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00:00:04I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at White Global Trading Co. Lou Did.
00:00:08I've been here for three years and make $24,000 a year.
00:00:13Pretty ordinary, right?
00:00:14But in fact, I'm fluent in eight languages.
00:00:17English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian.
00:00:22Nobody knows that.
00:00:24My father was a diplomat and mother was simultaneous and sort of.
00:00:27Five years ago, they died in a car accident.
00:00:30I've never wanted to show off because of these skills.
00:00:32I just want to keep my head down and be a small, unassuming translator.
00:00:36Let's welcome Mr. White to the stage.
00:00:40Everyone have worked hard over the past year.
00:00:43Thank you for your dedication.
00:00:46In the new year, we will...
00:00:48It's been ten minutes.
00:00:50And I'm down here counting how many times he says thank you while he's giving the speech.
00:00:56Annie, you better win the lucky draw later.
00:00:58If you do, it's on me.
00:01:02Sure.
00:01:03Why not?
00:01:04That's my everyday life.
00:01:05Elon is my only friend at work.
00:01:08She doesn't know I speak eight languages.
00:01:10But she does know one thing.
00:01:14Also, I have another note.
00:01:17Everyone here, who speaks German, receives a 70% Gehanserröhung.
00:01:2670%.
00:01:27My salary would go from $24,000 to $4,800.
00:01:31But it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:33I told myself, it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:40Annie, did you understand that?
00:01:42No.
00:01:43I don't speak German.
00:01:46Right, of course.
00:01:47You only have a certificate in Spanish.
00:01:49What could you possibly understand?
00:01:52Poor thing.
00:01:54Scarlett, majoring in German, French, and Spanish, is the head of translator team.
00:01:59She got promoted in just three months.
00:02:02And has been riding that high ever since.
00:02:05Mm-hmm.
00:02:06Anyway, the raise has nothing to do with you.
00:02:10Just keep doing the basic work.
00:02:13Oh, and remember to translate the annual meeting press replaced tonight.
00:02:17I didn't say anything.
00:02:18A 70% raise.
00:02:20The German translation team consists of four people, plus Scarlett.
00:02:23Only five people would get it.
00:02:25What did that have to do with me?
00:02:27Nothing.
00:02:28Really, nothing.
00:02:33Anne, stay right there.
00:02:34I'm coming over right now.
00:02:39Annie, why didn't you raise your hand just now?
00:02:42Raise my hand for what?
00:02:44You definitely understood that German, right?
00:02:4670%?
00:02:48You only make 24,000 a year.
00:02:50After the raise, that's 4,800 a year.
00:02:53No, I didn't get the meeting.
00:02:54I don't speak German.
00:02:57Who are you trying to fool?
00:02:59Your French is already that good.
00:03:00You expect me to believe you don't understand German.
00:03:02Are you kidding me?
00:03:04I really don't understand German.
00:03:06Anne, that crappy place you rent barely have working heating.
00:03:10Sometimes you even can't bring yourself to go when we go out for a drink on Friday.
00:03:14Can't you stand up for yourself for once?
00:03:16Ellen caught me reading a French book in the pantry last year.
00:03:18I told her I'd studied a little bit French.
00:03:21She's been holding it in for almost a year.
00:03:24I don't want to expose.
00:03:30Oh my God, Annie, what are you afraid of?
00:03:35Fine.
00:03:36Keep pretending.
00:03:37I'm done.
00:03:38But Annie, I'm telling you.
00:03:39You're going to suffer with that kind of personality sooner or later.
00:03:44All right.
00:03:51Good luck, isn't it?
00:03:53You can only understand the people from the German team.
00:03:56That means that I only give the core team a change of change.
00:03:59All right.
00:04:01The others just think that I'm a motivationalist Ray.
00:04:04Very brilliant, Mr. White.
00:04:07Apros.
00:04:09We will share next week for the project of Crown Bell Group.
00:04:14Scarlet.
00:04:15She speaks best in German.
00:04:18I heard that President Anderson from Crown Bell is difficult.
00:04:22The last time he asked the entire U.S. of Meridian from Meridian.
00:04:26That shouldn't be a problem. Scarlet comes with it.
00:04:29That's right.
00:04:33People, we shouldn't be able to do this time.
00:04:35They could ruin the meeting.
00:04:39They didn't know I could understand them.
00:04:41They thought I was just a small translator.
00:04:45But that's only to be expected.
00:04:47I haven't shown what I'm capable of either.
00:04:49Annie, send me the proofread version of last week's contract tomorrow.
00:04:54Yes, Mr. White.
00:05:01I placed the proofread contract on Brian White's desk the next day.
00:05:05It was a 30,000 word Spanish contract.
00:05:08And I had corrected 47 mistakes in the original translation.
00:05:11The original translator was Scarlet.
00:05:13But my name would never appear on the proofread version.
00:05:16It would only show translation department on the surface.
00:05:19Scarlet never knew her translations had been corrected by me.
00:05:23She thought she was the top.
00:05:26Annie, did you hear?
00:05:28Hear what?
00:05:28Scarlet is going to handle the Crown Well International next week.
00:05:32I heard.
00:05:33Do you know President Anderson of Crown Well?
00:05:39Who?
00:05:44Louis Anderson.
00:05:4532 years old.
00:05:46President of Crown Well International Commerce Group leading 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?
00:05:59You don't think Scarlet can handle him?
00:06:03Even if she can't, that's not my business.
00:06:07Annie, seriously.
00:06:09You're way too good at putting up with things.
00:06:11Boone left.
00:06:12She doesn't get it.
00:06:13I'm not putting up with it.
00:06:14I just don't want to get involved.
00:06:15It was an ARAC supplier quotation.
00:06:18Technically, it should have gone to someone on the ARAC group.
00:06:21But the ARAC 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.
00:06:50Not bad was actually good enough for me.
00:06:59Annie, organize these materials for me.
00:07:02I need them for Crownwell's project next week.
00:07:04This is...
00:07:04Background materials on Crownwell International Commerce Group Loa, all in Spanish.
00:07:08About 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.
00:07:19So of course was at the peak of her arrogance.
00:07:22Fine.
00:07:25Oh, and there's a department meeting tomorrow.
00:07:27We'll be discussing the handover plan for the Crownwell project.
00:07:30You don't need to attend.
00:07:31I know.
00:07:32You're only responsible for basic proofreading.
00:07:34A 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?
00:07:50I'm used to it.
00:07:52Can't you just clap back for once?
00:07:53And then what?
00:07:54She's the boss.
00:07:57If you showed everyone what you can really do, what 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.
00:08:26In this city, after rent and utilities, there isn't much left.
00:08:36Hello?
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, 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.
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.
00:10:18Crown will move the schedule up.
00:10:20Anderson will be here tomorrow afternoon.
00:10:21Are you ready?
00:10:22Moved up?
00:10:25I've gone through all the materials.
00:10:26No problem.
00:10:27Good.
00:10:28Bring someone with you tomorrow for on-site interpretation support.
00:10:31I'll take Zack.
00:10:32His German is decent too.
00:10:34Zack is still on leave.
00:10:38Annie!
00:10:39You come with me tomorrow.
00:10:41Me?
00:10:41I only speak Spanish.
00:10:42You'll just take notes and serve coffee.
00:10:44I'll handle the professional part.
00:10:47Her?
00:10:48Don't worry, Mr. White.
00:10:49She's more than enough as an assistant.
00:10:51I got dragged into Crown Willian's business negotiation.
00:10:54As an assistant and a note-taker.
00:10:56Someone who can serve coffee at the same time.
00:10:59I sent Elin a message.
00:11:01I will go to Crown Will tomorrow.
00:11:02Scarlet is taking you?
00:11:04Doesn't she always sit down on you?
00:11:05As the errand girl.
00:11:07You...
00:11:07You just agreed to that?
00:11:09What else am I supposed to do?
00:11:10Annie!
00:11:22Are 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
00:11:42these fifteen minutes.
00:11:44Annie, when we go in, just sit on the side and take notes.
00:11:46Don't speak unless you're asked.
00:11:48Got it?
00:11:48Got it.
00:11:49Also, when you address Mr. Anderson, be formal and respectful.
00:11:53Don't let your eyes wander.
00:11:55People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.
00:11:59Okay.
00:12:01Miss Scarlet, 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.
00:12:22Not the kind of cold people put on to look cool.
00:12:24He was genuinely cold.
00:12:26Sit.
00:12:28Two other people were sitting next to him.
00:12:30The legal director and a lady who looked very, very young.
00:12:33A translation device sat in front of her.
00:12:39In the last outfit, that you have given us before yesterday,
00:12:42was sat in the right tariff angle of the standards of 2000, 2001.
00:12:47We have now 2024.
00:12:48What should that mean?
00:12:50He spoke for a fast.
00:12:52Every word was sharp.
00:12:53She understood him, but she clearly didn't expect him to open like that.
00:13:02I mean.
00:13:03I asked him on German, please answer them.
00:13:06I would never want to spend time with over-satheism.
00:13:11That was only an end, we will use the data to update on.
00:13:16Update on?
00:13:17Is someone involved in their team with the new Sorts for the import from the EGUD
00:13:20in the nahe Safe for 2020 when it is?
00:13:22Are they covered in Article D3 and 7 straight to 15% of the A-Bot RPG,
00:13:27She didn't know. But I did, because that policy change was mentioned in the background materials. I had specifically marked
00:13:35it in the summary. But Scarlett obviously hadn't read it carefully.
00:13:41I have to edit it first.
00:13:47Have you not prepared before you come here?
00:13:51You have used the wrong German language.
00:13:54I didn't say anything for the first time. The second time also not. The third time?
00:14:00Do you know what it means in the business life if you always use the wrong form?
00:14:05It means that you don't respect or that you don't know your authority. Which is it?
00:14:11The legal director beside Anderson gave a slight shake of his head. The meaning was obvious.
00:14:17This negotiation was about to fall through.
00:14:24Herr Präsident Anderson, ich bette vielmals um Entschuldung.
00:14:28Wenn das das Liebe von White Glover ist, werde ich in Erwengung fühlen, zu einem anderen Partner zu shaken.
00:14:33My hands froze above the keyboard. Two voices were speaking in my head. It's none of your concern.
00:14:37You're just here to fetch coffee and serve drinks. This is Witwick with 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.
00:14:57Herr Präsident Anderson, geben Sie uns bitte noch fünf Minuten.
00:15:13And you are?
00:15:16I'm Annie, junior translator at Whitmore Global.
00:15:20Junior translator?
00:15:22Yes. The one who always takes notes beside and serves coffee.
00:15:28Five minutes.
00:15:53Five minutes.
00:15:55The one who has kompie.
00:15:56Jeanette哦.
00:15:57Ich imm season.
00:15:57Entscheid.
00:15:58Louis Anderson's legal director lowered his head and flipped through the files.
00:16:01As if he was checking whether I was right.
00:16:03Where did you learn German?
00:16:05I lived in Berlin for a while.
00:16:07Your honorifics are very precise.
00:16:10And you said you were the junior level?
00:16:11Yes.
00:16:12Your five minutes are up.
00:16:13But I can give you ten more, on one condition.
00:16:16From here on, you meet the negotiation.
00:16:20she can't I said she leads or you can leave right now
00:16:28Scarlett should I take over
00:16:31then let's restart from the first part of the proposal this wasn't because I had prepared in
00:16:35advance while sorting that 50 pages materials like for Scarlett I had memorized every word
00:16:40plus I grew up in a diplomatic family the basics of international trade are as natural to me as
00:16:45breathing up in the US mark when I'm going to learn it's about in price street on the new
00:16:49version and we wouldn't be able to do it at a degree about a lot of our own when I'm
00:16:54not
00:16:54going to show up you speak Arabic too a little the Japanese Lieferstand is 6%
00:16:59günstig aber die Lieferzeit ist instabil wie entscheiden sie die erschreckende
00:17:02japanische angesichts nummer light jpk-t-0427 ich würde nicht dass mir ist aber doch
00:17:08wählen sondern die leisung mit dem kleinsten gesendte risko the framework
00:17:14works I'll have my legal team follow up with you on the details the hand is warm and strong and
00:17:20the
00:17:20grip was just right Annie 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 Spanish
00:17:45your German is better than mine where did that Arab come from it's not even on your resume
00:17:52Scarlett 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 once
00:18:04when 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 Scarlett 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
00:18:37it was a bit cold I didn't want to show off I really didn't but I didn't want to lose
00:18:43my job either
00:18:51Mr. 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
00:19:24handled the entire negotiation in German without any problem at Crownwell and
00:19:27you even used Arabic my German just everyday level do you know if the company hired a
00:19:30multi-language translator like you the starting salary would be at least 96
00:19:33thousand dollars a year I have no issues with my current salary fine come to the meeting room
00:19:38at 2 this afternoon we need you involved in the follow-up coordination for the Crownwell project
00:19:43Mr. Wood I'm the one in charge of the Crownwell project you'll remain in charge but Annie
00:19:47will be involved in the coordination that's mr. White's decision happy now Annie Scarlett I just
00:19:57you just what you think because you showed up once yesterday you're on the same level as me now
00:20:02that's not what I meant I've been here for seven years I worked my way up from intern to department
00:20:06leader and you a liar who's been hiding everything just 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 Crownwell project team okay but your position
00:20:26will remain junior and salary will stay the same we'll evaluate it again after the project ends
00:20:30got it Crownwell supply chain project is divided into three stages the preliminary framework was
00:20:35already 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
00:20:50something goes 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 Louie Anderson this is Louie Anderson from Crownwell Mr. Wood gave me your number
00:21:38Mr. Anderson what can I do for you I read the 62 pages you translated today was there any problem
00:21:43no problem at all
00:21:44it's the most accurate German business translation I've seen in the past three years thank you
00:21:49you're not someone who belongs in a junior position that is my current position I know that's why I'm
00:21:54curious Crownwell has an internal meeting tomorrow afternoon it involves partner selection for the
00:21:59Middle Eastern 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
00:22:19they 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 Charlotte 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
00:22:47Chris let's follow the scene as well standard procedure 15 minutes past
00:22:56I lowered my head in height as if I were taking notes then I turned my laptop slightly so Louis
00:23:03Anderson could see this one line in English
00:23:04they said they want to push the price down by 20 work they'll switch to suppliers
00:23:07Louis Anderson's eyes stayed on the screen for one second his 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 our final offer is ten percent below the current market price take your lead
00:23:25your abishik is excellent not that good just the daily level you heard what he said to his
00:23:29interpreter 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 dollars
00:23:38today any how many languages do you speak german french japanese korean spanish arabic and italian
00:23:43eight in total plus english and you're a junior level translator at white global do you think that
00:23:48make sense it was my choice would you be interested in coming to 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
00:24:00now for now for now you can change your mind to any ground only one line of text lowey
00:24:04anderson and a phone number it didn't even say president crownwell international this kind of
00:24:08card is usually given to people who already need to know who you are
00:24:19what are you doing i i was passing by and saw your computer was still on it was off when
00:24:24i left
00:24:25you went to crownwell again today louie anderson asked you to go didn't he it was needed for the
00:24:29project coordination 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 silent what did you see on my computer i didn't see anything
00:24:38she had opened my personal folder what was inside some translation exercises casual translations in
00:24:45french 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 you know why are you reporting her report what i don't have
00:25:01please you are way too forget it i heard something today do you want to know go on there's something
00:25:05going on between scarlet and alicewood what do you mean i handle reimbursement forms and admins over
00:25:09the past six months girl has gone along with alicewood to talk about work 17 times every single time
00:25:13i was at that hotel on the west side of the city think about that that has nothing to do
00:25:16with me
00:25:17the 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 alicewood
00:25:54annie did you see that email so what are you planning to update your profile i'm still thinking
00:26:00about it i suggest you do it soon if they find out you hid something that'll be a very serious
00:26:07matter
00:26:09thank you for the reminder scarlet it 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
00:26:41month second 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 company
00:26:59to make the mistakes in allocating 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
00:27:18for a 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
00:27:35so what yes i only listed spanish on my profile because the position i applied for was junior spanish
00:27:41translator i have never made a mistake during the work as for the other languages as for the other
00:27:48languages you hid your ability you let the company spend high salaries hiring people for the german french and
00:27:53arabic teams when you alone could do all of their jobs isn't that damaging the company's interests
00:27:58if i alone can replace all of them then where does that leave you scarlet this has nothing to do
00:28:02with my place it does because what you're really worried about isn't the company's interests it's
00:28:08the fact that you found out i'm more capable than you and now your position doesn't feel so secure
00:28:13anymore you i'll say it again not listing on my profile does not mean hiding the skills section does not
00:28:21say
00:28:21all skills must be listed i chose to show only the skills required for the job i applied for that
00:28:26is
00:28:26my 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 distributed
00:28:46she shouldn't receive the full amount that was a vicious move she stopped attacking me over the
00:28:51hidden skills issue because she knew she couldn't win that fight so she switched to mund money instead
00:29:00well scarlet does have a point annie joined halfway through louie anderson specifically requested me
00:29:08mr anderson what brings you here i came to deliver the contract i heard your meeting the door wasn't fully
00:29:14closed the core negotiation of this project was completed by annie on the day we first met she
00:29:19saved the entire conversation in the final five minutes during the meeting with the uae client she
00:29:23used arabic to win me eight million dollars in profit margin how your company distributes bonus is your
00:29:27business but i suggest you figure out who really is the key person in this project
00:29:37one more thing there is a clause in this contract from now on
00:29:40all translation handover work for crown with will be handled by annie if she is no longer at white
00:29:46global this contract automatically becomes void mr anderson you mean i've made myself very clear
00:29:56this contract is worth 80 million dollars a year the handover translator is annie if you replace her
00:30:03the contract is void the contract is void 80 million annie mr white starting today you are no longer
00:30:12on the junior level then which level i'm in deputy director of the translation department as for your
00:30:18salary we'll discuss it privately mr white she's only been here for three years i've been here for seven
00:30:24scarlet sit down the translation department was in an uproar she actually speaks eight languages
00:30:35she stayed in the junior level for three years how did that happen didn't you hear louis anderson's
00:30:41contract he specifically asked for her 80 million scarlet's face looks amazing i mean the color
00:30:52that line in french you understood it i did what did you think i'm thinking about it take your time
00:31:05annie let's have a chat
00:31:08you hid for three years and now everything is out in the lopen do you really think your life here
00:31:13will
00:31:13be easy from now on are you threatening me i'm reminding you do you think becoming
00:31:19deputy director solves everything the translation department connections client relationships and
00:31:23internal resources are all in my hands you're a newcomer who just got promoted you won't be able to
00:31:28handle any of it what are you trying to say give me your position you can keep working as the
00:31:32hand
00:31:32offer translator and take your project bonus i'll manage the department and you handle the business
00:31:37we both get what we want what if i don't want to then i'll let you know ability isn't the
00:31:42only thing
00:31:42that matters in reality it tasted awful scarlett 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 brand
00:32:08from leon france it required a full set of french to english brand translation and market localization services
00:32:15alex wood had brought this project back through an old client
00:32:19the amount was not huge but it mattered a lot for the company's brand expansion
00:32:24the problem was one of the two translators on the french team had just resigned last month
00:32:29the other was on maternity leave there's no one left on the french team what are we supposed to do
00:32:35with
00:32:35this project annie what level is your french it works what do you mean by that can you handle high
00:32:43-end
00:32:43french brand 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 yes do you know how rare someone like you is in the
00:33:51translation industry i know then why did you forget it there's something i should tell you scarlet has a real
00:34:00problem with 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 nothing
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 that's all i thought of the 17 hotel reinforcing claims elan had mentioned human nature
00:34:36really 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
00:34:47something happened what happened scarlet reported you to brian white reported me for what she said you
00:34:54privately leakered white global's internal pricing strategy to crownweck while you were translating
00:34:58for them that's a false accusation i know but she has evidence what evidence she said she found a file
00:35:04on your 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 and
00:35:15she already showed it to brian white brian wants you in his office tomorrow morning to explain yourself
00:35:21that so-called chat record it's fake i sneaked a look at it the chat time was last wednesday at
00:35:262 p.m
00:35:27but you were at the department meeting last wednesday afternoon everyone can prove it then how
00:35:31did she she edited the time in the chat photoshopped it but she forgot one thing there's a battery
00:35:37indicator in the top right corner of the screenshot that battery display doesn't match your phone model
00:35:41you use a samsung that screenshot is from an iphone
00:35:46ellen i need you to do me a favor name it you're in administration can you pull the attendance records
00:35:53and meeting room usage records from last wednesday afternoon yes pull them also scarlet's reimbursement
00:35:58records the 17 hotel ones do you have them i do are you finally going to use them not to
00:36:03attack
00:36:03her but to protect myself if she comes after me i need brian white to know her credibility has problem
00:36:08got 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 can fake screenshots but she couldn't change server data
00:36:41i heard you were reported news travels fast frank told me do you need help no i can handle it
00:36:49myself 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
00:37:10translating for them these screenshots are the evidence she provided is there anything you want
00:37:16to say it was exactly as elene 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 made
00:37:27up by someone who didn't understand formal business conversation these screenshots are fake
00:37:32of 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 time stamps please compare them
00:37:44the times don't match the screenshot scarlet provided show that the conversation happened last wednesday
00:37:50at 2 p.m but the team's record show that annie and frank young had no conversation at that time
00:37:56she could have deleted teams has server backups even if an employee deletes the chat on their eye the
00:38:00server still keeps it also from 2 p.m to 4 p.m last wednesday i was attending the department
00:38:04meeting
00:38:05in the company the attendance and meeting room booking records can prove it one more thing this screenshot
00:38:09is from an ios interface i use android scarlet your phone is an iphone isn't it that proves nothing
00:38:15maybe you change phones i've been here for three years the device binding records from it show i have
00:38:22never used an iphone
00:38:27scarlet where did these screenshots come from i i found them on her computer after you went through
00:38:32my computer 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 the
00:39:03department leader is revoked immediately mr white also your year-end performance rating will be downgraded
00:39:07by one level if anything like this happens again your employment will be terminated immediately
00:39:11annie are you happy now scarlet from beginning to end you were the one causing trouble for me i never
00:39:15went after you first because your very existence is a quotation you speak eight language and you hit
00:39:20it 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
00:39:44serious 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 crownwell project and the
00:40:20french brand project you worked on recently have attracted some attention in the field harbor light
00:40:24media a top team production company mrs hayes what kind of project is it exactly a documentary about
00:40:29the strait of the role and global trade we need simultaneous interpretation and subtitle proof
00:40:34feeding across five languages english french italian spanish and arabic we contacted three
00:40:39translation 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
00:41:05travel for two months the middle east and europe a bank account in zurich a property in munich and a
00:41:17small apartment in the 16th compartment of paris the total value was close to 10 million dollars
00:41:23language was the thing my parents loved most in their lives my mother used to say language is the best
00:41:29bridge my father said if you can understand a person in their mother tongue you can understand
00:41:35their heart they carved the languages of the world into my blood then they left so i hid those languages
00:41:42away along with my memories of them because every time i speak one of those languages i remember what
00:41:48they looked like when they were by my side teaching it to me german was in berlin my dad taught
00:41:53it to me
00:41:53while taking me for ice cream in front of the bransberg gate french was in paris my mother read
00:42:00maupus so to me in the original french by the san arabic was in cairo the three of us were
00:42:06on a boat
00:42:06on the nile my father counted the stars while teaching me how to say wahid ethwan flatha every
00:42:13language was a memory 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
00:42:29because you need to step out of it you do not know me i know your parents were diplomats i
00:42:35know your
00:42:35background you investigated me before i decide who to work with i learn about them annie your parents
00:42:44were remarkable people you do not need to lock yourself in a corner just to escape their shadow
00:42:51go take a look at harbor lights project the strait of jurada the bridge between europe and africa
00:42:55maybe you should see it for yourself
00:43:02maybe he was right
00:43:07mr white i need to take two months off
00:43:10for what a documentary project wants me as a translation sultan i need to travel to the
00:43:15middle east and europe two months what about crownwell's project i have already completed
00:43:19all the translation drafts for crownwell's second phase the third phase will not start until three
00:43:23months later are you resigning i will come back fine i will approve two months for you thank you
00:43:33scarlet scarlet headless been transferred to administration as a clerk the old shine was
00:43:37gone you are going on a business trip for how long two months you know when i joined the white
00:43:43seven
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 a 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
00:44:36us before attorney wills once mentioned a client who refused to inherit an estate the industry is only
00:44:41so big so the whole world knows not the whole world just me caring about it i turned to look
00:44:45at
00:44:45him and my heart skipped a beat the sunlight in dubai was completely different from back home dry
00:44:50fierce almost 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 kobe i've been here three
00:45:04years and make 24 000 a year finally she is the one she is better than those three translation
00:45:11companies combined martin she has not even given us a quote yet no need it's her the first stop was
00:45:18the
00:45:18antique market in old dubai the documentary was going to cover how the straight of hormas connects
00:45:23global trade there was a persian carpet shop here that had been open for 40 years and the owner was
00:45:28a third generation iranian merchant in the middle of the arabic in casablanca i interviewed a historian
00:45:49in french 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 healthy because my father had said almost the exact same
00:46:12thing okay that night the team had dinner at the hotel annie mr anderson asked whether your work
00:46:21went smoothly today it went smoothly no need to worry about me mr anderson asked me to tell you that
00:46:26he is in the office on the 58th floor of this hotel if you need anything contact him anytime
00:46:34hello have you eaten i am eating now the food here may not really suit our taste if you want
00:46:40something
00:46:41else mr anderson why are you telling me this because i care about you i do not need your concern
00:46:47thank
00:46:47you okay no more concern good night over the next two weeks we went a lot of places on the
00:46:53flight from
00:46:53istanbul to cairo i received an email sender scarlet subject no subject after you left they laid off the
00:47:00french team and the german team because brian white said you alone would enough seven people lost their
00:47:05jobs because of you are you happy now i looked at the email and deleted it do not believe scarlet
00:47:12the
00:47:12french and german teams were cut because they were already at the bottom in performance it has nothing
00:47:15to do with you she is just trying to mess with you 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
00:47:35faster in cairo the team was filming a section about the history of trade between the middle east and
00:47:41europe they needed arabic interpretation
00:47:55is given and provide in samuel in cairo the besitzer dieser seison war ein diplomat
00:48:00er ist vor fünf jahren verstorben seine tauta erhält die seison als erbe ist jedoch nie erstehen
00:48:11michael smith michael smith michael smith that was my father's name
00:48:20after the interview i sat alone on the streets of cairo i 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 nothing i flew to cairo this afternoon if you have time
00:48:48why do you always show up wherever i am because victoria has your itinerary she is running a
00:48:53project i invested in so i have the right to see that 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 warehouse on
00:49:08the outskirts of cairo it was not big but the temperature and humidity were carefully controlled
00:49:13the 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
00:49:42i was eight years old in istanbul with my dad he took me to the grand bazaar i kept asking
00:49:47for
00:49:47turkish ice cream and he said we would go after looking at that little stall that stall was selling
00:49:52these old porcelain pieces i did not remember any of it but my dad did for three years i hid
00:49:58everything
00:49:58about them away the languages the inheritance the memories i thought as long as i did not touch any
00:50:04of it i could pretend they had never left but they had always been with me your father was an
00:50:10extraordinary
00:50:10man i know then you should become someone extraordinary too instead of hiding yourself in a position far below your
00:50:20level
00:50:23that night i called attorney wills attorney wills i will handle the inheritance miss smith finally
00:50:30donate the zur accounts and the properties according to the original plan but i am keeping the porcelain
00:50:35collection in cairo understood that is wonderful i will arrange it right away one more thing go ahead
00:50:40did my father leave any letter or document for me not a legal document something personal yes a letter
00:50:46he noted that it should be given to you when you came to collect the antiques send it to me
00:50:51attorney wills sent the letter to my hotel i sat in my room for 10 minutes before finally working
00:50:57up the courage to open the letter the letter was not long annie when you see this letter your mother
00:51:02and i should no longer be by your side knowing your personality i guess you will probably run away for
00:51:07a
00:51:07while you may seal away the memories connected to us along with all those languages maybe it is because
00:51:12every language is tied to us one sentence in german will remind you of landscape in berlin one sentence
00:51:17in arabic will remind you of the stars in cairo but annie language is not a chain language is wings
00:51:23your mother spent her life building bridges i spent mine planting seeds you are that bridge of seed
00:51:27don't shrink yourself into the dark you are exceptional you are smart gifted and you should
00:51:31do what you are really good at trying to plant seeds in your own way you are pride mom and
00:51:35dad will
00:51:35always love you there was a water stain on the paper i did not know whether he left it when
00:51:39he wrote the
00:51:39letter or whether i had just left it my dad was right language 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
00:52:02the 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 sixties and had lived in italy for 30
00:52:15years
00:52:16and the story of him moved me the most
00:52:18i came to italy 24 years old and i didn't even know a word of the local language i lost
00:52:22me on the road
00:52:22i couldn't understand anything i couldn't read anything and i was not able to ask any indications
00:52:26i had to manage the gestures and speak contemporaneously with people they thought i was a fool
00:52:31what happened after that then i spent 10 years in talking Italian and over 10 years in making sure
00:52:36that everyone in that road would call me sir omar
00:52:46keep this part original audio with subtitles
00:52:53annie
00:52:54your translation almost made me cry in venice i completed the final three interviews in
00:52:59italian two 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
00:53:21annie 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
00:53:42on the day i officially took the role i stood in the meeting room
00:53:45and made a speech to the 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 after
00:54:11that you will be replaced that is strict translation is not a word game one wrong number in a trade
00:54:18contract can mean tens of millions in losses strictness is the bare minimum
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 thank
00:54:36you for all your help the offer the harbor light media project that day in cairo you don't need to
00:54:40thank me those weren't favors then what were they things i wanted to do are you free this weekend
00:54:46for what dinner no work no projects okay he was driving a very ordinary gray sedan not the kind of
00:54:54luxury car i had imagined your car doesn't really match your status cars are for driving not for showing
00:54:59off i'm taking you to a japanese restaurant it only has eight seats you're paying obviously this place
00:55:07has the best sashimi in the whole city how do you know i've tried every japanese restaurant in the city
00:55:14this man annie i'm going to be direct since that day in cairo or maybe even earlier since the first
00:55:20time you spoke german at crownwell i you what i knew you were someone i didn't want to miss right
00:55:26now
00:55:26you're the only person in my mind you really are way too too what too direct you don't like it
00:55:34i 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 we should have put any on it from
00:56:19the
00:56:19start after scarlet 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 by
00:56:38scarlet herself her problem with germich honorati's had finally been exposed on a bigger stage when the news
00:56:45reached white global some people started mocking her in the group chat i only said one thing stop talking about
00:56:51it
00:56:53everyone has to take responsibility for their own choices
00:57:05hello
00:57:05annie 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
00:57:15must be so proud of you in heaven
00:57:17uncle george how did you see
00:57:18you look exactly like michael and you're arabic that cairo accent of your father's i recognized it
00:57:23the moment i heard it annie before your father passed away he said something to me
00:57:28what did he say annie will become a better bridge than i ever was
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
00:57:56average don't say that about martin but your parts were excellent you weren't just translating in the
00:58:01interview 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 a
00:58:14river annie yeah crownwell is setting up an international cultural exchange department next
00:58:19year 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 for you
00:58:29what do you mean you're not meant to be just a translator translation is a tool and you should use
00:58:34that tool to do something bigger your father's porcelain collection can become an exhibition about the
00:58:38history of global trade use your eight languages to tell that story to the world what's the salary
00:58:41name your price you don't think i'm taking advantage of you then let me take advantage of you what
00:58:47be my girlfriend no salary needed louie i'm joking one million dollars a year plus project dividends
00:58:54but the girlfriend part is serious too the streetlight fell across his face softening cold lines he usually
00:59:00carried two days later i gave him my answer i said yes to both brian white personally walked me to
00:59:09the
00:59:10entrance annie you are the most underestimated employee in white global's history mr white you
00:59:15also gave me the opportunity you earned that opportunity yourself speaking of which what i said
00:59:22in german at the annual meeting the 70 raise you understood it back then didn't you i did then why
00:59:29didn't you forget it i wish you all the best thank you three years a 24 000 salary a junior
00:59:38level
00:59:38position i had repaid what needed to be repaid it was time to start over crownwell's international
00:59:49cultural exchange department was officially established i became its first director the first project is an
00:59:56international touring exhibition the core exhibits are the 40 blubber antiques my father collected from
01:00:01around the world the 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 hall
01:00:22looking at my father's handwritten labels on the poor limb 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 he was wearing a black
01:00:51suit hands in my pockets watching me give interviews under the spotlight that look in his eyes you are
01:00:56someone i didn't want to miss
01:01:03mrs smith you are fluent in eight languages but i heard you spent three years as a junior translator at
01:01:08a 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
01:01:28refuse to speak them they stay in your blood waiting for you to speak what finally made you decide to
01:01:33speak
01:01:33up a letter my father wrote it he said if i have the ability to make a difference i should
01:01:40use it
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 they are beautiful
01:01:58annie i owe you an apology you do not have to let me speak i was jealous of you i
01:02:04had been jealous since
01:02:05the first time you opened your mouth and spoke german it took me seven years to climb up to team
01:02:09leader but you were already above me without even trying i could not accept that so you chose to frame
01:02:14me yes and then i paid the price after i left white global that german contract at the translation
01:02:21company you heard about it right i did because you used to correct my work i never knew what my
01:02:25real
01:02:26level was once you were not there anymore i finally realized starlet your hard work was real
01:02:29those seven years of german were not wasted either you just chose the wrong direction at certain moments
01:02:33you don't hate me no the forged screenshots are in the past now you really are different from
01:02:41before back then i cannot even face myself 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
01:03:24this is not a proposal so 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 the
01:03:40ninth language is russian i studied for three months just to learn one word the cairo night
01:03:45wind swept across the terrace in the distance the banks of the nile were bright with lights
01:03:52louis anderson you really are what too good at this only with you
01:04:07five years later crownwell's international cultural exchange department had become an
01:04:11industry benchmark it ran more than 20 cross-cultural projects every year with revenue exceeding 200
01:04:16million revenue revenue is up another 30 this year your salary should be adjusted this year to how
01:04:23much you tell me one dollar seriously put the rest into a scholarship to support young people studying
01:04:33languages name it after my parents the michael smith and evelyn chen language scholarship how do you know
01:04:39my mother's name i'm your husband how could i not know your mother's name outside the window was the
01:04:45skyline of the whole city it was no longer that rental apartment with the broken heating but
01:04:49sometimes i still think of that window and the nights when i crouched there eating soup back then
01:04:54i was fluent in eight languages made three thousand dollars a year and rejected a 10 million dollar
01:04:58inheritance i hid myself in the deepest corner thinking that as long as i stayed silent it would
01:05:03not hurt in his letter my father wrote be brave enough to be yourself it took me a long time
01:05:09to
01:05:10understand that but luckily i did it
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