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The Silent Polyglot is an inspiring workplace romance short drama filled with hidden talent, corporate rivalry, family healing, and second chances. Annie Smith has spent three years working as an overlooked junior translator, earning a modest salary while deliberately hiding the fact that she's fluent in eight languages. Haunted by the loss of her diplomat father and interpreter mother, Annie chooses an ordinary life—until a critical international negotiation is thrown into chaos.  Forced to reveal her extraordinary linguistic talent, Annie saves the company's biggest project and becomes the center of attention overnight. As jealous coworkers, office politics, and long-buried memories resurface, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery, finds unexpected love, and learns that the gift she tried to bury was always meant to change lives. Official series materials describe Annie's hidden multilingual abilities, her breakthrough during an international negotiation, and her emotional journey toward embracing her past.  #TheSilentPolyglot #WorkplaceRomance #HiddenGenius #Translator #OfficeDrama #ShortDrama #ENGSUB #DramaSeries #FullEpisode

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00:00:05I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at White Global Trading Co. Lou Did.

00:00:09I've been here for three years, and make $24,000 a year.

00:00:13Pretty ordinary, right?

00:00:14But in fact, I'm fluent in eight languages.

00:00:17English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian.

00:00:23Nobody knows that.

00:00:24My father was a diplomat, and mother was simultaneous and shorter.

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 question.

00:01:18Everyone here, who speaks German, will receive a 70% of Gehands-Erhöhung.

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.

00:01:55Scarlett, 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 Scarlett.

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!

00:02:34Stay right there!

00:02:35I'm coming over right now!

00:02:38Annie?

00:02:40Why 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're expecting 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?

00:03:15Ellen 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.

00:03:52Guter Schaßzug, oder?

00:03:53Sir, schließlich 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 eine motivasiere Schrey halte.

00:04:05Sehr brillant, Mr. White.

00:04:08Abross.

00:04:09Wen schäden wir nächste Woche für das Projekt der Crown Bell Group?

00:04:14Scarlett.

00:04:16Sie spricht am besten Deutsch.

00:04:18Ich habe gehört, dass Präsident Anderson von Crown Bell ziemlich schwierig ist.

00:04:22Letztes Mal hat er das gesamte Übersetzungsgrund von Meridian aus dem Sprengsraum hinangefrogen.

00:04:27Das sollte kein Problem sein.

00:04:28Scarlett kommt damit klar.

00:04:33Leute, auf Anderson Bell sollten wir diesmal nicht mitnehmen.

00:04:36Sie könnten das Meeting ruinieren.

00:04:40Sie wussten nicht, dass ich sie verstehen.

00:04:41Sie wussten, dass ich nur ein kleiner Translator bin.

00:04:46Aber das ist nur zu erwarten.

00:04:47Ich habe nicht gezeigt, was ich kann, wie ich auch.

00:04:49Annie, sende mir die Proof-Red-Version des letzten Wochen's Contracts morgen.

00:04:55Ja, Mr. White.

00:05:01Ich habe die Proof-Red-Version des letzten Wochen auf Brian White, den nächsten Tag.

00:05:05Es war ein 30,000-Word-Spanisch-Contrakt.

00:05:08Und ich habe 47 Fehler gemacht in der Original-Translator.

00:05:12Die Original-Translatorin war Scarlett.

00:05:14Aber mein Name würde niemals auf der Proof-Red-Version sein.

00:05:16Es würde nur die Translator-Departement auf der Übersetzung zeigen.

00:05:20Scarlett nie wusste, dass ihre Translatorin waren mir korrekt.

00:05:22Sie wusste, dass sie der Topf war.

00:05:27Annie, hörst du?

00:05:28Hearst du?

00:05:29Scarlett wird die Crownwell Internationalen verletzt.

00:05:32Ich habe gehört.

00:05:34Do you know Präsident Andersen von Crownwell?

00:05:40Wer?

00:05:44Louis Andersen, 32 Jahre alt,

00:05:46Präsident von Crownwell International Commerce Group, Liedian.

00:05:49Er ist 98th in der letzten Jahrhundert Global Wealth-Rankings.

00:05:51They say he's fluent in five languages,

00:05:53but notorious for his bad temper.

00:05:54He even chewed out the entire Meridian's translation team

00:05:57and drove them out of the meeting room.

00:05:58What 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.

00:06:12Julian 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 Arab team is out of the office today,

00:06:23so Alex would casually dump it on me.

00:06:26Annie, 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

00:06:42just to pretend the work of someone

00:06:44who had only taken a little Arabic.

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

00:07:06on Crownwell International Commerce Group Lowe

00:07:08all in Spanish.

00:07:09About 50 pages.

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

00:07:11How is it not?

00:07:12You're in the translation department,

00:07:14and 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,

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

00:07:29for the Crownwell project.

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

00:07:32I know.

00:07:33You're only responsible for basic food feeding.

00:07:35A major project like this

00:07:36isn't something you get to be part of.

00:07:38I know.

00:07:46I 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

00:07:50you get to be part of?

00:07:51I'm used to it.

00:07:52Can't you just clap back for once?

00:07:54And then what?

00:07:55She's the boss.

00:07:57If you showed everyone what you can really do,

00:07:59what kind of boss would she even be?

00:08:03I don't want to.

00:08:05What 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

00:08:14and 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,

00:08:29there isn't much left.

00:08:36Hello?

00:08:37Hello.

00:08:38Am I speaking with Miss Annie Smith?

00:08:39Yes.

00:08:40This is Attorney Wills from Kirkland and Ellis Law Firm.

00:08:43There are some documents regarding the settlement

00:08:45of the overseas assets left by your parents,

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

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

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

00:08:51Donate everything.

00:08:52Mrs. Smith, there is a sum in your parents' account in Zurich.

00:08:54I don't want it.

00:08:55Attorney Wills, thank you,

00:08:56but please stop calling me.

00:09:05The Translation Department had a meeting on a Monday morning.

00:09:07I wasn't told to attend,

00:09:09but 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.

00:09:19This time we're discussing a supply chain partnership

00:09:21for 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.

00:09:26Can you handle that?

00:09:28Of 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 in Germany has one fatal habit.

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

00:09:43and often misses the level of formality required

00:09:45in German business correspondence.

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

00:09:48But if the person she faced is extremely sensitive to details,

00:09:51never mind.

00:09:52Not my business.

00:09:54Finish 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 tariff 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, Crown will move the schedule up.

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

00:10:22Are you ready?

00:10:22Moved up?

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

00:10:27No problem.

00:10:28Good.

00:10:29Bring 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.

00:10:43You'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 Willian's business negotiation

00:10:54as an assistant and a note-taker.

00:10:57Someone who can serve coffee at the same time.

00:10:59I sent Elin a message.

00:11:01I will go to Crown Will tomorrow.

00:11:03Scarlett is taking you?

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

00:11:06As the errand girl.

00:11:07You...

00:11:08You just agreed to that?

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

00:11:11Annie!

00:11:12Annie!

00:11:14Annie!

00:11:15Annie!

00:11:16Annie!

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 six foot one,

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.

00:12:30The legal director

00:12:31and a lady who looked very, very young.

00:12:33A translation device

00:12:34sat in front of her.

00:12:39In the last episode,

00:12:41that you're underneath us

00:12:42for yesterday's day,

00:12:43was at the right tariff angle

00:12:44of the standards

00:12:45from 2000,

00:12:472001.

00:12:47We have now

00:12:482024.

00:12:49What should that mean?

00:12:50He spoke so fast.

00:12:52Every word was sharp.

00:12:53She understood him,

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

00:13:03I mean...

00:13:04I have asked German,

00:13:05so please answer it in German.

00:13:07I don't want to spend time with the subtitles.

00:13:11That was only a first end.

00:13:14We will update the data.

00:13:16Update?

00:13:17Has anyone in their key

00:13:19with the new software

00:13:19for the import

00:13:20of the EGN

00:13:21in the 60s

00:13:21of 2020

00:13:22based on the changes?

00:13:22The changes in Artikel D3 and 7

00:13:24are directly 15% of their support players.

00:13:26Did you know that?

00:13:28She didn't know.

00:13:30But I did.

00:13:31Because that policy change

00:13:32was mentioned

00:13:33in the background materials.

00:13:34I had specifically marked it

00:13:36in the summary.

00:13:37But Scarlet obviously

00:13:38hadn't read it carefully.

00:13:41Did it?

00:13:42I have to do it first

00:13:43in the internal.

00:14:11The legal director beside Anderson

00:14:13gave a slight shake of his head.

00:14:15The meaning was obvious.

00:14:17This negotiation

00:14:18was about to fall through.

00:14:25Herr Präsident Anderson,

00:14:26ich bette vielmals

00:14:27um Entschuldung.

00:14:29Wenn das das Liebe

00:14:30von White Glover ist,

00:14:31werde ich in Erwengung füllen

00:14:32zu einem anderen Partner

00:14:33zu schelten.

00:14:33My hands froze

00:14:34above the keyboard.

00:14:35Two voices were speaking

00:14:36in my head.

00:14:37It's none of your concern.

00:14:38You're just here to fetch

00:14:39coffee and serve drinks.

00:14:40This is Whitworth

00:14:41with Globals biggest deal

00:14:42of the year.

00:14:42If we lose it,

00:14:43they'll probably be layoffs

00:14:44by the end of the year.

00:14:45And junior translators

00:14:45like me will be

00:14:46first on the chopping block.

00:14:58President Anderson,

00:14:59geben Sie uns bitte

00:15:00noch fünf Minuten.

00:15:14And you are?

00:15:16I'm Annie,

00:15:18junior translator

00:15:19at Whitmore Global.

00:15:21Junior translator?

00:15:22Yes.

00:15:23The one who always

00:15:25takes notes beside

00:15:26and serves coffee.

00:15:29Five minutes.

00:15:34Die neue 3

00:15:35erfettet den Standard

00:15:36für irgendein Sechlinge

00:15:37von sechs auf acht Stelle

00:15:38HSKs.

00:15:39Artikel diese Berenser 3

00:15:40zeigen unsere

00:15:41Tachtation-Berlog

00:15:42und Beckombalt 5%.

00:15:435%?

00:15:44Erkennen Sie mir

00:15:45die längere.

00:15:47Der White Global

00:15:48über ein Sollbaus

00:15:49in den WE hüht,

00:15:50das von den Vorlingschaften

00:15:51der Freie Handel

00:15:51kommt für Fieschens,

00:15:53werden etwa 3%

00:15:53der durch die Erkreisung

00:15:54des HS-Bogen

00:15:55verbiösten Kostenstabung

00:15:56kompensiert.

00:15:56Die nette Auslegung

00:15:57enthält zum Stolz.

00:15:58Louis Andersons

00:15:59Legal Director

00:15:59lowered his head

00:16:00and flipped through

00:16:01the files

00:16:01as if he was checking

00:16:03whether I was right.

00:16:04Where did you learn German?

00:16:05I lived in Berlin

00:16:06for a while.

00:16:07Your honorifics

00:16:08are very precise.

00:16:10And you said

00:16:10you were the junior level?

00:16:11Yes.

00:16:12Your five minutes are up,

00:16:14but I can give you

00:16:14ten more

00:16:15on one condition.

00:16:17from here on

00:16:18you meet the negotiation.

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

00:16:22I said she leads.

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

00:16:28Scarlett,

00:16:29should I take over?

00:16:32Then let's restart

00:16:33from the first part

00:16:34of the proposal.

00:16:35This wasn't because

00:16:35I had prepared in advance.

00:16:37While sorting that

00:16:3750 pages materials

00:16:38I for Scarlett,

00:16:39I had memorized

00:16:40every word.

00:16:41Plus,

00:16:41I grew up in a

00:16:42diplomatic family.

00:16:42The basics

00:16:43of international trade

00:16:44are as natural

00:16:45to me as breathing.

00:16:46Auf dem Neustmarkt,

00:16:47wenn ein Kuntelange

00:16:48nicht über den Preis

00:16:48spielt,

00:16:49sondern nur über Tellingen,

00:16:50wie würden Sie damit umgehen?

00:16:51Atajriya balataka.

00:16:52You speak Arabic too?

00:16:56A little.

00:16:57Der japanische Lieferstand

00:16:58ist 6% günstiger,

00:16:59aber die Lieferzeit

00:17:00ist instabil.

00:17:01Wie entscheiden Sie?

00:17:02Die erschrichene

00:17:02japanische Angusuznummer

00:17:04leigt J.K.T. 0427.

00:17:06Ich würde nicht

00:17:07das mirigste Auversorg

00:17:08wählen,

00:17:09sondern die Läusung

00:17:10mit dem kleinsten

00:17:11Gesamtoriskop.

00:17:14The framework works.

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

00:17:16follow up with you

00:17:17on the details.

00:17:19The hand was warm

00:17:20and strong,

00:17:20and the grip

00:17:21was just right.

00:17:22Annie, right?

00:17:23Yes.

00:17:24You're wasted

00:17:25in the junior level.

00:17:31You lied to everyone!

00:17:33What?

00:17:34You said you

00:17:35only spoke Spanish.

00:17:41I do mainly work

00:17:42in Spanish.

00:17:43What you did

00:17:44in there today,

00:17:44that's what you call

00:17:45mainly working in Spanish?

00:17:46Your German

00:17:47is better than mine.

00:17:48Where did that Arab

00:17:49come from?

00:17:49It's not even

00:17:49on your resume.

00:17:53Scarlett,

00:17:53the project was saved,

00:17:54wasn't it?

00:17:55You did this

00:17:56on purpose!

00:17:56You hid your skill

00:17:57just waiting

00:17:58for a chance

00:17:59like this

00:17:59to show off!

00:18:01What do you think

00:18:02will happen

00:18:02just because

00:18:03you impressed

00:18:03Louis Anderson once?

00:18:05When we're back

00:18:05at the company,

00:18:06you're still just

00:18:07that junior translator.

00:18:08Annie,

00:18:09just you wait.

00:18:17Suddenly,

00:18:18I felt a little tired.

00:18:21How did the negotiation go?

00:18:22Did Scarlett crash and burn?

00:18:24The project was saved.

00:18:25How was it saved?

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

00:18:26Wait,

00:18:27was it you?

00:18:27I'll tell you

00:18:29when I get back.

00:18:30Annie,

00:18:30you finally made a move!

00:18:33Standing at the exit

00:18:34of the underground garage,

00:18:35I felt the autumn wind

00:18:37blowing in.

00:18:38It was a bit cold.

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

00:18:41I really didn't.

00:18:42But I didn't want

00:18:43to lose my job either.

00:18:53Mr. White,

00:18:54Annie spoke out of turn

00:18:55during negotiation

00:18:56and completely ignored

00:18:57the company hierarchy.

00:18:58Was the project saved?

00:19:00Yes, but that was...

00:19:01Then that's all that matters.

00:19:02The Crown Will deal

00:19:02is worth $40 million.

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

00:19:05the entire translation department

00:19:07could have packed up.

00:19:10One look at her face

00:19:11and I knew

00:19:12this wasn't over.

00:19:18Annie,

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

00:19:21I can get by.

00:19:23You can get by?

00:19:23I heard you handled

00:19:24the entire negotiation

00:19:25in German without any problem

00:19:26at Crown Well

00:19:27and you even used Arabic.

00:19:28My German just everyday level?

00:19:30Do you know

00:19:30if the company hired

00:19:31a multi-language translator

00:19:32like you,

00:19:32the starting salary

00:19:33would be at least $96,000 a year?

00:19:34I have no issues

00:19:35with my current salary.

00:19:37Fine.

00:19:37Come to the meeting room

00:19:38at two this afternoon.

00:19:39We need you involved

00:19:40in the follow-up coordination

00:19:41for the Crown Well project.

00:19:43Mr. Wood!

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

00:19:45of the Crown Well project!

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

00:19:47but Annie will be involved

00:19:48in the coordination.

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

00:19:54Happy now, Annie?

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

00:19:57You just what?

00:19:59You think because

00:20:00you showed up once yesterday

00:20:01you're on the same level

00:20:02as me now?

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

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

00:20:05I worked my way up

00:20:06from intern to department leader.

00:20:07And you?

00:20:08A liar who's been

00:20:09hiding everything.

00:20:13Just you wait.

00:20:18Annie, Mr. Anderson

00:20:19specifically requested

00:20:20you as the translator

00:20:21for the follow-up coordination.

00:20:22Starting today,

00:20:23you'll be temporarily transferred

00:20:24to the Crown Well project team.

00:20:25Okay.

00:20:26But your position

00:20:26will remain junior

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

00:20:29We'll evaluate it again

00:20:29after the project ends.

00:20:31Got it.

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

00:20:33is divided into three stages.

00:20:34The preliminary framework

00:20:35was already discussed yesterday.

00:20:36Next comes the translation

00:20:37of the detailed terms

00:20:38and contract documents.

00:20:39All files will need

00:20:40English, Spanish,

00:20:40and German versions.

00:20:42Annie, can you handle

00:20:43all three language versions

00:20:43at the same time?

00:20:44Yes.

00:20:45Three languages?

00:20:46Since she joined this company,

00:20:47she has only ever worked

00:20:48as a Spanish translator.

00:20:48We don't even know

00:20:49her actual German level.

00:20:50What if something goes wrong?

00:20:51Yesterday's negotiation

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

00:20:54Any other questions?

00:20:58It took me two hours

00:21:00to finish the English version

00:21:01and another hour and a half

00:21:02to finish the Spanish version.

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

00:21:08Aren't you afraid

00:21:08of making mistakes?

00:21:09Nope.

00:21:10You'd better pray

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

00:21:18Both the speed

00:21:19and quality

00:21:20excited expectations.

00:21:21Annie, what exactly

00:21:22have you been doing

00:21:22for the past three years?

00:21:32Hello?

00:21:33Annie?

00:21:33It was Louis Anderson.

00:21:35This is Louis Anderson

00:21:36from Crownwell.

00:21:37Mr. Wood gave me your number.

00:21:38Mr. Anderson,

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

00:21:40I read the 62 pages

00:21:41you translated today.

00:21:42Was there any problem?

00:21:43No problem at all.

00:21:45It's the most accurate

00:21:46German business translation

00:21:47I've seen in the past three years.

00:21:49You're not someone

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

00:21:52That is my current position.

00:21:53I know.

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

00:21:55Crownwell has an internal meeting

00:21:57tomorrow afternoon.

00:21:58It involves partner selection

00:21:59for the Middle Eastern market.

00:22:00I need an Arabic-speaking

00:22:01interpreter there.

00:22:02This should go through

00:22:03the company.

00:22:03I know.

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

00:22:06Would you like to come?

00:22:07Okay, I will.

00:22:10Annie,

00:22:11maybe you're going

00:22:11to be exposed after all.

00:22:13I knew this day

00:22:13would come eventually.

00:22:15But I just didn't expect

00:22:16it to come this soon.

00:22:20They were from

00:22:21a construction materials group

00:22:22in the UAE.

00:22:23The man leading the meeting

00:22:23looked about 50,

00:22:24wearing a white robe

00:22:25with a Siri expression.

00:22:26A young Arab woman

00:22:27sat beside him

00:22:28should be his interpreter.

00:22:29You're here.

00:22:31Today, I may need you

00:22:32to do an interpretation

00:22:33between Eric and English.

00:22:35Okay.

00:22:35If Charlotte were here,

00:22:36she would probably ask,

00:22:37where did your ablick

00:22:38even come from?

00:22:38The answer is,

00:22:39I lived in Cairo

00:22:40for a year and a half.

00:22:41During that time,

00:22:41my roommate was even

00:22:42an Egyptian diplomat's daughter.

00:22:47Grass.

00:22:48This is all of us.

00:22:49It's all of us.

00:22:49Standard procedure.

00:22:5115 minutes passed.

00:22:59I lowered my head

00:23:00and hyped

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

00:23:02Then I turned my laptop

00:23:02slightly so Louie Anderson

00:23:03could see the strong line

00:23:04in English.

00:23:05They said they want to

00:23:05push the price down

00:23:06by 20 work.

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

00:23:08Louie Anderson's eyes

00:23:08stayed on the screen

00:23:09for one second.

00:23:11His expression

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

00:23:13But in the negotiation

00:23:14that followed,

00:23:15his strategy

00:23:15clearly shifted.

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

00:23:17Our final offer is 10%

00:23:18below the current market price.

00:23:19Take your lead.

00:23:25Your abhishek is excellent.

00:23:27Not that good.

00:23:28Just the daily level.

00:23:29You heard what he said

00:23:30to his interpreter just now?

00:23:31Then you warned me.

00:23:32I just thought the information

00:23:33might be useful

00:23:34for the negotiation.

00:23:35Without that warning from you,

00:23:36this deal would have cost us

00:23:37at least $8 million today.

00:23:39Annie, how many languages

00:23:39do you speak?

00:23:41German, French, Japanese,

00:23:42Korean, Spanish, Arabic,

00:23:43and Italian.

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

00:23:45Mm-hmm.

00:23:46And you're a junior level

00:23:46translator at Light Global.

00:23:48Mm-hmm.

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

00:23:49It was my choice.

00:23:50Would you be interested

00:23:50in coming to Crownwell?

00:23:51I can start you

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

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

00:23:54the International Business Department,

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

00:23:57Mr. Anderson,

00:23:58thank you for the offer.

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

00:24:00for now.

00:24:00For now?

00:24:01For now.

00:24:02You can change your mind

00:24:02to any ground.

00:24:03Only one line of text,

00:24:04Loey Anderson,

00:24:05and a phone number.

00:24:05It didn't even say

00:24:06President Crownwell International.

00:24:08This kind of card

00:24:08is usually given to people

00:24:09who already need to know

00:24:10who you are.

00:24:20What are you doing?

00:24:22I was passing by

00:24:23and saw your computer

00:24:24was still on.

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

00:24:25You went to Crownwell

00:24:26again today?

00:24:27Loey Anderson asked you

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

00:24:29It was needed

00:24:29for the project coordination.

00:24:30What kind of project

00:24:31needs you to interpret Arabic?

00:24:32You never said

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

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

00:24:35What did you see

00:24:35on my computer?

00:24:38I didn't see anything.

00:24:39She had opened

00:24:40my personal folder.

00:24:41What was inside?

00:24:42Some translation exercises.

00:24:44Casual translations

00:24:45in French, Japanese,

00:24:47and Korean.

00:24:48Things I did

00:24:48when I was bored.

00:24:50If she saw those...

00:24:53Annie, what exactly

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

00:24:55Scarlett was losing her mind

00:24:56in the office all afternoon.

00:24:57She went through your computer.

00:24:58You know?

00:24:59Why are you reporting her?

00:25:00Report what?

00:25:01I don't have proof.

00:25:02You are way too...

00:25:03Forget it.

00:25:03I heard something today.

00:25:04Do you want to know?

00:25:05Go on.

00:25:05There's something going on

00:25:06between Scarlett and Alice Wood.

00:25:07What do you mean?

00:25:08I handle reimbursement forms

00:25:09and admin.

00:25:10Over the past six months,

00:25:10Scarlett has gone along

00:25:11with Alice Wood

00:25:12to talk about work

00:25:1217 times.

00:25:13Every single time

00:25:14I was at that hotel

00:25:14on the website

00:25:15and I didn't think about that.

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

00:25:17How does that have

00:25:17nothing to do with you?

00:25:18Alex Wood made Scarlett

00:25:19to partner leader

00:25:20because of this relationship.

00:25:26The message basically said

00:25:28the company found

00:25:28some employees

00:25:29failed to truthfully fill in

00:25:30personal skills

00:25:31during onboarding.

00:25:32All staff must update

00:25:33profiles within a week.

00:25:35Concealment or classification

00:25:37will be dealt with

00:25:38as a violation

00:25:38of company regulations.

00:25:41This email

00:25:42is answered straight to you.

00:25:43Of course I knew.

00:25:45When Scarlett went through

00:25:46my computer

00:25:46she found those

00:25:47multilingual translation

00:25:48exercises.

00:25:49She must have gone

00:25:50to Alice Wood.

00:25:54Annie,

00:25:54did you see that email?

00:25:57So what?

00:25:58Are you planning

00:25:58to update your profile?

00:26:00I'm still thinking about it.

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

00:26:04If they find out

00:26:05you hid something,

00:26:06that'll be a very

00:26:07serious matter.

00:26:09Thank you for the

00:26:10reminder, Scarlett.

00:26:16It had a pure black background

00:26:18with handwritten words

00:26:19on the back.

00:26:22I never noticed it before.

00:26:24It hasn't come to that yet.

00:26:29There are two things

00:26:30to discuss today.

00:26:32First,

00:26:32the Crownwell project

00:26:34has finished

00:26:34the initial handover.

00:26:36Mr. Anderson

00:26:36is very satisfied

00:26:37with our translation work.

00:26:39Bonuses for this project

00:26:41will be issued

00:26:41next month.

00:26:44Second,

00:26:45regarding the update

00:26:46of employee profiles.

00:26:52Mr. White,

00:26:53I have a question.

00:26:54Go ahead.

00:26:56If an employee

00:26:57deliberately hides

00:26:58their skills

00:26:58and causes the company

00:26:59to make the mistakes

00:27:00in allocation

00:27:01human resources,

00:27:02does that count

00:27:03as a violation?

00:27:10Then let me give

00:27:11an example.

00:27:11Say an employee

00:27:12only lists Spanish

00:27:13on her profile,

00:27:14but in fact she is fluent

00:27:15in multiple languages.

00:27:16The company assigns

00:27:16her position and salary

00:27:17according on the standard

00:27:18for a Spanish translator

00:27:19and she never raises

00:27:20any objection.

00:27:21Over three years

00:27:21without knowing the truth,

00:27:22the company loses out

00:27:23on a huge amount

00:27:24of usable human resources.

00:27:25This kind of behavior.

00:27:26Enough.

00:27:30Scarlett,

00:27:31get to the point.

00:27:32The person you're talking

00:27:33about is me, right?

00:27:35So what?

00:27:36Yes.

00:27:37I only listed Spanish

00:27:38on my profile

00:27:39because the position

00:27:40I applied for

00:27:41was junior Spanish

00:27:42translator.

00:27:43I have never made

00:27:44a mistake during the work.

00:27:46As for the other languages,

00:27:48as for the other languages,

00:27:49you hid your ability.

00:27:50You let the company

00:27:51spend high salaries

00:27:52hiring people

00:27:53for the German,

00:27:53French,

00:27:54and Arabic teams

00:27:54when you alone

00:27:55could do all of their jobs.

00:27:56Isn't that damaging

00:27:57the company's interests?

00:27:58If I alone

00:27:59can replace all of them,

00:28:00then where does

00:28:01that leave you, Scarlett?

00:28:02This has nothing

00:28:02to do with my place.

00:28:03It does.

00:28:04Because what you're

00:28:05really worried about

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

00:28:08It's the fact

00:28:09that you found out

00:28:10I'm more capable than you.

00:28:11And now your position

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

00:28:14You...

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

00:28:17Not listing on my profile

00:28:18does not mean hiding.

00:28:20The skills section

00:28:21does not say

00:28:21all skills must be listed.

00:28:23I chose to show

00:28:24only the skills required

00:28:25for the job I applied for.

00:28:26That is my right.

00:28:31Fine.

00:28:32Then let me ask

00:28:32another question.

00:28:33Mr. White,

00:28:34the bonus for the

00:28:35Crownwell Project

00:28:35is distributed

00:28:36among the team members, right?

00:28:38Yes.

00:28:38Annie was added to the team

00:28:39later on a temporary basis.

00:28:41The part she took in

00:28:42was just translation handover.

00:28:43She wasn't on

00:28:44the original team list.

00:28:45So when the bonus

00:28:46is distributed,

00:28:47she shouldn't receive

00:28:47the full amount.

00:28:49That was a vicious move.

00:28:50She stopped attacking me

00:28:52over the hidden skills issue

00:28:53because she knew

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

00:28:54So she switched

00:28:55to Mund

00:28:56Money and S.

00:28:57said.

00:28:59Well,

00:29:01Scarlet does have a point.

00:29:02Annie joined

00:29:03halfway through.

00:29:04Louie Anderson

00:29:04specifically requested me.

00:29:08Mr. Anderson,

00:29:10what brings you here?

00:29:11I came to deliver

00:29:12the contract.

00:29:13I heard your meeting.

00:29:14The door wasn't

00:29:15fully closed.

00:29:16The core negotiation

00:29:17of this project

00:29:17was completed by Annie.

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

00:29:19she saved the entire

00:29:20conversation in the

00:29:21final five minutes.

00:29:22During the meeting

00:29:22with the UAE client,

00:29:23she used Arabic

00:29:23to win me $8 million

00:29:24in profit margin.

00:29:25How your company

00:29:26distributes bonuses

00:29:27is your business.

00:29:28But I suggest you figure out

00:29:29who really is

00:29:30the key person

00:29:32in this project.

00:29:38One more thing.

00:29:39There is a clause

00:29:39in this contract.

00:29:40From now on,

00:29:41all translation

00:29:42handover work

00:29:43the crown width

00:29:43will be handled by Annie.

00:29:45If she is no longer

00:29:46at White Global,

00:29:47this contract

00:29:47automatically becomes void.

00:29:53Mr. Anderson,

00:29:54you mean,

00:29:55I've made myself

00:29:56very clear.

00:29:57This contract

00:29:58is worth $80 million

00:29:59a year.

00:30:00The handover translator

00:30:01is Annie.

00:30:03If you replace her,

00:30:04the contract is void.

00:30:07$80 million.

00:30:09Annie.

00:30:10Mr. White.

00:30:10Starting today,

00:30:11you are no longer

00:30:12on the junior level.

00:30:14Then which level

00:30:14I'm in?

00:30:15Deputy Director

00:30:16of the Translation Department.

00:30:17As for your salary,

00:30:19you'll discuss it privately.

00:30:21Mr. White!

00:30:22She's only been here

00:30:23for three years.

00:30:24I've been here

00:30:24for seven.

00:30:25Scarlet,

00:30:26sit down.

00:30:27Tu mérites nu que ça.

00:30:30The Translation Department

00:30:32was in an uproar.

00:30:33She actually speaks

00:30:35eight languages.

00:30:36She stayed in the junior level

00:30:37for three years?

00:30:38How did that happen?

00:30:40Didn't you hear

00:30:40Louis Anderson's contract?

00:30:42He specifically asked for her.

00:30:44$80 million.

00:30:46Scarlet's face

00:30:47looks amazing.

00:30:48I mean, the color.

00:30:52That line in French,

00:30:53you understood it?

00:30:54I did.

00:30:56What did you think?

00:30:59I'm thinking about it.

00:31:01Take your time.

00:31:05Annie,

00:31:06let's have a chat.

00:31:09You hit for three years,

00:31:10and now everything

00:31:11is out in the low-open.

00:31:13Do you really think

00:31:13your life here

00:31:14will be easy from now on?

00:31:16Are you threatening me?

00:31:17I'm reminding you.

00:31:18Do you think

00:31:19becoming Deputy Director

00:31:20solves everything?

00:31:21The Translation Department's

00:31:22connections,

00:31:23client relationships,

00:31:24and internal resources

00:31:25are all in my hands.

00:31:26You're a newcomer

00:31:26who just got promoted.

00:31:27You won't be able

00:31:28to handle any of it.

00:31:29What are you trying to say?

00:31:30Give me your position.

00:31:31You can keep working

00:31:32as the handover translator

00:31:33and take your project bonus.

00:31:35I'll manage the department

00:31:36and you handle the business.

00:31:37We both get what we want.

00:31:39What if I don't want to?

00:31:41Then I'll let you know,

00:31:42ability isn't the only thing

00:31:43that matters in reality.

00:31:53ability isn't the only thing

00:31:54that matters.

00:31:55But there is one thing

00:31:56she's wrong about.

00:31:57Thinking she was the only one

00:31:59who had the connection.

00:32:03On Monday,

00:32:04something major happened

00:32:05at White Global.

00:32:06The company had received

00:32:07a new project,

00:32:08a fashion brand

00:32:08from Léon, France.

00:32:09It required a full set

00:32:11of French to English

00:32:12brand translation

00:32:13and market localization services.

00:32:15Alex Wood had brought

00:32:16this project back

00:32:17through an old client.

00:32:19The amount was not huge,

00:32:20but it mattered a lot

00:32:22for the company's

00:32:23brand expansion.

00:32:24The problem was,

00:32:25one of the two translators

00:32:27on the French team

00:32:27had just resigned last month.

00:32:29The other was

00:32:30on maternity leave.

00:32:32There's no one left

00:32:33on the French team.

00:32:34What are we supposed

00:32:35to do with this project?

00:32:38Annie,

00:32:39what level is your French?

00:32:41It works.

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

00:32:43Can you handle

00:32:43high-end French brand

00:32:44localization?

00:32:45Yes.

00:32:47Good.

00:32:47Then you're taking

00:32:48this project.

00:32:51The director of the French

00:32:52I personally called

00:32:53Brian White

00:32:54after looked through.

00:32:58Is your translator French?

00:32:59The language feels

00:33:01incredibly authentic.

00:33:02Yes.

00:33:03We have a dedicated

00:33:03French translation team.

00:33:09Annie,

00:33:10the French side

00:33:11is extremely satisfied.

00:33:13They've added another project,

00:33:14the full translation

00:33:15of their product manuals.

00:33:16It's worth $3 million.

00:33:19Okay.

00:33:20I'll approve your project bonus

00:33:21for this month separately.

00:33:23Thank you, Mr. White.

00:33:27Please note everyone.

00:33:28Project assignments

00:33:29in the translation

00:33:30should follow department

00:33:30procedures.

00:33:31No one should skip

00:33:32the leader

00:33:32and take projects directly.

00:33:46Annie,

00:33:47do you really speak

00:33:48eight languages?

00:33:49Yes.

00:33:50Do you know how rare

00:33:50someone like you is

00:33:51in the translation industry?

00:33:53I know.

00:33:54Then why did you...

00:33:57Forget it.

00:33:58There is something

00:33:58I should tell you.

00:33:59Scarlet has a real problem

00:34:00with you.

00:34:01She's brought it up

00:34:01with me several times already.

00:34:03I know.

00:34:04You better be careful.

00:34:06She has certain

00:34:08connections in the company.

00:34:10Mr. Wood,

00:34:11about you and Scarlet?

00:34:13What about us?

00:34:15Nothing.

00:34:21Annie, Scarlet and I

00:34:22don't have the kind

00:34:23of relationship

00:34:23you might be thinking of.

00:34:25She got promoted

00:34:26to team lead

00:34:26because she had been here

00:34:27long enough

00:34:27and knew the business well.

00:34:30That's all.

00:34:32I thought of the 17 hotel

00:34:34re-inforcing things

00:34:35Elon had mentioned.

00:34:36Human nature really is

00:34:37an interesting thing.

00:34:41The way people

00:34:42looked at me

00:34:43was strange.

00:34:44It wasn't admiration

00:34:45or envy.

00:34:46It was more like

00:34:47avoidance.

00:34:48Something happened.

00:34:50What happened?

00:34:51Scarlet reported you

00:34:51to Brian White.

00:34:53Reported me for what?

00:34:54She said you privately

00:34:55leakered White Global's

00:34:56internal pricing strategy

00:34:57to Crownweck

00:34:57while you were

00:34:58translating for them.

00:34:59That's a false accusation.

00:35:00I know.

00:35:01But she has evidence.

00:35:02What evidence?

00:35:03She said she found

00:35:04a file on your computer.

00:35:05Screenshots of a chat

00:35:06between Lou

00:35:07and Louie Anderson's

00:35:08assistant.

00:35:08Frank Young.

00:35:09The chat mentions

00:35:10White Global's

00:35:11internal pricing.

00:35:12There is no such file

00:35:13on my computer.

00:35:14She says there is

00:35:15and she already

00:35:16showed it to Brian White.

00:35:17Brian wants you

00:35:18in his office

00:35:18tomorrow morning

00:35:19to explain yourself.

00:35:21That so-called

00:35:22chat record

00:35:23is fake.

00:35:24I sneaked a look at it.

00:35:25The chat time

00:35:26was last Wednesday

00:35:27at 2 p.m.

00:35:28But you were

00:35:28at the department meeting

00:35:29last Wednesday afternoon.

00:35:30Everyone can prove it.

00:35:31Then how did she

00:35:32she edited the time

00:35:33in the chat?

00:35:34Photoshopped it.

00:35:35But she forgot

00:35:36one thing.

00:35:37There's a battery indicator

00:35:38in the top right corner

00:35:39of the screenshot.

00:35:40That battery display

00:35:40doesn't match

00:35:41your phone model.

00:35:42You use a Samsung.

00:35:43That screenshot

00:35:43is from an iPhone.

00:35:47Ellen, I need you

00:35:47to do me a favor.

00:35:49Name it.

00:35:49You're in administration.

00:35:51Can you pull

00:35:52the attendance records

00:35:53and meeting room usage

00:35:54records from last

00:35:55Wednesday afternoon?

00:35:56Yes.

00:35:56Pull them.

00:35:57Also, Scarlet's

00:35:58reimbursement records,

00:35:59the 17 hotel ones,

00:36:00do you have them?

00:36:01I do.

00:36:02Are you finally

00:36:02going to use them?

00:36:03Not to attack her,

00:36:04but to protect myself.

00:36:06If she comes after me,

00:36:07I need Brian White

00:36:07to know her credibility

00:36:08has a problem.

00:36:09Got it.

00:36:20Every file

00:36:21had a timestamp

00:36:22and sending record.

00:36:23My real chat history

00:36:25with Frank Young

00:36:25was all on teams

00:36:26with server backups.

00:36:29Scarlet can fake screenshots,

00:36:31but she couldn't

00:36:32change server data.

00:36:41I heard you were reported.

00:36:44News travels fast.

00:36:45Frank told me.

00:36:46Do you need help?

00:36:47No.

00:36:48I can handle it myself.

00:36:50Are you sure?

00:36:53Yes.

00:36:54Fine.

00:36:54If you can't handle it,

00:36:55just tell me.

00:36:58It won't.

00:37:04Annie.

00:37:06Scarlet reported that

00:37:08you privately leaked

00:37:09our pricing strategy

00:37:10to Crownwell

00:37:10while you were

00:37:11translating for them.

00:37:12These screenshots

00:37:13are the evidence

00:37:14she provided.

00:37:15Is there anything

00:37:16you want to say?

00:37:16It was exactly

00:37:17as Aline had described.

00:37:18My profile picture,

00:37:20my name,

00:37:20a conversation

00:37:21with Frank Young.

00:37:22The content

00:37:23did involve

00:37:23White Global's pricing,

00:37:24but the wording

00:37:25was extremely unnatural,

00:37:27like it had been

00:37:27made up by someone

00:37:28who didn't understand

00:37:29formal business conversation.

00:37:30These screenshots

00:37:31are fake.

00:37:33Of course you would

00:37:34say that.

00:37:35I can prove it.

00:37:37This is my full

00:37:39chat history

00:37:39with Frank Young.

00:37:40It has server backups

00:37:41and timestamps.

00:37:43Please compare them.

00:37:45The times don't match.

00:37:47The screenshot Scarlet

00:37:48provided showed

00:37:49that the conversation

00:37:50happened last Wednesday

00:37:51at 2 p.m.,

00:37:52but the team's record

00:37:53showed that Annie

00:37:54and Frank Young

00:37:54had no conversation

00:37:55at that time.

00:37:56She could have deleted

00:37:57who has server backups.

00:37:59Even if an employee

00:37:59deletes the chat

00:38:00on their eye,

00:38:00the server still keeps it.

00:38:02Also,

00:38:02from 2 p.m.

00:38:03to 4 p.m.

00:38:03last Wednesday,

00:38:04I was attending

00:38:04the department meeting

00:38:05in the company.

00:38:06The attendance

00:38:06and meeting room

00:38:07booking records

00:38:07can prove it.

00:38:08One more thing.

00:38:09This screenshot

00:38:09is from an iOS interface.

00:38:11I use Android.

00:38:13Scarlet,

00:38:13your phone is an iPhone,

00:38:14isn't it?

00:38:14That proves nothing.

00:38:16Maybe you changed phone.

00:38:17I've been here

00:38:17for three years.

00:38:19The device binding records

00:38:20from IT show

00:38:21I have never used

00:38:23an iPhone.

00:38:24I have never used an iPhone.

00:38:27Scarlet,

00:38:28where did these

00:38:28screenshots come from?

00:38:30I found them

00:38:31on her computer

00:38:32after you went

00:38:33through my computer

00:38:33last week.

00:38:34I reset the password.

00:38:37These screenshots

00:38:38were never on my computer.

00:38:41You never saw

00:38:42these snapshots

00:38:42on my computer

00:38:43because they never existed

00:38:45in the first place.

00:38:46You made them yourself.

00:38:49Scarlet,

00:38:50do you have anything

00:38:51else to explain?

00:38:53Mr. Wood,

00:38:55say something.

00:38:56Scarlet,

00:38:57you went too far

00:38:57this time.

00:38:59Faking evidence

00:39:00to falsely accuse

00:39:01a colleague

00:39:01is a serious violation.

00:39:03Scarlet,

00:39:03your position

00:39:04as the department leader

00:39:04is revoked immediately.

00:39:05Mr. White?

00:39:06Also,

00:39:06your year-end performance rating

00:39:07will be downgraded

00:39:07by one level.

00:39:08If anything like this

00:39:09happens again,

00:39:10your employment

00:39:10will be terminated

00:39:11immediately.

00:39:12Annie,

00:39:12are you happy now?

00:39:13Scarlet,

00:39:13from beginning to end,

00:39:14you were the one

00:39:14causing trouble for me.

00:39:15I never went

00:39:16after you first.

00:39:17Because your very existence

00:39:18is a quotation.

00:39:19You speak eight language

00:39:20and you hid it

00:39:21for three years.

00:39:21You made my seven years

00:39:23of hard work

00:39:23look like a joke.

00:39:26On the surface,

00:39:28no one in the

00:39:28translation department

00:39:29said much.

00:39:30But the group chat

00:39:31had completely blown up.

00:39:33She should have been

00:39:33removed ages ago.

00:39:35Her translation skills

00:39:36were just average.

00:39:37She only got there

00:39:38through connections.

00:39:39You guys didn't know?

00:39:40Every translation

00:39:41she submitted

00:39:41had been corrected

00:39:42by Annie.

00:39:43What?

00:39:44I am serious.

00:39:45I have seen

00:39:46the proof peating records.

00:39:47Then how many

00:39:48have Annie corrected

00:39:49over the past three years?

00:39:50A conservative estimate?

00:39:51Over a hundred.

00:40:01Excuse me.

00:40:03Which one of you

00:40:03is Annie?

00:40:05Me.

00:40:06Hello.

00:40:07I am Victoria Hayes,

00:40:09a producer

00:40:09at Harbor Light Media.

00:40:10We are preparing

00:40:11a large-scale

00:40:12international documentary

00:40:13project,

00:40:14and we need

00:40:14a multilinguish

00:40:15translation consultant.

00:40:16How did you find me?

00:40:18Industry recommendation.

00:40:19The Crownwell Project

00:40:20and the French brand

00:40:21project you worked on

00:40:22recently have attracted

00:40:22some attention in the field.

00:40:24Harbor Light Media,

00:40:25a top-team production company.

00:40:27Mrs. Hayes,

00:40:27what kind of project

00:40:28is it exactly?

00:40:29A documentary about

00:40:30the Strait of Barole

00:40:30and global trade.

00:40:31We need simultaneous

00:40:32interpretation

00:40:33and subtitle proof-feeding

00:40:34across five languages,

00:40:36English, French,

00:40:37Italian, Spanish,

00:40:37and Arabic.

00:40:38We contacted

00:40:39three translation companies,

00:40:41but none of them

00:40:41could provide one person

00:40:42who covers all five languages.

00:40:45Then someone told me

00:40:46that White Global

00:40:47has a girl

00:40:47who speaks eight languages.

00:40:49Who told you that?

00:40:50Louis Anderson.

00:40:51He is one of the investors

00:40:52in this project.

00:40:53Louis Anderson again.

00:40:54What is the consulting fee

00:40:55for this project?

00:40:56$50,000 a month.

00:40:57The estimated period

00:40:58is three months.

00:40:59$150,000.

00:41:00That is about six years

00:41:01of my salary

00:41:02at White Global.

00:41:03If you take it,

00:41:04you will need to travel

00:41:05for two months,

00:41:06the Middle East

00:41:07and Europe.

00:41:14A bank account in Zurich,

00:41:16a property in Munich,

00:41:17and a small apartment

00:41:18in the 16th compartment

00:41:19of Paris.

00:41:20The total value

00:41:22was close to $10 million.

00:41:23Language was the thing

00:41:24my parents loved most

00:41:25in their lives.

00:41:26My mother used to say,

00:41:28language is the best bridge.

00:41:31My father said,

00:41:32if you can understand

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

00:41:35you can understand their heart.

00:41:37They carved the languages

00:41:38of the world into my blood.

00:41:40Then they left.

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

00:41:43along with my memories of them.

00:41:45Because every time

00:41:46I speak one of those languages,

00:41:47I remember what they looked like

00:41:49when they were by my side

00:41:50teaching it to me.

00:41:51German was in Berlin.

00:41:52My dad taught it to me

00:41:54while taking me for ice cream

00:41:55in front of the Bransberg gate.

00:41:57French was in Paris.

00:41:59My mother read Malpouseau to me

00:42:01in the original French

00:42:02by the San.

00:42:03Arabic was in Cairo.

00:42:05The three of us

00:42:06were on a boat on the Nile.

00:42:09My father counted the stars

00:42:10while teaching me

00:42:11how to say

00:42:11Wahid, Ethwan, Flatham.

00:42:14Every language was a memory.

00:42:15And I didn't want to

00:42:16open those memories.

00:42:17But I...

00:42:23Has Mrs. Hayes

00:42:24from Harbor Light

00:42:25reached out to you?

00:42:26She has.

00:42:27Why did you introduce this to me?

00:42:29Because you need

00:42:30to step out of it.

00:42:32You do not know me.

00:42:33I know your parents

00:42:34were diplomats.

00:42:35I know your background.

00:42:38You investigated me?

00:42:39Before I decide

00:42:40who to work with,

00:42:41I learn about them.

00:42:43Annie,

00:42:43your parents

00:42:44were remarkable people.

00:42:46You do not need

00:42:47to lock yourself

00:42:47in a corner

00:42:48just to escape

00:42:49their shadow.

00:42:51Go take a look

00:42:52at Harbor Light's project.

00:42:53The Strait of Jurada,

00:42:54the bridge between

00:42:55Europe and Africa.

00:42:56Maybe you should

00:42:56see it for yourself.

00:43:03Maybe he was right.

00:43:07Mr. White,

00:43:08I need to take

00:43:09two months off.

00:43:11For what?

00:43:12A documentary project

00:43:12wants me as a

00:43:13translation sultan.

00:43:14I need to travel

00:43:15to the Middle East

00:43:16and Europe.

00:43:16Two months?

00:43:17What about

00:43:18Crownwell's project?

00:43:19I have already

00:43:19completed all the

00:43:20translation drafts

00:43:21for Crownwell's

00:43:21second phase.

00:43:22The third phase

00:43:23will not start

00:43:23until three months later.

00:43:24Are you resigning?

00:43:25I will come back.

00:43:27Fine.

00:43:28I will approve

00:43:29two months for you.

00:43:33Scarlet?

00:43:34Scarlet had

00:43:34been transferred

00:43:35to administration

00:43:36as a clerk.

00:43:37The old shine

00:43:37was gone.

00:43:38You are going

00:43:38on a business trip?

00:43:39Mm-hmm.

00:43:41For how long?

00:43:41Two months.

00:43:42You know,

00:43:42when I joined

00:43:43the White

00:43:43seven years ago,

00:43:44I only spoke

00:43:44one language, too.

00:43:47Later,

00:43:47I learned French

00:43:48and Spanish

00:43:49while working here.

00:43:49I went from intern

00:43:50to the department leader.

00:43:52I thought I had

00:43:53worked really hard.

00:43:54You did work hard.

00:43:55But without doing

00:43:56anything,

00:43:56you were already

00:43:57above me.

00:43:57Eight languages.

00:43:58What gives you

00:43:59the rights?

00:43:59My parents.

00:44:00They paid for it

00:44:01with their lives.

00:44:05That was the last

00:44:06time we spoke

00:44:07in this building.

00:44:08At the airport,

00:44:08I unexpectedly

00:44:09ran into someone.

00:44:10Louis Anderson.

00:44:12He was wearing

00:44:12casual clothes.

00:44:13It was the first time

00:44:14I had ever seen

00:44:15him out of a suit.

00:44:16Annie?

00:44:16What are you doing here?

00:44:18Crownwell has business

00:44:18in Dubai.

00:44:19What a coincidence.

00:44:20Yeah.

00:44:21What a coincidence.

00:44:26Business class

00:44:26is pretty empty.

00:44:27Why are you

00:44:28sitting here?

00:44:29I bought an economy

00:44:29ticket.

00:44:32About the inheritance

00:44:33your parents left you.

00:44:34You even know

00:44:34about that?

00:44:35The law firm

00:44:36has worked with us

00:44:37before.

00:44:37Attorney Wills

00:44:38once mentioned

00:44:38a client who

00:44:39refused to inherit

00:44:39an estate.

00:44:40The industry

00:44:41is only so big.

00:44:42So the whole world

00:44:42knows?

00:44:43Not the whole world.

00:44:44Just me caring about it.

00:44:45I turned to look at him

00:44:46and my heart

00:44:46skipped a beat.

00:44:47The sunlight in Dubai

00:44:48was completely different

00:44:49from back home.

00:44:50Dry, fierce,

00:44:51almost as if it could

00:44:51burn straight

00:44:52through your shadow.

00:44:53So you are Annie,

00:44:54the one who speaks

00:44:54eight languages?

00:44:55Yes.

00:44:56Let's do a test.

00:44:57Translate a section

00:44:57for me first.

00:44:58Martin handed me

00:44:59an Arabic interview

00:45:00outline.

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

00:45:02a junior translator

00:45:02at White Global

00:45:03Trading Co.

00:45:04I've been here

00:45:04three years

00:45:05and make $24,000

00:45:06a year.

00:45:07Finally,

00:45:08she is the one.

00:45:09She is better

00:45:10than those three

00:45:11translation companies

00:45:12combined.

00:45:13Martin,

00:45:14she has not even

00:45:14given us a quote yet.

00:45:16no need.

00:45:17It's her.

00:45:18The first stop

00:45:19was the antique market

00:45:20in Old Dubai.

00:45:20The documentary

00:45:21was going to cover

00:45:22how the Strait of Hormos

00:45:23connects global trade.

00:45:24There was a Persian

00:45:25carpet shop here

00:45:26that had been open

00:45:27for 40 years

00:45:27and the owner

00:45:28was a third generation

00:45:29Iranian merchant.

00:45:31You're from them.

00:45:32You see you

00:45:33like you're learning

00:45:34in the river.

00:45:35Oh,

00:45:36you're watching

00:45:36in the river.

00:45:38You're watching

00:45:39You're watching

00:45:40the river.

00:45:41You're watching

00:45:42the river.

00:45:48In Casablanca,

00:45:49I interviewed

00:45:49a historian

00:45:50in French.

00:45:52Le détroit de Blolort

00:45:53n'est pas simplement

00:45:53un passage maritain,

00:45:54mais une forme

00:45:54de dialogue.

00:45:55Les personnes excédent

00:45:56de monde

00:45:56écoutent

00:45:56George's

00:45:57as a true,

00:45:57bien qu'elles parlent

00:45:58de Valdena

00:45:58ferriant

00:45:59par le tacomar

00:45:59et inétaféte.

00:46:00He said,

00:46:01On the Strait

00:46:01of Jawali,

00:46:02shipping and trade

00:46:03are a way

00:46:03of having a dialogue.

00:46:04People may come

00:46:05from different backgrounds

00:46:06and speak different

00:46:06languages,

00:46:07but their hearts

00:46:07are connected.

00:46:08My voice,

00:46:09but their hearts

00:46:10was a little halseyed

00:46:10because my father

00:46:11had said almost

00:46:12the exact same thing.

00:46:14Okay.

00:46:15That night,

00:46:16the team had dinner

00:46:17at the hotel.

00:46:19Annie,

00:46:20Mr. Anderson

00:46:20asked whether

00:46:21your work went

00:46:21smoothly today?

00:46:22It went smoothly.

00:46:23No need to worry

00:46:24about me.

00:46:24Mr. Anderson

00:46:25asked me to tell you

00:46:26that he is in the office

00:46:27on the 58th floor

00:46:28of this hotel.

00:46:28If you need anything,

00:46:30contact him anytime.

00:46:33Hello?

00:46:35Have you eaten?

00:46:37I am eating now.

00:46:38The food here

00:46:39may not really

00:46:39suit our taste.

00:46:40If you want

00:46:41something else...

00:46:42Mr. Anderson,

00:46:43why are you

00:46:44telling me this?

00:46:45Because I care about you.

00:46:46I do not need

00:46:47your concern,

00:46:47thank you.

00:46:48Okay.

00:46:49No more concern.

00:46:50Good night.

00:46:51Over the next few weeks,

00:46:52we went a lot of places.

00:46:53On the flight

00:46:54from Istanbul to Cairo,

00:46:55I received an email.

00:46:56Sender, Scarlet.

00:46:57Subject, no subject.

00:46:59After you left,

00:47:00they laid off

00:47:00the French team

00:47:01and the German team

00:47:02because Brian White

00:47:03said you alone

00:47:04would enough.

00:47:04Seven people

00:47:05lost their jobs

00:47:06because of you.

00:47:07Are you happy now?

00:47:08I looked at the email

00:47:09and deleted it.

00:47:11Do not believe,

00:47:12Scarlet.

00:47:12The French and German

00:47:13teams were cut

00:47:13because they were

00:47:14already at the bottom

00:47:15in performance.

00:47:15It has nothing

00:47:16to do with you.

00:47:17She is just trying

00:47:17to mess with you.

00:47:18I know.

00:47:19Are you okay?

00:47:20I am fine.

00:47:25Cairo,

00:47:25the third stop

00:47:26of the documentary.

00:47:27I lived here

00:47:28for a while.

00:47:31When the plane landed,

00:47:32I looked out

00:47:33at that familiar city

00:47:34and my heart

00:47:35started beating

00:47:35a little faster.

00:47:36In Cairo,

00:47:37the team was filming

00:47:38a section

00:47:38about the history

00:47:39of trade

00:47:40between the Middle East

00:47:41and Europe.

00:47:42They needed

00:47:43Arabic interpretation.

00:47:48Are you okay?

00:47:55Is it going to provide

00:47:56an similar in Cairo?

00:47:58The owner of this

00:47:59was a diplomat.

00:48:00He died five years ago.

00:48:02His daughter

00:48:03is a heir to the

00:48:03as a heir.

00:48:04He has never been

00:48:05born.

00:48:07Are you okay?

00:48:08Do you have a diplomat?

00:48:11Shmi Michael Smith.

00:48:14Michael Smith.

00:48:16That was my father's name.

00:48:21After the interview,

00:48:22I sat alone

00:48:22on the streets of Cairo.

00:48:24I looked up at the sky.

00:48:26It was gray.

00:48:28I still remember

00:48:29the pistachio flavor

00:48:30ice cream that year.

00:48:36Hello?

00:48:37You arrived in Cairo?

00:48:38Yes.

00:48:41What happened?

00:48:42Your voice sounds off.

00:48:44Nothing.

00:48:46I flew to Cairo

00:48:46this afternoon.

00:48:47If you have time...

00:48:48Why do you always

00:48:49show up wherever I am?

00:48:50Because Victoria

00:48:51has your itinerary.

00:48:52She is running

00:48:53a project I invested in,

00:48:54so I have the right

00:48:55to see you.

00:48:55That is called stalking.

00:48:57That is called

00:48:58paying attention.

00:49:02There is a difference.

00:49:04The next afternoon,

00:49:05Louie Geranderson

00:49:06went with me

00:49:06to a private warehouse

00:49:08on the outskirts of Cairo.

00:49:09It was not big,

00:49:10but the temperature

00:49:11and humidity

00:49:12were carefully controlled.

00:49:13The kind of place

00:49:14used specifically

00:49:15to store antiques.

00:49:19After the manager

00:49:20opened the door,

00:49:21I saw three full shelves.

00:49:24Every piece

00:49:25had a handwritten tag

00:49:26hanging on it.

00:49:28It was my father's handwriting.

00:49:31An 18th century style

00:49:32Meissen porcelain vase

00:49:34purchased at the Grand Bazaar

00:49:36in Istanbul, 2008

00:49:38with Annie.

00:49:422008, I was eight years old

00:49:44in Istanbul with my dad.

00:49:45He took me to the Grand Bazaar.

00:49:47I kept asking for Turkish ice cream

00:49:49and he said we would go

00:49:50after looking at that little stall.

00:49:52That stall was selling

00:49:53these old porcelain pieces.

00:49:54I did not remember any of it,

00:49:56but my dad did.

00:49:57For three years,

00:49:58I hid everything about them away.

00:50:00The languages,

00:50:01the inheritance,

00:50:01the memories.

00:50:02I thought as long

00:50:03as I did not touch any of it,

00:50:05I could pretend

00:50:05they had never left,

00:50:06but they had always been with me.

00:50:09Your father was

00:50:10an extraordinary man.

00:50:13I know.

00:50:15Then you shouldn't

00:50:16become someone extraordinary too.

00:50:17Instead of hiding yourself

00:50:19in a position

00:50:19far below your level.

00:50:24That night,

00:50:25I called Attorney Wills.

00:50:27Attorney Wills,

00:50:28I will handle the inheritance.

00:50:30Miss Smith, finally.

00:50:31Donate the Xur accounts

00:50:32and the properties

00:50:33according to the original plan.

00:50:34But I am keeping

00:50:35the porcelain collection in Cairo.

00:50:37Understood.

00:50:37That is wonderful.

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

00:50:39One more thing.

00:50:40Go ahead.

00:50:41Did my father leave

00:50:42any letter or document for me?

00:50:43Not a legal document,

00:50:44something personal.

00:50:46Yes, a letter.

00:50:47He noted that it should be given

00:50:48to you when you came

00:50:48to collect the antiques.

00:50:49Send it to me.

00:50:51Attorney Wills sent

00:50:52the letter to my hotel.

00:50:54I sat in my room

00:50:55for 10 minutes

00:50:56before finally working up

00:50:57the courage to open the letter.

00:50:59The letter was not long.

00:51:01Annie,

00:51:01when you see this letter,

00:51:02your mother and I

00:51:03should no longer be by your side.

00:51:05Knowing your personality,

00:51:05I guess you will probably

00:51:06run away for a while.

00:51:08You may seal away

00:51:09the memories connected to us,

00:51:10along with all those languages.

00:51:12Maybe it is because

00:51:12every language is tied to us.

00:51:14One sentence in German

00:51:15will remind you

00:51:16of landscape in Berlin.

00:51:17One sentence in Arabic

00:51:18will remind you

00:51:18of the stars in Cairo.

00:51:20But Annie,

00:51:21language is not a chain.

00:51:22Language is wings.

00:51:23Your mother spent her life

00:51:24building bridges.

00:51:25I spent mine planting seeds.

00:51:27You are that bridge of seed.

00:51:28Don't shrink yourself

00:51:28into the dark.

00:51:29You are exceptional.

00:51:30You are smart, gifted,

00:51:31and you should do

00:51:31what you are really good at.

00:51:32Trying to plant seeds

00:51:33in your own way.

00:51:34You are a pride.

00:51:35Mom and dad will always love you.

00:51:36There was a water stain

00:51:37on the paper.

00:51:38I did not know

00:51:38whether he left it

00:51:39when he wrote the letter

00:51:40or whether I had just left it.

00:51:42My dad was right.

00:51:43Language is not a chain.

00:51:44It is wings.

00:51:48In Madrid,

00:51:49I interviewed

00:51:50a flamenco dancer

00:51:51in Spanish.

00:51:52Every language

00:51:52has its own rhythm.

00:51:54Once your body

00:51:55remembers it,

00:51:56you will never forget it.

00:51:57She says

00:51:58every language

00:51:58has its own rhythm.

00:51:59I wrote that sentence

00:52:00down in my translation notes.

00:52:02The final stop

00:52:03was Venice.

00:52:04Omar,

00:52:05the Arab old bookseller.

00:52:07He had his own

00:52:08antique bookshop

00:52:09in the best spot

00:52:10on the busiest square

00:52:11in Venice.

00:52:12He was in his 60s

00:52:13and had lived

00:52:14in Italy for 30 years

00:52:15and the story of him

00:52:17moved me the most.

00:52:18I arrived in Italy

00:52:19when I was 24 years old

00:52:20and I didn't even know

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

00:52:22I lost myself for a road.

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

00:52:24I couldn't read anything

00:52:25and I wasn't able

00:52:26to ask for instructions.

00:52:27I had to manage

00:52:28the gestures

00:52:28and speak contemporaneously

00:52:29with people.

00:52:30They thought I was a fool.

00:52:32What happened after that?

00:52:33I spent 10 years

00:52:34in talking Italian

00:52:35and over 10 years

00:52:36in making sure

00:52:36that everyone

00:52:37in that road

00:52:37would call me

00:52:38Mr. Omar.

00:52:40The language

00:52:41is not only tradition.

00:52:42It's the way

00:52:43to respect it.

00:52:47Keep this part.

00:52:48Original audio

00:52:49with subtitles.

00:52:53Annie.

00:52:54Your translation

00:52:55almost made me cry.

00:52:57In Venice

00:52:58I completed

00:52:58the final three interviews

00:52:59in Italian.

00:53:01Two months,

00:53:01two continents

00:53:02and eight languages.

00:53:04My dad was right.

00:53:05Language is not a chain.

00:53:07It is wings.

00:53:13The day I came back,

00:53:14it was late December.

00:53:17New York's winter

00:53:18was cold,

00:53:19but the air

00:53:19carried a familiar scent.

00:53:22Annie,

00:53:23the director position

00:53:24in the translation

00:53:25department is open.

00:53:26Mm-hmm.

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

00:53:30What is the salary?

00:53:32$200,000.

00:53:34Okay.

00:53:34And just like that,

00:53:36in less than half a year,

00:53:37I went from a junior role

00:53:38to the director

00:53:39of the translation department.

00:53:42On the day

00:53:43I officially took the role,

00:53:44I stood in the meeting room

00:53:45and made a speech

00:53:46to the people

00:53:47in the translation department.

00:53:51I know many of you

00:53:52have questions about me.

00:53:55Why does someone

00:53:56who hid for three years

00:53:57suddenly get to become director?

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

00:54:01From today on,

00:54:01results will do the talking.

00:54:03I will personally proofread

00:54:04everyone's translation drafts.

00:54:06I have only one standard,

00:54:07accuracy.

00:54:08If you cannot do it,

00:54:09I will teach you.

00:54:10If you still cannot do it

00:54:11after that,

00:54:11you will be replaced.

00:54:13That is strict.

00:54:15Translation is not a word game.

00:54:17One wrong number

00:54:18in a trade contract

00:54:18can mean tens of millions

00:54:20in losses.

00:54:21Strictness is the bare minimum.

00:54:26Hello?

00:54:27Director Smith,

00:54:28congratulations on the promotion.

00:54:30$200,000?

00:54:31Mm-hmm.

00:54:32I offered $400,000 before.

00:54:34I know.

00:54:34Still not considering it?

00:54:35Not for now,

00:54:36but thank you for all your help.

00:54:37The offer,

00:54:38the Harborlight Media Project

00:54:39that day in Cairo.

00:54:40You don't need to thank me.

00:54:41Those weren't favors.

00:54:42Then what were they?

00:54:43Things I wanted to do.

00:54:44Are you free this weekend?

00:54:46For what?

00:54:48Dinner.

00:54:48No work,

00:54:49no projects.

00:54:51Okay.

00:54:51He was driving

00:54:52a very ordinary gray sedan,

00:54:54not the kind of luxury car

00:54:55I had imagined.

00:54:56Your car doesn't really

00:54:57match your status.

00:54:58Cars are for driving,

00:54:59not for showing off.

00:55:00I'm taking you

00:55:00to 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

00:55:09in the whole city.

00:55:10How do you know?

00:55:10I've tried every Japanese

00:55:11restaurant in the city.

00:55:14This man.

00:55:16Annie,

00:55:17I'm going to be direct.

00:55:18Since that day in Cairo,

00:55:19or maybe even earlier,

00:55:20since the first time

00:55:21you spoke German

00:55:22at Crownwell,

00:55:23I...

00:55:23You what?

00:55:24I knew you were someone

00:55:25I didn't want to miss.

00:55:26Right now,

00:55:27you're the only person

00:55:28in my mind.

00:55:30You really are

00:55:31way too...

00:55:32Too what?

00:55:32Too direct.

00:55:33You don't like it?

00:55:34I didn't say

00:55:35I didn't like it.

00:55:38That night,

00:55:39he drove me home.

00:55:40Downstairs,

00:55:41he said,

00:55:41I'm flying to South Korea

00:55:43for a business trip tomorrow.

00:55:44How long?

00:55:45A week.

00:55:46Okay.

00:55:47Will you miss me?

00:55:49No.

00:55:51Liar.

00:55:52Maybe a little.

00:56:02Over the next three months,

00:56:03many things happened at once.

00:56:05The Crownwell project

00:56:06successfully completed

00:56:08its third phase,

00:56:09and White Global

00:56:10brought in nearly

00:56:1180 million dollars

00:56:12in revenue from it.

00:56:14When Brian White

00:56:15reviewed the monthly report,

00:56:17he said to Alex Wood,

00:56:18You should have put Annie

00:56:19on it from the start.

00:56:22After Starlet resigned

00:56:23from White Global,

00:56:24she became a director

00:56:25at a small translation company.

00:56:27Three months later,

00:56:28that company face

00:56:29had its mass tariff

00:56:30compensation claim.

00:56:31A German contract

00:56:32had its tariff glosses

00:56:33mistranslated,

00:56:34causing the client

00:56:35to lose 20 million dollars.

00:56:37That translation

00:56:38was done by Scarlet herself.

00:56:40Her problem

00:56:41with German honoratis

00:56:42had finally been exposed

00:56:43on a bigger stage.

00:56:44When the news reached

00:56:45White Global,

00:56:46some people started

00:56:47mocking her

00:56:47in the group chat.

00:56:49I only said one thing.

00:56:51Stop talking about it.

00:56:54Everyone has to take

00:56:55responsibility

00:56:55for their own choices.

00:57:05Hello?

00:57:06Annie?

00:57:07It's Uncle George,

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

00:57:10Uncle George?

00:57:11I saw you on TV.

00:57:13Translation consultant

00:57:14in five languages.

00:57:15Annie,

00:57:15your parents must be

00:57:16so proud of you in heaven.

00:57:17Uncle George,

00:57:18how did you see...

00:57:19You look exactly like Michael.

00:57:21And you're Arabic,

00:57:21that Cairo accent

00:57:22of your father's

00:57:23I recognized it

00:57:23the moment I heard it.

00:57:25Annie,

00:57:25before your father

00:57:26passed away,

00:57:27he said something to me.

00:57:28What did he say?

00:57:30Annie will become

00:57:30a better bridge

00:57:31than I ever was.

00:57:33That night,

00:57:34Louis Anderson

00:57:34came back from South Korea

00:57:35and went straight

00:57:36to my building.

00:57:38Come out.

00:57:39For what?

00:57:41I want to take

00:57:42a walk with you.

00:57:45The street was cold

00:57:47and the streetlights

00:57:48stretched our shadows

00:57:48long across the pavement.

00:57:50I watched the documentary.

00:57:52How was it?

00:57:54Not good enough

00:57:55for your translation.

00:57:56The director was average.

00:57:57Don't say that

00:57:58about Martin.

00:57:59But your parts

00:58:00were excellent.

00:58:00You weren't just

00:58:01translating in the interview.

00:58:02You were carrying

00:58:03the emotion across.

00:58:05My father once said

00:58:06if you understand

00:58:07someone's mother tongue,

00:58:08you can understand

00:58:08their 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?

00:58:17Crownwell is setting up

00:58:18an international

00:58:18cultural exchange

00:58:19department next year.

00:58:20We'll focus on

00:58:20crossword cultural projects,

00:58:22documentaries,

00:58:22publishing,

00:58:23exhibitions, forums.

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

00:58:31just a translator.

00:58:32Translation is a tool

00:58:33and you should use that tool

00:58:34to do something bigger.

00:58:36Your 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

00:58:40to the world.

00:58:41What's the salary?

00:58:42Name your price.

00:58:43You don't think

00:58:44I'm taking advantage of you?

00:58:45Then let me take advantage of you.

00:58:47What?

00:58:48Be my girlfriend.

00:58:49No salary needed.

00:58:51Louie!

00:58:52I'm joking.

00:58:53One million dollars a year

00:58:54plus project dividends.

00:58:55But the girlfriend part

00:58:56is serious too.

00:58:57The street light fell across his face

00:58:59softening cold lines

00:59:00he usually carried.

00:59:04Two days later

00:59:05I gave him my answer.

00:59:07I said yes to both.

00:59:08Brian White personally

00:59:09locked me to the entrance.

00:59:11Annie,

00:59:12you are the most

00:59:12underestimated employee

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

00:59:15Mr. White,

00:59:15you also gave me

00:59:16the opportunity.

00:59:18You earned that opportunity

00:59:19yourself.

00:59:21Speaking of which,

00:59:22what I said in German

00:59:23at the annual meeting?

00:59:24The 70% raise?

00:59:25You understood it

00:59:26back then,

00:59:27didn't you?

00:59:28I did.

00:59:29Then why didn't you

00:59:30forget it?

00:59:31I wish you all the best.

00:59:34Three years,

00:59:35a $24,000 salary,

00:59:38a junior level position.

00:59:39I had repaid

00:59:40what needed to be repaid.

00:59:42It was time to start over.

00:59:49Crownwell's

00:59:49International Cultural

00:59:50Exchange Department

00:59:51was officially established.

00:59:53I became its first director.

00:59:54The first project

00:59:56is an international

00:59:56touring exhibition.

00:59:57The core exhibits

00:59:58are the 40 Blubber

01:00:00antiques my father

01:00:01collected from around

01:00:01the world.

01:00:04The exhibition

01:00:05will open simultaneously

01:00:07in five cities,

01:00:07Berlin, Cairo,

01:00:08Istanbul, Paris,

01:00:09and New York.

01:00:12I'll personally

01:00:13translate the narration

01:00:14for each city

01:00:15into the local language.

01:00:16On opening day,

01:00:18more than 300 people

01:00:19came to the New York venue.

01:00:20Uncle George

01:00:21stood in the exhibition hall,

01:00:23looking at my father's

01:00:24handwritten labels

01:00:25on the Portland pieces,

01:00:26tears streaming down his face.

01:00:28Michael,

01:00:29your daughter made it.

01:00:34Annie,

01:00:35how about turning

01:00:36this exhibition

01:00:36into a second season

01:00:37of the documentary?

01:00:40We can talk about it.

01:00:42I told you,

01:00:43you were never

01:00:44just a translator.

01:00:47Louie Anderson

01:00:47stood in the corner

01:00:48of the exhibition hall,

01:00:49staying away from the front.

01:00:50He was wearing

01:00:51a black suit,

01:00:51hands in my pockets,

01:00:53watching me give interviews

01:00:53under the spotlight.

01:00:54That look in his eyes,

01:00:55you are someone

01:00:56I didn't want to miss.

01:01:03Mrs. Smith,

01:01:05you are fluent

01:01:05in eight languages,

01:01:06but I heard you spent

01:01:07three years

01:01:07as a junior translator

01:01:08at a trading company,

01:01:09making only $24,000 a year.

01:01:13Yes.

01:01:14Why did you hide

01:01:15your abilities?

01:01:17Because I was running away.

01:01:19Every language

01:01:20was tied to memories

01:01:21of my parents.

01:01:22I thought if I hid them away,

01:01:23it would stop hurting.

01:01:25But later I realized

01:01:26that languages do not disappear

01:01:28just because you

01:01:28refuse to speak them.

01:01:29They stay in your blood,

01:01:30waiting for you to speak.

01:01:32What finally made you

01:01:33decide to speak up?

01:01:35A letter.

01:01:37My father wrote it.

01:01:38He said if I have the ability

01:01:39to make a difference,

01:01:40I should use it.

01:01:41On the second day

01:01:42of the exhibition,

01:01:43someone unexpected

01:01:44showed up.

01:01:46Scarlett.

01:01:48What are you doing here?

01:01:50I saw it on the news.

01:01:52Your father collected these?

01:01:54Yes.

01:01:56They're 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

01:02:05since the first time

01:02:06you opened your mouth

01:02:06and spoke German.

01:02:08It took me seven years

01:02:09to climb up to Team Leader,

01:02:10but you were already above me

01:02:11without even trying.

01:02:12I could not accept that.

01:02:14So 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

01:02:20at 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.

01:02:27Once you were not there anymore,

01:02:28I finally realized...

01:02:28Scarlett, your hard work was real.

01:02:30Those seven years of German

01:02:31were not wasted either.

01:02:32You just chose the wrong direction

01:02:33at certain moments.

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

01:02:35No.

01:02:37The four screenshots

01:02:38are in the past now.

01:02:40You really are different from before.

01:02:42Back then,

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

01:02:45The exhibition is wonderful.

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

01:02:52The exhibition ran for two months

01:02:54across five cities

01:02:55with more than 120,000 visitors in total.

01:03:06After the closing ceremony,

01:03:09Louis Anderson found me

01:03:10on the hotel terrace.

01:03:11Tired?

01:03:13A little.

01:03:14Five cities, two months.

01:03:16You 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

01:03:22carrying everything alone.

01:03:24This is not a proposal,

01:03:26so don't be nervous.

01:03:28It's custom made

01:03:29because you said your father

01:03:30once told you

01:03:31that you were the bridge.

01:03:34This?

01:03:34There is a line

01:03:35engraved on the bridge.

01:03:37It has the word bridge

01:03:38engraved in nine languages.

01:03:40The ninth language is Russian.

01:03:42I studied for three months

01:03:44just to learn one word.

01:03:45The Cairo night wind

01:03:46swept across the terrace

01:03:47in the distance.

01:03:49The banks of the Nile

01:03:50were bright with lights.

01:03:53Louis Anderson,

01:03:54you really are.

01:03:54What?

01:03:57Too good at this.

01:04:00I'll be with you.

01:04:08Five years later,

01:04:09Crownwell's

01:04:10international

01:04:10portfolio exchange department

01:04:11had become an industry benchmark.

01:04:13It ran more than

01:04:1320 cross-cultural projects

01:04:14every year

01:04:15with revenue

01:04:16exceeding 200 million.

01:04:18Revenue is up

01:04:19another 30% this year.

01:04:20Mm-hmm.

01:04:21Your salary

01:04:22should be adjusted this year.

01:04:23To how much?

01:04:25You tell me.

01:04:26One dollar.

01:04:29Seriously?

01:04:30Put the rest

01:04:31into a scholarship

01:04:32to support young people

01:04:33studying languages.

01:04:34Name it after my parents.

01:04:35The Michael Smith

01:04:36and Evelyn Chen

01:04:37language scholarship.

01:04:38How do you know my mother's name?

01:04:40How could I not know

01:04:42your mother's name?

01:04:44Outside the window

01:04:45was the skyline

01:04:45of the whole city.

01:04:46It was no longer

01:04:47that rental apartment

01:04:48with the broken heating.

01:04:49But sometimes

01:04:50I still think of that window

01:04:51and the nights

01:04:52when I crouched there

01:04:53eating soup.

01:04:54Back then,

01:04:55I was fluent in

01:04:55eight languages,

01:04:56made $2,000 a year

01:04:57and rejected

01:04:58a $10 million inheritance.

01:05:00I hid myself

01:05:00in the deepest corner

01:05:01thinking that as long

01:05:02as I stayed silent

01:05:03it would not hurt.

01:05:04In his letter,

01:05:05my father wrote

01:05:06you're brave enough

01:05:07to be yourself.

01:05:08It took me a long time

01:05:10to understand that.

01:05:12But luckily,

01:05:13I did it.

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