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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.

00:03:51Good.

00:03:52Guter Schausszug, oder?

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

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

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

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

00:04:07Ab Ross.

00:04:09Den 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 hinan gefrogen.

00:04:26Das sollte kein Problem sein.

00:04:28Scarlet kommt damit klar.

00:04:33Leute, auf Annes-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.

00:04:55Yes, Mr. White.

00:05:01I placed the proofread contract on Brian White's desk the next day.

00:05:05It was a 30,000-word Spanish contract.

00:05:08And I had corrected 47 mistakes in the original translation.

00:05:11The 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 Levy-Anne.

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.

00:06:12She doesn't get it.

00:06:13I'm not putting up with it.

00:06:14I just don't want to get involved.

00:06:16It was an ARAP supplier quotation.

00:06:18Technically, it should have gone to someone on the ARAP group.

00:06:20But the ARAP team is out of the office today, so Alex Wood casually dumped it on me.

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

00:06:28Just do a rough translation.

00:06:29Sure.

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

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

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

00:06:37It 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.

00:07:02I need them for Crownwell's project next week.

00:07:04This is...

00:07:04Background materials on Crownwell International Commerce Group Loa, all in Spanish.

00:07:09About 50 pages.

00:07:10This isn't my job.

00:07:11How is it not?

00:07:12You're in the translation department, and I'm your leader.

00:07:14Is there a problem with me assigning you work?

00:07:16She had been promoted to team leader last month, so of course was at the peak of her arrogance.

00:07:22Fine.

00:07:25Oh, and there's a department meeting tomorrow.

00:07:27We'll be discussing the handover plan for the Crownwell project.

00:07:30You don't need to attend.

00:07:32I know.

00:07:32You're only responsible for basic food feeding.

00:07:35A major project like this isn't something you get to be part of.

00:07:38I know.

00:07:45I heard everything in the pantry.

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

00:07:48What does she mean by not something you get to be part of?

00:07:51I'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.

00:08:12Afraid that people will dig into my past and will look at me with pity.

00:08:16Or maybe I'm just too tired to care.

00:08:22An annual salary of $24,000 for $1,000.

00:08:26In this city, after rent and utilities, there 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 of the overseas assets left by your parents.

00:08:47And we need you to sign in person.

00:08:49I've said this before.

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

00:08:51Donate everything.

00:08:51Mrs. 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.

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 journey 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.

00:09:46In everyday conversation, that's not a big deal.

00:09:48But if the person she faced is extremely sensitive to details, never mind.

00:09:52Not 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.

00:10:11Scarlet!

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.

00:10:43You'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.

00:10:50She'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.

00:11:03Scarlet is taking you?

00:11:04Doesn't she always get down on you?

00:11:05As the errand girl.

00:11:07You...

00:11:07You just agreed to that?

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

00:11:10Annie!

00:11:22Are you from White Global?

00:11:24Yes.

00:11:24I'm Scarlet, team leader of the translation department.

00:11:27This is my assistant, Annie.

00:11:29Oh, she called me assistant.

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

00:11:34Please wait.

00:11:35President Alexandring is still in a meeting.

00:11:38Scarlet reapplied her lipstick twice and adjusted her hair three separate times in just these 15 minutes.

00:11:44Annie, when we go in, just sit on the side and take notes.

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

00:11:48Got it?

00:11:48Got it.

00:11:49Also, when you address Mr. Anderson, be formal and respectful.

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

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

00:12:02Miss Scarlet, President Anderson will see you now.

00:12:27Miss Scarlet, President Anderson will see you now.

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 have given us last night, was a great tariff on the standards

00:12:45of 2000, 2001.

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 like that.

00:13:03I mean...

00:13:27She didn't know.

00:13:30But I did.

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

00:13:33I had specifically marked it in the summary.

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

00:13:41Die, das...

00:13:42Ich muss das erstmal intern effettieren.

00:13:47Haben Sie sich überhaupt nicht vorbereitet, bevor Sie hierher kommen, Süßt?

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

00:13:54Beim ersten Mal habe ich nichts gesagt.

00:13:57Beim zweiten Mal auch nicht.

00:13:58Beim dritten Mal...

00:14:00Wissen Sie, was es im Geschäftsleif benötet, wenn man ständig die falsche Anschlusser

00:14:03benutzt?

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

00:14:08nicht ausweisen.

00:14:09Welches ist das?

00:14:11The legal director beside Anderson gave a slight shake of his head.

00:14:15The meaning was obvious.

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

00:14:24Herr Präsident Anderson, ich wette vielmals um Entschuldung.

00:14:28Wenn das das Nivell von White Glober ist, werde ich in Erwengung fühlen, zu einem anderen

00:14:32Partner zu shaken.

00:14:33Meine Hand flogen über die Kabel.

00:14:35Zwei Vögel sprechen in meinem Kopf.

00:14:37Es ist nichts von Ihrer Frage.

00:14:38Du bist nur hier, um Koffe zu holen und trinken zu holen.

00:14:40Das ist Witwerktiv Global's größte Deal des Jahres.

00:14:42Wenn wir es verlieren, werden es wahrscheinlich am Ende des Jahres geschehen.

00:14:44Und jüngere Translators wie ich werden, werden die ersten auf dem Chopping-Glob.

00:14:58Präsident Anderson, geben Sie uns bitte noch fünf Minuten.

00:15:14Und Sie sind?

00:15:16Ich bin Annie, Junior Translator at Whitmore Global.

00:15:21Junior Translator?

00:15:22Yes.

00:15:23The one who always takes notes beside and serves coffee.

00:15:29Five minutes.

00:15:33Die neue drei erfettet den Standard für irgendein Sechlinge von sechs auf acht Stelle HSKs.

00:15:39Artikel diese Bärinzer zwei zeigen unsere Tachtächen Bärlog und er kommt bald fünf Prozent.

00:15:47Der White Global über ein Solbaus in den BE hüht, das von den Vorlägenschaften der Freidehande von Comprofifessions

00:15:52werden etwa drei Prozent der durch die Erkreisung des HS-Bogen verdüsten Kostensteuerung kompensiert.

00:15:56Die nette Auswirkung enthalten zum Stolzpitz.

00:15:58Louis Anderson's Legal Director lowered his head and flipped through the files,

00:16:02as 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 up.

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

00:16:15On one condition.

00:16:16From here on, you meet the negotiation.

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

00:16:21I said she leads.

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

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

00:16:32Then let's restart from the first part of the proposal.

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

00:16:36While sorting that 50 pages materials I for Scarlett, I had memorized every word.

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

00:16:42The basics of international trade are as natural to me as breathing.

00:17:11The framework works.

00:17:15I'll have my legal team follow up with you on the details.

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

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 mainly working in Spanish?

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

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

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

00:17:52Scarlett, the project was saved, wasn't it?

00:17:55You did this on purpose!

00:17:56You hid your skills!

00:17:57Just waiting for a chance like this to show off!

00:18:01What do you think will happen?

00:18:02Just because you impressed Louis Anderson once?

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

00:18:06you're still just that junior translator.

00:18:08Annie, just you wait.

00:18:10Annie, just you wait.

00:18:17Suddenly, I felt a little tired.

00:18:20How did the negotiation go?

00:18:22Did Scarlett crash and burn?

00:18:23The project was saved.

00:18:25How was it saved?

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

00:18:26Wait, was it you?

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

00:18:29Annie, you finally made a move!

00:18:33Standing at the exit of the underground garage,

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

00:18:37It was a bit cold.

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

00:18:41I really didn't.

00:18:42But I didn't want to lose my job either.

00:18:53Mr. White, Annie spoke out of turn during negotiation

00:18:56and completely ignored the company hierarchy.

00:18:58Was the project saved?

00:18:59Yes, but that was...

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

00:19:01The Crownwell deal is worth $40 million.

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

00:19:05the entire translation department could have packed up.

00:19:09One look at her face,

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

00:19:18Annie, how good is your German exactly?

00:19:21I can get by.

00:19:22You can get by?

00:19:23I heard you handled the entire negotiation in German

00:19:25without any problem at Crownwell,

00:19:27and you even used Arabic.

00:19:28My German just everyday level.

00:19:29Do you know if the company hired

00:19:30a multi-language translator like you,

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

00:19:34I have no issues with my current salary.

00:19:36Fine.

00:19:37Come to the meeting room at 2 this afternoon.

00:19:39We need you involved in the follow-up coordination

00:19:40for the Crownwell project.

00:19:43Mr. Wood!

00:19:44I'm the one in charge of the Crownwell project!

00:19:46You'll remain in charge,

00:19:47but Annie will be involved in the coordination.

00:19:48That's Mr. White's decision.

00:19:53Happy now, Annie?

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

00:19:57You just what?

00:19:59You think because you showed up once yesterday,

00:20:01you're on the same level as me now?

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

00:20:03I've been here for seven years.

00:20:05I worked my way up from intern to department leader.

00:20:07And you?

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

00:20:13Just you wait.

00:20:17Annie, Mr. Anderson specifically requested you

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

00:20:22Starting today, you'll be temporarily transferred

00:20:23to the Crownwell project team.

00:20:25Okay.

00:20:26But your position will remain junior,

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

00:20:28We'll evaluate it again after the project ends.

00:20:30Got it.

00:20:31Crownwell's supply chain project is divided into three stages.

00:20:34The preliminary framework was already discussed yesterday.

00:20:36Next comes the translation of the detailed terms

00:20:38and contract documents.

00:20:39All files will need English, Spanish, and German versions.

00:20:41Annie, can you handle all 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 as a Spanish translator.

00:20:48We don't even know her actual German level.

00:20:50What if something goes wrong?

00:20:51Yesterday's negotiation showed exactly what her level is.

00:20:54Any other questions?

00:20:58It took me two hours to finish the English version,

00:21:01and another hour and a half to finish the Spanish version.

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

00:21:07Aren't you afraid of making mistakes?

00:21:09Nope.

00:21:10You'd better pray you don't make any.

00:21:18Both the speed and quality excited expectations.

00:21:21Annie, what exactly have you been doing

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 from Crownwell.

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

00:21:38Mr. Anderson, what can I do for you?

00:21:40I read the 62 pages you translated today.

00:21:42Was there any problem?

00:21:43No problem at all.

00:21:44It's the most accurate German business translation

00:21:46I've seen in the past three years.

00:21:49You're not someone who belongs in a junior position.

00:21:51That is my current position.

00:21:53I know.

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

00:21:55Crownwell has an internal meeting tomorrow afternoon.

00:21:57It involves partner selection for the Middle Eastern market.

00:22:00I need an Arabic-speaking interpreter there.

00:22:01This should go through the company.

00:22:03I know.

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

00:22:05Would you like to come?

00:22:07Okay, I will.

00:22:10Annie, maybe you're going to be exposed after all.

00:22:12I knew this day would come eventually.

00:22:14But I just didn't expect it to come this soon.

00:22:20They were from a construction materials group in the UAE.

00:22:22The man leading the meeting looked about 50,

00:22:24wearing a white robe with a Siri expression.

00:22:26A young Arab woman sat beside him should be his interpreter.

00:22:29You're here.

00:22:31Today, I may need you to do an interpretation between Eric and English.

00:22:34Okay.

00:22:35If Starlet were here, she would probably ask,

00:22:37where did your ablik even come from?

00:22:38The answer is I lived in Cairo for a year and a half.

00:22:40During that time, my roommate was even an Egyptian diplomat's daughter.

00:22:43Yes, that's the other thing that I've ever seen as well.

00:22:49Standard procedure.

00:22:5015 minutes passed.

00:22:57I lowered my head in height, as if I were taking notes.

00:23:01Then I turned my laptop slightly so Louie Anderson could see this one line in English.

00:23:04They said they want to push the price down by 20 work.

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

00:23:07Louie Anderson's eyes stayed on the screen for one second.

00:23:10His expression didn't change at all.

00:23:12But it's in the negotiation that followed, his strategy clearly shifted.

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

00:23:17Our final offer is 10% below the current market price.

00:23:19Take your lead.

00:23:25Your Abishik is excellent.

00:23:27Not that good.

00:23:27Just the daily level.

00:23:29You heard what he said to his interpreter just now?

00:23:31Then you warned me.

00:23:32I just thought the information might be useful for the negotiation.

00:23:35Without that warning from you,

00:23:36this deal would have cost us at least $8 million today.

00:23:38Annie, how many languages do you speak?

00:23:40German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian.

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

00:23:45Mm-hmm.

00:23:45And you're a junior level translator at White Global.

00:23:47Mm-hmm.

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

00:23:49It was my choice.

00:23:50Would you be interested in coming to Crownwell?

00:23:51I can start you at $400,000 a year.

00:23:53If you're willing to head the International Business Department, there's no upper limit.

00:23:57Mr. Anderson, thank you for the offer.

00:23:59I'm not planning to change jobs for now.

00:24:00For now?

00:24:01For now.

00:24:01You can change your mind to any ground.

00:24:03Only one line of text, Loey Anderson, and a phone number.

00:24:05It didn't even say President Crownwell International.

00:24:07This kind of card is usually given to people who already need to know who you are.

00:24:19What are you doing?

00:24:21I, I, I was passing by and saw your computer was still on.

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

00:24:25You went to Crownwell again today?

00:24:27Louie Anderson asked you to go, didn't he?

00:24:28It was needed for the project coordination.

00:24:30What kind of project needs you to interpret Arabic?

00:24:32You never said you were that good at Arabic.

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

00:24:34What did you see on my computer?

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

00:24:39She had opened my personal folder.

00:24:41What was inside?

00:24:42Some translation exercises.

00:24:44Casual translations in French, Japanese, and Korean.

00:24:47Things I did when I was bored.

00:24:49If she saw those.

00:24:52Annie, what exactly did you do at Crownwell today?

00:24:54Scarlett was losing her mind in the office all afternoon.

00:24:57She went through your computer.

00:24:58You know?

00:24:58Why are you reporting her?

00:25:00Report what?

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

00:25:01You are way too.

00:25:03Forget it.

00:25:03I heard something today.

00:25:04Do you want to know?

00:25:05Go on.

00:25:05There's something going on between Scarlett and Alex Wood.

00:25:07What do you mean?

00:25:08I handle reimbursement forms and admins.

00:25:09Over the past six months,

00:25:10Scarlett has gone out alone with Alex Wood

00:25:11to talk about work 17 times.

00:25:13Every single time I was at that hotel

00:25:14on the one side of the city, think about that.

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

00:25:17How does that have nothing to do with you?

00:25:18Alex Wood made Scarlett to partner later

00:25:19because of that relationship.

00:25:26The message basically said

00:25:27the company found some employees

00:25:29failed to truthfully fill in personal skills

00:25:31during onboarding.

00:25:32All staff must update profiles within a week.

00:25:35Concealment or falsification

00:25:37will be dealt with

00:25:37as a violation of company regulations.

00:25:40This email is emailed straight to you.

00:25:43Of course I knew.

00:25:44When Scarlett went through my computer,

00:25:46she found those multilingual translation exercises.

00:25:49She must have gone to Alex Wood.

00:25:53Annie, did you see that email?

00:25:56So what?

00:25:57Are you planning to update your profile?

00:25:59I'm still thinking about it.

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

00:26:04If 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.

00:26:32First, the Crownwell project

00:26:33has finished the initial handover.

00:26:36Mr. Anderson is very satisfied

00:26:37with our translation work.

00:26:39Bonuses for this project

00:26:40will be issued next month.

00:26:44Second, regarding the update

00:26:46of employee profiles.

00:26:51Mr. White, I have a question.

00:26:54Go ahead.

00:26:56If an employee deliberately hides their skills

00:26:58and causes the company to make the mistakes

00:27:00in allocating human resources,

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

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

00:27:11Say an employee only lists Spanish on her profile,

00:27:14but in fact she is fluent in multiple languages.

00:27:15The company assigns her position and salary

00:27:17according on the standard for a Spanish translator,

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

00:27:20Over three years without knowing the truth,

00:27:22the company loses out on a huge amount

00:27:23of usable human resources.

00:27:25This kind of behavior.

00:27:26Enough.

00:27:30Scarlet, get to the point.

00:27:32The person you're talking about is me, right?

00:27:35So what?

00:27:36Yes.

00:27:37I only listed Spanish on my profile

00:27:39because the position I applied for

00:27:40was junior Spanish translator.

00:27:42I have never made a mistake during the work.

00:27:46As for the other languages...

00:27:47As for the other languages,

00:27:49you hid your ability.

00:27:50You let the company spend high salaries

00:27:52hiring people for the German,

00:27:53French, and Arabic teams

00:27:54when you alone could do all of their jobs.

00:27:56Isn't that damaging the company's interests?

00:27:58If I alone can replace all of them,

00:28:00then where does that leave you, Scarlet?

00:28:01This has nothing to do with my place!

00:28:03It does.

00:28:04Because what you're really worried about

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

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

00:28:09I'm more capable than you.

00:28:10And now your position

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

00:28:14You...

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

00:28:17Not listing on my profile

00:28:18does not mean hiding.

00:28:19The skills section does not say

00:28:21all skills must be listed.

00:28:22I chose to show only the skills required

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

00:28:26That is my right.

00:28:30Fine.

00:28:31Then let me ask another question.

00:28:33Mr. White,

00:28:33the bonus for the Crownwell project

00:28:35is distributed among the team members, right?

00:28:37Yes.

00:28:38Annie was added to the team

00:28:39later on a temporary basis.

00:28:41The part she took in

00:28:41was just translation handover.

00:28:43She wasn't on the original team list.

00:28:45So when the bonus is distributed,

00:28:46she shouldn't receive the full amount.

00:28:48That was a vicious move.

00:28:50She stopped attacking me

00:28:51over the hidden skills issue

00:28:52because she knew she couldn't win that fight.

00:28:54So she switched

00:28:55to Mund...

00:28:56Money instead.

00:28:58Well,

00:29:01Scarlet does have a point.

00:29:02Annie joined halfway through.

00:29:04Louie Anderson specifically requested me.

00:29:08Mr. Anderson!

00:29:09What brings you here?

00:29:11I came to deliver the contract.

00:29:12I heard your meeting.

00:29:14The door wasn't fully closed.

00:29:15The core negotiation of this project

00:29:17was completed by Annie.

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

00:29:19she saved the entire conversation

00:29:20in the final five minutes.

00:29:21During the meeting with the UAE client,

00:29:23she used Arabic to win me

00:29:24$8 million in profit margin.

00:29:25How your company distributes bonus

00:29:26is your business.

00:29:27But I suggest you figure out

00:29:28who really is

00:29:30the key person

00:29:31in this project.

00:29:37One more thing.

00:29:38There is a clause in this contract.

00:29:40From now on,

00:29:41all translation handover work

00:29:42for Crown With

00:29:43will be handled by Annie.

00:29:44If she is no longer

00:29:45at White Global,

00:29:46this contract automatically

00:29:48becomes 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,

00:30:19you'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.

00:30:36She stayed in the junior level

00:30:37for three years?

00:30:38How did that happen?

00:30:39Didn't you hear

00:30:40Louis Anderson's contract?

00:30:41He specifically asked for her.

00:30:44$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.

00:31:09You hid for three years,

00:31:10and now everything

00:31:11is out in the lopen.

00:31:12Do you really think

00:31:13your life here

00:31:13will be easy from now on?

00:31:16Are 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.

00:32:19The amount was not huge,

00:32:20but it mattered a lot

00:32:22for the company's

00:32:22brand expansion.

00:32:24The 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

00:32:33on the French team.

00:32:34What are we supposed

00:32:34to do with this project?

00:32:37Annie,

00:32:38what level is your French?

00:32:40It works.

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

00:32:43Can you handle

00:32:43high-end French brand

00:32:44localization?

00:32:45Yes.

00:32:46Good.

00:32:47Then you're taking

00:32:48this project.

00:32:51The director of the French side

00:32:52personally called 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.

00:33:19Okay.

00:33:19I'll approve your project

00:33:21bonus for this month

00:33:22separately.

00:33:22Thank you,

00:33:23Mr. White.

00:33:27Please note everyone,

00:33:28project assignments

00:33:29and the translation

00:33:29should follow

00:33:30departmental procedures.

00:33:31No one should skip

00:33:31the leader

00:33:32and take projects directly.

00:33:46Annie,

00:33:46do you really speak

00:33:47eight languages?

00:33:49Yes.

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's something

00:33:58I should tell you.

00:33:59Scarlet has a real

00:34:00problem with 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,

00:34:21Scarlet 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

00:34:3317 hotel

00:34:34reinforcing 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

00:34:43was 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

00:34:51you to 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.

00:34:59I 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.

00:35:13She 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

00:35:22is 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.

00:35:28But 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

00:35:36one thing.

00:35:37There'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.

00:35:43That screenshot

00:35:43is from an iPhone.

00:35:46Ellen, I need you

00:35:47to do me a favor.

00:35:48Name it.

00:35:49You're in administration.

00:35:51Can you pull

00:35:52the 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.

00:36:02Are you finally

00:36:02going to use them?

00:36:03Not to attack her,

00:36:04but to protect myself.

00:36:05If she comes after me,

00:36:06I need Brian White

00:36:07to know her credibility

00:36:08has a problem.

00:36:09Got it.

00:36:20Every file had a

00:36:21timestamp

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

00:36:30screenshots,

00:36:31but she couldn't

00:36:31change server data.

00:36:41I heard you were

00:36:42recorded.

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.

00:36:50Are 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

00:37:11translating for them.

00:37:11These 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

00:37:27made up by someone

00:37:28who didn't understand

00:37:28formal business

00:37:29conversation.

00:37:30These screenshots

00:37:31are fake.

00:37:33Of course you would

00:37:34say that.

00:37:34I can prove it.

00:37:37This is my full chat

00:37:38history with Frank Young.

00:37:40It has server backups

00:37:41and timestamps.

00:37:42Please compare them.

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

00:37:47The screenshots

00:37:48Scarlet provided

00:37:48show that the conversation

00:37:49happened last Wednesday

00:37:50at 2 p.m.

00:37:51But the team's record

00:37:52showed 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

00:38:00on their eye,

00:38:00the server still keeps it.

00:38:01Also, from 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, your phone

00:38:13is an iPhone, isn'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

00:38:31after you went

00:38:32through my computer

00:38:33last week.

00:38:34I reset the password.

00:38:36These screenshots

00:38:37were never

00:38:38on my computer.

00:38:40You never saw

00:38:41these snapshots

00:38:42on my computer

00:38:43because they never

00:38:44existed in the first place.

00:38:46You made them yourself.

00:38:49Scarlet,

00:38:50do you have

00:38:50anything else

00:38:51to explain?

00:38:53Mr. Wood,

00:38:54say something.

00:38:56Scarlet,

00:38:56you went too far

00:38:57this time.

00:38:59Faking evidence

00:39:00to falsely accuse

00:39:00a colleague

00:39:01is a serious violation.

00:39:02Scarlet,

00:39:03your position

00:39:03as the department

00:39:04leader is revoked

00:39:04immediately.

00:39:05Mr. White?

00:39:05Also,

00:39:06your year-end

00:39:06performance 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

00:39:10immediately.

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

00:39:20for three years.

00:39:21You made my seven years

00:39:22of hard work

00:39:23look like a joke.

00:39:26On the surface,

00:39:27no one in the

00:39:28translation department

00:39:29said much.

00:39:30But the group chat

00:39:31had completely blown up.

00:39:32She should have been

00:39:33removed ages ago.

00:39:34Her translation skills

00:39:35were just average.

00:39:37She 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?

00:40:18Industry 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 Baroque

00:40:30and global trade.

00:40:31We need simultaneous

00:40:32interpretation and

00:40:33subtitle 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.

00:40:49Who 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

00:40:58is three months.

00:40:58$150,000.

00:41:00That is about six years

00:41:01of my salary

00:41:02at White Global.

00:41:03If you take it,

00:41:04you will need to travel

00:41:05for two months,

00:41:06the Middle East

00:41:07and Europe.

00:41:13A 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.

00:41:31My father said,

00:41:32if you can understand

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

00:41:35you can understand

00:41:36their heart.

00:41:37They carved the languages

00:41:38of the world

00:41:39into my blood.

00:41:40Then they left.

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

00:41:43along 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 Branswerge gate.

00:41:57French was in Paris.

00:41:59My mother read Malpussaud to me

00:42:01in the original French

00:42:02by the San.

00:42:03Arabic was in Cairo.

00:42:04The three of us

00:42:05were on a boat

00:42:06on the Nile.

00:42:08My father counted the stars

00:42:10while teaching me

00:42:10how to say

00:42:11Wahid,

00:42:12Ethwan,

00:42:13Flaka.

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

00:42:24from Harbor Light

00:42:24reached out to you?

00:42:26She has.

00:42:27Why did you introduce

00:42:28this to me?

00:42:29Because you need

00:42:29to step out of it.

00:42:31You do not know me.

00:42:33I know your parents

00:42:34were diplomats.

00:42:35I know your background.

00:42:37You investigated me?

00:42:39Before I decide

00:42:40who to work with,

00:42:41I learn about them.

00:42:43Annie,

00:42:43your parents

00:42:44were remarkable people.

00:42:46You 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 Europe

00:42:55and Africa.

00:42:55Maybe 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

00:43:15to 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 completed

00:43:19all the translation drafts

00:43:21for Crownwell's second 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?

00:43:34Scarlet had placed

00:43:34and transferred

00:43:35to administration

00:43:35as a clerk.

00:43:36The old shine was 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 the White

00:43:43seven years ago,

00:43:44I only spoke one language, too.

00:43:47Later,

00:43:47I learned French and Spanish

00:43:48while working here.

00:43:49I went from intern

00:43:50to the department leader.

00:43:52I thought I had

00:43:53worked really hard.

00:43:54You did work hard.

00:43:55But without doing anything,

00:43:56you were already above me.

00:43:57Eight languages.

00:43:58What gives you the right?

00:43:59My parents.

00:44:00They paid for it

00:44:01with their lives.

00:44:05That was the last time

00:44:06we spoke in this building.

00:44:07At the airport,

00:44:08I unexpectedly ran

00:44:09into 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.

00:44:19Coincidence.

00:44:20Yeah.

00:44:21What a coincidence.

00:44:25Business class

00:44:26is pretty empty.

00:44:27Why are you sitting here?

00:44:28I bought an economy ticket.

00:44:31About the inheritance

00:44:32your parents left you.

00:44:34You even know about that?

00:44:35The law firm

00:44:36has worked with us before.

00:44:37Attorney Wills

00:44:37once mentioned a client

00:44:38who refused to inherit

00:44:39in this state.

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

00:44:41So the whole world knows?

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

00:44:49from back home.

00:44:49Dry, fierce,

00:44:50almost as if it could

00:44:51burn straight through

00:44:52your shadow.

00:44:53So you are Annie,

00:44:53the one who speaks

00:44:54eight languages?

00:44:55Yes.

00:44:55Let's do a test.

00:44:56Translate a section

00:44:57for me first.

00:44:58Martin handed me

00:44:58an Arabic interview outline.

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

00:45:01a junior translator

00:45:02at White Global Trading Co.

00:45:03I've been here three years

00:45:04and make $24,000 a year.

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

00:45:09She is better than those

00:45:10three translation companies

00:45:12combined.

00:45:13Martin, she has not even

00:45:14given us a quote yet.

00:45:15No need.

00:45:16It'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.

00:45:31Oh, I'm sorry.

00:45:37I'm sorry.

00:45:39I'm sorry.

00:45:41I'm sorry.

00:45:48In Casablanca, I interviewed

00:45:49a historian in French.

00:45:51Le détroit de Bloelort

00:45:52n'est pas simplement

00:45:53un passage maritain,

00:45:54mais une forme de dialogue.

00:45:55Une personne excite de mange

00:45:56et cultures dures

00:45:56sans altru,

00:45:57bien qu'elle parle de

00:45:58par le délin infériant,

00:45:58par le tas

00:45:59comme la rétine est au fait.

00:46:00He said,

00:46:00on the Strait of Jorali,

00:46:02shipping and trade

00:46:02are a way of having a dialogue.

00:46:04People may come

00:46:04from different backgrounds

00:46:05and speak different languages,

00:46:07but their hearts are 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 almost

00:46:12the exact same thing.

00:46:14Okay.

00:46:15That night,

00:46:16the team had dinner

00:46:17at the hotel.

00:46:19Annie,

00:46:19Mr. Anderson

00:46:20asked whether your work

00:46:21went smoothly today?

00:46:22It went smoothly.

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

00:46:24Mr. Anderson

00:46:25asked me to tell you

00:46:26that he is in the office

00:46:26on the 58th floor

00:46:27of this hotel.

00:46:28If you need anything,

00:46:29contact him anytime.

00:46:33Hello?

00:46:35Have you eaten?

00:46:36I am eating now.

00:46:38The food here

00:46:38may not really suit our taste.

00:46:40If you want something else?

00:46:42Mr. Anderson,

00:46:43why are you telling me this?

00:46:45Because I care about you.

00:46:46I do not need your concern.

00:46:48Okay.

00:46:49No more concern.

00:46:50Good night.

00:46:50Over the next two weeks,

00:46:51we went a lot of places.

00:46:53On the flight

00:46:53from Istanbul to Cairo,

00:46:55I 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

00:47:06because of you.

00:47:06Are you happy now?

00:47:08I looked at the email

00:47:09and deleted it.

00:47:10Do not believe, Scarlet.

00:47:12The French and German teams

00:47:13were cut because

00:47:13they were already

00:47:14at the bottom in performance.

00:47:15It has nothing to do with you.

00:47:16She is just trying

00:47:17to mess with you.

00:47:18I know.

00:47:18Are you okay?

00:47:19I am fine.

00:47:24Cairo.

00:47:25The third stop

00:47:26of the documentary.

00:47:27I lived here for a while.

00:47:30When the plane landed,

00:47:32I looked out

00:47:32at that familiar city

00:47:33and my heart

00:47:34started beating

00:47:35a little faster.

00:47:36In Cairo,

00:47:37the team

00:47:37was filming

00:47:38a section

00:47:38about the history

00:47:39of trade

00:47:40between the Middle East

00:47:41and Europe.

00:47:42They needed

00:47:42arabic interpretation.

00:47:54Are Zakt

00:47:55and provided

00:47:56Sammler in Cairo?

00:47:58The owner of this

00:47:59section was a diplomat.

00:48:00He died five years ago.

00:48:02His daughter

00:48:03holds the section

00:48:03as a servant,

00:48:04is never been

00:48:05born alive.

00:48:07I am a valic

00:48:08diplomat.

00:48:11Michael Smith.

00:48:14Michael Smith.

00:48:16That was

00:48:16my father's name.

00:48:20After the interview,

00:48:22I 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 flavor

00:48:30ice cream

00:48:31that 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 wherever I am?

00:48:50Because Victoria

00:48:51has your itinerary.

00:48:52She is running

00:48:52a project I invested in,

00:48:54so I have the right

00:48:55to see it.

00:48:55That is called

00:48:56stalking.

00:48:57That is called

00:48:57paying attention.

00:49:02There is a difference.

00:49:04The next afternoon,

00:49:05Louie Geranderson

00:49:06went 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 handwriting.

00:49:31An 18th century style

00:49:32Meissen porcelain vase

00:49:34purchased at the Grand Bazaar

00:49:36in Istanbul,

00:49:372008.

00:49:39With Annie.

00:49:42I was eight years old

00:49:43in Istanbul

00:49:44with my dad.

00:49:45He took me

00:49:45to the Grand Bazaar.

00:49:47I kept asking

00:49:47for Turkish ice cream

00:49:48and he said

00:49:49we would go after

00:49:50looking at that

00:49:50little stall.

00:49:51That stall

00:49:52was selling

00:49:52these old porcelain pieces.

00:49:54I did not remember

00:49:54any of it,

00:49:55but my dad did.

00:49:57For three years,

00:49:58I hid everything

00:49:58about them away.

00:49:59The languages,

00:50:00the inheritance,

00:50:01the memories.

00:50:02I thought as long

00:50:03as I did not touch

00:50:04any of it,

00:50:04I could pretend

00:50:05they had never left.

00:50:06But they had always

00:50:07been with me.

00:50:09Your father

00:50:10was an extraordinary man.

00:50:12I know.

00:50:15Then you should become

00:50:16someone extraordinary too

00:50:17instead of hiding yourself

00:50:18in a position

00:50:19far below your level.

00:50:24That night,

00:50:25I called Attorney Wills.

00:50:27Attorney Wills,

00:50:28I will handle

00:50:29the inheritance.

00:50:29Ms. Smith,

00:50:30finally.

00:50:31Donate the Xur accounts

00:50:32and the properties

00:50:33according to the original plan.

00:50:34But I am keeping

00:50:35the porcelain collection

00:50:36in Cairo.

00:50:36Understood.

00:50:37That is wonderful.

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

00:50:39One more thing.

00:50:40Go 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 should

00:50:47be given to you

00:50:48when you came

00:50:48to collect the antiques.

00:50:49Send it to me.

00:50:51Attorney Wills

00:50:52sent the letter

00:50:52to my hotel.

00:50:53I sat in my room

00:50:54for ten minutes

00:50:56before finally

00:50:56working up the courage

00:50:57to open the letter.

00:50:59The letter was not long.

00:51:00Annie,

00:51:01when you see this letter,

00:51:02your mother and I

00:51:02should no longer

00:51:03be by your side.

00:51:04Knowing your personality,

00:51:05I guess you will

00:51:06probably run away

00:51:06for a while.

00:51:07You may seal away

00:51:08the memories connected

00:51:09to us,

00:51:10along with all those languages.

00:51:11Maybe it is because

00:51:12every language

00:51:13is tied to us.

00:51:14One sentence in German

00:51:15will remind you

00:51:15of landscape in Berlin.

00:51:16One sentence in Arabic

00:51:18will remind you

00:51:18of the stars in Cairo.

00:51:20But Annie,

00:51:21language is not a chain.

00:51:22Language is wings.

00:51:23Your mother spent

00:51:24her life building bridges.

00:51:25I spent mine planting seeds.

00:51:26You are that bridge of seed.

00:51:27Don't shrink yourself

00:51:28into the dark.

00:51:29You are exceptional.

00:51:30You are smart, gifted,

00:51:30and 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.

00:51:51Cada idioma

00:51:52tiene su propio ritmo.

00:51:54Una vez que tu cuerpo

00:51:55lo memoriza,

00:51:56nunca lo olvidarás.

00:51:57She says

00:51:57every language

00:51:58has its own rhythm.

00:51:59I wrote that sentence

00:52:00down in my translation notes.

00:52:02The final stop

00:52:03was Venice.

00:52:04Omar,

00:52:05the Arab old bookseller.

00:52:07He had his own

00:52:08antique bookshop

00:52:09in the best spot

00:52:10on the busiest square

00:52:11in Venice.

00:52:12He was in his 60s

00:52:13and had lived

00:52:14in Italy for 30 years.

00:52:15And the story of him

00:52:17moved me the most.

00:52:18I came to 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

00:52:22for the road.

00:52:23I couldn't understand

00:52:24anything.

00:52:24I couldn't read anything

00:52:25and I couldn't even

00:52:25ask for indications.

00:52:27I had to manage

00:52:27the gestures

00:52:28and talk contemporaneously

00:52:29with people.

00:52:29They thought I was a fool.

00:52:31What happened after that?

00:52:33Then I had to learn

00:52:34the Italian

00:52:35and over the last 10 years

00:52:36to make sure

00:52:36that everyone

00:52:37in that way

00:52:37would call me

00:52:38Mr. Omar.

00:52:40The language

00:52:40doesn't serve

00:52:41only to tradition.

00:52:42It's the way

00:52:43you can respect it.

00:52:47Keep this part.

00:52:48Original audio

00:52:49with subtitles.

00:52:53Annie.

00:52:54Your translation

00:52:55almost made me cry.

00:52:56In Venice

00:52:57I completed

00:52:58the final three

00:52:59interviews in 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

00:53:14it was late December.

00:53:17New 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.

00:53:26I want you to take it.

00:53:30What 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

00:53:43I 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.

00:54:03I 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

00:54:11after that

00:54:11you will be replaced.

00:54:12That is strict.

00:54:15Translation is not

00:54:16a word game.

00:54:17One wrong number

00:54:17in a trade contract

00:54:18can mean tens of millions

00:54:19in losses.

00:54:21Strictness is the bare minimum.

00:54:26Hello?

00:54:27Director Smith

00:54:27congratulations on the promotion.

00:54:30$200,000?

00:54:31Mm-hmm.

00:54:32I 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.

00:54:41Then what were they?

00:54:43Things I wanted to do.

00:54:44Are you free this weekend?

00:54:46For what?

00:54:47Dinner.

00:54:48No work

00:54:49no projects.

00:54:50Okay.

00:54:51He was driving

00:54:52a very ordinary

00:54:53gray sedan

00:54:53not the kind of luxury

00:54:54car I 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.

00:55:00I'm taking you

00:55:00to a Japanese restaurant

00:55:01it only has eight seats.

00:55:03You're paying?

00:55:05Obviously.

00:55:07This place has the best

00:55:08sashimi in the whole city.

00:55:09How do you know?

00:55:10I've tried every

00:55:11Japanese restaurant

00:55:11in the city.

00:55:14This man.

00:55:16Annie I'm going

00:55:17to be direct.

00:55:17Since that day

00:55:18in 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

00:55:24someone I didn't

00:55:25want to miss.

00:55:26Right now

00:55:26you're the only

00:55:27person in 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

00:55:42South Korea

00:55:42for a business

00:55:43trip tomorrow.

00:55:44How long?

00:55:45A week.

00:55:46Okay.

00:55:47Will you miss me?

00:55:49No.

00:55:50Liar.

00:55:52Maybe a little.

00:56:01Over the next

00:56:02three months

00:56:03many things

00:56:04happened at once.

00:56:05The Crownwell

00:56:05project successfully

00:56:07completed its

00:56:08third phase

00:56:08and White Global

00:56:10brought in nearly

00:56:1180 million dollars

00:56:12in revenue from it.

00:56:14When Brian White

00:56:15reviewed the

00:56:15monthly report

00:56:16he said to Alex Wood

00:56:17You should have

00:56:18put Annie on it

00:56:19from the start.

00:56:21After Scarlet

00:56:22resigned from

00:56:23White Global

00:56:24she became a

00:56:24director at a

00:56:25small translation

00:56:26company.

00:56:26Three months

00:56:27later

00:56:27that company

00:56:28faced had

00:56:29its mass

00:56:29tariff

00:56:29compensation

00:56:30claim.

00:56:31A German

00:56:31contract

00:56:32had its

00:56:32tariff

00:56:33glosses

00:56:33mistranslated

00:56:34causing the

00:56:35client to

00:56:35lose 20

00:56:36million dollars.

00:56:37That

00:56:37translation

00:56:38was done

00:56:38by Scarlet

00:56:39herself.

00:56:40Her

00:56:40problem

00:56:40with

00:56:41German

00:56:41honoratis

00:56:42had finally

00:56:42been exposed

00:56:43on a bigger

00:56:43stage.

00:56:44When the

00:56:44news reached

00:56:45White Global

00:56:45some people

00:56:46started mocking

00:56:47her in the

00:56:47group chat.

00:56:49I only said

00:56:50one thing

00:56:50stop talking

00:56:51about it.

00:56:53everyone has

00:56:54to take

00:56:54responsibility

00:56:55for their

00:56:55own choices.

00:57:05Hello?

00:57:06Annie?

00:57:06It's Uncle

00:57:07George,

00:57:08your father's

00:57:08old colleague.

00:57:10Uncle George?

00:57:11I saw you

00:57:12on TV.

00:57:13Translation

00:57:13consultant

00:57:13in five

00:57:14languages.

00:57:15Annie,

00:57:15your parents

00:57:15must be so

00:57:16proud of

00:57:16you in

00:57:17heaven.

00:57:17Uncle

00:57:17George,

00:57:18how did

00:57:18you see

00:57:18you look

00:57:19exactly like

00:57:20Michael and

00:57:20your Arabic,

00:57:21that Cairo

00:57:21accent of your

00:57:22father's I

00:57:22recognized at

00:57:23the moment I

00:57:23heard it.

00:57:24Annie,

00:57:25before your

00:57:25father passed

00:57:26away,

00:57:27he said

00:57:27something to

00:57:27me.

00:57:28What did

00:57:29he say?

00:57:29Annie will

00:57:30become a

00:57:30better bridge

00:57:31than I ever

00:57:31was.

00:57:33That night,

00:57:33Louis

00:57:33Anderson came

00:57:34back from

00:57:34South Korea

00:57:35and went

00:57:35straight to my

00:57:36building.

00:57:38Come out.

00:57:39For what?

00:57:41I want to

00:57:41take a walk

00:57:42with you.

00:57:45The street

00:57:46was cold

00:57:46and the

00:57:47streetlights

00:57:47stretched our

00:57:48shadows long

00:57:48across the

00:57:49pavement.

00:57:50I watched

00:57:51the documentary.

00:57:52How was

00:57:53it?

00:57:54Not good

00:57:54enough for

00:57:55your translation.

00:57:55The director

00:57:56was average.

00:57:57Don't say

00:57:57that about

00:57:58Martin.

00:57:58But your

00:57:59parts were

00:57:59excellent.

00:58:00You weren't

00:58:01just translating

00:58:01in the interview,

00:58:02you were

00:58:02carrying the

00:58:03emotion across.

00:58:05My father

00:58:05once said

00:58:06if you

00:58:06understand

00:58:06someone's

00:58:07mother tongue,

00:58:08you can

00:58:08understand

00:58:08their heart.

00:58:09You did

00:58:09that.

00:58:11We walked

00:58:12for a long

00:58:13time until

00:58:13we reached

00:58:14a river.

00:58:15Annie.

00:58:16Yeah?

00:58:17Crownwell

00:58:17is setting

00:58:18up an

00:58:18international

00:58:18cultural

00:58:19exchange

00:58:19department

00:58:19next year.

00:58:20We'll

00:58:20focus on

00:58:20crossword

00:58:21cultural

00:58:21projects,

00:58:21documentaries,

00:58:22publishing,

00:58:23exhibitions,

00:58:23forums.

00:58:24I need

00:58:24someone to

00:58:24lead it.

00:58:24You're

00:58:25trying to

00:58:25poach

00:58:25me again.

00:58:26I'm

00:58:26not

00:58:26poaching

00:58:26you.

00:58:26I'm

00:58:27building

00:58:27a

00:58:27position

00:58:27for

00:58:28you.

00:58:29What

00:58:29do

00:58:29you mean?

00:58:30You're

00:58:30not

00:58:30meant

00:58:30to be

00:58:31just a

00:58:31translator.

00:58:32Translation

00:58:32is a

00:58:33tool and

00:58:33you should

00:58:33use that

00:58:34tool to

00:58:34do

00:58:34something

00:58:35bigger.

00:58:35Your

00:58:35father's

00:58:36porcelain

00:58:36collection

00:58:36could become

00:58:37an exhibition

00:58:37about the

00:58:38history of

00:58:38global trade.

00:58:39Use your

00:58:39eight languages

00:58:39to tell

00:58:40that story

00:58:40to the

00:58:40world.

00:58:40What's

00:58:40the salary?

00:58:41Name

00:58:42your price.

00:58:43You don't

00:58:43think I'm

00:58:44taking advantage

00:58:44of you?

00:58:45Then let

00:58:45me take

00:58:46advantage

00:58:46of you.

00:58:46What?

00:58:47Be my

00:58:48girlfriend.

00:58:49No salary

00:58:49needed.

00:58:51Louie!

00:58:51I'm joking.

00:58:53One million

00:58:53dollars a year

00:58:53plus project

00:58:54dividends.

00:58:55But the

00:58:55girlfriend part

00:58:55is serious

00:58:56too.

00:58:57The street

00:58:58light fell

00:59:04two days

00:59:05later I

00:59:05gave him

00:59:06my answer.

00:59:07I said

00:59:07yes to

00:59:08both.

00:59:08Brian White

00:59:09personally

00:59:09walked me

00:59:09to the

00:59:10entrance.

00:59:11Annie,

00:59:12you are

00:59:12the most

00:59:12underestimated

00:59:13employee in

00:59:13White Global's

00:59:14history.

00:59:15Mr. White,

00:59:15you also

00:59:15gave me

00:59:16the opportunity.

00:59:17You earned

00:59:18that opportunity

00:59:19yourself.

00:59:21Speaking of

00:59:21which,

00:59:22what I said

00:59:22in German

00:59:23at the

00:59:23annual meeting?

00:59:24The 70%

00:59:25raise?

00:59:25You understood

00:59:26it back then,

00:59:26didn't you?

00:59:28I did.

00:59:29Then why

00:59:29didn't you

00:59:30forget it?

00:59:31I wish

00:59:31you all

00:59:32the best.

00:59:34Three years,

00:59:35a $24,000

00:59:36salary,

00:59:37a junior

00:59:38level position.

00:59:39I had

00:59:40repaid what

00:59:40needed to

00:59:40be repaid.

00:59:41It was

00:59:42time to

00:59:42start over.

00:59:48Crownwell's

00:59:49International

00:59:49Cultural

00:59:50Exchange

00:59:50Department

00:59:51was officially

00:59:51established.

00:59:52I became

00:59:53its first

00:59:53director.

00:59:54The first

00:59:55project is

00:59:56an international

00:59:56touring

00:59:56exhibition.

00:59:57The core

00:59:58exhibits are

00:59:59the 40

00:59:59blubber

00:59:59antiques my

01:00:00father collected

01:00:01from around

01:00:01the world.

01:00:04The exhibition

01:00:05will open

01:00:06simultaneously

01:00:06in five

01:00:07cities,

01:00:07Berlin,

01:00:08Cairo,

01:00:08Istanbul,

01:00:09Paris,

01:00:09and New York.

01:00:12I'll

01:00:12personally

01:00:13translate the

01:00:13narration for

01:00:14each city

01:00:14into the

01:00:15local language.

01:00:16On opening

01:00:17day,

01:00:18more than

01:00:18300 people

01:00:19came to

01:00:19the New York

01:00:19venue.

01:00:20Uncle George

01:00:21stood in the

01:00:21exhibition hall,

01:00:22looking at my

01:00:23father's handwritten

01:00:24labels on the

01:00:24Portland pieces,

01:00:26tears streaming

01:00:26down his

01:00:27face.

01:00:28Michael,

01:00:29your daughter

01:00:29made it.

01:00:34Annie,

01:00:35how about

01:00:35turning this

01:00:36exhibition into

01:00:36a second season

01:00:37of the

01:00:37documentary?

01:00:40We can talk

01:00:41about it.

01:00:42I told you,

01:00:43you were never

01:00:44just a translator.

01:00:46Louie Anderson

01:00:47stood in the

01:00:48corner of the

01:00:48exhibition hall,

01:00:49staying away

01:00:49from the

01:00:49front.

01:00:50He was

01:00:50wearing a

01:00:51black suit,

01:00:51hands in my

01:00:52pockets,

01:00:52watching me

01:00:53give interviews

01:00:53under the

01:00:53spotlight.

01:00:54That look

01:00:54in his eyes,

01:00:55you are

01:00:56someone I

01:00:56didn't want

01:00:56to miss.

01:01:03Mrs. Smith,

01:01:04you are

01:01:05fluent in

01:01:05eight languages,

01:01:06but I heard

01:01:06you spent

01:01:06three years

01:01:07as a junior

01:01:07translator at

01:01:08a trading

01:01:08company,

01:01:09making only

01:01:09$24,000 a

01:01:10year?

01:01:13Yes.

01:01:14Why did

01:01:14you hide

01:01:15your abilities?

01:01:16Because I

01:01:17was running

01:01:17away.

01:01:19Every language

01:01:19was tied to

01:01:20memories of

01:01:20my parents.

01:01:22I thought

01:01:22if I hid

01:01:23them away,

01:01:23it would

01:01:23stop hurting.

01:01:25But later

01:01:26I realized

01:01:26that languages

01:01:27do not

01:01:27disappear just

01:01:27because you

01:01:28refuse to

01:01:28speak them.

01:01:29They stay

01:01:29in your

01:01:30blood,

01:01:30waiting for

01:01:31you to

01:01:31speak.

01:01:32What

01:01:32finally made

01:01:32you decide

01:01:33to speak

01:01:33up?

01:01:35A letter.

01:01:37My father

01:01:37wrote it.

01:01:38He said

01:01:38if I have

01:01:39the ability

01:01:39to make a

01:01:39difference,

01:01:40I should

01:01:40use it.

01:01:41On the

01:01:41second day

01:01:42of the

01:01:42exhibition,

01:01:42someone

01:01:43unexpected

01:01:44showed up.

01:01:46Scarlet.

01:01:48What are

01:01:48you doing

01:01:49here?

01:01:50I saw

01:01:51it on the

01:01:51news.

01:01:52Your father

01:01:53collected

01:01:53these?

01:01:54Yes.

01:01:55They are

01:01:56beautiful.

01:01:58Annie,

01:01:58I owe you

01:01:59an apology.

01:02:00You do

01:02:01not have

01:02:01to.

01:02:01Let me

01:02:01speak.

01:02:02I was

01:02:03jealous of

01:02:03you.

01:02:04I had

01:02:04been jealous

01:02:05since the

01:02:05first time

01:02:05you opened

01:02:06your mouth

01:02:06and spoke

01:02:07German.

01:02:08It took

01:02:08me seven

01:02:09years to

01:02:09climb up

01:02:09to Team

01:02:10Leader,

01:02:10but you

01:02:10were already

01:02:10above me

01:02:11without even

01:02:11trying.

01:02:12I could

01:02:12not accept

01:02:13that.

01:02:14So you

01:02:14chose to

01:02:14frame me?

01:02:15Yes.

01:02:16And then I

01:02:17paid the

01:02:17price.

01:02:18After I

01:02:18left White

01:02:19Global,

01:02:19that German

01:02:20contract at the

01:02:20translation

01:02:21company,

01:02:21you heard

01:02:21about it,

01:02:22right?

01:02:22I did.

01:02:24Because you

01:02:24used to

01:02:24correct my

01:02:25work,

01:02:25I never

01:02:25knew what

01:02:25my real

01:02:26level was.

01:02:26Once you

01:02:27were not

01:02:27there anymore,

01:02:27I finally

01:02:28realized,

01:02:28Starlet,

01:02:29your hard

01:02:29work was

01:02:29real.

01:02:30Those seven

01:02:30years of

01:02:30German

01:02:31were not

01:02:31wasted

01:02:31either.

01:02:32You

01:02:32just chose

01:02:32the wrong

01:02:32direction

01:02:33at certain

01:02:33moments.

01:02:34You

01:02:34don't hate

01:02:34me?

01:02:35No.

01:02:37The

01:02:37Forge

01:02:37screenshots

01:02:38are in

01:02:38the past

01:02:38now.

01:02:40You

01:02:40really are

01:02:41different

01:02:41from before.

01:02:42Back then,

01:02:42I cannot even

01:02:43face myself.

01:02:45The exhibition

01:02:45is wonderful.

01:02:46Your father

01:02:46must be very

01:02:47happy.

01:02:52The exhibition

01:02:53ran for two

01:02:53months across

01:02:54five cities,

01:02:55with more

01:02:55than 120,000

01:02:57visitors in

01:02:57total.

01:03:06After the

01:03:07closing ceremony,

01:03:08Louis Anderson

01:03:09found me on

01:03:10the hotel

01:03:10terrace.

01:03:11Tired?

01:03:13A little.

01:03:14Five cities,

01:03:15two months,

01:03:15you handled

01:03:16all the narration

01:03:16translation work

01:03:17across every

01:03:17language by

01:03:18yourself.

01:03:19I am

01:03:20used to it.

01:03:20Do not get

01:03:21used to

01:03:21carrying

01:03:22everything

01:03:22alone.

01:03:24This is

01:03:25not a

01:03:25proposal,

01:03:25so don't

01:03:26be nervous.

01:03:28It's

01:03:28custom-made,

01:03:29because you

01:03:30said your

01:03:30father once

01:03:30told you

01:03:31that you

01:03:31were the

01:03:31bridge.

01:03:33This?

01:03:34There is

01:03:35a line

01:03:35engraved

01:03:35on the

01:03:36bridge.

01:03:37It has

01:03:37the word

01:03:38bridge

01:03:38engraved

01:03:39in nine

01:03:39languages.

01:03:40The

01:03:40ninth

01:03:40language

01:03:41is

01:03:41Russian.

01:03:42I

01:03:42studied

01:03:43for three

01:03:43months

01:03:43just to

01:03:44learn one

01:03:44word.

01:03:45The

01:03:45Cairo

01:03:45night

01:03:45wind

01:03:46swept

01:03:46across the

01:03:47terrace.

01:03:47In the

01:03:48distance,

01:03:48the banks

01:03:49of the Nile

01:03:50were bright

01:03:50with lights.

01:03:52Louie

01:03:53Anderson,

01:03:53you really

01:03:54are.

01:03:54What?

01:03:57Too good

01:03:58at this.

01:04:00Only with

01:04:01you.

01:04:07Five years

01:04:08later,

01:04:09Crownwell's

01:04:09international

01:04:10cultural

01:04:10exchange

01:04:10department

01:04:11had become

01:04:11an industry

01:04:12Denmark.

01:04:12It ran

01:04:13more than

01:04:1320 cross-cultural

01:04:14projects

01:04:14every year,

01:04:15with revenue

01:04:15exceeding

01:04:16200 million.

01:04:17Revenue

01:04:18is up

01:04:18another 30%

01:04:19this year.

01:04:19Mm-hmm.

01:04:21Your salary

01:04:21should be

01:04:22adjusted

01:04:22this year.

01:04:23To how

01:04:23much?

01:04:24You tell

01:04:25me.

01:04:26One dollar.

01:04:29Seriously?

01:04:30Put the rest

01:04:31into a

01:04:31scholarship to

01:04:32support young

01:04:32people studying

01:04:33languages.

01:04:34Name it

01:04:34after my

01:04:34parents.

01:04:35The

01:04:35Michael

01:04:35Smith and

01:04:36Evelyn

01:04:36Chen

01:04:37language

01:04:37scholarship.

01:04:38How do

01:04:39you know

01:04:39my mother's

01:04:39name?

01:04:40I'm your

01:04:40husband.

01:04:41How could

01:04:41I not know

01:04:41your mother's

01:04:42name?

01:04:44Outside the

01:04:44window was

01:04:45the skyline

01:04:45of the whole

01:04:46city.

01:04:46It was no

01:04:47longer that

01:04:47rental apartment

01:04:48with the

01:04:48broken heating.

01:04:49But sometimes

01:04:49I still think

01:04:50of that

01:04:50window and

01:04:51the nights

01:04:51when I

01:04:52crouched

01:04:52there eating

01:04:53soup.

01:04:54Back then,

01:04:54I was fluent

01:04:55in eight

01:04:55languages,

01:04:56made $3,000

01:04:56a year,

01:04:57and rejected

01:04:58a $10 million

01:04:58inheritance.

01:04:59I hid myself

01:05:00in the deepest

01:05:01corner,

01:05:01thinking that

01:05:02as long as I

01:05:02stayed silent,

01:05:03it would not

01:05:03hurt.

01:05:04In his letter,

01:05:05my father wrote,

01:05:06Be brave enough

01:05:06to be yourself.

01:05:08It took me a

01:05:09long time to

01:05:10understand that.

01:05:11But luckily,

01:05:13I did it.

01:05:14with

01:05:16the

01:05:17moment.

01:05:18The

01:05:18It's been

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