munich,
00:41:17and a small apartment
00:41:18in the 16th compartment
00:41:19of Paris.
00:41:20The total value
00:41:21was close to $10 million.
00:41:23Language was the thing
00:41:24my parents loved most
00:41:25in their lives.
00:41:26My mother used to say,
00:41:28language is the best bridge.
00:41:30My father said,
00:41:32if you can understand
00:41:33a person in their mother tongue,
00:41:34you can understand
00:41:35their heart.
00:41:37They carved the languages
00:41:38of the world
00:41:38into my blood.
00:41:40Then they left.
00:41:41So I hid those languages away,
00:41:43along 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
00:41:48when they were by my side
00:41:49teaching it to me.
00:41:50German was in Berlin.
00:41:52My dad taught it to me
00:41:53while 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
00:42:00to me in the original French
00:42:01by the San.
00:42:03Arabic was in Cairo.
00:42:04The three of us
00:42:05were on a boat
00:42:06on the Nile.
00:42:08My father counted the stars
00:42:10while teaching me
00:42:10how to say
00:42:11Wahid,
00:42:12Ethwan,
00:42:13Flatha.
00:42:13Every language
00:42:14was a memory.
00:42:15And I didn't want
00:42:15to open those memories.
00:42:17But I...
00:42:22Has Mrs. Hayes
00:42:23from Harbor Light
00:42:24reached out to you?
00:42:26She has.
00:42:27Why did you introduce
00:42:28this to me?
00:42:29Because you need
00:42:29to step out of it.
00:42:31You do not know me.
00:42:33I know your parents
00:42:34were diplomats.
00:42:35I know your background.
00:42:37You investigated me?
00:42:39Before I decide
00:42:40who to work with,
00:42:41I learn about them.
00:42:43Annie,
00:42:43your parents
00:42:44were remarkable people.
00:42:45You do not need
00:42:46to lock yourself
00:42:47in a corner
00:42:48just to escape
00:42:48their shadow.
00:42:51Go take a look
00:42:51at Harbor Light's project.
00:42:53The Strait of Jurada,
00:42:54the bridge between
00:42:54Europe and Africa.
00:42:56Maybe you should
00:42:56see it for yourself.
00:43:02Maybe he was right.
00:43:07Mr. White,
00:43:08I need to take
00:43:09two months off.
00:43:10For what?
00:43:11A documentary project
00:43:12wants me as a
00:43:13translation sultan.
00:43:14I need to travel
00:43:14to the Middle East
00:43:15and Europe.
00:43:16Two months?
00:43:17What about
00:43:17Crownwell's project?
00:43:19I have already
00:43:19completed all the
00:43:20translation drafts
00:43:20for Crownwell's
00:43:21second phase.
00:43:22The third phase
00:43:22will not start
00:43:23until three months later.
00:43:24Are you resigning?
00:43:25I will come back.
00:43:27Fine.
00:43:28I will approve
00:43:29two months for you.
00:43:33Scarlet?
00:43:34Scarlet had
00:43:34been transferred
00:43:35to administration
00:43:35as a clerk.
00:43:36The old shine
00:43:37was gone.
00:43:37You are going
00:43:38on a business trip?
00:43:39Mm-hmm.
00:43:40For how long?
00:43:41Two months.
00:43:42You know,
00:43:42when I joined
00:43:42the White
00:43:43seven years ago,
00:43:44I only spoke
00:43:44one language, too.
00:43:47Later,
00:43:47I learned French
00:43:48and Spanish
00:43:48while 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
00:43:55anything,
00:43:56you were already
00:43:56above me.
00:43:57Eight languages.
00:43:58What gives you
00:43:58the rights?
00:43:59My parents.
00:44:00They paid for it
00:44:01with their lives.
00:44:05That was the last
00:44:06time we spoke
00:44:06in this building.
00:44:07At the airport,
00:44:08I unexpectedly
00:44:09ran into someone.
00:44:10Louis Anderson.
00:44:11He was wearing
00:44:12casual clothes.
00:44:13It was the first time
00:44:14I had ever seen him
00:44:14out of a suit.
00:44:15Annie?
00:44:16What are you doing here?
00:44:17Crownwell has business
00:44:18in Dubai.
00:44:19What a coincidence.
00:44:20Yeah.
00:44:21What a coincidence.
00:44:25Business class
00:44:26is pretty empty.
00:44:27Why are you
00:44:27sitting here?
00:44:28I bought an economy
00:44:29ticket.
00:44:31About the inheritance
00:44:32your parents left you.
00:44:34You even know
00:44:34about that?
00:44:35The law firm
00:44:36has worked with us
00:44:36before.
00:44:37Attorney Wills
00:44:37once mentioned
00:44:38a client who
00:44:38refused to inherit
00:44:39an estate.
00:44:40The industry
00:44:40is only so big.
00:44:41So the whole world
00:44:42knows?
00:44:42Not the whole world.
00:44:43Just me caring about it.
00:44:44I turned to look at him
00:44:45and my heart skipped a beat.
00:44:47The sunlight in Dubai
00:44:48was completely different
00:44:48from back home.
00:44:49Dry, fierce,
00:44:50almost as if it could
00:44:51burn straight through
00:44:52your shadow.
00:44:53So you are Annie,
00:44:53the one who speaks
00:44:54eight languages?
00:44:55Yes.
00:44:55Let's do a test.
00:44:56Translate a section
00:44:57for me first.
00:44:58Martin handed me
00:44:58an Arabic interview
00:44:59outline.
00:45:00Okay, I'm Annie Smith,
00:45:01a junior translator
00:45:02at White Global
00:45:03Trading Co.
00:45:03I've been here
00:45:04three years
00:45:04and make $24,000
00:45:05a year.
00:45:07Finally,
00:45:08she is the one.
00:45:09She is better
00:45:10than those three
00:45:10translation companies
00:45:12combined.
00:45:13Martin,
00:45:13she has not even
00:45:14given us a quote yet.
00:45:16No need.
00:45:17It's her.
00:45:17The first stop
00:45:18was the antique market
00:45:19in old Dubai.
00:45:20The documentary
00:45:21was going to cover
00:45:22how the Strait of Hormos
00:45:23connects global trade.
00:45:24There was a Persian
00:45:25carpet shop here
00:45:26that had been open
00:45:26for 40 years
00:45:27and the owner
00:45:28was a third generation
00:45:29Iranian merchant.
00:45:30You're right.
00:45:47In Casablanca,
00:45:49I interviewed
00:45:49a historian
00:45:49in French.
00:45:59He said,
00:46:00on the Strait of Jorali,
00:46:02shipping and trade
00:46:02are a way
00:46:03of having a dialogue.
00:46:04People may come
00:46:04from different backgrounds
00:46:05and speak different
00:46:06languages,
00:46:07but their hearts
00:46:07are connected.
00:46:08My voice,
00:46:09but their hearts
00:46:09was a little halcy
00:46:10because my father
00:46:11had said almost
00:46:11the exact same thing.
00:46:14Okay.
00:46:15That night,
00:46:16the team had dinner
00:46:17at the hotel.
00:46:19Annie,
00:46:19Mr. 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.
00:46:24Mr. Anderson
00:46:25asked me to tell you
00:46:26that he is in the office
00:46:26on the 58th floor
00:46:27of this hotel.
00:46:28If you need anything,
00:46:29contact him anytime.
00:46:33Hello?
00:46:35Have you eaten?
00:46:36I am eating now.
00:46:38The food here
00:46:38may not really suit
00:46:39our taste.
00:46:40If you want
00:46:40something else.
00:46:42Mr. Anderson,
00:46:43why are you telling me this?
00:46:45Because I care about you.
00:46:46I do not need your concern.
00:46:48Okay.
00:46:49No more concern.
00:46:50Good night.
00:46:50Over the next two weeks,
00:46:51we went a lot of places.
00:46:53On the flight
00:46:53from Istanbul to Cairo,
00:46:54I received an email.
00:46:56Sender, Scarlet.
00:46:57Subject, no subject.
00:46:58After you left,
00:46:59they laid off
00:47:00the French team
00:47:01and the German team
00:47:01because Brian White
00:47:02said you alone
00:47:03would enough.
00:47:04Seven people
00:47:05lost their jobs
00:47:05because of you.
00:47:06Are you happy now?
00:47:08I looked at the email
00:47:09and deleted it.
00:47:10Do not believe, Scarlet.
00:47:12The French and German teams
00:47:13were cut because
00:47:13they were already
00:47:14at the bottom in performance.
00:47:15It has nothing to do with you.
00:47:16She is just trying
00:47:17to mess with you.
00:47:18I know.
00:47:18Are you okay?
00:47:19I am fine.
00:47:24Cairo.
00:47:25The third stop
00:47:26of the documentary.
00:47:27I lived here for a while.
00:47:30When the plane landed,
00:47:32I looked out
00:47:32at that familiar city
00:47:33and my heart
00:47:34started beating
00:47:35a little faster.
00:47:36In Cairo,
00:47:37the team was filming
00:47:38a section about
00:47:38the history of trade
00:47:39between the Middle East
00:47:40and Europe.
00:47:42They needed
00:47:42Arabic interpretation.
00:47:47Yayut fil-Kaira
00:47:49Mujid khalas
00:47:49yumnuhu ghaagana
00:47:50min al-Qatar-Tahiriya
00:47:51wa yawlu in hadil qatar
00:47:53gekhlat masar
00:47:54alayabahar.
00:47:55Erzakt,
00:47:55is Gipdainen
00:47:56prividen sammler
00:47:57in Cairo?
00:47:57Der Besitzer
00:47:58dieser Seisung
00:47:59war ein Diplopat.
00:48:00Er ist vor
00:48:00fünf Jahren
00:48:01verstorben.
00:48:02Seine Tauter
00:48:03erhält die Seisung
00:48:03als Erbe,
00:48:04ist jedoch nie
00:48:05erstehen.
00:48:11Michael Smith
00:48:14Michael Smith
00:48:16That was
00:48:16my father's name.
00:48:20After the interview,
00:48:21I sat alone
00:48:22on the streets
00:48:23of Cairo.
00:48:24I looked up
00:48:25at the sky.
00:48:25It was gray.
00:48:28I still remember
00:48:29the pistachio
00:48:30flavor ice cream
00:48:30that year.
00:48:36Hello?
00:48:37You arrived in Cairo?
00:48:38Yes.
00:48:41What happened?
00:48:42Your voice
00:48:43sounds off.
00:48:44Nothing.
00:48:45I 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
00:48:52a project I invested in,
00:48:54so I have the right
00:48:55to see you.
00:48:55That is called
00:48:56stalking.
00:48:57That is called
00:48:57paying attention.
00:49:02There is a difference.
00:49:03The next afternoon,
00:49:05Louie Duranderson
00:49:05went with me
00:49:06to a private warehouse
00:49:07on the outskirts
00:49:08of Cairo.
00:49:09It was not big,
00:49:10but the temperature
00:49:11and humidity
00:49:11were carefully controlled.
00:49:13The kind of place
00:49:14used specifically
00:49:15to store antiques.
00:49:18After the manager
00:49:19opened the door,
00:49:20I 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
00:49:29handwriting.
00:49:30An 18th century style
00:49:32Meissen porcelain vase
00:49:34purchased at the Grand Bazaar
00:49:36in Istanbul,
00:49:372008.
00:49:39With Annie.
00:49:412008.
00:49:42I was eight years old
00:49:43in Istanbul
00:49:44with my dad.
00:49:45He took me
00:49:45to the Grand Bazaar.
00:49:46I kept asking
00:49:47for Turkish ice cream
00:49:48and he said
00:49:49we would go
00:49:49after looking
00:49:50at that little stall.
00:49:51That stall
00:49:52was selling
00:49:52these old porcelain pieces.
00:49:54I did not remember
00:49:54any of it,
00:49:55but my dad did.
00:49:57For three years,
00:49:58I hid everything
00:49:58about them away.
00:49:59The languages,
00:50:00the inheritance,
00:50:01the memories.
00:50:02I thought as long
00:50:03as I did not touch
00:50:04any of it,
00:50:04I could pretend
00:50:05they had never left.
00:50:06But they had always
00:50:07been with me.
00:50:09Your father
00:50:10was an extraordinary man.
00:50:12I know.
00:50:15Then you should
00:50:15become someone
00:50:16extraordinary too
00:50:17instead of hiding
00:50:18yourself in a position
00:50:19far below your level.
00:50:24That night,
00:50:25I called Attorney Wills.
00:50:27Attorney Wills,
00:50:28I will handle
00:50:28the inheritance.
00:50:29Miss Smith,
00:50:30finally.
00:50:31Donate the Xur accounts
00:50:32and the properties
00:50:32according to the original plan.
00:50:34But I am keeping
00:50:35the porcelain collection
00:50:36in Cairo.
00:50:36Understood.
00:50:37That is wonderful.
00:50:38I will arrange it right away.
00:50:39One more thing.
00:50:39Go ahead.
00:50:40Did my father
00:50:41leave any letter
00:50:42or document for me?
00:50:43Not a legal document.
00:50:44Something personal.
00:50:45Yes.
00:50:46A letter.
00:50:46He noted that it should
00:50:47be given to you
00:50:48when you came
00:50:48to collect the antiques.
00:50:49Send it to me.
00:50:51Attorney Wills
00:50:52sent the letter
00:50:52to my hotel.
00:50:53I sat in my room
00:50:54for ten minutes
00:50:56before finally
00:50:56working up the courage
00:50:57to open the letter.
00:50:59The letter was not long.
00:51:00Annie,
00:51:01when you see this letter
00:51:02your mother and I
00:51:02should no longer
00:51:03be by your side.
00:51:04Knowing your personality
00:51:05I guess you will
00:51:06probably run away
00:51:06for a while.
00:51:07You may seal away
00:51:08the memories connected to us
00:51:09along with all those languages.
00:51:11Maybe it is because
00:51:12every language
00:51:13is tied to us.
00:51:14One sentence in German
00:51:15will remind you
00:51:15of landscape in Berlin.
00:51:16One sentence in Arabic
00:51:17will remind you
00:51:18of the stars in Cairo.
00:51:20But Annie,
00:51:20language is not a chain.
00:51:22Language is wings.
00:51:23Your mother spent
00:51:24her life building bridges.
00:51:25I spent mine planting seeds.
00:51:26You are that bridge of seed.
00:51:27Don't shrink yourself
00:51:28into the dark.
00:51:29You are exceptional.
00:51:29You are smart, gifted,
00:51:31and you should do
00:51:31what you are really good at.
00:51:32Trying to plant seeds
00:51:33in your own way.
00:51:34You are a pride.
00:51:34Mom and dad
00:51:35will always love you.
00:51:36There was a water stain
00:51:37on the paper.
00:51:37I did not know
00:51:38whether he left it
00:51:39when he wrote the letter
00:51:40or whether I had just left it.
00:51:41My dad was right.
00:51:42Language is not a chain.
00:51:44It is wings.
00:51:48In Madrid,
00:51:49I interviewed
00:51:49a flamenco dancer
00:51:50in Spanish.
00:51:51Every language
00:51:52has its own rhythm.
00:51:54Once your body
00:51:55remembers it,
00:51:55you will never forget it.
00:51:57She says
00:51:57every language
00:51:58has its own rhythm.
00:51:59I wrote that sentence
00:52:00down in my translation notes.
00:52:02The final stop
00:52:03was Venice.
00:52:04Omar,
00:52:05the 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
00:52:13and had lived
00:52:14in Italy for 30 years.
00:52:15And the story of him
00:52:17moved me the most.
00:52:18I arrived in Italy
00:52:19when I was 24 years old.
00:52:19I didn't know
00:52:20a word of the local language.
00:52:21I lost myself
00:52:22in the street.
00:52:23I couldn't understand anything.
00:52:24I couldn't read anything
00:52:25and I couldn't ask
00:52:26any suggestions.
00:52:27I had to manage
00:52:27the gestures
00:52:28and talk contemporaneously
00:52:29with people.
00:52:29They thought I was a fool.
00:52:31What happened after that?
00:52:33Then I spent 10 years
00:52:34learning Italian
00:52:34and over 10 years
00:52:36making sure
00:52:36that everyone
00:52:37in that street
00:52:37called Mr. Omar.
00:52:40The language
00:52:40does not only serve
00:52:41to tradition.
00:52:42It's the way
00:52:43to respect it.
00:52:47Keep this part.
00:52:48Original audio
00:52:49with subtitles.
00:52:53Annie,
00:52:54your translation
00:52:55almost made me cry.
00:52:57In Venice,
00:52:57I completed the final
00:52:58three interviews
00:52:59in Italian.
00:53:00Two months,
00:53:01two continents
00:53:02and eight languages.
00:53:04My dad was right.
00:53:05Language is not a chain.
00:53:06It is wings.
00:53:12The day I came back,
00:53:14it was late December.
00:53:16New York's winter
00:53:17was cold,
00:53:18but the air
00:53:19carried a familiar scent.
00:53:21Annie,
00:53:22the director position
00:53:23in the translation
00:53:24department is open.
00:53:25Mm-hmm.
00:53:26I want you to take it.
00:53:29What is the salary?
00:53:32$200,000.
00:53:33Okay.
00:53:34And just like that,
00:53:35in less than half a year,
00:53:36I went from a junior role
00:53:38to the director
00:53:39of the translation department.
00:53:42On the day
00:53:42I officially took the role,
00:53:44I stood in the meeting room
00:53:45and made a speech
00:53:46to the people
00:53:46in 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?
00:53:58I am not going to explain.
00:54:00From today on,
00:54:01results will do the talking.
00:54:02I will personally proofread
00:54:04everyone's translation drafts.
00:54:05I have only one standard,
00:54:06accuracy.
00:54:07If you cannot do it,
00:54:08I will teach you.
00:54:09If you still cannot do it after that,
00:54:11you will be replaced.
00:54:12That is strict.
00:54:15Translation is not a word game.
00:54:17One wrong number
00:54:17in a trade contract
00:54:18can mean tens of millions
00:54:19in losses.
00:54:20Strictness is the bare minimum.
00:54:26Hello?
00:54:27Director Smith,
00:54:27congratulations on the promotion.
00:54:30$200,000?
00:54:31Mm-hmm.
00:54:31I offered $400,000 before.
00:54:33I 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,
00:54:37the Harborlight Media Project
00:54:38that 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?
00:54:47Dinner.
00:54:48No work,
00:54:49no projects.
00:54:50Okay.
00:54:51He was driving
00:54:52a very ordinary gray sedan,
00:54:53not the kind of luxury car
00:54:55I had imagined.
00:54:55Your car doesn't really
00:54:56match your status.
00:54:57Cars are for driving,
00:54:58not for showing off.
00:55:00I'm taking you
00:55:00to a Japanese restaurant.
00:55:01It only has eight seats.
00:55:03You're paying?
00:55:05Obviously.
00:55:07This place has the best sashimi
00:55:08in the whole city.
00:55:09How do you know?
00:55:10I've tried every Japanese
00:55:11restaurant in the city.
00:55:14This man.
00:55:16Annie, I'm going to be direct.
00:55:17Since 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,
00:55:22I...
00:55:23You what?
00:55:23I knew you were someone
00:55:24I didn't want to miss.
00:55:26Right now,
00:55:26you're the only person
00:55:27in my mind.
00:55:30You really are way too...
00:55:31Too what?
00:55:32Too direct.
00:55:33You don't like it?
00:55:34I didn't say
00:55:35I didn't like it.
00:55:38That night,
00:55:39he drove me home.
00:55:40Downstairs,
00:55:40he said,
00:55:41I'm flying to South Korea
00:55:42for a business trip tomorrow.
00:55:44How long?
00:55:45A week.
00:55:46Okay.
00:55:47Will you miss me?
00:55:49No.
00:55:50Liar.
00:55:52Maybe a little.
00:56:01Over the next three months,
00:56:03many things happened at once.
00:56:05The Crownwell project
00:56:06successfully completed
00:56:07its third phase,
00:56:09and White Global
00:56:10brought in nearly
00:56:10$80 million
00:56:11in revenue from it.
00:56:14When Brian White
00:56:15reviewed the monthly report,
00:56:16he said to Alex Wood,
00:56:18You should have put Annie
00:56:19on it from the start.
00:56:21After Starlet resigned
00:56:23from White Global,
00:56:24she became a director
00:56:25at a small translation company.
00:56:26Three months later,
00:56:28that company faced
00:56:28had its mass tariff
00:56:29compensation claim.
00:56:31A German contract
00:56:32had its tariff glosses
00:56:33mistranslated,
00:56:34causing the client
00:56:35to lose $20 million.
00:56:37That translation
00:56:38was done by Scarlet herself.
00:56:40Her problem
00:56:40with 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
00:56:47in the group chat.
00:56:49I only said one thing.
00:56:50Stop talking about it.
00:56:53Everyone has to take
00:56:54responsibility
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?
00:57:11I saw you on TV.
00:57:12Translation consultant
00:57:13in five languages.
00:57:15Annie, your parents
00:57:15must be so proud
00:57:16of you in heaven.
00:57:17Uncle George,
00:57:18how did you see...
00:57:18You look exactly like Michael.
00:57:20And you're Arabic,
00:57:21that Cairo accent
00:57:22of your father's.
00:57:22I recognized it
00:57:23the moment I heard it.
00:57:24Annie,
00:57:25before your father
00:57:26passed away,
00:57:27he said something to me.
00:57:28What did he say?
00:57:29Annie will become
00:57:30a better bridge
00:57:31than I ever was.
00:57:32That night,
00:57:33Louis Anderson
00:57:34came back from South Korea
00:57:35and went straight
00:57:35to my building.
00:57:38Come out.
00:57:39For what?
00:57:41I want to take
00:57:41a walk with you.
00:57:42I want to take a walk with you.
00:57:45The street was cold
00:57:46and the streetlights
00:57:47stretched our shadows
00:57:48long across the pavement.
00:57:50I watched the documentary.
00:57:52How was it?
00:57:54Not good enough
00:57:54for your translation.
00:57:55The director was average.
00:57:57Don't say that about Martin.
00:57:58But your parts were excellent.
00:58:00You weren't just
00:58:01translating in the interview.
00:58:02You were carrying
00:58:02the emotion across.
00:58:05My father once said
00:58:06if you understand
00:58:06someone's mother tongue,
00:58:07you can understand
00:58:08their heart.
00:58:09You did that.
00:58:11We 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
00:58:18cultural exchange department
00:58:19next year.
00:58:20We'll focus on
00:58:20crossword cultural projects,
00:58:21documentaries,
00:58:22publishing,
00:58:23exhibitions,
00:58:23forums.
00:58:24I need someone to lead it.
00:58:24You're trying to poach me again.
00:58:26I'm not poaching you.
00:58:26I'm building a position for you.
00:58:29What do you mean?
00:58:30You're not meant to be
00:58:31just a translator.
00:58:32Translation is a tool
00:58:33and you should use that tool
00:58:34to do something bigger.
00:58:35Your father's porcelain collection
00:58:36could become an exhibition
00:58:37about the history of global trade.
00:58:38Use your eight languages
00:58:39to tell that story to the world.
00:58:40What's the salary?
00:58:41Name your price.
00:58:43You don't think
00:58:43I'm taking advantage of you?
00:58:44Then let me take advantage of you.
00:58:46What?
00:58:47Be my girlfriend.
00:58:48No salary needed.
00:58:51Louie!
00:58:51I'm joking.
00:58:53One million dollars a year
00:58:53plus project dividends.
00:58:54But the girlfriend part
00:58:55is serious too.
00:58:57The streetlight fell across 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
00:59:09walked me to the entrance.
00:59:11Annie,
00:59:11you are the most
00:59:12underestimated employee
00:59:13in White Global's history.
00:59:14Mr. White,
00:59:15you also gave me
00:59:16the opportunity.
00:59:17You earned that opportunity
00:59:18yourself.
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,
00:59:26didn't you?
00:59:27I 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,
00:59:37a junior level position.
00:59:39I had repaid
00:59:40what needed to be repaid.
00:59:41It was time to start over.
00:59:48Crownwell's
00:59:49International Cultural
00:59:50Exchange Department
00:59:50was officially established.
00:59:52I became
00:59:53its first director.
00:59:54The first project
00:59:55is an international
00:59:56touring exhibition.
00:59:57The core exhibits
00:59:58are the 40 Blubber
00:59:59antiques my father
01:00:00collected from around
01:00:01the world.
01:00:04The exhibition
01:00:05will open simultaneously
01:00:06in five cities,
01:00:07Berlin, Cairo,
01:00:08Istanbul, Paris,
01:00:09and New York.
01:00:12I'll personally
01:00:13translate the narration
01:00:13for each city
01:00:14into the local language.
01:00:16On opening day,
01:00:17more than 300 people
01:00:19came to the New York venue.
01:00:20Uncle George
01:00:21stood in the exhibition hall,
01:00:22looking at my father's
01:00:23handwritten labels
01:00:24on 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
01:00:35this 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
01:00:43just a translator.
01:00:46Louie Anderson
01:00:47stood in the corner
01:00:48of the exhibition hall,
01:00:49staying away from the front.
01:00:50He was wearing
01:00:50a black suit,
01:00:51hands in my pockets,
01:00:52watching me give interviews
01:00:53under the spotlight.
01:00:54That look in his eyes,
01:00:55you are someone
01:00:56I didn't want to miss.
01:01:03Mrs. Smith,
01:01:04you are fluent
01:01:05in eight languages,
01:01:06but I heard you spent
01:01:06three years
01:01:07as a junior translator
01:01:08at a trading company,
01:01:09making only $24,000 a year?
01:01:12Yes.
01:01:14Why did you hide
01:01:15your abilities?
01:01:16Because I was running away.
01:01:19Every language
01:01:19was tied to memories
01:01:20of my parents.
01:01:22I thought if I hid them away,
01:01:23it would stop hurting.
01:01:25But later,
01:01:26I realized that languages
01:01:26do not disappear
01:01:27just 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?
01:01:35A letter.
01:01:36My 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.
01:01:46Scarlett.
01:01:48What are you doing here?
01:01:50I saw it on the news.
01:01:52Your father collected these?
01:01:54Yes.
01:01:55They are beautiful.
01:01:58Annie,
01:01:58I owe you an apology.
01:02:00You do not have to.
01:02:01Let me speak.
01:02:02I was jealous of you.
01:02:04I had been jealous
01:02:05since the first time
01:02:05you opened your mouth
01:02:06and 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.
01:02:13So you chose to frame me?
01:02:15Yes.
01:02:16And then I paid the price.
01:02:18After I left White Global,
01:02:19that German contract
01:02:20at the translation company,
01:02:21you heard about it, right?
01:02:22I did.
01:02:24Because you used to correct my work,
01:02:25I never knew what my real level was.
01:02:26Once you were not there anymore,
01:02:27I finally realized,
01:02:28Scarlett,
01:02:28your hard work was real.
01:02:30Those seven years of German
01:02:31were not wasted either.
01:02:31You just chose the wrong direction
01:02:33at certain moments.
01:02:33You don't hate me?
01:02:35No.
01:02:36The forged screenshots
01:02:38are in the past now.
01:02:40You really are different from before.
01:02:42Back then,
01:02:42I could not even face myself.
01:02:45The exhibition is wonderful.
01:02:46Your father must be very happy.
01:02:52The exhibition ran for two months
01:02:54across five cities
01:02:55with more than 120,000 visitors in total.
01:03:06After the closing ceremony,
01:03:08Louis Anderson found me
01:03:10on the hotel terrace.
01:03:11Tired?
01:03:13A little.
01:03:14Five cities, two months.
01:03:15You handled all the narration translation work
01:03:17across every language by yourself.
01:03:19I am used to it.
01:03:20Do not get used to carrying everything alone.
01:03:24This is not a proposal,
01:03:25so don't be nervous.
01:03:28It's custom made
01:03:29because you said your father
01:03:30once told you that you were the bridge.
01:03:33This?
01:03:34There is a line engraved on the bridge.
01:03:37It has the word bridge
01:03:38engraved in nine languages.
01:03:40The ninth language is Russian.
01:03:42I studied for three months
01:03:43just to learn one word.
01:03:45The Cairo night wind
01:03:46swept across the terrace.
01:03:47In the distance,
01:03:48the banks of the Nile
01:03:49were bright with lights.
01:03:52Louis Anderson,
01:03:53you really are.
01:03:54What?
01:03:57Too good at this.
01:04:00Only with you.
01:04:07Five years later,
01:04:09Crownwell's international
01:04:10cultural exchange department
01:04:11had become an industry benchmark.
01:04:12It ran more than 20 cross-cultural projects
01:04:14every year,
01:04:15with revenue exceeding 200 million.
01:04:17Revenue is up another 30% this year.
01:04:20Your salary should be adjusted this year.
01:04:23To how much?
01:04:24You tell me.
01:04:26One dollar.
01:04:29Seriously?
01:04:30Put the rest into a scholarship
01:04:31to support young people
01:04:32studying languages.
01:04:33Name it after my parents.
01:04:35The Michael Smith
01:04:36and Evelyn Chen Language Scholarship.
01:04:38How do you know my mother's name?
01:04:40I am your husband.
01:04:41How could I not know your mother's name?
01:04:44Outside the window
01:04:44was the skyline of the whole city.
01:04:46It was no longer that rental apartment
01:04:48with the broken heating.
01:04:49But sometimes,
01:04:49I still think of that window
01:04:51and the nights when I crouched there
01:04:52eating soup.
01:04:53Back then,
01:04:54I was fluent in eight languages,
01:04:56made $2,000 a year
01:04:57and rejected a $10 million inheritance.
01:04:59I hid myself in the deepest corner,
01:05:01thinking that as long as I stayed silent,
01:05:03it would not hurt.
01:05:04In his letter,
01:05:04my father wrote,
01:05:06Be brave enough to be yourself.
01:05:08It took me a long time
01:05:09to understand that.
01:05:11But luckily,
01:05:13I did it.
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