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00:00:05I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at White Global Trading Co. Lou Did.
00:00:09I've been here for three years and make $24,000 a year.
00:00:13Pretty ordinary, right?
00:00:14But in fact, I'm fluent in eight languages.
00:00:17English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian.
00:00:22Nobody 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.
00:00:33I just want to keep my head down and be a small, unassuming translator.
00:00:36Let's welcome Mr. White to the stage.
00:00:40Everyone have worked hard over the past year.
00:00:43Thank you for your dedication.
00:00:46In the new year, we will...
00:00:49It'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, thinner'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 announcement.
00:01:17Everyone here, who speaks German, will get 70% of Gehanserröhung.
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.
00:01:54Starlet, majoring in German, French, and Spanish, is the head of translator team.
00:02:00She 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 Scarlet.
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.
00:02:58Who are you trying to fool?
00:02:59Your French is already that good.
00:03:01You expect me to believe you don't understand German.
00:03:02Are 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.
00:03:45You're going to see it.
00:03:51You're going to see it.
00:03:51Guter Schaßzug, oder?
00:03:53Schließlich können das nur die Leute aus dem deutschen Team verstehen.
00:03:56Das bedeutet, dass ich nur dem Kern-Team eine Gehenzerhöhung gibt.
00:04:00Alle anderen werden einfach denken, dass ich eine motivasierende Schrey halte.
00:04:05Sehr brillant, Mr. White.
00:04:08Abross.
00:04:09We will be in the next week for the project of Crown Bell Group.
00:04:14Scarlet, she speaks the best in Dutch.
00:04:18I heard that President Anderson from Crown Bell is difficult.
00:04:22The last time he has the entire U.S. from Meridian out of the Sprengsraum.
00:04:26That should not be a problem. Scarlet is coming to this point.
00:04:33People, we shouldn't do this yet. They could ruin the meeting.
00:04:39They didn't know I could understand them. They thought I was just a small translator.
00:04:45But that's only to be expected. I haven't shown what I'm capable of either.
00:04:49Annie, send me the proofread version of last week's contract tomorrow.
00:04:55Yes, Mr. White.
00:05:01I placed the proofread contract on Brian White's desk the next day.
00:05:05It was a 30,000-word Spanish contract, and I had corrected 47 mistakes in the original translation.
00:05:11The original translator was Scarlet, but 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?
00:05:40Who?
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, but notorious for his bad temper.
00:05:54He even chewed out the entire Meridian's translation team and drove them out of the meeting room.
00:05:58What does that have to do with me?
00:06:00You don't think Scarlet can handle him?
00:06:03Even if she can't, that's not my business.
00:06:07Annie, seriously.
00:06:09You're way too good at putting up with things.
00:06:11Louis left. She doesn't get it.
00:06:13I'm not putting up with it.
00:06:14I just don't want to get involved.
00:06:16It was an Arab supplier quotation.
00:06:18Technically, it should have gone to someone on the Arab group.
00:06:21But the Arab team is out of the office today, so Alex would casually dump 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 just to pretend the work of someone who had only taken a little
00:06:45Arabic.
00:06:51Not bad was actually good enough for me.
00:06:59Annie, organize these materials for me. I need them for Crownwell's project next week.
00:07:04This is background materials on Crownwell International Commerce Group Loa, all in Spanish. About 50 pages.
00:07:10This isn't my job.
00:07:11How is it not? You're in the translation department, and I'm your leader. Is there a problem with me assigning
00:07:16you work?
00:07:16She had been promoted to team leader last month, so of course was at the peak of her arrogance.
00:07:22Fine.
00:07:25Oh, and there's a department meeting tomorrow. We'll be discussing the handover plan for the Crownwell project. You don't need
00:07:31to attend.
00:07:32I know. You're only responsible for basic food feeding. A major project like this isn't something you get to be
00:07:37part of. I know.
00:07:45I heard everything in the pantry. Who does she think she is talking to you like that? What does she
00:07:49mean by not something you get to be part of?
00:07:51I'm used to it.
00:07:51Can't you just clap back for once? And then what? She's the boss.
00:07:57If you showed everyone what you can really do, what kind of boss would she even be?
00:08:03I don't want to. What exactly are you afraid of, Annie?
00:08:07What am I afraid of? I don't know either.
00:08:10Maybe I'm afraid of being noticed, afraid that people will dig into my past and will look at me with
00:08:14pity.
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, there isn't much left.
00:08:36Hello?
00:08:37Hello. Am I speaking with Miss Annie Smith?
00:08:39Yes.
00:08:40This is attorney Wills from Kirkland and Ellis Law Firm.
00:08:43There are some documents regarding the settlement of the overseas assets left by your parents.
00:08:47And we need you to sign in person.
00:08:49I've said this before. I don't want any of it. Donate everything.
00:08:51Mrs. 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, but 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. I studied in Germany for three years.
00:09:29The business negotiation like this is exactly in my comfort zone.
00:09:32To be fair, 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.
00:09:41She relies too much on literal translation and often misses the level of formality required in German business correspondence.
00:09:45In everyday conversation, that's not a big deal.
00:09:48But if the person she faced is extremely sensitive to details, never mind. Not my business.
00:09:54Finished sorting everything?
00:09:56Yes.
00:09:57I made her a summary classified by project type, cooperation history, and key personnel.
00:10:01I also marked the changes of tarot 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.
00:10:11Scarlett!
00:10:13Scarlett!
00:10:14He rarely came down here in person.
00:10:17Scarlett.
00:10:18Crown will move the schedule up.
00:10:20Anderson will be here tomorrow afternoon. Are you ready?
00:10:22Moved up?
00:10:25I've gone through all the materials. No problem.
00:10:27Good.
00:10:28Bring someone with you tomorrow for on-site interpretation support.
00:10:31I'll take Zack. His German is decent too.
00:10:34Zack is still on leave.
00:10:38Annie! You come with me tomorrow.
00:10:41Me? I 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. She's more than enough as an assistant.
00:10:51I got dragged into Crownwellian'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. I will go to Crownwell tomorrow.
00:11:02Scarlett is taking you?
00:11:04Doesn't she always get down on you as the Aaron girl?
00:11:07You... you just agreed to that?
00:11:09What else am I supposed to do?
00:11:10Annie!
00:11:22Are you from White Global?
00:11:23Yes. I'm Scarlett, team leader of the translation department.
00:11:27This is my assistant, Annie.
00:11:29Oh, she called me assistant. I didn't correct her.
00:11:34Please wait. President Alexandring is still in a meeting.
00:11:38Scarlett reapplied her lipstick twice and adjusted her hair three separate times in just these fifteen minutes.
00:11:43Annie, when we go in, just sit on the side and take notes.
00:11:46Don't speak unless you're asked.
00:11:48Got it?
00:11:48Got it.
00:11:49Also, when you address Mr. Anderson, be formal and respectful.
00:11:54Don't let your eyes wander.
00:11:55People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.
00:11:59Okay.
00:12:02Miss Scarlett, President Anderson will see you now.
00:12:1632 years old, about six foot one.
00:12:18Gray suit, no tie.
00:12:20The top button of his shirt was undone.
00:12:21His face was cold.
00:12:23Not 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, that you're under the name of me,
00:12:41in the front of us,
00:12:43was sat in the right tariff angle of the standards from 2000,
00:12:462001.
00:12:47We have now 2024.
00:12:48What should that mean?
00:12:50He spoke so fast.
00:12:52Every word was sharp.
00:12:53She understood him.
00:12:54But she clearly didn't expect him to open my body.
00:13:02I mean...
00:13:03I have asked German,
00:13:04so please answer them in German.
00:13:07I don't want to spend time with over-satting.
00:13:11That was only a first end.
00:13:13We will update the data.
00:13:16Update?
00:13:17Has anyone in your key with the new sort of life
00:13:19for the import of the EGN in the near-send for 2020?
00:13:21Are you concerned about the changes in Article D3 and 7
00:13:24The changes in Article D3 and Article D3
00:13:24and Article D3 are directly 15% of your A-Bot-Spielers?
00:13:26Did you know that?
00:13:28She didn't know.
00:13:30But I did.
00:13:31Because that policy change was mentioned in the background materials.
00:13:34I had specifically marked it in the summary.
00:13:37But Scarlet obviously hadn't read it carefully.
00:13:41The...
00:13:42I...
00:13:43I...
00:13:43I have to do it internally.
00:13:47Have you not prepared before you come here?
00:13:50Yes.
00:13:51You have not used the wrong German language.
00:13:54For the first time I said nothing.
00:13:56For the second time I did not.
00:13:58For the third time...
00:14:00Do you know what it means in the business life
00:14:02if you use the wrong form constantly?
00:14:05It means either that you don't respect it
00:14:07or that you don't know your authority.
00:14:09Which is this?
00:14:11The legal director beside Anderson gave a slight shake of his head.
00:14:15The meaning was obvious.
00:14:17This negotiation was about to fall through.
00:14:24Herr Präsident Anderson, ich wette vielmals um Entschuldung.
00:14:28Wenn das das Niebel von White Glover ist, werde ich in Erwengung fühlen zu einem anderen Partner zu shaken.
00:14:33My hands froze above the keyboard.
00:14:35Two voices were speaking in my head.
00:14:37It's none of your concern.
00:14:38You're just here to fetch coffee and serve drinks.
00:14:40This is Whitworth did Global's biggest deal of the year.
00:14:42If we lose it, they'll probably be layoffs by the end of the year.
00:14:44And junior translators like me will be first on the chopping block.
00:14:58Mr. President Anderson, geben Sie uns bitte noch fünf Minuten.
00:15:14And 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.
00:15:30Have you ever been
00:15:34The new three are the standard for certain 60- hours of six to eight-st'...
00:15:38...Cates.
00:15:39Articum dieser Bärenzeit 2 zeigen ...
00:15:40...unstantechischen Bär-Loc und Bär-Komm bald 5%.
00:15:4312%.
00:15:44Explain.
00:16:03where did you learn german i lived in berlin for a while your honorifics are very precise
00:16:08thank you and you said you were the junior level yes your five minutes are up
00:16:13but i can give you ten more on one condition from here on you need the negotiation
00:16:20she can't i said she leads or you can leave right now
00:16:28scarlet should i take over
00:16:32then let's restart from the first part of the proposal this wasn't because i had prepared in
00:16:36advance while sorting that 50 pages materials i for scarlet i had memorized every word plus i grew
00:16:41up in a diplomatic family the basics of international trade are as natural to me
00:16:45as breathing
00:16:45of the news mark when i couldn't allow you to buy in price street sondern nur über tailing and
00:16:50we wouldn't be able to do it
00:16:51it's a dream about that you speak arabic too a little the japanische lieferstein is
00:16:58six percent günstiger aber die lieferzeit ist instabil wie entscheiden sie die erschreckende
00:17:02japanische angesichts nummer light jpk t04 27
00:17:06ich würde nicht das näherigste aubertauch wählen sondern die läusung mit dem kleinsten gesendterisch
00:17:13the framework works i'll have my legal team follow up with you on the details
00:17:18the hand was warm and strong and the grip was just right
00:17:22annie right yes you're wasted in the junior level
00:17:30you lied to everyone what you said you only spoke spanish
00:17:40i do mainly work in spanish what you did in there today that's what you call mainly working in
00:17:45spanish your german is better than mine where did that arab come from it's not even on your resume
00:17:52scarlet the project was saved wasn't it you did this on purpose you hid your skills just waiting for a
00:17:58chance like this to show off what do you think will happen just because you impressed louie anderson
00:18:04once when we're back at the company you're still just that junior translator annie just you wait
00:18:17suddenly i felt a little tired
00:18:20how did the negotiation go did scarlet crash and burn the project was saved how was it saved wasn't
00:18:26she wait was it you i'll tell you when i get back annie you finally made a move
00:18:33standing at the exit of the underground garage i felt the autumn wind blowing in it was a bit cold
00:18:39i didn't want to show off i really didn't but i didn't want to lose my job either
00:18:53mr white annie spoke out of turn during negotiation and completely ignored the company hierarchy
00:18:58was the project saved yes but that was and that's all that matters the crown will deal is worth 40
00:19:03million dollars if it had fallen through yesterday the entire translation department could have packed
00:19:07up one look at her face and i knew this wasn't over
00:19:18annie how good is your german exactly i can get by you can get by i heard you handled the
00:19:24entire
00:19:24negotiation in german without any problem at crownwell and you even used arabic
00:19:28my german just everyday level do you know if the company hired a multi-language translator like you
00:19:32the starting salary would be at least 96 000 a year i have no issues with my current salary fine
00:19:37come to the meeting room at 2 this afternoon we need you involved in the follow-up coordination for
00:19:41the crown well project mr wood i'm the one in charge of the crown well project you'll remain
00:19:46in charge but annie will be involved in the coordination that's mr white's decision
00:19:53happy now annie scarlett i just you just what you think because you showed up once yesterday
00:20:00you're on the same level as me now that's not what i meant i've been here for seven years i
00:20:05worked
00:20:05my way up from intern to department leader and you a 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
00:20:21starting today you'll be temporarily transferred to the crown well project team okay but your
00:20:26position will remain junior and salary will stay the same we'll evaluate it again after the project
00:20:30ends got it crown well supply chain project is divided into three stages the preliminary framework
00:20:35was already discussed yesterday next comes the translation of the detailed terms and contract
00:20:38documents all files will need english spanish and german versions annie can you handle all three
00:20:43language versions at the same time yes three languages since she joined this company she has
00:20:47only ever worked as a spanish translator we don't even know her actual german level what if something
00:20:50goes wrong yesterday's negotiation showed exactly what her level is any other questions
00:20:58it took me two hours to finish the english version and another hour and a half to finish the spanish
00:21:03version
00:21:06you're translating that fast aren't you afraid of making mistakes nope you'd better pray you don't make any
00:21:18both the speed and quality excited expectations annie what exactly have you been doing for the past three years
00:21:32hello annie it was louis anderson this is louis anderson from crown well mr wood gave me your number mr
00:21:38anderson what can i do for you i read the 62 pages you translated today was there any problem no
00:21:43problem at
00:21:44all it's the most accurate german business translation i've seen in the past three years thank you you're not
00:21:50someone who belongs in a junior position that is my current position i know that's why i'm curious
00:21:55crown well has an internal meeting tomorrow afternoon it involves partner selection for the middle
00:21:59eastern market i need an arabic speaking interpreter there this should go through the company i know
00:22:03but i'm asking you directly would you like to come okay i will
00:22:10annie maybe you're going to be exposed after all i knew this day would come eventually
00:22:14but i just didn't expect it to come this soon
00:22:20they were from a construction materials group in the uae the man leading the meeting looked about 50
00:22:24wearing a white robe with a siri expression a young arab woman sat beside him should be his interpreter
00:22:29you're here today i may need you to do an interpretation between eric and english
00:22:34okay if starlet were here she would probably ask where did your ablik even come from the answer is i
00:22:39lived in cairo for a year and a half during that time my roommate was even an egyptian diplomat's daughter
00:22:47yes
00:22:47grass this father was seen as well standard procedure 15 minutes past
00:22:59i lowered my head in height as if i were taking notes then i turned my laptop slightly so louie
00:23:03anderson
00:23:03could see this one line in english they said they want to push the price down by 20 work they'll
00:23:06switch to suppliers louie anderson's eyes stayed on the screen for one second his expression didn't
00:23:11change at all but it's in the negotiation that followed his strategy clearly shifted let's cut
00:23:16the chase our final offer is 10 below the current market price take your lead
00:23:25your abhishek is excellent not that good just the daily level you heard what he said to his
00:23:30interpreter just now then you warned me i just thought the information might be useful for the
00:23:34negotiation without that warning from you this deal would have cost us at least eight million
00:23:38dollars today annie how many languages do you speak german french japanese korean spanish arabic
00:23:43and italian eight in total plus english and you're a junior level translator at white global do you
00:23:48think that makes sense it was my choice would you be interested in coming crownwell i can start you at
00:23:52four hundred thousand dollars a year if you're willing to head the international business department
00:23:55there's no upper limit mr anderson thank you for the offer i'm not planning to change jobs for now
00:24:00for now for now you can change your mind to any ground only one line of text louie anderson and
00:24:05a phone number it didn't even say president crownwell international this kind of card is usually given to
00:24:09people who already need to know who you are
00:24:19what are you doing i i i was passing by and saw your computer was still on it was off
00:24:24when i left
00:24:25you went to crownwell again today louie anderson asked you to go didn't he it was needed for the project
00:24:29coordination what kind of project needs you to interpret arabic you never said you were that
00:24:32good at arabic what else are you hiding scarlet what did you see on my computer
00:24:37i didn't see anything she had opened my personal folder what was inside some translation exercises
00:24:44casual translations in french japanese and korean things i did when i was bored if she saw those
00:24:52annie what exactly did you do at crownwell today scarlet was losing her mind in the office all
00:24:56afternoon she went through your computer i know you know why are you reporting her report what i
00:25:00don't have proof you are way too forget it i heard something today do you want to know go on
00:25:05there's
00:25:05something going on between scarlet and alex wood what do you mean i handle reimbursement forms and
00:25:09admins over the past six months carol has gone alone with alex would to talk about work 17 times every
00:25:13single time i was at that hotel on the one side of the city think about that that has nothing
00:25:16to do with
00:25:26me the message basically said the company found some employees failed to truthfully fill in personal
00:25:30skills during onboarding all staff must update profiles within a week concealment or classification
00:25:36will be dealt with as a violation of company regulations this email is entered straight to you
00:25:43of course i knew when scarlet went through my computer she found those multilingual translation
00:25:48exercises she must have gone to alex wood annie did you see that email so what are you planning
00:25:58to update your profile i'm still thinking about it i suggest you do it soon if they find out you
00:26:05hid
00:26:05something that'll be a very serious matter thank you for the reminder scarlet
00:26:16it had a pure black background with handwritten words on the back
00:26:22i never noticed it before it hasn't come to that yet
00:26:29there are two things to discuss today first the crownwell project has finished the initial handover
00:26:35mr anderson is very satisfied with our translation work bonuses for this project will be issued next month
00:26:44second regarding the update of employee profiles
00:26:51mr white i have a question go ahead if an employee deliberately hides their skills and causes the
00:26:59company to make the mistakes in allocation human resources does that count as a violation
00:27:10then let me give an example say an employee only lists spanish on her profile but in fact she is
00:27:14fluent in multiple languages the company assigns her position and salary according on the standard for
00:27:18a spanish translator and she never raises any objection over three years without knowing the truth
00:27:22the company loses out on a huge amount of usable human resources this kind of behavior enough
00:27:30scarlet get to the point the person you're talking about is me right so what yes i only listed spanish
00:27:38on my profile because the position i applied for was junior spanish translator i have never made a
00:27:43mistake during the work as for the other languages as for the other languages you hid your ability you let
00:27:50the company spend high salaries hiring people for the german french and arabic teams when you alone
00:27:55could do all of their jobs isn't that damaging the company's interests if i alone can replace all of
00:27:59them then where does that leave you silent this has nothing to do with my place it does because what
00:28:05you're really worried about isn't the company's interests it's the fact that you found out i'm more
00:28:10capable than you and now your position doesn't feel so secure anymore you i'll say it again not listing on
00:28:17my profile does not mean hiding the skills section does not say all skills must be listed i chose to
00:28:23show only the skills required for the job i applied for that is my right
00:28:30fine then let me ask another question mr white the bonus for the crownwell project is distributed
00:28:36among the team members right yes annie was added to the team later on a temporary basis the part she
00:28:41took in was just translation handover she wasn't on the original team list so when the bonus is
00:28:46distributed she shouldn't receive the full amount that was a vicious move she stopped attacking me
00:28:51over the hidden skills issue because she knew she couldn't win that fight so she switched to mund
00:28:55money instead well scarlet does have a point annie joined halfway through louie anderson specifically
00:29:05requested me mr anderson what brings you here i came to deliver the contract i heard your meeting
00:29:13the door wasn't fully closed the core negotiation of this project was completed by annie on the day
00:29:18we first met she saved the entire conversation in the final five minutes during the meeting with
00:29:22the uae client she used arabic to win me eight million dollars in profit margin how your company
00:29:26distributes bonus is your business but i suggest you figure out who really is the key person in this
00:29:32project
00:29:37one more thing there is a clause in this contract from now on all translation handover work for crown with
00:29:43will be
00:29:43handled by annie if she is no longer at white global this contract automatically becomes void
00:29:53mr anderson you mean i've made myself very clear this contract is worth 80 million dollars a year
00:30:00the handover translator is annie if you replace her the contract is void
00:30:10you are no longer on the junior level then which level i'm in deputy director of the translation
00:30:16department as for your salary we'll discuss it privately mr white she's only been here for three
00:30:23years i've been here for seven scarlet sit down the translation department was in an uproar
00:30:33she actually speaks eight languages she stayed in the junior level for three years how did that
00:30:39happen didn't you hear louis anderson's contract he specifically asked for her 80 million scarlet's face
00:30:46looks amazing i mean the color that line in french you understood it i did what did you think
00:30:58i'm thinking about it take your time
00:31:05annie let's have a chat
00:31:09you hid for three years and now everything is out in the lopen
00:31:12do you really think your life here will be easy from now on are you threatening me i'm reminding
00:31:17you do you think becoming deputy director solves everything the translation department's connections
00:31:22client relationships and internal resources are all in my hands you're a newcomer who just got
00:31:27promoted you won't be able to handle any of it what are you trying to say give me your position
00:31:31you can keep working as the handover translator and take your project bonus i'll manage the
00:31:36department and you handle the business we both get what we want what if i don't want to
00:31:40then i'll let you know ability isn't the only thing that matters in reality
00:31:50it tasted awful scarlet was right ability isn't the only thing that matters
00:31:55but there is one thing she's wrong about thinking she was the only one who had the connection
00:32:02on monday something major happened at white global the company had received a new project a fashion
00:32:08brand from leon france it required a full set of french to english brand translation and market
00:32:13localization services alex wood had brought this project back through an old client the amount was not
00:32:19huge but it mattered a lot for the company's brand expansion the problem was one of the two
00:32:26translators on the french team had just resigned last month the other was on maternity leave there's
00:32:32no one left on the french team what are we supposed to do with this project
00:32:38annie what level is your french it works what do you mean by that can you handle high-end french
00:32:44brand localization yes good then you're taking this project
00:32:51the director of the french side personally called brian white after looked through
00:32:57is your translator french the language feels incredibly authentic yes we have a dedicated french
00:33:03translation team
00:33:09annie the french side is extremely satisfied they've added another project the full translation of their
00:33:15product manuals it's worth three million dollars okay i'll approve your project bonus for this month
00:33:22separately thank you mr white please note everyone project assignments in the translation should
00:33:30follow department procedures no one should skip the leader and take projects directly
00:33:46annie do you really speak eight languages
00:33:49yes do you know how rare someone like you is in the translation industry
00:33:53i know then why did you forget it there's something i should tell you scarlet has a real problem
00:34:00with you she's brought it up with me several times already i know you better be careful
00:34:06she has certain connections in the company mr wood about you and scarlet what about us
00:34:15nothing
00:34:21annie scarlet and i don't have the kind of relationship you might be thinking of
00:34:24she got promoted to team lead because she had been here long enough and knew the business well
00:34:29that's all
00:34:32i thought of the 17 hotel reinforcing claims elan had mentioned human nature really is an interesting thing
00:34:41the way people looked at me was strange it wasn't admiration or envy it was more like avoidance
00:34:48something happened what happened scarlet reported you to brian white reported me for what she said
00:34:54you privately leakered white global's internal pricing strategy to crownweck while you were translating for
00:34:58them that's a false accusation i know but she has evidence what evidence she said she found a file on
00:35:04your computer screenshots of a chat between you and rudy anderson's assistant frank young the chat
00:35:09mentions white global's internal pricing there is no such file on my computer she says there is
00:35:15and she already showed it to brian white brian wants you in his office tomorrow morning to explain
00:35:19yourself that's so-called chat record it's fake i sneaked a look at it the chat time was last wednesday
00:35:26at 2 p.m but you were at the department meeting last wednesday afternoon everyone can prove it
00:35:31then how did she she edited the time in the chat photoshopped it but she forgot one thing there's a
00:35:37battery indicator in the top right corner of the screenshot that battery display doesn't match your
00:35:40phone model you use a samsung that screenshot is from an iphone ellen i need you to do me a
00:35:47favor
00:35:48name it you're in administration can you pull the attendance records and meeting room usage records
00:35:54from last wednesday afternoon yes pull them also scarlet reimbursement records the 17 hotel ones do you have
00:36:00them i do are you finally going to use them not to attack her but to protect myself if she
00:36:06comes
00:36:06after me i need brian white to know her credibility has problem got it
00:36:20every file had a timestamp and sending record my real chat history with frank young was all on teams
00:36:26with server backups scarlet could fake screenshots but she couldn't change server data
00:36:40i heard you were reported news travels fast frank told me do you need help no i can handle it
00:36:49myself
00:36:49are you sure are you sure yes fine if you can't handle it just tell me
00:36:58it won't
00:37:05annie scarlet reported that you privately leaked our pricing strategy to crown well while you were
00:37:11translating for them these screenshots are the evidence she provided is there anything you want to say
00:37:16it was exactly as a lean had described my profile picture my name a conversation with frank young
00:37:21the content did involve white global's pricing but the wording was extremely unnatural like it had been
00:37:27made up by someone who didn't understand formal business conversation these screenshots are fake
00:37:33of course you would say that i can prove it
00:37:37this is my full chat history with frank young it has server backups and timestamps please compare them
00:37:44the times don't match the screenshot scarlet provided show that the conversation happened last
00:37:50wednesday at 2 p.m but the team's record showed that annie and frank young had no conversation at that
00:37:56time she could have deleted teams has server backups even if an employee deletes the chat on their eye
00:38:00the server still keeps it also from 2 p.m to 4 p.m last wednesday i was attending the
00:38:04department meeting
00:38:05in the company the attendance and meeting room booking records can prove it one more thing
00:38:08this screenshot is from an ios interface i use android scarlet your phone is an iphone isn't it
00:38:14that proves nothing maybe you change phones i've been here for three years
00:38:18the device binding records from it show i have never used an iphone
00:38:27scarlet where did these screenshots come from i i found them on her computer after you went through my
00:38:33computer last week i reset the password these screenshots were never on my computer
00:38:40you never saw these snapshots on my computer because they never existed in the first place
00:38:46you made them yourself
00:38:49scarlet do you have anything else to explain
00:38:53mr wood say something scarlet you went too far this time
00:38:59faking evidence to falsely accuse a colleague is a serious violation scarlet your position as
00:39:03the department leader is revoked immediately mr white also your year-end performance rating will
00:39:07be downgraded by one level if anything like this happens again your employment will be terminated
00:39:10immediately annie are you happy now scarlet from beginning to end you were the one causing trouble
00:39:15for me i never went after you first because your very existence is a quotation you speak eight
00:39:19language and you hit it for three years you made my seven years of hard work look like a joke
00:39:26on the surface no one in the translation department said much but the group chat had completely blown up
00:39:32she should have been removed ages ago her translation skills were just average she only got there through
00:39:38connections you guys didn't know every translation she submitted had been corrected by annie what i am
00:39:45serious i have seen the proof peating records then how many has annie corrected over the past three years
00:39:49a conservative estimate over a hundred
00:40:01excuse me which one of you is annie me hello i am victoria hayes a producer at harbor light media
00:40:10we are preparing a large-scale international documentary project and we need a multi-linguished
00:40:14translation consultant how did you find me industry recommendation the crown
00:40:19well project and the french brand project you worked on recently have attracted some attention
00:40:22in the field harbor light media a top team production company mrs hayes what kind of project
00:40:28is it exactly a documentary about the strait of barot and global trade we need simultaneous interpretation
00:40:33and subtitle proof feeding across five languages english french italian spanish and arabic we contacted
00:40:39three translation companies but none of them could provide one person who covers all five languages
00:40:44then someone told me that white global has a girl who speaks eight languages who told you that louie
00:40:50anderson he is one of the investors in this project louie anderson again what is the consulting fee for
00:40:54this project fifty thousand dollars a month the estimated period is three months one hundred and fifty
00:40:59thousand dollars that is about six years of my salary at white global if you take it you will need
00:41:04to travel
00:41:05for two months the middle east and europe
00:41:13a bank account in zurich a property in munich and a small apartment in the 16th compartment of paris
00:41:20the total value was close to 10 million dollars language was the thing my parents loved most in their lives
00:41:26my mother used to say language is the best bridge
00:41:31my father said if you can understand a person in their mother tongue you can understand their heart
00:41:37they carved the languages of the world into my blood then they left so i hid those languages away
00:41:43along with my memories of them because every time i speak one of those languages i remember what they
00:41:48looked like when they were by my side teaching it to me german was in berlin my dad taught it
00:41:53to me
00:41:53while taking me for ice cream in front of the bransware gate french was in paris my mother read
00:42:00malpouceau to me in the original french by the san arabic was in cairo the three of us were on
00:42:06a boat on
00:42:06the nile my father counted the stars while teaching me how to say wahid ethwan flaca every language was a
00:42:14memory and i didn't want to open those memories but i
00:42:22has mrs hayes from harper light reached out to you she has why did you introduce this to me because
00:42:29you need to step out of it you do not know me i know your parents were diplomats i know
00:42:35your background
00:42:37you investigated me before i decide who to work with i learn about them annie your parents were
00:42:44remarkable people you do not need to lock yourself in a corner just to escape their shadow go take a
00:42:51look at harbor light's project the strait of jurada the bridge between europe and africa maybe you should
00:42:56see it for yourself maybe he was right mr white i need to take two months off for what a
00:43:11documentary
00:43:12project wants me as a translation sultan i need to travel to the middle east and europe two months
00:43:17what about crownwell's project i have already completed all the translation drafts for crownwell's
00:43:21second phase the third phase will not start until three months later are you resigning i will come back
00:43:27fine i will approve two months for you thank you
00:43:33scarlet scarlet had placed and transferred to administration as a clerk the old shine was gone
00:43:37you are going on a business trip for how long two months you know when i joined the white seven
00:43:43years ago i only spoke one language too later i learned french and spanish while working here i
00:43:49went from intern to the department leader i thought i had worked really hard you did work hard but without
00:43:55doing anything you were already above me eight languages what gives you the right my parents
00:44:00they paid for it with their lives
00:44:05that was the last time we spoke in this building at the airport i unexpectedly ran into someone
00:44:10louie anderson he was wearing casual clothes it was the first time i had ever seen him out of a
00:44:15suit
00:44:15annie what are you doing here crownwell has business in dubai what 20 coincidence yeah what a coincidence
00:44:25business class is pretty empty why are you sitting here i bought an economy ticket
00:44:31about the inheritance your parents left you you even know about that the law firm has worked with us
00:44:36before attorney wills once mentioned a client who refused to inherit in the state the industry is
00:44:41only so big so the whole world knows not the whole world just me caring about it i turned to
00:44:45look at
00:44:45him and my heart skipped a beat the sunlight in dubai was completely different from back home dry fierce
00:44:50almost as if it could burn straight through your shadow so you are annie the one who speaks eight
00:44:54languages yes let's do a test translate a section for me first martin handed me an arabic interview
00:44:59outline okay i'm annie smith a junior translator at white global trading covee i've been here three years
00:45:04and make 24 000 a year finally she is the one she is better than those three translation companies
00:45:12combined martin she has not even given us a quote yet no need it's her the first stop was the
00:45:19antique
00:45:19market in old dubai the documentary was going to cover how the straight of hormas connects global trade
00:45:24there was a persian carpet shop here that had been open for 40 years and the owner was a third
00:45:29generation iranian merchant in the middle of the jeter arabia shayfa canna tell me that i love
00:45:35in casablanca i interviewed a historian in french the detroit is not simply a passage maritain but a form of
00:45:54dialogue he said on the street of jorali shipping and trade are a way of having a dialogue people
00:46:04may come from different backgrounds and speak different languages but their hearts are connected
00:46:08my voice but their hearts was a little halcy because my father had said almost the exact same thing
00:46:14okay that night the team had dinner at the hotel
00:46:19annie mr anderson asked whether your work went smoothly today it went smoothly no need to worry
00:46:23about me mr anderson asked me to tell you that he is in the office on the 58th floor of
00:46:27this hotel
00:46:28if you need anything contact him anytime hello have you eaten i am eating now the food here may not
00:46:39really suit our taste if you want something else mr anderson why are you telling me this because i care
00:46:45about you i do not need your concern thank you okay no more concern good night over the next two
00:46:51weeks we went a lot of places on the flight from istanbul to cairo i received an email sender scarlet
00:46:56subject no subject after you left they laid off the french team and the german team because brian white
00:47:02said you alone would enough seven people lost their jobs because of you are you happy now i looked at
00:47:09the email and deleted it do not believe scarlet the french and german teams were cut because they were
00:47:14already at the bottom in performance it has nothing to do with you she is just trying to mess with
00:47:17you i know are you okay i'm fine
00:47:24cairo the third stop of the documentary i lived here for a while
00:47:30when the plane landed i looked out at that familiar city and my heart started beating a little faster in
00:47:36cairo the team was filming a section about the history of trade between the middle east and europe
00:47:42they needed arabic interpretation
00:47:44they needed arabic interpretation
00:47:48yayyut fil kaira mujid khalas yumnuhu gha gana minal qatar tairiya
00:47:51wayaulu in hadil qatar gikhlat masar alaya bahar
00:47:55erzakt is given and provided in sammler in kaira
00:47:57der besitzer dieser seison war ein diplomat er ist vor fünf jahren verstorben seine tauta erhält
00:48:03die seison als erbe ist er doch nie erstehen
00:48:07ma es im dali ke diplomisi
00:48:11michael smith
00:48:14michael smith
00:48:16that was my father's name
00:48:20after the interview i sat alone on the streets of cairo
00:48:24i looked up at the sky it was gray
00:48:28i still remember the pistachio flavor ice cream that year
00:48:36hello you arrived in cairo yes
00:48:41what happened your voice sounds off
00:48:44nothing i flew to cairo this afternoon if you have time why do you always show up wherever i am
00:48:50because
00:48:50victoria has your itinerary she is running a project i invested in so i have the right to see
00:48:55that is called stalking that is called paying attention
00:49:02there is a difference the next afternoon louisger anderson went with me to a private
00:49:07warehouse on the outskirts of cairo it was not big but the temperature and humidity were carefully
00:49:12controlled the kind of place used specifically to store antiques
00:49:18after the manager opened the door i saw three full shelves
00:49:24every piece had a handwritten tag hanging on it
00:49:28it was my father's handwriting an 18th century style meissen porcelain vase
00:49:34purchased at the grand bazaar in istanbul 2008 with annie
00:49:412008 i was eight years old in istanbul with my dad
00:49:45he took me to the grand bazaar i kept asking for turkish ice cream and he said we would go
00:49:49after
00:49:50looking at that little stall that stall was selling these old porcelain pieces i did not
00:49:54remember any of it but my dad did for three years i hid everything about them away the languages
00:50:00the inheritance the memories i thought as long as i did not touch any of it i could pretend they
00:50:05had
00:50:05never left but they had always been with me your father was an extraordinary man
00:50:12i know
00:50:15then you should become someone extraordinary too instead of hiding yourself in a position far below your level
00:50:24that night i called attorney wills attorney wills i will handle the inheritance miss smith
00:50:30finally donate the zur accounts and the properties according to the original plan
00:50:34but i am keeping the porcelain collection in cairo understood that is wonderful i will arrange it right
00:50:38away one more thing go ahead did my father leave any letter or document for me not a legal document
00:50:44something personal yes a letter he noted that it should be given to you when you came to collect
00:50:48panties send it to me attorney wills sent the letter to my hotel i sat in my room for 10
00:50:55minutes before
00:50:56finally working up the courage to open the letter the letter was not long annie when you see this
00:51:02letter your mother and i should no longer be by your side knowing your personality i guess you will
00:51:06probably run away for a while you may seal away the memories connected to us along with all those
00:51:11languages maybe it is because every language is tied to us one sentence in german will remind you
00:51:15of landscape in berlin one sentence in arabic will remind you of the stars in cairo but annie
00:51:20language is not a chain language is wings your mother spent her life building bridges i spent mine
00:51:25planting seeds you are that rigid seed don't shrink yourself into the dark you are exceptional you are
00:51:30smart gifted and you should do what you are really good at trying to plant seeds in your own way
00:51:33you are pride mom and dad will always love you there was a water stain on the paper i did
00:51:38not know
00:51:38whether he left it when he wrote the letter or whether i had just left it my dad was right
00:51:42language is not a chain it is wings
00:51:48in madrid i interviewed a flamenco dancer in spanish
00:51:56she says every language has its own rhythm i wrote that sentence down in my translation notes
00:52:01the final stop was venice omar the arab old bookseller he had his own antique bookshop in the
00:52:09best spot on the busiest square in venice he was in his 60s and had lived in italy for 30
00:52:15years and the
00:52:16story of him moved me the most sono arrivato in italia 24 anni non sapevo nemmeno una parola
00:52:20della lingua locale mi perdevo per strada non riuscivo a capire nulla non potevo leggere nulla e non
00:52:25ero neanche in grado di chiedere indicazioni dovevo gestare i gesti e parlare contemporaneamente
00:52:29con le persone pensavano che fossi pazzo
00:52:31what happened after that poi ho trascorre dieci anni in parlare l'italiano e oltre dieci anni a far
00:52:36sé che tutti in quella strada mi chiamassero signor omar la lunga non serve solo a tradizione è il modo
00:52:43in
00:52:43cui si fa respectere
00:52:46keep this part original audio with subtitles
00:52:53annie
00:52:54that translation almost made me cry in venice i completed the final three interviews in italian
00:53:00two months two continents and eight languages my dad was right language is not a chain it is wings
00:53:12the day i came back it was late december new york's winter was cold but the air carried a familiar
00:53:20scent annie the director position in the translation department is open i want you to take it
00:53:30what is the salary two hundred thousand dollars okay and just like that in less than half a year
00:53:36i went from a junior role to the director of the translation department on the day i officially
00:53:43took the role i stood in the meeting room and made a speech to people in the translation department
00:53:51i know many of you have questions about me
00:53:55why does someone who hid for three years suddenly get to become director i am not going to explain
00:54:00from today on results will do the talking i will personally proofread everyone's translation drafts
00:54:05i have only one standard accuracy if you cannot do it i will teach you if you still cannot do
00:54:10it
00:54:11after that you will be replaced that's straight translation is not a word game one wrong number in a
00:54:18trade contract can mean tens of millions in losses strictness is the bare minimum
00:54:26you
00:54:26hello director smith congratulations on the promotion thank you two hundred thousand dollars
00:54:31mm-hmm i offered four hundred thousand before i know still not considering it not for now but
00:54:36thank you for all your help the offer the harbor light media project that day in cairo you don't
00:54:40need to thank me those weren't favors then what were they things i wanted to do are you free this
00:54:45weekend for what dinner no work no projects okay he was driving a very ordinary gray sedan
00:54:53not the kind of luxury car i had imagined your car doesn't really match your status cars are for
00:54:58driving not for showing off i'm taking you to a japanese restaurant it only has eight seats
00:55:04you're paying obviously this place has the best sashimi in the whole city how do you know i've tried
00:55:11every japanese restaurant in the city this man annie i'm going to be direct since that day in cairo
00:55:19or maybe even earlier since the first time you spoke german at crownwell i you what i knew you were
00:55:24someone i didn't want to miss right now you're the only person in my mind you really are way too
00:55:31too what too direct you don't like it i didn't say i didn't like it
00:55:38that night he drove me home downstairs he said i'm flying to south korea for a business trip tomorrow
00:55:44how long a week okay will you miss me no liar maybe a little
00:56:01over the next three months many things happened at once the crownwell project successfully completed
00:56:07its third phase and white global brought in nearly 80 million dollars in revenue from it
00:56:14when brian white reviewed the monthly report he said to alex wood you should have put any on it from
00:56:19the
00:56:19start after scarlett resigned from white global she became a director at a small translation company
00:56:26three months later that company face had its mass care of the compensation claim a german contract had
00:56:32its tariff glosses mistranslated causing the client to lose 20 million dollars that translation was done
00:56:38by scarlett herself her problem with germich honorati's had finally been exposed on a bigger stage when the
00:56:44news reached white global some people started mocking her in the group chat i only said one thing
00:56:50stop talking about it everyone has to take responsibility for their own choices
00:57:05hello annie it's uncle george your father's old colleague
00:57:10uncle george i saw you on tv translation consultant in five languages annie your parents must be so
00:57:16proud of you in heaven uncle george how did you see you look exactly like michael and your arabic
00:57:21that cairo accent of your father's i recognized at the moment i heard it annie before your father
00:57:26passed away he said something to me what did he say annie will become a better bridge than i ever
00:57:31was
00:57:32that night louie anderson came back from south korea and went straight to my building
00:57:38come out for what i want to take a walk with you
00:57:45the street was cold and the street lights stretched our shadows long across the pavement
00:57:50i watched the documentary how was it not good enough for your translation the director was average
00:57:56don't say that about martin but your parts were excellent you weren't just translating in the
00:58:02interview you were carrying the emotion across my father once said if you understand someone's
00:58:07mother tongue you can understand their heart you did that we walked for a long time until we reached
00:58:14a river annie yeah crownwell is setting up an international cultural exchange department next
00:58:20year we'll focus on crossword cultural projects documentaries publishing exhibitions forums i need
00:58:24someone to lead it you're trying to poach me again i'm not poaching you i'm building a position
00:58:27for you what do you mean you're not meant to be just a translator translation is a tool and you
00:58:33should use that tool to do something bigger your father's porcelain collection could become an
00:58:37exhibition about the history of global trade use your eight languages to tell that story to the
00:58:40world what's the salary name your price you don't think i'm taking advantage of you then let me
00:58:45take advantage of you what be my girlfriend no salary needed louie i'm joking one million dollars a
00:58:53year plus project dividends but the girlfriend part is serious too the street light fell across
00:58:58his face softening cold lines he usually carried two days later i gave him my answer i said yes to
00:59:08both brian white personally walked me to the entrance annie you are the most underestimated employee in white
00:59:14global's history mr white you also gave me the opportunity you earned that opportunity yourself
00:59:21speaking of which what i said in german at the annual meeting the 70 percent raise you understood
00:59:26it back then didn't you i did then why didn't you forget it i wish you all the best thank
00:59:32you
00:59:34three years a 24 000 salary a junior level position i had repaid what needed to be repaid it was
00:59:42time to start
00:59:48over crownwell's international cultural exchange department was officially established i became
00:59:53its first director the first project is an international touring exhibition the core exhibits
00:59:58are the 40 blubber antiques my father collected from around the world
01:00:04the exhibition will open simultaneously in five cities berlin cairo istanbul paris and new york
01:00:12i'll personally translate the narration for each city into the local language
01:00:16on opening day more than 300 people came to the new york venue uncle george stood in the exhibition
01:00:22hall looking at my father's handwritten labels on the Portland pieces tears streaming down his face
01:00:28michael your daughter made it
01:00:34annie how about turning this exhibition into a second season of the documentary
01:00:40we can talk about it i told you you were never just a translator
01:00:46louie anderson stood in the corner of the exhibition hall staying away from the front
01:00:50he was wearing a black suit hands in my pockets watching me give interviews under the spotlight
01:00:54that look in his eyes you are someone i didn't want to miss
01:01:03missus smith you are fluent in eight languages but i heard you spent three years as a junior
01:01:07translator at a trading company making only 24 000 a year yes why did you hide your abilities
01:01:16because i was running away every language was tied to memories of my parents i thought if i hid them
01:01:23away it would stop hurting but later i realized that languages do not disappear just because you refuse
01:01:28to speak them they stay in your blood waiting for you to speak what finally made you decide to speak
01:01:33up
01:01:35a letter my father wrote it he said if i have the ability to make a difference i should use
01:01:40it
01:01:41on the second day of the exhibition someone unexpected showed up
01:01:47scarlet what are you doing here i saw it on the news your father collected these yes
01:01:56they're beautiful annie i owe you an apology you do not have to let me speak i was jealous of
01:02:03you
01:02:04i had been jealous since the first time you opened your mouth and spoke german
01:02:08it took me seven years to climb up to team leader but you were already above me without even trying
01:02:12i
01:02:12could not accept that so you chose to frame me yes and then i paid the price after i left
01:02:18white global
01:02:19that german contract at the translation company you heard about it right i did
01:02:23because you used to correct my work i never knew what my real level was once you were not there
01:02:27anymore i finally realized starlet your hard work was real those seven years of german were not
01:02:31wasted either you just chose the wrong direction at certain moments you don't hate me no the
01:02:37forged screenshots are in the past now you really are different from before back then i could not even face
01:02:43myself the exhibition is wonderful your father must be very happy
01:02:51the exhibition ran for two months across five cities with more than 120 000 visitors in total
01:03:06after the closing ceremony louis anderson found me on the hotel terrace tired
01:03:13a little five cities two months you handled all the narration translation work across every language
01:03:17by yourself i am used to it do not get used to carrying everything alone this is not a proposal
01:03:25so don't be nervous
01:03:28it's custom made because you said your father once told you that you were the bridge
01:03:33this there is a line engraved on the bridge it has the word bridge engraved in nine languages
01:03:39the ninth language is russian i studied for three months just to learn one word the cairo night wind
01:03:46swept across the terrace in the distance the banks of the nile were bright with lights
01:03:52louie anderson you really are what
01:03:57too good at this only with you
01:04:07five years later crownwell's international cultural exchange department had become an industry
01:04:12denmark it ran more than 20 cross-cultural projects every year with revenue exceeding 200 million
01:04:17revenue is up another 30 this year your salary should be adjusted this year to how much you tell me
01:04:25one
01:04:26dollar seriously put the rest into a scholarship to support young people studying languages name it after
01:04:34my parents the michael smith and evelyn chen language scholarship how do you know my mother's name i'm your
01:04:40husband how could i not know your mother's name outside the window was the skyline of the whole city it
01:04:46was no longer that rental apartment with the broken heating but sometimes i still think of that window
01:04:51and the nights when i crouched there eating soup back then i was fluent in eight languages made
01:04:56three thousand dollars a year and rejected a ten million dollar inheritance i hid myself in the deepest
01:05:01corner thinking that as long as i stayed silent it would not hurt in his letter my father wrote be
01:05:06brave enough to
01:05:07be yourself it took me a long time to understand that but luckily i did it
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