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Legends.Revisited

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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 enters 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, will earn 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, and 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 Leadian.

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.

00:06:11Bloom 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.

00:06:20But the Eric team is out of the office today,

00:06:23so Alex Wood casually dumped it on me.

00:06:25Annie, didn't you say you took a little Arabic course in college?

00:06:28Just do a rough translation.

00:06:29Sure.

00:06:30I did tell him I'd taken a little Arabic.

00:06:32But in fact, I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years.

00:06:35Arabic is basically my fourth native language.

00:06:37It 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.

00:07:03This 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,

00:07:18so 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.

00:07:31I 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

00:07:49you 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 for $1,000.

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,

00:08:56but 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

00:09:20for 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, Charlotte's German is decent.

00:09:34Daily conversation is indeed a piece of cake for her.

00:09:37But I've reviewed her previous translations.

00:09:39Her business German has one fatal habit.

00:09:41She relies too much on literal translation

00:09:42and often misses the level of formality required

00:09:44in 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.

00:09:53Finish sorting everything?

00:09:56Yes.

00:09:56I made her a summary classified by project type,

00:09:59cooperation history, and key personnel.

00:10:01I also marked the changes of tarot policies and the risk points.

00:10:03All she had to do was a glance through

00:10:04and 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, Crown will move the schedule up.

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

00:10:21Are you ready?

00:10:22Moved up?

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

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.

00:10:51I 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 Aaron girl.

00:11:07You just agreed to that?

00:11:09What else am I supposed to do?

00:11:10Annie!

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

00:11:40and 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.

00:11:46Don't speak unless you're asked.

00:11:48Got it?

00:11:48Got it.

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

00:11:52be formal and respectful.

00:11:53Don't let your eyes wander.

00:11:55People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.

00:11:59Okay.

00:12:02Ms. Scarlet,

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

00:12:1632 years old,

00:12:17about 6 foot 1,

00:12:18gray suit,

00:12:19no 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.

00:12:39In the last outfit,

00:12:40that you have given us before yesterday,

00:12:43was at a great tarifangale

00:12:44on the standards of 2000,

00:12:462001.

00:12:47We have now 2024.

00:12:48What should that mean?

00:12:50He spoke very fast.

00:12:52Every word was sharp.

00:12:53She understood him,

00:12:54but she clearly didn't expect him to open like that.

00:13:03I mean...

00:13:25She 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.

00:13:36But Scarlet obviously hadn't read it carefully.

00:13:41Did you...

00:13:42I have to do it first in the internal.

00:14:10The legal director beside Anderson gave us a call.

00:14:13A 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,

00:14:26ich bette vielmals um Entschuldung.

00:14:28Wenn das das Liebe von White Glober ist,

00:14:30werde ich in Erwengung fühlen,

00:14:32zu 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.

00:14:40This is Witwerpid Global's biggest deal of the year.

00:14:42If we lose it,

00:14:42there'll probably be layoffs by the end of the year.

00:14:44And junior translators like me

00:14:45will be first on the chopping block.

00:14:58President Anderson,

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

00:15:13And you are?

00:15:16I'm Annie,

00:15:18junior translator at Witwer Global.

00:15:20Junior translator?

00:15:22Yes.

00:15:23The one who always takes notes beside

00:15:25Biden serves coffee.

00:15:29Five minutes.

00:15:33Die neue 3 erfettet den Standard

00:15:35für irgendein Sechlinge von 6 auf 8 Stelle HS-Cates.

00:15:39Artikel diese Bärensat 2

00:15:40zeigen unsere Taktischen Bärlog

00:15:41und Beckon bald 5%.

00:15:435%?

00:15:44Erklären Sie mir bitte in der Recht.

00:15:46Der White Global über ein Sollbaus in den WE hüt,

00:15:49das von den Vorlingsschafen

00:15:50der Freie Handel kommt für Fieschens,

00:15:52werden etwa 3% durch die Erkreisung

00:15:54des HS-Cates und Kostenschweren kompensiert.

00:15:56Die nette Ausbildung in 2012

00:15:57Louis Anderson's legal director

00:15:59lowered his head

00:16:00and flipped through the files,

00:16:01as if he was checking whether I was right.

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 out.

00:16:13But I can give you ten more.

00:16:15On one condition.

00:16:17From here on,

00:16:18you meet the negotiation.

00:16:20She can't...

00:16:21I said she leads.

00:16:23Or you can leave right now.

00:16:28Scarlett, should I take over?

00:16:32Then let's restart

00:16:33from the first part of the proposal.

00:16:34This wasn't because I had prepared in advance.

00:16:36While sorting that 50 pages

00:16:38materials like for Scarlett,

00:16:39I had memorized every word.

00:16:40Plus, I grew up in a diplomatic family.

00:16:42The basics of international trade

00:16:44are as natural to me as breathing.

00:16:45Auf dem Neustmarkt,

00:16:47wenn ein Kunde lange nicht über den Preis spriegt,

00:16:48sondern nur über Tellungen,

00:16:49wie würden Sie damit umgehen?

00:16:54You speak Arabic, too?

00:16:56A little.

00:16:57The Japanese supply chain is 6% cheaper,

00:16:59but the supply chain is unstable.

00:17:01How do you decide?

00:17:01The Japanese supply chain

00:17:03is J.P.E.K.T. 0427.

00:17:06I would not choose the nearest

00:17:07option,

00:17:08but the solution

00:17:09with the smallest

00:17:11senteriscope.

00:17:13The framework works.

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

00:17:16follow up with you

00:17:16on the details.

00:17:18The hand was warm and strong,

00:17:20and 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,

00:17:44that's what you call

00:17:44mainly 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,

00:17:54wasn't it?

00:17:55You did this on purpose.

00:17:56You hid your skills

00:17:57just waiting for a chance

00:17:58like this to show off.

00:18:01What do you think will happen

00:18:02just because you impressed

00:18:03Louis Anderson once?

00:18:04When we're back at the company,

00:18:06you're still just that

00:18:07junior 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

00:18:34of the underground garage,

00:18:35I 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.

00:18:51Mr. White,

00:18:54Annie spoke out of turn

00:18:55during negotiation

00:18:56and completely ignored

00:18:57the 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

00:19:02is worth $40 million.

00:19:03If it had fallen through yesterday,

00:19:05the entire translation department

00:19:06could have packed up.

00:19:09One look at her face

00:19:11and I knew this wasn't over.

00:19:18Annie,

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

00:19:21I can get by.

00:19:22You can get by?

00:19:23I heard you handled

00:19:24the entire negotiation in German

00:19:25without any problem at Crown Will

00:19:27and you even used Arabic.

00:19:28My German just everyday level?

00:19:29Do you know if the company

00:19:30hired a multi-language translator

00:19:31like you,

00:19:32the starting salary

00:19:32would be at least $96,000 a year?

00:19:34I have no issues

00:19:35with my current salary.

00:19:36Fine.

00:19:37Come to the meeting room

00:19:38at 2 this afternoon.

00:19:39We need you involved

00:19:39in the follow-up coordination

00:19:40for the Crown Will project.

00:19:43Mr. Wood!

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

00:19:45of the Crown Will project!

00:19:46You'll remain in charge

00:19:47but Annie will be involved

00:19:47in 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

00:20:00once yesterday

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

00:20:01as 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

00:20:05from intern to department

00:20:06leader.

00:20:07And you?

00:20:07A liar who's been hiding

00:20:09everything.

00:20:13Just you wait.

00:20:17Annie, Mr. Anderson

00:20:19specifically requested you

00:20:20as the translator

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

00:20:22Starting today,

00:20:22you'll be temporarily transferred

00:20:23to the Crown Will project team.

00:20:25Okay.

00:20:25But your position

00:20:26will remain junior

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

00:20:28We'll evaluate it again

00:20:29after the project ends.

00:20:30Got it.

00:20:31Crown Will's supply chain project

00:20:32is divided into three stages.

00:20:34The preliminary framework

00:20:35was already discussed yesterday.

00:20:36Next comes the translation

00:20:37of the detailed terms

00:20:38and contract documents.

00:20:39All files will need

00:20:39English, Spanish,

00:20:40and German versions.

00:20:41Annie, can you handle

00:20:42all three language versions

00:20:43at the same time?

00:20:44Yes.

00:20:45Three languages?

00:20:45Since she joined this company,

00:20:46she has only ever worked

00:20:47as a Spanish translator.

00:20:48We don't even know

00:20:49her actual German level.

00:20:50What if something goes wrong?

00:20:51Yesterday's negotiation

00:20:52showed exactly what her level is.

00:20:54Any other questions?

00:20:58It took me two hours

00:20:59to finish the English version

00:21:00and another hour and a half

00:21:02to finish the Spanish version.

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

00:21:07Aren't you afraid

00:21:08of making mistakes?

00:21:09Nope.

00:21:10You'd better pray

00:21:10you don't make any.

00:21:18Both the speed

00:21:19and quality

00:21:19excited expectations.

00:21:21Annie, what exactly

00:21:21have you been doing

00:21:22for the past three years?

00:21:31Hello?

00:21:32Annie?

00:21:33It was Louis Anderson.

00:21:34This is Louis Anderson

00:21:35from Crownwell.

00:21:36Mr. Wood gave me your number.

00:21:38Mr. Anderson,

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

00:21:39I read the 62 pages

00:21:41you translated today.

00:21:42Was there any problem?

00:21:43No problem at all.

00:21:44It's the most accurate

00:21:45German business translation

00:21:46I've seen in the past

00:21:47three years.

00:21:49You're not someone

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

00:21:51That is my current position.

00:21:53I know.

00:21:53That's why I'm curious.

00:21:55Crownwell has an internal meeting

00:21:56tomorrow afternoon.

00:21:57It involves partner selection

00:21:58for the Middle Eastern market.

00:22:00I need an Arabic speaking

00:22:00interpreter there.

00:22:01This should go through

00:22:02the 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

00:22:11to be exposed after all.

00:22:12I knew this day

00:22:13would come eventually.

00:22:14But I just didn't expect it

00:22:16to come this soon.

00:22:19They were from

00:22:20a construction materials group

00:22:21in the UAE.

00:22:22The 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.

00:22:29You're here.

00:22:30Today I may need you

00:22:32to do an interpretation

00:22:32between Eric and English.

00:22:34Okay.

00:22:35If Charlotte were here,

00:22:36she would probably ask,

00:22:37where did your ablik

00:22:37even come from?

00:22:38The answer is

00:22:39I lived in Cairo

00:22:39for a year and a half.

00:22:40During that time,

00:22:41my roommate

00:22:41was even an Egyptian

00:22:42diplomat's daughter.

00:22:47Grass.

00:22:48This file of our team

00:22:48is lowered.

00:22:49Standard procedure.

00:22:5015 minutes passed.

00:22:57I lowered my head

00:23:00and typed

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

00:23:01Then I turned my laptop

00:23:02slightly so Louie Anderson

00:23:03could see this one line

00:23:04in English.

00:23:04They said they want

00:23:05to push the price down

00:23:05by 20 work.

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

00:23:07Louie Anderson's eyes

00:23:08stayed on the screen

00:23:09for one second.

00:23:10His expression

00:23:11didn't change at all,

00:23:12but it's in the negotiation

00:23:13that followed his strategy

00:23:15clearly shifted.

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

00:23:17Our final offer is 10%

00:23:17below the current market price.

00:23:19Take your lead.

00:23:25Your Abishik is excellent.

00:23:26Not that good.

00:23:27Just the daily level.

00:23:28You heard what he said

00:23:29to his interpreter just now?

00:23:31Then you warned me.

00:23:32I just thought the information

00:23:33might be useful

00:23:34for the negotiation.

00:23:35Without that warning from you,

00:23:36this deal would have

00:23:36cost us at least

00:23:37$8 million today.

00:23:38Annie, how many languages

00:23:39do you speak?

00:23:40German, French, Japanese,

00:23:42Korean, Spanish, Arabic,

00:23:43and Italian.

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

00:23:45Mm-hmm.

00:23:45And you're a junior level

00:23:46translator 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

00:23:50in coming to Crown Law?

00:23:51I can start you

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

00:23:53If you're willing to head

00:23:54the International Business

00:23:55Department,

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

00:23:57Mr. Anderson,

00:23:58thank you for the offer.

00:23:58I'm not planning

00:23:59to change jobs for now.

00:24:00For now?

00:24:01For now.

00:24:01You can change your mind

00:24:02to any ground.

00:24:03Only one line of text,

00:24:04Louie Anderson,

00:24:04and a phone number.

00:24:05It didn't even say

00:24:06President Crownwell International.

00:24:07This kind of card

00:24:08is usually given to people

00:24:09who already need

00:24:10to know who you are.

00:24:19What are you doing?

00:24:21I, I, I was passing by

00:24:23and saw your computer

00:24:23was still on.

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

00:24:25You went to Crownwell

00:24:26again today?

00:24:27Louie Anderson asked you

00:24:28to go, didn't he?

00:24:28It was needed

00:24:29for the project coordination.

00:24:30What kind of project

00:24:30needs you to interpret Arabic?

00:24:32You never said

00:24:32you were that good at Arabic.

00:24:33What else are you high, Scarlett?

00:24:34What did you see

00:24:35on my computer?

00:24:37I didn't see anything.

00:24:39She had opened

00:24:39my personal folder.

00:24:41What was inside?

00:24:42Some translation exercises.

00:24:44Casual translations

00:24:45in French, Japanese,

00:24:46and Korean.

00:24:47Things I did

00:24:48when I was bored.

00:24:49If she saw those...

00:24:52Annie, what exactly

00:24:53did you do at Crownwell today?

00:24:54Scarlett was losing her mind

00:24:55in 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

00:25:06between Scarlett and Alex Wood.

00:25:07What do you mean?

00:25:08I handle reimbursement forms

00:25:09and admin.

00:25:09Over the past six months,

00:25:10Scarlett has gone out

00:25:11alone with Alex Wood

00:25:11to talk about work

00:25:1217 times.

00:25:13Every single time

00:25:13I was at that hotel

00:25:14on the west side of the city.

00:25:15Think about that.

00:25:15That has nothing to do with me.

00:25:17How does that have

00:25:17nothing to do with you?

00:25:18Alex Wood made

00:25:18Scarlett 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

00:25:30personal skills during onboarding.

00:25:32All staff must update profiles

00:25:33within a week.

00:25:35Concealment or classification

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

00:25:47translation 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

00:26:59to make the mistakes

00:27:00in allocation human resources,

00:27:02does that count as a violation?

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

00:27:11Say an employee only lists Spanish

00:27:13on her profile,

00:27:14but in fact she is fluent

00:27:14in multiple languages.

00:27:15The company assigns her position

00:27:16and salary according on the standard

00:27:18for a Spanish translator

00:27:19and she never raises any objection.

00:27:20Over three years

00:27:21without knowing the truth,

00:27:22the company loses out

00:27:23on 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

00:27:32is me, right?

00:27:35So what?

00:27:36Yes.

00:27:36I only listed Spanish

00:27:38on my profile

00:27:39because the position

00:27:40I applied for

00:27:40was junior Spanish translator.

00:27:42I have never made a mistake

00:27:44during 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

00:27:51spend high salaries

00:27:52hiring people

00:27:52for the German, French,

00:27:53and 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 can replace

00:27:59all of them,

00:28:00then where does that

00:28:00leave you, Scarlett?

00:28:01This has nothing to do

00:28:02with my place!

00:28:03It does.

00:28:04Because what you're

00:28:05really worried about

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

00:28:08It's the fact that you

00:28:09found out I'm more capable

00:28:10than you.

00:28:11And 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

00:28:20does not say

00:28:21all skills must be listed.

00:28:22I chose to show

00:28:23only the skills required

00:28:24for the job I applied for.

00:28:26That is my right.

00:28:30Fine.

00:28:31Then let me ask

00:28:32another question.

00:28:33Mr. White,

00:28:33the bonus for the

00:28:34Crownwell Project

00:28:35is distributed

00:28:36among 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

00:28:43the original team list.

00:28:45So when the bonus

00:28:45is distributed,

00:28:46she shouldn't receive

00:28:47the 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

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

00:28:54So she switched

00:28:55to Mund Money instead.

00:28:58Well,

00:29:01Scarlet does have a point.

00:29:02Annie joined halfway through.

00:29:03Louie Anderson

00:29:04specifically 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

00:29:16of 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

00:29:22with the UAE client,

00:29:22she used Arabic

00:29:23to win me $8 million

00:29:24in profit margin.

00:29:25How your company

00:29:26distributes bonus

00:29:26is your business,

00:29:27but I suggest you figure out

00:29:28who really is

00:29:29the key person

00:29:31in this project.

00:29:37One more thing.

00:29:38There is a clause

00:29:39in this contract.

00:29:40From now on,

00:29:41all translation handover work

00:29:42for Crown With

00:29:43will be handled by Annie.

00:29:44If she is no longer

00:29:45at White Global,

00:29:46this contract

00:29:47automatically becomes void.

00:29:53Mr. Anderson,

00:29:54you mean,

00:29:54I've made myself

00:29:55very clear.

00:29:56This contract

00:29:57is worth

00:29:58$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,

00:30:18we'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.

00:30:24Scarlett,

00:30:25sit down.

00:30:27Tu mérites mieux que ça.

00:30:30The Translation Department

00:30:31was in an uproar.

00:30:33She actually speaks

00:30:35eight languages.

00:30:35She 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.

00:30:44$80 million.

00:30:46Scarlett's face

00:30:46looks amazing.

00:30:48I mean, the color.

00:30:52That 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.

00:31:01Take your time.

00:31:04Annie,

00:31:05let'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

00:31:14from 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.

00:31:50It 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.

00:32:18The 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 on

00:32:30maternity 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.

00:32:41What do you mean by that?

00:32:42Can 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 Brian 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,

00:33:23Mr. 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, do 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

00:34:34Elan 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

00:34:46avoidance.

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

00:34:54leakered 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 Ruby Anderson's

00:35:07assistant,

00:35:08Frank Young.

00:35:09The chat mentions

00:35:10White Global's

00:35:10internal pricing.

00:35:12There 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

00:35:29meeting last Wednesday

00:35:29afternoon.

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 one 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,

00:35:47I need you

00:35:47to do me a favor.

00:35:48Name it.

00:35:49You're in administration.

00:35:50Can you pull

00:35:51the attendance records

00:35:53and meeting room usage

00:35:54records from last

00:35:55Wednesday 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.

00:36:01Are 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 had 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 recorded.

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.

00:37:04Annie.

00:37:06Scarlet reported that

00:37:07you privately leaked

00:37:09our pricing strategy

00:37:09to Crownwell

00:37:10while you were

00:37:10translating for 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

00:37:28who didn't understand

00:37:28formal business conversation.

00:37:30These screenshots

00:37:31are fake.

00:37:33Of course you would say that.

00:37:34I 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.

00:37:42Please compare them.

00:37:44The times don't match.

00:37:47The screenshots Scarlet 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.

00:38:16I've been here

00:38:17for three years.

00:38:19The device binding 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...

00:38:30I found them

00:38:31on her computer.

00:38:32After you went through

00:38:32my computer last week,

00:38:34I reset the password.

00:38:36These screenshots

00:38:37were never on my computer.

00:38:40You never saw

00:38:41these snapshots

00:38:42on my computer

00:38:43because they never existed

00:38:44in the first place.

00:38:45You made them yourself.

00:38:49Scarlet,

00:38:50do you have anything 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 quotation.

00:39:19You speak eight language

00:39:20and you hid it for 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.

00:39:29But 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

00:40:14a multi-linguished

00:40:14translation consultant.

00:40:16How did you find me?

00:40:17Industry recommendation.

00:40:19The Crownwell Project

00:40:20and the French brand

00:40:20project you worked on

00:40:21recently have attracted

00:40:22some attention in the field.

00:40:23Harbor 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 about

00:40:29the Strait of Garou

00:40:30and global trade.

00:40:31We need simultaneous

00:40:32interpretation

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?

00:40:49Louie Anderson,

00:40:50he is one of the investors

00:40:51in this project.

00:40:52Louie 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

00:40:57is 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 into 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 Malpussaud to me

00:42:01in 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 on the Nile.

00:42:08My father counted the stars

00:42:10while teaching me

00:42:10how to say

00:42:11Wahid, Ethwan, Flatha.

00:42:13Every language was 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 Harper 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

00:42:55Europe 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?

00:43:24I will come back.

00:43:27Fine.

00:43:28I will approve

00:43:29two months for you.

00:43:33Scarlet?

00:43:33Scarlet 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.

00:43:53You 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 right?

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

00:44:51through your 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.

00:45:30Who are you?

00:45:31I don't know

00:45:32the Arabs

00:45:32as if you know

00:45:33it's in the river.

00:45:35I love it.

00:45:36You're looking

00:45:36in the river.

00:45:37I don't know

00:45:39the river.

00:45:40I don't know

00:45:41I don't know

00:45:41the river.

00:45:42I don't know

00:45:46the river.

00:45:47In Casablanca

00:45:48I interviewed

00:45:49a historian

00:45:49in French.

00:45:51Le détroit de Blolort

00:45:52n'est pas simplement

00:45:53un passage maritain

00:45:54mais une forme

00:45:54de dialogue.

00:45:55Les personnes

00:45:55excitement

00:45:55écoutent

00:45:56Jors

00:45:56sazatru

00:45:57bien qu'elles parlent

00:45:57de Valdena

00:45:58ferriant

00:45:58par le tacomar

00:45:59et inétoffet.

00:45:59He said

00:46:00On the Strait

00:46:01of Jorali

00:46:01shipping 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 languages

00:46:06but their hearts

00:46:07are connected.

00:46:08My voice

00:46:09but their hearts

00:46:09was a little halseyed

00:46:10because my father

00:46:11had said

00:46:11almost the exact

00:46:12same thing.

00:46:14Okay.

00:46:15That night

00:46:15the team had dinner

00:46:17at the hotel.

00:46:19Annie

00:46:19Mr. Anderson

00:46:20asked whether

00:46:20your work

00:46:21went smoothly today?

00:46:22It went smoothly.

00:46:23No need to worry

00:46:23about 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

00:46:39suit our taste.

00:46:40If you want

00:46:40something else...

00:46:42Mr. Anderson

00:46:43why are you

00:46:43telling me this?

00:46:45Because I care about you.

00:46:46I do not need

00:46:46your concern.

00:46:48Okay.

00:46:49No more concern.

00:46:50Good night.

00:46:50Over the next

00:46:51two weeks

00:46:51we went a lot

00:46:52of places.

00:46:53On the flight

00:46:53from Istanbul

00:46:54to 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 they

00:47:13were already at the bottom

00:47:14in performance.

00:47:15It has nothing to do

00:47:16with 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

00:47:28for 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.

00:47:54Are Zakt

00:47:55as Gipdein

00:47:56and Privaidin

00:47:56Sammler in Cairo?

00:47:58Der Besitzer

00:47:58dieser Seißung

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 Seißung

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

00:48:37in 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

00:48:49wherever I am?

00:48:50Because Victoria

00:48:51has your itinerary.

00:48:52She is running

00:48:52a project I invested

00:48:53in so I have

00:48:54the right to see it.

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

00:49:04Louie Geranderson

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

00:49:32style Meissen

00:49:33porcelain vase

00:49:34purchased at the

00:49:35Grand Bazaar

00:49:36in Istanbul

00:49:372008

00:49:39with Annie.

00:49:412008

00:49:42I was 8 years old

00:49:43in Istanbul

00:49:44with my dad.

00:49:45He took me

00:49:45to the Grand Bazaar.

00:49:47I 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 3 years

00:49:57I 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

00:50:03touch any 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

00:50:26Attorney 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

00:50:33original 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

00:50:38right 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, a letter.

00:50:46He noted that it

00:50:47should be 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.

00:50:58The 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

00:51:09connected to us

00:51:09along with all

00:51:10those 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.

00:51:17One sentence in Arabic

00:51:17will remind you

00:51:18of the stars in Cairo.

00:51:19But 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 rigid seed.

00:51:27Don't shrink yourself

00:51:28into the dark.

00:51:28You are exceptional.

00:51:30You 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 in Italy

00:52:14for 30 years

00:52:15and the story of him

00:52:17moved me the most.

00:52:18I arrived in Italy

00:52:19at 24 years

00:52:19and I didn't even know

00:52:20a word of the local language.

00:52:21I lost myself on the road.

00:52:23I couldn't understand anything.

00:52:24I couldn't read anything

00:52:25and I couldn't even ask

00:52:26any suggestions.

00:52:27I had to manage

00:52:27the gestures

00:52:28and speak contemporaneously

00:52:28with 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 road

00:52:37would call me

00:52:38Mr. Omar.

00:52:40La Lunga non serve

00:52:41solo a tradizione

00:52:42è il modo

00:52:43in cui

00:52:43si fa rispettere.

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

00:52:58the final three 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.

00:53:07It is wings.

00:53:12The day I came back

00:53:13it 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?

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

00:54:00From today on,

00:54:01results will do the talking.

00:54:02I will personally

00:54:03proofread everyone's

00:54:04translation 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

00:54:10after 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,

00:54:28congratulations 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?

00:54:42Things 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.

00:54:56Your car doesn't really

00:54:56match your status.

00:54:57Cars are for driving,

00:54:58not for showing off.

00:54:59I'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,

00:55:16I'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

00:55:30way 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.

00:55:50A liar.

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,

00:56:17We should have put

00:56:18Annie on it

00:56:19from the start.

00:56:21After Scarlett

00:56:22resigned from White Global,

00:56:24she became a director

00:56:25at a small translation company.

00:56:27Three months later,

00:56:27that company face

00:56:28had its mass tariff

00:56:29compensation claim.

00:56:30A German contract

00:56:32had its tariff

00:56:32glosses mistranslated,

00:56:34causing the client

00:56:35to lose $20 million.

00:56:37That translation

00:56:38was done by Scarlett 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

00:56:45reached White 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?

00:57:06It's Uncle George,

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

00:57:10Uncle George?

00:57:11I saw you on TV.

00:57:13Translation 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

00:57:19like 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.

00:57:45The 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

00:57:57about Martin.

00:57:58But your parts

00:57:59were excellent.

00:58:00You weren't just

00:58:01translating in the interview,

00:58:02you were carrying

00:58:02the emotion across.

00:58:04My 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

00:58:19department next 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

00:58:25poach me again.

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

00:58:26I'm building a position

00:58:27for you.

00:58:29What do you mean?

00:58:30You're not meant

00:58:30to be just a translator.

00:58:32Translation is a tool

00:58:33and you should use

00:58:34that tool to do

00:58:34something bigger.

00:58:35Your father's porcelain

00:58:36collection could become

00:58:37an exhibition about

00:58:37the history of global trade.

00:58:38Use your eight languages

00:58:39to tell that story

00:58:40to 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?

00:58:45Then let me take

00:58:46advantage 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

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

00:59:08personally walked me

00:59:09to the entrance.

00:59:11Annie,

00:59:12you are the most

00:59:12underestimated employee

00:59:13in White Global's history.

00:59:15Mr. White,

00:59:15you also gave me

00:59:16the opportunity.

00:59:17You earned that

00:59:18opportunity 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,

00:59:26didn'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,

00:59:37a 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 its 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 antiques

01:00:00my father collected

01:00:01from around the 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,

01:00:25tears streaming

01:00:26down 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 refuse

01:01:28to 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.

01:02:23Because you used

01:02:24to correct my work,

01:02:25I never knew

01:02:25what 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.

01:02:32You just chose the wrong direction

01:02:33at certain moments.

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

01:02:35No.

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,

01:02:42I could not even face myself.

01:02:45The exhibition is wonderful.

01:02:46Your father must be very happy.

01:02:51The exhibition ran

01:02:53for two months

01:02:54across five cities

01:02:55with more than

01:02:56120,000 visitors in total.

01:03:06After the closing ceremony,

01:03:08Louis Anderson

01:03:09found me on the hotel terrace.

01:03:11Tired?

01:03:13A little.

01:03:14Five cities,

01:03:15two months.

01:03:15You handled all the narration

01:03:16translation work

01:03:17across every language

01:03:17by yourself.

01:03:19I am used to it.

01:03:20Do not get used

01:03:21to 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

01:03:30your father once told you

01:03:30that you were the bridge.

01:03:33This?

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.

01:03:40The ninth language

01:03:41is Russian.

01:03:42I studied for three months

01:03:43just to learn one word.

01:03:45The Cairo night wind

01:03:45swept 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?

01:03:57I'm too good at this.

01:04:00Only with you.

01:04:07Five years later,

01:04:09Crownwell's

01:04:09international cultural exchange

01:04:10department

01:04:11had become

01:04:11an industry benchmark.

01:04:12It ran more than

01:04:1320 cross-cultural projects

01:04:14every year,

01:04:15with revenue

01:04:15exceeding 200 million.

01:04:17Revenue is up

01:04:18another 30% this year.

01:04:20Your salary

01:04:21should be adjusted

01:04:22this year.

01:04:23To how much?

01:04:24You tell me.

01:04:26One dollar.

01:04:29Seriously?

01:04:30Put the rest

01:04:31into a scholarship

01:04:31to support young people

01:04:32studying languages.

01:04:34Name it after my parents.

01:04:35The Michael Smith

01:04:36and Evelyn Chen

01:04:37and Evelyn Chen

01:04:37language scholarship.

01:04:38How do you know

01:04:39my mother's name?

01:04:40I'm your husband.

01:04:41How could I not know

01:04:41your mother's name?

01:04:44Outside the window

01:04:44was the skyline

01:04:45of the whole city.

01:04:46It was no longer

01:04:47that rental apartment

01:04:48with the broken heating.

01:04:49But sometimes,

01:04:49I still think of that window

01:04:51and the nights

01:04:51when 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

01:04:58a $10 million inheritance.

01:04:59I hid myself

01:05:00in 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,

01:05:04my father wrote,

01:05:05Be brave enough

01:05:06to 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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