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The Silent Polyglot - Ultimate Revenge Story
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00:00:05I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at White Global Trading Co. LuDid.
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.
00:00:23Nobody knows that.
00:00:24My father was a diplomat, and mother was simultaneous instructor.
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.
00:00:41Everyone have worked hard over the past year.
00:00:44Thank you for your dedication.
00:00:46In the new year, we will...
00:00:49It's been ten minutes.
00:00:51And I'm down here counting how many times he says thank you while he's giving the speech.
00:00:56Nanny, you better win the lucky draw later.
00:00:59If you do, dinner's on me.
00:01:02Sure, why 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.
00:01:11But she does know one thing.
00:01:15Also, I have another one.
00:01:18Everyone here, who speaks German, will receive a 70% Gehandserröhung.
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?
00:01:43No.
00:01:44I 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.
00:01:55Starlet, majoring in German, French, and Spanish, is the head of translator team.
00:02:00She got promoted in just three months.
00:02:02And has been riding that high ever since.
00:02:07Anyway, 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.
00:02:19A 70% raise.
00:02:21The German translation team consists of four people, plus Scarlet.
00:02:24Only 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.
00:02:35I'm coming over right now.
00:02:40Annie, why didn't you raise your hand just now?
00:02:42Raise my hand for what?
00:02:45You definitely understood that, German, right?
00:02:4770%?
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 meaning.
00:02:55I 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.
00:03:03Are you kidding me?
00:03:04I really don't understand German.
00:03:07Anne, that crappy place you rent barely have working heating.
00:03:11Sometimes, you even can't bring yourself to go and we go out for a drink on Friday.
00:03:14Can't you stand up for yourself for once?
00:03:16Eileen caught me reading a French book in the pantry last year.
00:03:19I told her I'd studied a little bit French.
00:03:22She'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, keep pretending.
00:03:37I'm done.
00:03:38But, Annie, I'm telling you.
00:03:40You're going to suffer with that kind of personality sooner or later.
00:03:45Alright.
00:03:51Guter Schaßhug, 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 Gehens-Erhöhung gibt.
00:04:00Alle anderen werden einfach denken, dass ich einen motivasiere Schrey halte.
00:04:05Sehr brillant, Mr. White.
00:04:08Abross.
00:04:09Wem schäden wir nächste Woche für das Projekt der Crown Bell Group?
00:04:14Scarlett.
00:04:15Sie spricht am besten Deutsch.
00:04:19Ich 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 hinlang gefrogen.
00:04:27Das sollte kein Problem sein.
00:04:28Scarlett kommt damit klar.
00:04:33Leute, auf Andersonville sollten wir diesmal nicht mitmehnen.
00:04:36Sie könnten das Meeting ruinieren.
00:04:40They didn't know I could understand them.
00:04:42They thought I was just a small translator.
00:04:46But that's only to be expected.
00:04:48I haven't shown what I'm capable of either.
00:04:50Annie, 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.
00:05:12The original translator was Scarlett.
00:05:14But my name would never appear on the proofread version.
00:05:16It would only show translation department on the surface.
00:05:20Scarlett never knew her translations had been corrected by me.
00:05:23She thought she was the top.
00:05:27Annie, did you hear?
00:05:28Hear what?
00:05:29Scarlett is going to handle the Crownwell International next week.
00:05:32I heard.
00:05:33Do you know President Anderson of Crownwell?
00:05:40Who?
00:05:44Louis Anderson.
00:05:4532 years old.
00:05:47President of Crownwell International Commerce Group, Lydian.
00:05:49He 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 Scarlett can handle him?
00:06:03Even if she can't, that's not my business.
00:06:08Annie, seriously.
00:06:09You're way too good at putting up with things.
00:06:12Boone 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 Eric supplier quotation.
00:06:18Technically, it should have gone to someone on the Eric group.
00:06:21But the Eric team is out of the office today, 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.
00:06:33But in fact, I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years.
00:06:36Arabic is basically my fourth native language.
00:06:38It 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.
00:07:00Annie, organize these materials for me.
00:07:02I need them for Crownwell's project next week.
00:07:04This is background 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.
00:07:15Is there a problem with me assigning you work?
00:07:17She 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.
00:07:33You're only responsible for basic proofreading.
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?
00:07:49What 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, and then what?
00:07:55She'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.
00:08:05What exactly are you afraid of, Annie?
00:08:07What am I afraid of?
00:08:09I 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.
00:08:23An annual salary of $24,000.
00:08:26In this city, after rent and utilities, there isn't much left.
00:08:36Hello?
00:08:37Hello.
00:08:38Am I speaking with Miss Annie Smith?
00:08:40Yes.
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.
00:08:52Mrs. 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.
00:09:05The 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.
00:09:11I 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.
00:09:25We only need to cover the German communication.
00:09:27Can you handle that?
00:09:27Of course.
00:09:28I studied in Germany for three years.
00:09:30The business negotiation like this is exactly in my comfort zone.
00:09:32To be fair, Charlotte's German is decent.
00:09:34Daily conversation is indeed a piece of cake for her.
00:09:37But I've reviewed her previous translations.
00:09:39Her business German has one fatal habit.
00:09:41She relies too much on literal translation,
00:09:43and often misses the level of formality required in German business correspondence.
00:09:46In everyday conversation, that's not a big deal.
00:09:48But if the person she faced is extremely sensitive to details,
00:09:52never 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,
00:09:59cooperation history, and key personnel.
00:10:01I also marked the changes of carrot policies and the risk points.
00:10:04All she had to do was a glance through,
00:10:05and she was exactly to expect.
00:10:06It'll do.
00:10:12Scarlett!
00:10:13Scarlett.
00:10:14He rarely came down here in person.
00:10:17Scarlett.
00:10:18Crown will move the schedule up.
00:10:20Anderson will be here tomorrow afternoon.
00:10:22Are you ready?
00:10:22Move up.
00:10:25I've gone through all the materials.
00:10:27No problem.
00:10:28Good.
00:10:28Bring someone with you tomorrow for on-site interpretation support.
00:10:32I'll take Zach.
00:10:33His German is decent, too.
00:10:34Zach is still on leave.
00:10:39Annie!
00:10:40You come with me tomorrow.
00:10:41Me?
00:10:41I only speak Spanish.
00:10:42You'll just take notes and serve coffee.
00:10:45I'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.
00:10:52I got dragged into Crown Millions business negotiation
00:10:54as an assistant and a note-taker.
00:10:57Someone who can serve coffee at the same time.
00:11:00I sent Elin a message.
00:11:01I will go to Crown Mill tomorrow.
00:11:03Scarlett is taking you?
00:11:04Doesn't she always get down on you?
00:11:06As the errand girl.
00:11:07You just agreed to that?
00:11:09What else am I supposed to do?
00:11:11Annie!
00:11:23Are you from White Global?
00:11:24Yes.
00:11:25I'm Scarlett, team leader of the translation department.
00:11:28This is my assistant, Annie.
00:11:29Oh, she called me assistant.
00:11:31I didn't correct her.
00:11:35Please wait.
00:11:36President Alexandring is still in a meeting.
00:11:39Scarlett reapplied her lipstick twice
00:11:40and adjusted her hair three separate times
00:11:42in just these 15 minutes.
00:11:44Annie, when we go in,
00:11:45just sit on the side and take notes.
00:11:47Don't speak unless you're asked.
00:11:48Got it?
00:11:49Got it.
00:11:49Also, when you address Mr. Anderson,
00:11:52be formal and respectful.
00:11:54Don't let your eyes wander.
00:11:56People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.
00:11:59Okay.
00:12:02Miss Scarlett,
00:12:03President Anderson will see you now.
00:12:1632 years old,
00:12:18about 6 foot 1,
00:12:19gray suit,
00:12:19no tie.
00:12:20The top button of his shirt was undone.
00:12:22His face was cold.
00:12:23Not the kind of cold people put on to look cool.
00:12:25He was genuinely cold.
00:12:26Sit.
00:12:29Two other people were sitting next to him.
00:12:30A legal director
00:12:31and a lady who looked very, very young.
00:12:33A translation device sat in front of her.
00:12:39In the last outfit,
00:12:40that you're opening in the evening
00:12:41and yesterday,
00:12:43was a temporary tariff
00:12:44on the standards of 2000,
00:12:472001.
00:12:47We have now 2024.
00:12:49What does 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.
00:13:01I...
00:13:02I...
00:13:03I...
00:13:03I mean...
00:13:04I have asked in German.
00:13:05I have asked in German.
00:13:05So please answer in German.
00:13:07I don't want to spend more time on the other side.
00:13:11That was only a first end.
00:13:14We will update the data.
00:13:16Update?
00:13:17Has anyone in your key
00:13:19with the new software
00:13:19for the import of the EG
00:13:20in the near 60th of 2014?
00:13:22The changes in Artikel D3 and 7
00:13:24represent directly 15% of your A-Bot-Spielers.
00:13:26Did you know that?
00:13:28She didn't know.
00:13:30But I did.
00:13:31Because that policy change was mentioned
00:13:33in the background materials.
00:13:34I had specifically marked it in the summary.
00:13:37But Scarlet obviously hadn't read it carefully.
00:13:41I have to do it.
00:13:43I have to do it internally.
00:13:46I have to do it internally.
00:13:47I have to do it internally.
00:13:48Do you have any prepared
00:13:48before you come here?
00:13:51Yes.
00:13:51Do you have any prepared
00:13:52Do you have three of the
00:13:52wrong German documents?
00:14:11The legal director beside Anderson gave a slight shake of his head.
00:14:15The meaning was obvious. This negotiation was about to fall through.
00:14:33My hands froze above the keyboard. Two voices were speaking in my head. It's none of your concern. You're just
00:14:38here to fetch coffee and serve drinks. This is Whitworthid Global's biggest deal of the year. If we lose it,
00:14:43they'll probably be layoffs by the end of the year. And junior translators like me will be first on the
00:14:46chopping block.
00:14:58President Anderson, please give us five minutes.
00:15:14And you are?
00:15:16I'm Annie, junior translator at Whitmore Global.
00:15:21Junior translator?
00:15:22Yes. The one who always takes notes beside and serves coffee.
00:15:29Five minutes.
00:15:34The new three are fettet the standard for six to eight.
00:15:38The six has been around six.
00:15:39These are two.
00:15:40We show our daily debt.
00:15:42We'll come to five percent.
00:15:43Five percent?
00:15:44Explain the bill.
00:16:03where did you learn german i lived in berlin for a while your honorifics are very precise
00:16:09thank you and you said you were the junior level yes your five minutes are up but i can give
00:16:14you
00:16:14ten more on one condition from here on you meet the negotiation she can't i said she leads
00:16:24or you can leave right now scarlet should i take over
00:16:32then let's restart from the first part of the proposal this wasn't because i had prepared in
00:16:36advance while sorting that 50 pages materials i for scarlet i had memorized every word plus i grew
00:16:41up in a diplomatic family the basics of international trade are as natural to me as breathing
00:16:54you speak arabic too a little the japanische lieferstand is six prozent günstiger aber
00:17:00die lieferzeit ist instabil wie entscheiden sie die erschreckende japanische angesichts nummer light
00:17:04jpk t04 27 ich würde nicht das näherigste aubergang wählen sondern die leusung mit dem kleinsten gesentoriskop
00:17:14the framework works i'll have my legal team follow up with you on the details
00:17:19the candle is warm and strong and the grip was just right
00:17:22annie right yes you're wasted in the junior level
00:17:31you lied to everyone what you said you only spoke spanish
00:17:41i do mainly work in spanish what you did in there today that's what you call mainly working in
00:17:45spanish your german is better than mine where did that arab come from it's not even on your resume
00:17:53scarlet the project was saved wasn't it you did this on purpose you hid your skills just waiting for a
00:17:58chance like this to show off what do you think will happen just because you impressed louie anderson
00:18:04once when we're back at the company you're still just that junior translator annie just you wait
00:18:17suddenly i felt a little tired how did the negotiation go did scarlet crash and burn the project
00:18:24was saved how was it saved wasn't she wait was it you i'll tell you when i get back annie
00:18:30you finally
00:18:31made a move standing at the exit of the underground garage i felt the autumn wind blowing in it was
00:18:38a bit
00:18:38cold i didn't want to show off i really didn't but i didn't want to lose my job either
00:18:53mr white annie spoke out of turn during negotiation and completely ignored the company hierarchy
00:18:58was the project saved yes but that was and that's all that matters the crown will deal is worth 40
00:19:03million dollars if it had fallen through yesterday the entire translation department could have packed up
00:19:10one look at her face and i knew this wasn't over
00:19:19annie how good is your german exactly i can get by you can get by i heard you handled the
00:19:25entire
00:19:25negotiation in german without any problem at crownwell and you even used arabic my german
00:19:29just everyday level do you know if the company hired a multi-language translator like you the starting
00:19:32salary would be at least 96 000 a year i have no issues with my current salary fine come to
00:19:38the
00:19:38meeting room at two this afternoon we need you involved in the follow-up coordination for the
00:19:41crown law project mr wood i'm the one in charge of the crown well project we'll remain in charge but
00:19:47annie will be involved in the coordination that's mr white's decision
00:20:02that's not what i meant i've been here for seven years i worked my way up from intern to department
00:20:07leader
00:20:07and you a liar who's been hiding everything
00:20:13just you wait
00:20:18annie mr anderson specifically requested you as the translator for the follow-up coordination
00:20:22starting today you'll be temporarily transferred to the crown well project team
00:20:25okay but your position will remain junior and salary will stay the same we'll evaluate it again after
00:20:30the project ends got it crown well supply chain project is divided into three stages the preliminary
00:20:35framework was already discussed yesterday next comes the translation of the detailed terms and
00:20:38contract documents all files will need english spanish and german versions annie can you handle
00:20:43all three language versions at the same time yes three languages since she joined this company
00:20:47she has only 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 you're translating that fast aren't you afraid of making mistakes nope you better pray you
00:21:11don't make any both the speed and quality excited expectations annie what exactly have you been doing for
00:21:22the past three years hello annie it was louie anderson this is louie anderson from crown well mr wood gave
00:21:37me your number mr anderson what can i do for you i read the 62 pages you translated today was
00:21:43there any
00:21:43problems no problem at all it's the most accurate german business translation i've seen in the past three
00:21:48years thank you you're not someone who belongs in a junior position that is my current position i know
00:21:54that's why i'm curious crown well has an internal meeting tomorrow afternoon it involves partner
00:21:58selection for the middle eastern market i need an arabic speaking interpreter there this should go through
00:22:03the company i know but 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
00:22:15but i just didn't expect it to come this soon
00:22:20they were from a construction materials group in the uae the man leading the meeting looked about 50
00:22:24wearing a white robe with a siri expression a young arab woman sat beside him should be his interpreter
00:22:29you're here today i may need you to do an interpretation between eric and english
00:22:35okay if starlet were here she would probably ask where did your ab look even come from the answer is
00:22:39i
00:22:39lived in cairo for a year and a half during that time my roommate was even an egyptian diplomat's daughter
00:22:59i lowered my head in height as if i were picking notes then i turned my laptop slightly so louie
00:23:03anderson could see this one line in english they said they want to push the price down by 20 work
00:23:06they'll switch to suppliers louie anderson's eyes stayed on the screen for one second
00:23:10his expression didn't change at all but in the negotiation that followed his strategy clearly
00:23:16shifted let's cut the chase our final offer is 10 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
00:23:30interpreter just now then you warned me i just thought the information might be useful for the
00:23:34negotiation without that warning from you this deal would have cost us at least eight million
00:23:38dollars today annie how many languages do you speak german french japanese korean spanish arabic and
00:23:43italian eight in total plus english and you're a junior level translator at white global do you
00:23:48think that makes sense it was my choice would you be interested in coming to crownwell i can start
00:23:52you at four hundred thousand dollars a year if you're willing to head the international business
00:23:55department there's no upper limit mr anderson thank you for the offer i'm not planning to change jobs
00:24:00for now for now for now you can change your mind to any ground only one line of text lowey
00:24:04anderson
00:24:05and a phone number it didn't even say president crownwell international this kind of card is usually
00:24:09given to people who already need to know who you are
00:24:20what are you doing i i was passing by and saw your computer was still on it was off when
00:24:25i left
00:24:26you 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
00:24:33good at arabic what else are you hiding what did you see on my computer i didn't see anything she
00:24:39had
00:24:39opened 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
00:24:53annie 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
00:25:01proof you are way too forget it i heard something today do you want to know go on there's something
00:25:06going on between scarlet and alice wood what do you mean i handle reimbursement forms and advent over
00:25:10the past six months early has gone along with alice wood to talk about work 17 times every single
00:25:14time i was at that hotel on the website of the city think about that that has nothing to do
00:25:17with me
00:25:17how does that have nothing to do with you alice wood made carlet department leader because of that
00:25:20relationship the message basically said the company found some employees failed to truthfully fill in
00:25:30personal skills during onboarding all staff must update profiles within a week concealment or
00:25:36classification will be dealt with as a violation of company regulations this email is answered straight to
00:25:43you of course i knew when scarlet went through my computer she found those multilingual translation
00:25:48exercises she must have gone to alex wood annie did you see that email so what are you planning to
00:25:58update your profile i'm still thinking about it i suggest you do it soon if they find out you hid
00:26:05something that'll be a very serious matter thank you for the reminder scarlet
00:26:16it had a pure black background with handwritten words on the back
00:26:22i never noticed it before it hasn't come to that yet
00:26:29there are two things to discuss today first the crownwell project has finished the initial handover
00:26:35mr anderson is very satisfied with our translation work bonuses for this project will be issued next month
00:26:44second regarding the update of employee profiles
00:26:52mr 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 allocation human resources does that count as a violation
00:27:10then let me give an example say an employee only lists spanish on her profile but in fact
00:27:14she is fluent 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
00:27:40for was junior spanish translator i have never made a mistake during the work
00:27:46as for the other languages as for the other languages you hid your ability you let the company
00:27:51spend high salaries hiring people for the german french and arabic teams when you alone could do
00:27:55all of their jobs isn't that damaging the company's interests if i alone can replace all of them then
00:28:00where does that leave you scarlet this has nothing to do with my place it does because what you're
00:28:05really worried about isn't the company's interests it's the fact that you found out i'm more capable than
00:28:10you and now your position doesn't feel so secure anymore i'll say it again not listing on my profile
00:28:18does not mean hiding the skills section does not say all skills must be listed i chose to show only
00:28:24the skills required for the job i applied for that is my right
00:28:31fine then let me ask another question mr white the bonus for the crown well project is distributed
00:28:36among the team members right yes annie was added to the team later on a temporary
00:28:40basis the part she took in was just translation handover she wasn't on the original team list
00:28:45so when the bonus is distributed she shouldn't receive the full amount that was a vicious move
00:28:50she stopped attacking me over the hidden skills issue because she knew she couldn't win that fight
00:28:54so she switched to mund money instead well scarlet does have a point annie joined halfway through
00:29:04louie 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
00:29:15fully closed 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
00:29:38one more thing there is a clause in this contract from now on all translation handover work for crown
00:29:43width will be handled by annie if she is no longer at white global this contract automatically becomes void
00:29:53you mr anderson you mean i've made myself very clear this contract is worth 80 million dollars a
00:30:00year the handover translator is annie if you replace her the contract is void 80 million
00:30:09annie mr white starting today you are no longer on the junior level then which level i'm in deputy director
00:30:16of the translation department as for your salary we'll discuss it privately mr white she's only been
00:30:23here for three years i've been here for seven scarlet sit down the translation department was in an uproar
00:30:34she actually speaks eight languages she stayed in the junior level for three years
00:30:38how did that happen didn't you hear louie anderson's contract he specifically asked for her
00:30:4480 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
00:30:59i'm thinking about it take your time
00:31:05annie let's have a chat
00:31:09you hit for three years and now everything is out in the lopen do you really think your life here
00:31:14will
00:31:14be easy from now on are you threatening me i'm reminding you do you think becoming deputy director
00:31:20solves everything the translation department connections client relationships and internal
00:31:24resources are all in my hands you're a newcomer who just got promoted you won't be able to handle any
00:31:29of
00:31:29it what are you trying to say give me your position you can keep working as the handover translator and
00:31:34take your project bonus i'll manage the department and you handle the business we both get what we
00:31:38want what if i don't want to then i'll let you know ability isn't the only thing that matters in
00:31:43reality
00:31:50it tasted awful scarlet was right ability isn't the only thing that matters
00:31:55but there is one thing she's wrong about thinking she was the only one who had the connection
00:32:03on monday something major happened at white global the company had received a new project
00:32:07a fashion brand from neon france it required a full set of french to english brand translation
00:32:13and market localization services alex 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 the problem was one
00:32:26of the two translators on the french team had just resigned last month the other was on maternity leave
00:32:32there's no one left on the french team what are we supposed to do with this project
00:32:38annie what level is your french it works what do you mean by that can you handle high-end french
00:32:44brand localization yes good then you're taking this project
00:32:51the director of the french side personally called brian white after looked through
00:32:58is your translator french the language feels incredibly authentic yes we have a dedicated french
00:33:04translation team
00:33:09annie the french side is extremely satisfied they've added another project the full translation of
00:33:15their product manuals it's worth three million dollars okay i'll approve your project bonus for this
00:33:22month separately thank you mr white
00:33:27please note everyone project assignments in the translation should follow department procedures
00:33:31no 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 translation
00:33:52industry
00:33:53i know then why did you forget it there's something i should tell you scarlet has a real problem
00:34:00with you she's brought it up with me several times already i know you better be careful
00:34:06she has certain connections in the company mr wood about you and scarlet what about us
00:34:15nothing
00:34:21annie scarlet and i don't have the kind of relationship you might be thinking of
00:34:25she got promoted to team lead because she had been here long enough and knew the business well
00:34:29that's all
00:34:32i thought of the 17 hotel reinforcing claims elan had mentioned human nature really is an interesting thing
00:34:41the way people looked at me was strange it wasn't admiration or envy it was more like
00:34:47avoidance something happened what happened scarlet reported you to brian white reported me for what
00:34:54she said she said you privately leaked white global's internal pricing strategy to crown
00:34:57that while you were translating for them that's a false accusation i know
00:35:01but she has evidence what evidence she said she found a file on your computer
00:35:05screenshots of a chat between you and julie anderson's assistant frank young the chat mentions white
00:35:10global's internal pricing there is no such file on my computer she says there is and she already showed
00:35:16it to brian white brian wants you in his office tomorrow morning to explain yourself
00:35:21that so-called chat record is fake i sneaked a look at it the chat time was last wednesday at
00:35:272 p.m
00:35:27but you were at the department meeting last wednesday afternoon everyone can prove it then
00:35:31how did she she edited the time in the chat photoshopped it but she forgot one thing there's
00:35:37a battery indicator in the top right corner of the screenshot that battery display doesn't match
00:35:41your phone model you use a samsung that screenshot is from an iphone
00:35:47ellen 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
00:35:59records the 17 hotel ones do you have them i do are you finally going to use them not to
00:36:04attack
00:36:04her but to protect myself if she comes after me i need brian white to know her credibility has problem
00:36:20every file had a time stamp and sending record my real chat history with frank young was all on teams
00:36:26with server backups scarlet could fake screenshots but she couldn't change server data
00:36:41i heard you were reported news travels fast frank told me do you need help no i can handle it
00:36:49myself
00:36:49are you sure yes fine if you can't handle it just tell me
00:36:58it won't
00:37:06annie scarlet reported that you privately leaked our pricing strategy to crownwell while you were
00:37:11translating for them these screenshots are the evidence she provided is there anything you want
00:37:16to say it was exactly as aline had described my profile picture my name a conversation with frank young
00:37:22the content did involve light 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 of course you
00:37:34would say that i can prove it this is my full chat history with frank young it has server backups
00:37:41and
00:37:42timestamps please compare them the times don't match the screenshot scarlet provided show that the
00:37:49conversation happened last wednesday at 2 p.m but the team's record show that annie and frank young had no
00:37:55conversation at that time she could have deleted teams has server backups even if an employee deletes the
00:38:00chat on their eye the server still keeps it also from 2 p.m to 4 p.m last wednesday
00:38:04i was attending the
00:38:04department meeting in the company the attendance and meeting room booking records can prove it one more
00:38:08thing this screenshot is from an ios interface i use android scarlet your phone is an iphone isn't it
00:38:14that proves nothing maybe you change phone i've been here for three years the device binding records
00:38:20from it show i have never used an iphone
00:38:27scarlet where did these screenshots come from i i found them on her computer after you went through
00:38:33my computer last week i reset the password these screenshots were never on my computer
00:38:41you never saw these snapshots on my computer because they never existed in the first place
00:38:46you made them yourself
00:38:50scarlet 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
00:39:04department leader is revoked immediately mr white also your year-end performance rating will be
00:39:07downgraded by one level if anything like this happens again your employment will be terminated
00:39:11immediately annie are you happy now scarlet from beginning to end you were the one causing trouble
00:39:15for me i never went after you first because your very existence is a quotation you speak eight
00:39:20language and you hit it for three years you made my seven years of hard work look like a joke
00:39:26on the surface no one in the translation department said much but the group chat had completely blown up
00:39:32she should have been removed ages ago her translation skills were just average she only got there through
00:39:38connections you guys didn't know every translation she submitted had been corrected by annie
00:39:44what i am serious i have seen the proof peating records then how many has annie corrected over the
00:39:49past three years a 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
00:40:11we are preparing a large-scale international documentary project and we need a multi-linguished
00:40:15translation 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
00:40:24harbor light media a top team production company mrs hayes what kind of project is it exactly a
00:40:29documentary about the strait of barol and global trade we need simultaneous interpretation and
00:40:33subtitle proof feeding across five languages english french italian spanish and arabic we contacted
00:40:39three translation companies but none of them could provide one person who covers all five languages
00:40:45then 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
00:40:55this 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
00:41:05to travel for two months the middle east and europe a bank account in zurich a property in munich
00:41:17and a small 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
00:41:30bridge my father said if you can understand a person in their mother tongue you can understand
00:41:36their heart they carved the languages of the world into my blood then they left so i hid those languages
00:41:43away 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
00:41:54while taking me for ice cream in front of the bransberg gate french was in paris my mother read
00:42:00malpouceau to me in the original french by the san arabic was in cairo the three of us were on
00:42:06a boat on the nile
00:42:08my father counted the stars while teaching me how to say wahid ethwan flatha every language was a memory
00:42:15and i didn't want to open those memories but i
00:42:23has mrs hayes from harper light reached out to you she has why did you introduce this to me because
00:42:30you need to step out of it you do not know me i know your parents were diplomats i know
00:42:36your background
00:42:38you investigated me before i decide who to work with i learn about them
00:42:43annie your parents were remarkable people you do not need to lock yourself in a corner just to
00:42:48escape their shadow go take a look at harbor lights project the strait of jurada the bridge
00:42:55between europe and africa maybe you should see it for yourself maybe he was right
00:43:07mr white i need to take two months off
00:43:11for 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
00:43:20all 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 had clipped and transferred to administration as a clerk the old shine was gone
00:43:38you are going on a business trip for how long two months you know when i joined the white seven
00:43:43years ago i only spoke one language too later i learned french and spanish while working here i
00:43:49went from intern to the department leader i thought i had worked really hard you did work hard but without
00:43:55doing anything you were already above me eight languages what gives you the right my parents
00:44:00they paid for it with their lives
00:44:05that was the last time we spoke in this building at the airport i unexpectedly ran into someone
00:44:10louie anderson he was wearing casual clothes it was the first time i had ever seen him out of a
00:44:15suit
00:44:15annie what are you doing here crownwell has business in dubai what a coincidence yeah what a coincidence
00:44:26business class is pretty empty why are you sitting here i bought an economy ticket
00:44:32about the inheritance your parents left you you even know about that the law firm has worked with
00:44:37us before attorney wills once mentioned a client who refused to inherit in the state the industry is
00:44:41only so big so the whole world knows not the whole world just me caring about it i turned to
00:44:45look at
00:44:45him and my heart skipped a beat the sunlight in dubai was completely different from back home dry
00:44:50fierce almost as if it burned straight through your shadow so you are annie the one who speaks eight
00:44:55languages yes let's do a test translate a section for me first martin handed me an arabic interview
00:45:00outline 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
00:45:19the
00:45:19antique market in old dubai the documentary was going to cover how the straight of kormos connects
00:45:23global trade there was a persian carpet shop here that had been open for 40 years and the owner was
00:45:29a third-generation iranian merchant in the middle of the jeter arabic shayfa kyanata almoona
00:45:34afil caliura aywa kinta saikina fiq alqara saouida
00:45:47in casablanca i interviewed a historian in french
00:45:59he said on the street of jawline shipping and trade are a way of having a dialogue people may come
00:46:05from different backgrounds and speak different languages but their hearts are connected my voice
00:46:09that their hearts was a little hot seat because my father had said almost the exact same thing
00:46:15okay that night the team had dinner at the hotel
00:46:19annie mr anderson asked whether your work went smoothly today it went smoothly no need to worry
00:46:24about me mr anderson asked me to tell you that he is in the office on the 58th floor of
00:46:28this hotel
00:46:28if you need anything contact him anytime hello have you eaten i am eating now the food here may not
00:46:39really suit our taste if you want something else mr anderson why are you telling me this
00:46:45because i care about you i do not need your concern thank you okay no more concern good night over
00:46:51the
00:46:51next few weeks we went a lot of places on the flight from istanbul to cairo i received an email
00:46:56sender scarlet subject no subject after you left they laid off the french team and the german team
00:47:02because brian white said you alone would enough seven people lost their jobs because of you
00:47:06are you happy now i looked at the email and deleted it do not believe scarlet the french and german
00:47:13teams were cut because they were already at the bottom in performance it has nothing to do with you
00:47:16she is just trying to mess with you i know are you okay i'm fine
00:47:25Cairo the third stop of the documentary i lived here for a while
00:47:31when the plane landed i looked out at that familiar city and my heart started beating a little faster
00:47:36in cairo the team was filming a section about the history of trade between the middle east and europe
00:47:42they needed arabic interpretation
00:47:48he was wondering if there were some of the 도iac people said that as i said i didn't believe it
00:47:50so far as you were going to get out of this country i was going to get out of this
00:47:53country
00:47:53as the name of clinton's famous
00:47:55is that i think that we provide an samuel in cairo the visitor this is a séction
00:47:59of a diplomat there is for five years or five children
00:48:02seiner daughter her the design center as their son is there but there is still there
00:48:24I still remember the pistachio flavor ice cream that year.
00:48:36hello you arrived in Cairo yes what happened your voice sounds off nothing I flew to Cairo this
00:48:47afternoon if you have time why do you always show up wherever I am because Victoria has your
00:48:51itinerary she's running a project I invested in so I have the right to see that is called
00:48:56stalking that is called paying attention there is a difference the next afternoon
00:49:05Luigi Anderson went with me to a private warehouse on the outskirts of Cairo it was
00:49:10not big but the temperature and humidity were carefully controlled the kind of
00:49:14place used specifically to store antiques after the manager opened the door I saw
00:49:21three full shelves every piece had a handwritten tag hanging on it it was my
00:49:29father's handwriting an 18th century style Meissen porcelain vase purchased at the
00:49:36Grand Bazaar in Istanbul 2008 with Annie 2008 I was eight years old in Istanbul with my dad
00:49:45he took me to the Grand Bazaar I kept asking for Turkish ice cream and he said
00:49:49we would go after looking at that little stall that stall was selling these old
00:49:53porcelain pieces I did not remember any of it but my dad did for three years I hid
00:49:58everything about them away the languages the inheritance the memories I thought as
00:50:03long as I did not touch any of it I could pretend they had never left but they had
00:50:07always been with me your father was an extraordinary man I know then you should
00:50:16become someone extraordinary too instead of hiding yourself in a position far below
00:50:23your level that night I called attorney wills attorney wills I will handle the
00:50:29inheritance miss Smith finally donate the zur accounts and the properties according to the
00:50:33original plan but I am keeping the porcelain collection in Cairo understood that is wonderful
00:50:38I will arrange it right away one more thing go ahead did my father leave any letter or document for
00:50:43me not a legal document something personal yes the letter he noted that it should be given to you
00:50:48when you came to collect the antiques send it to me attorney wills sent the letter to my hotel I
00:50:54sat in my room for 10 minutes before finally working up the courage to open the letter the letter was
00:51:00not
00:51:00long Annie when you see this letter your mother and I should no longer be by your side knowing your
00:51:05personality I guess you will probably run away for a while you may seal away the memories connected to
00:51:09us along with all those languages maybe it is because every language is tied to us one sentence
00:51:15in German will remind you of landscape in Berlin one sentence in Arabic will remind you of the
00:51:19stars in Cairo but Annie language is not a chain language is wings your mother spent her life
00:51:24building bridges I spent mine planting seeds you are that bridge of seed don't shrink yourself into
00:51:28the dark you are exceptional you are smart gifted and you should do what you are really good at
00:51:32trying to plant seeds in your own way you are pride mom and dad will always love you there was
00:51:37a
00:51:37water stain on the paper I did not know whether he left it when he wrote the letter or whether
00:51:40I
00:51:41had 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
00:51:51she 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 best spot
00:52:10on the
00:52:10busiest square in Venice he was in his sixties and had lived in Italy for 30 years and the story
00:52:17of
00:52:17him moved me the most I arrived in Italy at 24 years and I didn't even know a word of
00:52:21the local language I
00:52:22needed for the road I couldn't understand anything I couldn't read anything and I wasn't able to ask
00:52:26any indications I had to manage the gestures and speak contemptuously with people I thought I was a
00:52:30fool I thought I was a fool after that then I took 10 years to learn Italian and over 10
00:52:36years to make sure that
00:52:37everyone in that road would call me Mr. Omar
00:52:46keep this part original audio with subtitles
00:52:53Annie
00:52:54your translation almost made me cry
00:52:57in Venice I completed the final three interviews in Italian
00:53:00two months two continents and eight languages
00:53:03my dad was right language is not a chain it is wings
00:53:12the day I came back it was late December
00:53:17New York's winter was cold but the air carried a familiar scent
00:53:22Annie the director position in the translation department is open
00:53:26I want you to take it
00:53:30what is the salary
00:53:32two hundred thousand dollars
00:53:33okay and just like that in less than half a year I went from a junior role to the director
00:53:39of the translation department
00:53:42on the day I officially took the role I stood in the meeting room and made a speech to the
00:53:47people 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 from
00:54:01today on results will do the talking I will personally proofread everyone's translation drafts I have only one standard accuracy
00:54:07if you cannot do it I will teach you if you still cannot do it after that you will be
00:54:12replaced
00:54:12translation is not a word game one wrong number in a trade contract can mean tens of millions in losses
00:54:21strictness is the bare minimum
00:54:26hello
00:54:27director smith congratulations on the promotion
00:54:29thank you
00:54:30two hundred thousand dollars
00:54:31mm-hmm
00:54:32I offered four hundred thousand before
00:54:33I know
00:54:34still not considering it
00:54:35not for now but thank you for all your help the offer the harbor light media project that day in
00:54:39Cairo
00:54:40you don't need to thank me those weren't favors
00:54:42then what were they
00:54:43things I wanted to do
00:54:44are you free this weekend
00:54:46for what
00:54:48dinner
00:54:48no work no projects
00:54:51okay he was driving a very ordinary gray sedan
00:54:54not the kind of luxury car I had imagined
00:54:56your car doesn't really match your status
00:54:57cars are for driving not for showing off
00:55:00I'm taking you to a Japanese restaurant
00:55:01it only has eight seats
00:55:04you're paying?
00:55:05obviously
00:55:07this place has the best sashimi in the whole city
00:55:09how do you know?
00:55:11I've tried every Japanese restaurant in the city
00:55:14this man
00:55:16Annie I'm going to be direct
00:55:17since that day in Cairo
00:55:19or maybe even earlier
00:55:20since the first time you spoke German at Crownwell
00:55:22I
00:55:23you what?
00:55:24I knew you were someone I didn't want to miss
00:55:26right now
00:55:27you're the only person in my mind
00:55:30you really are way too
00:55:31too what?
00:55:32too direct
00:55:33you don't like it?
00:55:34I didn't say I didn't like it
00:55:38that night
00:55:39he drove me home
00:55:40downstairs he said
00:55:41I'm flying to South Korea for a business dress tomorrow
00:55:44how long?
00:55:45a week
00:55:46okay
00:55:46will you miss me?
00:55:49no
00:55:50liar
00:55:52maybe a little
00:56:01over the next three months
00:56:03many things happened at once
00:56:05the Crownwell project successfully completed its third phase
00:56:09and White Global brought in nearly 80 million dollars in revenue from it
00:56:14when Brian White reviewed the monthly report
00:56:16he said to Alex Wood
00:56:18you should have put Annie on it from the start
00:56:22after Starlet resigned from White Global
00:56:24she became a director at a small translation company
00:56:27three months later
00:56:28that company face had its mass tariff compensation claim
00:56:31a German contract had its tariff glosses mistranslated
00:56:34causing the client to lose 20 million dollars
00:56:37that translation was done by Scarlet herself
00:56:39her problem with German honoratis had finally been exposed on a bigger stage
00:56:44when the news reached White Global
00:56:46some people started mocking her in the group chat
00:56:49I only said one thing
00:56:50stop talking about it
00:56:54everyone has to take responsibility for their own choices
00:57:05hello
00:57:06Annie
00:57:06it's Uncle George
00:57:08your father's old colleague
00:57:10Uncle George?
00:57:11I saw you on TV
00:57:12translation consultant
00:57:14in five languages
00:57:15Annie
00:57:15your parents must be so proud of you in heaven
00:57:17Uncle George
00:57:18how did you see
00:57:19you look exactly like Michael
00:57:20and your Arabic
00:57:21that Cairo accent of your father's
00:57:23I recognized it the moment I heard it
00:57:24Annie
00:57:25before your father passed away
00:57:27he said something to me
00:57:28what did he say?
00:57:30Annie will become a better bridge than I ever was
00:57:33that night
00:57:33Louis Anderson came back from South Korea
00:57:35and went straight to my building
00:57:38come out
00:57:39for what?
00:57:41I want to take a walk with you
00:57:45the street was cold
00:57:47and the streetlights stretched our shadows long across the pavement
00:57:50I watched the documentary
00:57:53how was it?
00:57:54not good enough for your translation
00:57:55the director was average
00:57:57don't say that about Martin
00:57:59but your parts were excellent
00:58:00you weren't just translating in the interview
00:58:02you were carrying the emotion across
00:58:05my father once said
00:58:06if you understand someone's mother tongue
00:58:08you can understand their heart
00:58:09you did that
00:58:12we walked for a long time
00:58:13until we reached a river
00:58:15Annie
00:58:16yeah?
00:58:17Crown Law is setting up an international cultural exchange department next year
00:58:20we'll focus on crossword cultural projects
00:58:22documentaries
00:58:22publishing
00:58:23exhibitions
00:58:23forums
00:58:24I need someone to lead it
00:58:25you're trying to poach me again
00:58:26I'm not poaching you
00:58:27I'm building a position for you
00:58:29what do you mean?
00:58:30you're not meant to be just a translator
00:58:32translation is a tool
00:58:33and you should use that tool to do something bigger
00:58:35your father's porcelain collection
00:58:37could become an exhibition
00:58:37about the history of global trade
00:58:39use your eight languages
00:58:40to tell that story to the world
00:58:40what's the salary?
00:58:42name your price
00:58:43you don't think I'm taking advantage of you?
00:58:45then let me take advantage of you
00:58:46what?
00:58:48be my girlfriend
00:58:48no salary needed
00:58:51Louie!
00:58:52I'm joking
00:58:52one million dollars a year
00:58:54plus project dividends
00:58:55but the girlfriend part is serious too
00:58:57the street light fell across his face
00:58:59softening cold lines he usually carried
00:59:04two days later
00:59:05I gave him my answer
00:59:07I said yes to both
00:59:08Brian White personally locked me to the entrance
00:59:11Annie
00:59:12you are the most underestimated employee
00:59:13in White Global's history
00:59:15Mr. White
00:59:15you also gave me the opportunity
00:59:18you earned that opportunity yourself
00:59:21speaking of which
00:59:22what I said in German at the annual meeting
00:59:24the 70% raise
00:59:25you understood it back then didn't you?
00:59:28I did
00:59:29then why didn't you
00:59:30forget it
00:59:31I wish you all the best
00:59:32thank you
00:59:34three years
00:59:35a $24,000 salary
00:59:37a junior level position
00:59:39I had repaid what needed to be repaid
00:59:41it was time to start over
00:59:48Crownwell's international cultural exchange department
00:59:51was officially established
00:59:52I became its first director
00:59:54the first project is an international touring exhibition
00:59:57the core exhibits
00:59:58are the 40 blubber antiques my father collected from around the world
01:00:04the exhibition will open simultaneously in five cities
01:00:07Berlin, 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
01:00:18more than 300 people came to the New York venue
01:00:20Uncle George stood in the exhibition hall
01:00:22looking at my father's handwritten labels on the Portland pieces
01:00:26tears streaming down his face
01:00:28Michael
01:00:29your 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
01:00:42I told you
01:00:43you were never just a translator
01:00:47Louis Anderson stood in the corner of the exhibition hall
01:00:49staying away from the front
01:00:50he was wearing a black suit
01:00:51hands in my pockets
01:00:52watching me give interviews under the spotlight
01:00:54that look in his eyes
01:00:55you are someone I didn't want to miss
01:01:03Mrs. Smith
01:01:04you are fluent in eight languages
01:01:06but I heard you spent three years as a junior translator at a trading company
01:01:09making only $24,000 a year
01:01:13yes
01:01:14why did you hide your abilities?
01:01:17because I was running away
01:01:19every language was tied to memories of my parents
01:01:22I thought if I hid them away it would stop hurting
01:01:25but later I realized that languages do not disappear just because you refuse to speak them
01:01:29they stay in your blood
01:01:30waiting for you to speak
01:01:32what finally made you decide to speak up?
01:01:35a letter
01:01:37my father wrote it
01:01:38he said if I have the ability to make a difference
01:01:40I should use it
01:01:41on the second day of the exhibition
01:01:43someone unexpected showed up
01:01:46Scarlet
01:01:48what are you doing here?
01:01:50I saw it on the news
01:01:52your father collected these?
01:01:54yes
01:01:56they are beautiful
01:01:58Annie I owe you an apology
01:02:00you do not have to
01:02:01let me speak
01:02:03I was jealous of you
01:02:04I had been jealous since the first time you opened your mouth and spoke German
01:02:08it took me seven years to climb up to team leader
01:02:10but you were already above me without even trying
01:02:12I could not accept that
01:02:14so you chose to frame me?
01:02:15yes
01:02:16and then I paid the price
01:02:18after I left White Global
01:02:19that German contract at the translation company
01:02:21you heard about it, right?
01:02:22I did
01:02:24because you used to correct my work
01:02:25I never knew what my real level was
01:02:26once you were not there anymore
01:02:27I finally realized
01:02:28Scarlet, your hard work was real
01:02:30those seven years of German were not wasted either
01:02:32you just chose the wrong direction at certain moments
01:02:34you don't hate me?
01:02:35no
01:02:37the forged screenshots are in the past now
01:02:40you really are different from before
01:02:42back then I cannot even face myself
01:02:45the exhibition is wonderful
01:02:46your father must be very happy
01:02:52the exhibition ran for two months across five cities
01:02:55with more than 120,000 visitors in total
01:03:07after the closing ceremony
01:03:08Louis Anderson found me on the hotel terrace
01:03:11tired?
01:03:13a little
01:03:14five cities, two months
01:03:15you handled all the narration translation work
01:03:17across every language by yourself
01:03:19I am used to it
01:03:21do not get used to carrying everything alone
01:03:24this is not a proposal
01:03:25so don't be nervous
01:03:28it's custom made
01:03:29because you said your father once told you
01:03:31that you were the bridge
01:03:34this
01:03:34there is a line engraved on the bridge
01:03:37it has the word bridge
01:03:38engraved in nine languages
01:03:40the ninth language is Russian
01:03:42I studied for three months
01:03:44just to learn one word
01:03:45the Cairo night wind swept across the terrace
01:03:47in the distance
01:03:48the banks of the Nile were bright with lights
01:03:53Louis Anderson, you really are
01:03:54what?
01:03:57too good at this
01:04:00only with you
01:04:08five years later
01:04:09Crownwell's international cultural exchange department
01:04:11had become an industry Denmark
01:04:12it ran more than 20 cross-cultural projects every year
01:04:15with revenue exceeding 200 million
01:04:18revenue is up another 30% this year
01:04:21your salary should be adjusted this year
01:04:23to how much?
01:04:25can you tell me?
01:04:26one dollar
01:04:29seriously?
01:04:30put the rest into a scholarship
01:04:32to support young people studying languages
01:04:33name it after my parents
01:04:35the Michael Smith and Evelyn Chen language scholarship
01:04:38how do you know my mother's name?
01:04:40I am your husband
01:04:41how could I not know your mother's name?
01:04:44outside the window was the skyline of the whole city
01:04:46it was no longer that rental apartment
01:04:48with the broken heating
01:04:49but sometimes I still think of that window
01:04:51and the nights when I crouched there eating soup
01:04:53back then I was fluent in eight languages
01:04:56made three thousand dollars a year
01:04:57and rejected a ten million dollar inheritance
01:04:59I hid myself in the deepest corner
01:05:01thinking that as long as I stayed silent
01:05:03it would not hurt
01:05:04in his letter my father wrote
01:05:06be brave enough to be yourself
01:05:08it took me a long time to understand that
01:05:12but luckily
01:05:13I did it
01:05:14The sure routine
01:05:16seems to've blown you
01:05:16to see a little bit more
01:05:17I was hoping so
01:05:17I had my dad
01:05:18a year
01:05:18that was a long time to go
01:05:18a half
01:05:18time to stay
01:05:18I could find
01:05:19a half
01:05:19time to be
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