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00:00:00A junior translator at White Global Trading Co, Lou Did.
00:00:03I've been here for three years and make $24,000 a year.
00:00:07Pretty ordinary, right?
00:00:08But in fact, I'm fluent in eight languages.
00:00:11English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian.
00:00:17Nobody knows that.
00:00:18My father was a diplomat and mother was simultaneous insurder.
00:00:22Five years ago, they died in a car accident.
00:00:24I've never wanted to show off because of these skills.
00:00:27I just want to keep my head down and be a small, unassuming translator.
00:00:30Let's welcome Mr. White to the stage.
00:00:35Everyone have worked hard over the past year.
00:00:38Thank you for your dedication.
00:00:40In the new year, we will...
00:00:42It's been ten minutes.
00:00:45And I'm down here counting how many times he says thank you while he's giving the speech.
00:00:50Annie, you better win the lucky draw later.
00:00:53If you do, dinner's on me.
00:00:57Sure.
00:00:57Why not?
00:00:58That's my everyday life.
00:00:59Elon is my only friend at work.
00:01:02She doesn't know I speak eight languages.
00:01:05But she does know one thing.
00:01:09Also, I have another question.
00:01:12Everyone here, who speaks German, receives a 70% Gehanserröhung.
00:01:2070%.
00:01:21My salary would go from 24.000 to 4.800.
00:01:25But it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:27I told myself, it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:34Annie, did you understand that?
00:01:37No.
00:01:38I don't speak German.
00:01:40Right, of course.
00:01:41You only have a certificate in Spanish.
00:01:43What could you possibly understand?
00:01:46Poor thing.
00:01:49Sayet, majoring in German, French, and Spanish, is the head of translator team.
00:01:54She got promoted in just three months.
00:01:56And has been riding that high ever since.
00:02:00Mm-hmm.
00:02:01Anyway, the raise has nothing to do with you.
00:02:04Just keep doing the basic work.
00:02:08Oh, and remember to translate the annual meeting press replaced tonight.
00:02:12I didn't say anything.
00:02:13A 70% raise.
00:02:15The German translation team consists of four people, plus Scarlett.
00:02:18Only five people would get it.
00:02:19What did that have to do with me?
00:02:21Nothing.
00:02:22Really.
00:02:22Nothing.
00:02:27Anne!
00:02:28Stay right there!
00:02:29I'm coming over right now!
00:02:33Annie?
00:02:34Why didn't you raise your hand just now?
00:02:36Raise my hand for what?
00:02:39You definitely understood that German, right?
00:02:4170%?
00:02:42You only make 24,000 a year.
00:02:45After the raise, that's 4.800 a year.
00:02:47No, I didn't get the meaning.
00:02:49I don't speak German.
00:02:52Who are you trying to fool?
00:02:53Your French is already that good.
00:02:55You expect me to believe you don't understand German.
00:02:57Are you kidding me?
00:02:58I really don't understand German.
00:03:01Anne, that crappy place you rent barely have working heating.
00:03:05Sometimes, you even can't bring yourself to the only go out for a drink on Friday.
00:03:08Can't you stand up for yourself for once?
00:03:10Ellen caught me reading a French book in the pantry last year.
00:03:13I told her I'd studied a little bit French.
00:03:16She's been holding it in for almost a year.
00:03:19I don't want to expose.
00:03:25Oh my God, Annie, what are you afraid of?
00:03:29Fine, keep pretending.
00:03:31I'm done.
00:03:32But Annie, I'm telling you.
00:03:34You're going to suffer with that kind of personality sooner or later.
00:03:36All right.
00:04:04All right.
00:04:34They didn't know I could understand them.
00:04:35They thought I was just a small translator.
00:04:40But that's only to be expected.
00:04:42I haven't shown what I'm capable of either.
00:04:44Annie, send me the proofread version of last week's contract tomorrow.
00:04:49Yes, Mr. White.
00:04:56I placed the proofread contract on Brian White's desk the next day.
00:04:59It was a 30,000-word Spanish contract, and I had corrected 47 mistakes in the original translation.
00:05:06The original translator was Scarlett, but my name would never appear on the proofread version.
00:05:10It would only show translation department on the surface.
00:05:14Scarlett never knew her translations had been corrected by me.
00:05:17She thought she was the top.
00:05:21Annie, did you hear?
00:05:22Hear what?
00:05:23Scarlett is going to handle the Crownwell International next week.
00:05:26I heard.
00:05:27Do you know President Anderson of Crownwell?
00:05:34Who?
00:05:38Louis Anderson, 32 years old, president of Crownwell International Commerce Group lead in.
00:05:43He ranked 98th on last year's global wealth rankings.
00:05:45They say he's fluent in five languages, but notorious for his bad temper.
00:05:48He even chewed out the entire Meridian's translation team and drove them out of the meeting room.
00:05:52What does that have to do with me?
00:05:54You don't think Scarlett can handle him?
00:05:57Even if she can't, that's not my business.
00:06:02Annie, seriously.
00:06:03You're way too good at putting up with things.
00:06:06Louis left.
00:06:06She doesn't get it.
00:06:07I'm not putting up with it.
00:06:08I just don't want to get involved.
00:06:10It was an Eric supplier quotation.
00:06:12Technically, it should have gone to someone on the Eric group.
00:06:15But the Eric team is out of the office today, so Alex Wood casually dumped it on me.
00:06:20Annie, didn't you say you took a little Arabic course in college?
00:06:22Just do a rough translation.
00:06:23Sure.
00:06:24I did tell him I'd taken a little Arabic.
00:06:27But in fact, I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years.
00:06:30Arabic is basically my fourth native language.
00:06:32It took me 15 minutes to finish the translation.
00:06:35I left two tiny mistakes in proposal just to pretend the work of someone who had only taken a little
00:06:39Arabic.
00:06:45Not bad was actually good enough for me.
00:06:54Annie, organize these materials for me.
00:06:56I need them for Crownwell's project next week.
00:06:58This is background materials on Crownwell International Commerce Group Loa, all in Spanish.
00:07:03About 50 pages.
00:07:04This isn't my job.
00:07:05How is it not?
00:07:06You're in the translation department, and I'm your leader.
00:07:09Is there a problem with me assigning you work?
00:07:11She had been promoted to team leader last month, so of course was at the peak of her arrogance.
00:07:16Fine.
00:07:19Oh, and there's a department meeting tomorrow.
00:07:22We'll be discussing the handover plan for the Crownwell project.
00:07:24You don't need to attend.
00:07:26I know.
00:07:27You're only responsible for basic proofreading.
00:07:29A major project like this isn't something you get to be part of.
00:07:32I know.
00:07:40I heard everything in the pantry.
00:07:41Who does she think she is talking to you like that?
00:07:43What does she mean by not something you get to be part of?
00:07:45I'm used to it.
00:07:46Can't you just clap back for once, and then what?
00:07:49She's the boss.
00:07:51If you showed everyone what you can really do, what kind of boss would she even be?
00:07:57I don't want to.
00:07:59What exactly are you afraid of, Annie?
00:08:01What am I afraid of?
00:08:03I don't know either.
00:08:04Maybe I'm afraid of being noticed.
00:08:06Afraid that people will dig into my past and will look at me with pity.
00:08:10Or maybe I'm just too tired to care.
00:08:17An annual salary of $24,000.
00:08:20In this city, after rent and utilities, there isn't much left.
00:08:31I don't want to.
00:08:31Hello.
00:08:32Am I speaking with Miss Annie Smith?
00:08:34Yes.
00:08:34This is Attorney Wills from Kirkland and Ellis Law Firm.
00:08:37There are some documents regarding the settlement of the overseas assets left by your parents,
00:08:41and we need you to sign in person.
00:08:43I've said this before.
00:08:44I don't want any of it.
00:08:45Donate everything.
00:08:46Mrs. Smith, there is a sum in your parents' account in Zurich.
00:08:48I don't want it.
00:08:49Attorney Wills, thank you, but please stop calling me.
00:08:59The Translation Department had a meeting on a Monday morning.
00:09:01I wasn't told to attend, but my desk was right next to the meeting room.
00:09:05I could hear every word through that glass wall.
00:09:07Louis Anderson is fluent in German and French.
00:09:09There are also someone who can speak Mandarin and Japanese in his team.
00:09:13This time we're discussing a supply chain partnership for the Middle East market.
00:09:16Anything involving Arabic will be handled by their side.
00:09:19We only need to cover the German communication.
00:09:20Can you handle that?
00:09:22Of course.
00:09:22I studied in Germany for three years.
00:09:24The business negotiation like this is exactly in my comfort zone.
00:09:27To be fair, Charlotte's German is decent.
00:09:29Daily conversation is indeed a piece of cake for her.
00:09:31But I've reviewed her previous translations.
00:09:33Her business in Germany has one fatal habit.
00:09:35She relies too much on literal translation,
00:09:37and often misses the level of formality required in German business correspondence.
00:09:40In everyday conversation, that's not a big deal.
00:09:42But if the person she's faced is extremely sensitive to details,
00:09:46never mind, not my business.
00:09:48Finish sorting everything?
00:09:50Yes.
00:09:51I made her a summary classified by project type, cooperation history, and key personnel.
00:09:55I also marked a change of the carrot policies and the risk points.
00:09:58All she had to do was a glance through, and she was exactly to expect.
00:10:00It'll do.
00:10:06Scarlett!
00:10:07Scarlett!
00:10:08He rarely came down here in person.
00:10:11Scarlett, Crown will move the schedule up.
00:10:14Anderson will be here tomorrow afternoon.
00:10:16Are you ready?
00:10:16Moved up?
00:10:19I've gone through all the materials.
00:10:21No problem.
00:10:22Good.
00:10:23Bring someone with you tomorrow for on-site interpretation support.
00:10:26I'll take Zach.
00:10:27His German is decent, too.
00:10:28Zach is still on leave.
00:10:33Annie!
00:10:34You come with me tomorrow.
00:10:35Me?
00:10:35I only speak Spanish.
00:10:37You'll just take notes and serve coffee.
00:10:39I'll handle the professional part.
00:10:41Her?
00:10:43Don't worry, Mr. White.
00:10:44She's more than enough as an assistant.
00:10:46I got dragged into Crown Willian's business negotiation.
00:10:49As an assistant and a note-taker.
00:10:51Someone who can serve coffee at the same time.
00:10:54I sent Elin a message.
00:10:55I will go to Crown Will tomorrow.
00:10:57Scarlett is taking you?
00:10:58Doesn't she always sit down on you?
00:11:00As the errand girl.
00:11:01You...
00:11:02You just agreed to that?
00:11:03What else am I supposed to do?
00:11:05Annie!
00:11:06Annie!
00:11:06Annie!
00:11:09Annie!
00:11:10Annie!
00:11:11Annie!
00:11:11Annie!
00:11:17Are you from White Global?
00:11:18Yes.
00:11:19I'm Scarlett, team leader of the translation department.
00:11:22This is my assistant, Annie.
00:11:24Oh, she called me assistant.
00:11:25I didn't correct her.
00:11:29Please wait.
00:11:30President Alexandring is still in a meeting.
00:11:33Scarlett reapplied her lipstick twice and adjusted her hair three separate times in just these 15 minutes.
00:11:38Annie, when we go in, just sit on the side and take notes.
00:11:41Don't speak unless you're asked.
00:11:42Got it?
00:11:43Got it.
00:11:43Also, when you address Mr. Anderson, be formal and respectful.
00:11:48Don't let your eyes wander.
00:11:50People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.
00:11:53Okay.
00:11:56Miss Scarlett?
00:11:57President Anderson will see you now.
00:12:20Sit.
00:12:23Two other people were sitting next to him, a legal director and a lady who looked very,
00:12:27very, very young.
00:12:27A translation device got in front of her.
00:12:33In the last outflow, that you're underneath us, for yesterday's day set up, was at the right
00:12:38tariff angle of the standards from 2000, 2001.
00:12:41We have now, 2024.
00:12:43What should that mean?
00:12:45He spoke for fast.
00:12:46Every word was sharp.
00:12:47She understood him, but she clearly didn't expect him to open like that.
00:12:56I mean...
00:13:20She didn't know.
00:13:24But I did, because that policy change was mentioned in the background materials.
00:13:28I had specifically marked it in the summary.
00:13:31But Scarlett obviously hadn't read it carefully.
00:13:35I have to do it internally.
00:13:41Have you not prepared yet, before you come here to come here?
00:13:45Yes.
00:13:45You have not used three all the wrong German language.
00:13:49For the first time I didn't say anything, for the second time I didn't say anything.
00:13:52For the third time...
00:13:55Do you know what it means in the business, if you use the wrong form constantly?
00:13:59Do you know what it means in the business, if you don't respect it, or if you don't know your
00:14:03What is this?
00:14:05The legal director beside Anderson gave a slight shake of his head.
00:14:09The meaning was obvious.
00:14:11This negotiation was about to fall through.
00:14:19Herr Präsident Anderson, I bette vielmals um Entschuldung.
00:14:23If that's the name of White Glover, I'm going to feel like I'm going to share another partner.
00:14:27My hands froze about the keyboard.
00:14:29Two voices were speaking in my head.
00:14:31It's none of your concern.
00:14:32You're just here to fetch coffee and serve drinks.
00:14:34This is Whitworth did Global's biggest deal of the year.
00:14:36If we lose it, they'll probably be layoffs by the end of the year.
00:14:39And junior translators like me will be first on the chopping block.
00:14:51The Underspoon
00:14:53President Anderson, give us please a few minutes.
00:14:56The Underspoon
00:15:08and you are i'm annie junior translator at whitmore global junior translator yes the one who always
00:15:19takes notes beside and serves coffee five minutes
00:15:28die neue drei erfettet den standard für irgende sechlinge von sechs auf acht stelle hsk
00:15:33artikel diese bärin seit zwei zeigen unsere tagtächtigen bärlob und bärkommen bald fünf prozent
00:15:41der white global über ein soll baus in den weh hütt das von den vorlägenschaften der freien handel
00:15:46werden etwa drei prozenter durch die erkreizung des hs-gruppen verbunden kostensterbern kompensiert
00:15:50die nette ausbildung in teils und stoppets louis anderson's legal director lowered his head and
00:15:55flipped through the files as if he was checking whether i was right where did you learn german
00:15:59i lived in berlin for a while your honorifics are very precise thank you and you said you were
00:16:05the junior level yes your five minutes are up but i can give you ten more on one condition
00:16:11from here on you meet the negotiation she can't i said she leads or you can lead right now
00:16:22scarlett should i take over
00:16:26then let's restart from the first part of the proposal this wasn't because i had prepared in
00:16:30advance while sorting that fifty pages materials i first harlot i had memorized every word plus i
00:16:35grew up in a diplomatic family the basics of international trade are as natural to me as
00:16:48you speak arabic too a little the japanische lieferstand is six prozent günstiger aber
00:16:54die lieferzeit ist instabil wie entscheiden sie die erschwächende japanische angesichts nummer light
00:16:58jpk t04 27 ich würde nicht das mirigste aber doch wählen sondern die leusung mit dem kleinsten gesendter
00:17:05school the framework works i'll have my legal team follow up with you on the details
00:17:13the hand was warm and strong and the grip was just right annie right yes you're wasted in the junior
00:17:19you lied to everyone what you said you only spoke spanish
00:17:35i do mainly work in spanish what you did in there today that's what you call mainly working
00:17:39in spanish your german is better than mine where did that arab come from it's not even on your resume
00:17:47scarlett the project was saved wasn't it you did this on purpose you hid your skills just waiting for
00:17:52a chance like this to show off what do you think will happen just because you impressed louie anderson
00:17:58once when we're back at the company you're still just that junior translator annie just you wait
00:18:11suddenly i felt a little tired
00:18:15how did the negotiation go did scarlett crash and burn the project was saved how was it saved
00:18:20wasn't she wait was it you i'll tell you when i get back annie you finally made a move
00:18:27standing at the exit of the underground garage i felt the autumn wind blowing in
00:18:31it was a bit cold i didn't want to show off i really didn't but i didn't want to lose
00:18:37my job either
00:18:47mr white annie spoke out of turn during negotiation and completely ignored the company hierarchy
00:18:52was the project saved yes but that was and that's all that matters the crown will deal is worth 40
00:18:57million dollars if it had fallen through yesterday the entire translation department could have packed
00:19:01up one look at her face and i knew this wasn't over
00:19:13annie how good is your german exactly i can get by you can get by i heard you handled the
00:19:19entire
00:19:19negotiation in german without any problem at crownwell and you even used arabic my german
00:19:23just everyday level do you know if the company hired a multi-language translator like you the starting
00:19:26salary would be at least 96 000 a year i have no issues with my current salary fine come to
00:19:32the
00:19:32meeting room at two this afternoon we need you involved in the follow-up coordination for the
00:19:35crown law project mr wood i'm the one in charge of the crown well project we'll remain in charge but
00:19:41annie will be involved in the coordination that's mr white's decision happy now annie scarlett i just
00:19:51you just what you think because you showed up once yesterday you're on the same level as me now
00:19:56that's not what i meant i've been here for seven years i worked my way up from intern to department
00:20:01leader and you a liar who's been hiding everything just you wait
00:20:12annie mr anderson specifically requested you as the translator for the follow-up coordination
00:20:16starting today you'll be temporarily transferred to the crown well project team
00:20:19okay but your position will remain junior and salary will stay the same we'll evaluate it again
00:20:24after the project ends got it crown well supply chain project is divided into three stages the
00:20:28preliminary framework was already discussed yesterday next comes the translation of the
00:20:32detailed terms and contract documents all files will need english spanish and german versions
00:20:36annie can you handle all three language versions at the same time yes three languages since she joined
00:20:40this company she has only ever worked as a spanish translator we don't even know her actual german
00:20:44level what if something goes wrong yesterday's negotiation showed exactly what her level is
00:20:48any other questions
00:20:52it took me two hours to finish the english version and another hour and a half to finish the spanish
00:20:57version
00:21:00you're translating that fast aren't you afraid of making mistakes nope you better pray you don't make any
00:21:12both the speed and quality excited expectations annie what exactly have you been doing for the past three years
00:21:26hello annie it was louie anderson this is louie anderson from crown well mr wood gave me your number mr
00:21:33anderson what can i do for you i read the 62 pages you translated today was there any problem no
00:21:38problem at
00:21:38all it's the most accurate german business translation i've seen in the past three years thank you you're not
00:21:44someone who belongs in a junior position that is my current position i know that's why i'm curious
00:21:49crown well has an internal meeting tomorrow afternoon it involves partner selection for the middle
00:21:53eastern market i need an arabic speaking interpreter there this should go through the company i know
00:21:58but i'm asking you directly would you like to come okay i will
00:22:04annie maybe you're going to be exposed after all i knew this day would come eventually
00:22:09but i just didn't expect it to come this soon
00:22:14they were from a construction materials group in the uae the man leading the meeting looked about 50
00:22:18wearing a white robe with a siri expression a young arab woman sat beside him should be his interpreter
00:22:23you're here today i may need you to do an interpretation between eric and english
00:22:29okay if starlet were here she would probably ask where did your ablik even come from the answer is i
00:22:33lived in
00:22:33viral for a year and a half during that time my roommate was eaten in egyptian diplomat's water
00:22:37i lowered my head in height as if i were taking notes then i turned my laptop slightly so louie
00:22:57anderson
00:22:58could see the storm line in english they said they want to push the price down by 20 work thus
00:23:00switched to suppliers louie anderson's eyes stayed on the screen for one second his expression didn't
00:23:06change at all but in the negotiation that followed his strategy clearly shifted so let's cut the chase
00:23:11our final offer is 10 below the current market price take your lead
00:23:19your abishik is excellent not that good just the daily level you heard what he said to his interpreter
00:23:24just now then you warned me i just thought the information might be useful for the negotiation
00:23:29without that warning from you this deal would have cost us at least eight million dollars today
00:23:33annie how many languages do you speak german french japanese korean spanish arabic and italian
00:23:38eight in total plus english and you're a junior level translator at white global do you think that
00:23:42makes sense it is my choice would you be interested in coming to crownwell i can start you at four
00:23:46hundred thousand dollars a year if you're willing to head the international business department
00:23:49there's no upper limit mr anderson thank you for the offer i'm not planning to change jobs
00:23:54for now for now for now you can change your mind to any ground only one line of text louie
00:23:58anderson
00:23:59and a phone number it didn't even say president crownwell international this kind of card is
00:24:03usually given to people who already need to know who you are
00:24:14what are you doing i i i was passing by and saw your computer was still on it was off
00:24:19when i left
00:24:20you went to crownwell again today louie anderson asked you to go didn't he it was needed for the
00:24:23project coordination what kind of project needs you to interpret arabic you never said you were
00:24:27that good at arabic what else are you hiding scarlet what did you see on my computer
00:24:32i didn't see anything she opened my personal folder what was inside some translation exercises casual
00:24:39translations in french japanese and korean things i did when i was bored if she saw those
00:24:47annie what exactly did you do at crownwell today scarlet was losing her mind in the office all
00:24:50afternoon she went through your computer i know you know why are you reporting her report what i
00:24:55don't have proof you are way too forget it i heard something today do you want to know go on
00:24:59there's
00:25:00something going on between scarlet and alicewood what do you mean i handle reimbursed reforms and
00:25:03adven over the past six months scarlet has gone along with alicewood to talk about work 17 times every
00:25:07single time i was at that hotel on the one side of the city think about that that has nothing
00:25:11to do with
00:25:20me the message basically said the company found some employees failed to truthfully fill in personal
00:25:25skills during onboarding all staff must update profiles within a week concealment or classification
00:25:31will be dealt with as a violation of company regulations this email came straight to me of course
00:25:38i knew when scarlet went through my computer she found those multi-language translation exercises
00:25:43she must have gone to alexwood annie did you see that email so what are you planning to update your
00:25:53profile i'm still thinking about it i suggest you do it soon if they find out you hid something
00:26:00that'll be a very serious matter thank you for the reminder scarlet
00:26:11it had a pure black background with handwritten words on the back
00:26:16i never noticed it before it hasn't come to that yet
00:26:23there are two things to discuss today first the crownwell project has finished the initial handover
00:26:29mr anderson is very satisfied with our translation work bonuses for this project will be issued next month
00:26:38second regarding the update of employee profiles
00:26:46mr white i have a question go ahead if an employee deliberately hides their skills and causes the
00:26:53company to make the mistakes in allocation human resources does that count as a violation
00:27:04then let me give an example say an employee only lists spanish on her profile but in fact she is
00:27:09fluent in multiple languages the company assigns her position and salary according on the standard
00:27:12for a spanish translator and she never raises any objection over three years without knowing the truth
00:27:16the company loses out on a huge amount of usable human resources this kind of behavior enough
00:27:24scarlet get to the point the person you're talking about is me right
00:27:29so what yes i only listed spanish on my profile because the position i applied for was junior
00:27:35spanish translator i have never made a mistake during the work
00:27:40as for the other languages as for the other languages you hid your ability you let the
00:27:45company spend high salaries hiring people for the german french and arabic teams when you alone could do
00:27:49all of their jobs isn't that damaging the company's interests if i alone can replace all of them then
00:27:54where does that leave you scarlet this has nothing to do with my place it does because what you're
00:27:59really worried about isn't the company's interests it's the fact that you found out i'm more capable than
00:28:05you and now your position doesn't feel so secure anymore i'll say it again not listing on my profile
00:28:12does not mean hiding the skills section does not say all skills must be listed i chose to show only
00:28:18the skills required for the job i applied for that is my right
00:28:25fine then let me ask another question mr white the bonus for the crownwell project is distributed among
00:28:30the team members right yes annie was added to the team later on a temporary basis the part she took
00:28:36in was just translation handover she wasn't on the original team list so when the bonus is distributed
00:28:40she shouldn't receive the full amount that was a vicious move she stopped attacking me over the hidden
00:28:46skills issue because she knew she couldn't win that fight so she switched to mund money instead
00:28:54well scarlet does have a point annie joined halfway through louie anderson specifically requested me
00:29:00so mr anderson what brings you here i came to deliver the contract i heard your meeting the door
00:29:08wasn't fully closed the core negotiation of this project was completed by annie on the day we first
00:29:13met she saved the entire conversation in the final five minutes during the meeting with the uae client she
00:29:17used arabic to win me eight million dollars in profit margin how your company distributes bonuses
00:29:21your business but i suggest you figure out who really is the key person in this project
00:29:32one more thing there is a clause in this contract from now on all translation handover work for crown
00:29:37width will be handled by annie if she is no longer at white global this contract automatically becomes void
00:29:47mr anderson you mean i've made myself very clear this contract is worth 80 million dollars a year the
00:29:54handover translator is annie if you replace her the contract is void 80 million
00:30:03annie mr white starting today you are no longer on the junior level then which level i'm in deputy
00:30:09director of the translation department as for your salary we'll discuss it privately mr white
00:30:16she's only been here for three years i've been here for seven scarlet sit down
00:30:24the translation department was in an uproar she actually speaks eight languages she stayed in the
00:30:31junior level for three years how did that happen didn't you hear louie anderson's contract he
00:30:36specifically asked for her 80 million scarlet's face looks amazing i mean the color
00:30:46that line in french you understood it i did what did you think
00:30:53i'm thinking about it take your time
00:30:59annie let's have a chat
00:31:03you hid for three years and now everything is out in the lopen do you really think your life
00:31:08here will be easy from now on are you threatening me i'm reminding you do you think becoming deputy
00:31:13director solves everything the translation department's connections client relationships
00:31:17and internal resources are all in my hands you're a newcomer who just got promoted you won't be able to
00:31:22handle any of it what are you trying to say give me your position you can keep working as the
00:31:27hand
00:31:27offer translator and take your project bonus i'll manage the department and you handle the business
00:31:31we both get what we want what if i don't want to then i'll let you know ability isn't the
00:31:36only thing
00:31:37that matters in reality it tasted awful scarlet was right ability isn't the only thing that matters
00:31:49but there is one thing she's wrong about thinking she was the only one who had the connection
00:31:57on monday something major happened at white global the company had received a new project
00:32:01a fashion brand from neon france it required a full set of french to english brand translation and market
00:32:07localization services alex wood had brought this project back through an old client the amount was not
00:32:14huge but it mattered a lot for the company's brand expansion the problem was one of the two
00:32:20translators on the french team had just resigned last month the other was on maternity leave there's no
00:32:27one left on the french team what are we supposed to do with this project annie what level is your
00:32:34french
00:32:35it works what do you mean by that can you handle high-end french brand localization yes good then you're
00:32:42taking this project the director of the french side personally called brian white after looked through
00:32:52is your translator french the language feels incredibly authentic yes we have a dedicated french translation team
00:33:03and the french side is extremely satisfied they've added another project the full translation of their
00:33:09product manuals it's worth three million dollars okay i'll approve your project bonus for this month
00:33:16separately thank you mr white
00:33:21please note everyone project assignments in the translation should follow department procedures
00:33:25no one should skip the leader and take projects directly
00:33:40danny do you really speak eight languages yes do you know how rare someone like you is in the translation
00:33:46industry i know then why did you forget it there's something i should tell you scarlet has a real
00:33:54problem with you she's brought it up with me several times already i know you better be careful
00:34:01she has certain connections in the company mr wood about you and scarlet what about us nothing
00:34:15annie scarlet and i don't have the kind of relationship you might be thinking of
00:34:19she got promoted to team lead because she had been here long enough and knew the business well
00:34:23that's all that's all i thought of the 17 hotel reinforcing things elan had mentioned human nature
00:34:31really is an interesting thing
00:34:35the way people looked at me was strange it wasn't admiration or envy it was more like avoidance
00:34:41something happened what happened scarlet reported you to brian white reported me for what she said
00:34:48you privately leaguered white global's internal pricing strategy to crown that while you were
00:34:52translating for them that's a false accusation i know but she has evidence what evidence she said
00:34:58she found a file on your computer screenshots of a chat between you and julie anderson's assistant
00:35:02frank young the chat mentions white global's internal pricing there is no such file on my computer
00:35:08she says there is and she already showed it to brian white brian wants you in his office tomorrow
00:35:13morning to explain yourself that so-called chat record is fake i sneaked a look at it the chat time
00:35:20was last wednesday at 2 p.m but you were at the department meeting last wednesday afternoon everyone
00:35:25can prove it then how did she she edited the time in the chat photoshopped it but she forgot one
00:35:30thing
00:35:30there's a battery indicator in the top right corner of the screenshot that battery display doesn't match
00:35:35your phone model you use a samsung that screenshot is from an iphone ellen i need you to do me
00:35:42a favor
00:35:43name it you're in administration can you pull the attendance records and meeting room usage records
00:35:49from last wednesday afternoon yes pull them also scarlet's reimbursement records the 17 hotel ones
00:35:54do you have them i do are you finally going to use them not to attack her but to protect
00:35:59myself
00:36:00if she comes after me i need brian white to know her credibility has problem got it
00:36:14every file had a timestamp and sending record my real chat history with frank young was all on teams
00:36:21with server backups scarlet could fake screenshots but she couldn't change server data
00:36:35i heard you were recorded news travels fast frank told me do you need help no i can handle it
00:36:43myself
00:36:43are you sure yes fine if you can't handle it just tell me
00:36:52it won't
00:37:00annie scarlet reported that you privately leaked our pricing strategy to crownwell while you were
00:37:05translating for them these screenshots are the evidence she provided is there anything you want
00:37:10to say it was exactly as aline had described my profile picture my name a conversation with frank
00:37:16young the content did involve white global pricing but the wording was extremely unnatural like it had
00:37:21been made up by someone who didn't understand formal business conversation these screenshots are fake
00:37:27of course you would say that i can prove it
00:37:31this is my full chat history with frank young it has server backups and timestamps please compare them
00:37:39the times don't match the screenshot scarlet provided showed that the conversation happened
00:37:44last wednesday at 2 p.m but the team's records show that annie and frank young had no conversation
00:37:50at that time she could have deleted teams has server backups even if an employee deletes the chat on their
00:37:54eye the server still keeps it also from 2 p.m to 4 p.m last wednesday i was attending
00:37:58the department
00:37:59meeting in the company the attendance and meeting room booking records can prove it one more thing
00:38:02this screenshot is from an ios interface i use android scarlet your phone is an iphone isn't it
00:38:08that proves nothing maybe you change phone i've been here for three years
00:38:12the device binding records from it show i have never used an iphone
00:38:21scarlet where did these screenshots come from i i found them on her computer after you went through my
00:38:27computer last week i reset the password these screenshots were never on my computer
00:38:35you never saw these snapshots on my computer because they never existed in the first place
00:38:40you made them yourself
00:38:43scarlet do you have anything else to explain
00:38:47mr wood say something scarlet you went too far this time
00:38:53faking evidence to falsely accuse a colleague is a serious violation scarlet your position as
00:38:58the department leader is revoked immediately mr white also your year-end performance rating will
00:39:01be downgraded by one level if anything like this happens again your employment will be terminated
00:39:05immediately annie are you happy now scarlet from beginning to end you were the one causing trouble
00:39:09for me i never went after you first because your very existence is a quotation you speak eight
00:39:14language and you hit it for three years you made my seven years of hard work look like a joke
00:39:20on the surface no one in the translation department said much but the group chat had completely blown
00:39:26up she should have been removed ages ago her translation skills were just average she only got there
00:39:32through connections you guys didn't know every translation she submitted had been corrected by annie
00:39:38what i am serious i have seen the proof peating records then how many has annie corrected over the
00:39:43past three years a conservative estimate over a hundred
00:39:55excuse me which one of you is annie me hello i am victoria hayes a producer at harbor light media
00:40:05we are preparing a large-scale international documentary project and we need a multi-linguished
00:40:09translation consultant how did you find me industry recommendation the crownwell project and the
00:40:14french brand project you worked on recently have attracted some attention in the field harbor light
00:40:19media a top team production company mrs hayes what kind of project is it exactly a documentary about
00:40:24the strait of the role and global trade we need simultaneous interpretation and subtitle proof
00:40:28feeding across five languages english french italian spanish and arabic we contacted three translation
00:40:34companies but none of them could provide one person who covers all five languages then someone told me
00:40:40that white global has a girl who speaks eight languages who told you that louie anderson he is one
00:40:45of the investors in this project louie anderson again what is the consulting fee for this project
00:40:49fifty thousand dollars a month the estimated period is three months one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
00:40:54that is about six years of my salary at white global if you take it you will need to travel
00:40:59for two
00:41:00months the middle east and europe a bank account in zurich a property in munich and a small apartment in
00:41:13the 16th compartment of paris the total value was close to 10 million dollars language was the thing my
00:41:19parents loved most in their lives my mother used to say language is the best bridge my father said if
00:41:27you
00:41:27can understand a person in their mother tongue you can understand their heart they carved the
00:41:32languages of the world into my blood then they left so i hid those languages away along with my memories
00:41:39of them because every time i speak one of those languages i remember what they looked like when they
00:41:43were by my side teaching it to me german was in berlin my dad taught it to me while taking
00:41:49me for ice
00:41:49cream in front of the bransberg gate french was in paris my mother read malposo to me in the original
00:41:56french by the san arabic was in cairo the three of us were on a boat on the nile my
00:42:03father counted the
00:42:04stars while teaching me how to say wahid ethwan flatham every language was a memory and i didn't want
00:42:10to open those memories but i has mrs hayes from harbor light reached out to you she has why did
00:42:22you
00:42:22introduce this to me because you need to step out of it you do not know me i know your
00:42:28parents were
00:42:29diplomats i know your background you investigated me before i decide who to work with i learn about
00:42:36them annie your parents were remarkable people you do not need to lock yourself in a corner just to
00:42:43escape their shadow go take a look at harbor lights project the strait of jurada the bridge between
00:42:49europe and africa maybe you should see it for yourself maybe he was right
00:43:01mr white i need to take two months off for what a documentary project wants me as a translation
00:43:08consultant i need to travel to the middle east and europe two months what about crownwell's project
00:43:13i have already completed all the translation drafts for crownwell's second phase the third
00:43:16phase will not start until three months later are you resigning i will come back
00:43:22fine i will approve two months for you thank you
00:43:27scarlet scarlet has been transferred to administration as a clerk the old shine was gone
00:43:32you are going on a business trip for how long two months you know when i joined the white seven
00:43:37years ago i only spoke one language too later i learned french and spanish while working here i
00:43:43went from intern to the department leader i thought i had worked really hard you did work hard but without
00:43:49doing anything you were already above me eight languages what gives you the right my parents they
00:43:55paid for it with their lives that was the last time we spoke in this building at the airport i
00:44:03unexpectedly ran into someone louie anderson he was wearing casual clothes it was the first time i
00:44:08had ever seen him out of a suit annie what are you doing here crownwell has business in dubai what
00:44:13funny coincidence yeah what a coincidence
00:44:20business class is pretty empty why are you sitting here i bought an economy ticket
00:44:26about the inheritance your parents left you you even know about that the law firm has worked with
00:44:31us before attorney wills once mentioned a client who refused to inherit in the state
00:44:34the industry is only so big so the whole world knows not the whole world just me caring about it
00:44:39i turned to look at him and my heart skipped a beat the sunlight in dubai was completely different
00:44:43from back home dry fierce almost as if it could burn straight through your shadow so you are annie
00:44:48the one who speaks eight languages yes let's do a test translate a section for me first martin
00:44:52handed me an arabic interview outline okay i'm annie smith a junior translator at white global trading
00:44:57kobe i've been here three years and make 24 000 a year finally she is the one she is better
00:45:04than
00:45:04those three translation companies combined martin she has not even given us a quote yet no need
00:45:11it's her the first stop was the antique market in old dubai the documentary was going to cover how the
00:45:16street of hormas connects global trade there was a persian carpet shop here that had been open for 40
00:45:21years and the owner was a third generation iranian merchant in the middle of the arab
00:45:27shayfaka in the middle of the river in casablanca i interviewed a historian in french
00:45:46le detroit de bleu lort n'est pas simplement passage maritain mais une forme de dialogue
00:45:49the person excite de monde écoutes just as a true bien qu'elle parle de valdina fériant
00:45:53valota comme la rétine est au fait he said on the street of joali shipping and trade are a way
00:45:57of
00:45:57having a dialogue people may come from different backgrounds and speak different languages but
00:46:01their hearts are connected my voice but their hearts was a little halcy because my father had
00:46:05said almost the exact same thing okay that night the team had dinner at the hotel and mr anderson asked
00:46:15whether your work went smoothly today it went smoothly no need to worry about me mr anderson
00:46:19asked me to tell you that he is in the office on the 58th floor of this hotel if you
00:46:23need anything
00:46:23contact him anytime hello have you eaten i am eating now the food here may not really suit our taste
00:46:34if you want something else mr anderson why are you telling me this because i care about you i do
00:46:40not
00:46:41need your concern thank you okay no more concern good night over the next few weeks we went a lot
00:46:46of places on the flight from istanbul to cairo i received an email sender scarlet subject no subject
00:46:53after you left they laid off the french team and the german team because brian white said you alone
00:46:58would enough seven people lost their jobs because of you are you happy now i looked at the email and
00:47:04deleted it do not believe scarlet the french and german teams were cut because they were already at the
00:47:09bottom and performance it has nothing to do with you she is just trying to mess with you i know
00:47:12are
00:47:13you okay i'm fine
00:47:19cairo the third stop of the documentary i lived here for a while
00:47:25when the plane landed i looked out at that familiar city and my heart started beating a little faster
00:47:30in cairo the team was filming a section about the history of trade between the middle east and europe
00:47:36they needed arabic interpretation
00:47:38they needed arabic interpretation
00:47:42yayyuk fil kaira mujid khalas yumnuhu ga gana minal qatar tairiya
00:47:46weaulu in hadil qatar bikhlat masar alaya bachar
00:47:49erzak is it then in providing sammler in kaira
00:47:52der besitzer dieser seizung war ein diplomat er ist vor fünf jahren verstorben seine taute erhält
00:47:57die seizung als erbe ist er doch nie erstehen
00:48:01ma essendalika diplomatii
00:48:05schmie michael smith
00:48:09michael smith
00:48:10that was my father's name
00:48:15after the interview i sat alone on the streets of cairo i looked up at the sky it was gray
00:48:22i still remember the pistachio flavor ice cream that year
00:48:30hello you arrived in cairo yes
00:48:35what happened your voice sounds off nothing i flew to cairo this afternoon if you have time
00:48:42why do you always show up wherever i am because victoria has your itinerary she is running a project
00:48:47i invested in so i have the right to see that is called stalking that is called paying attention
00:48:56there is a difference the next afternoon louiger anderson went with me to a private
00:49:01warehouse on the outskirts of cairo it was not big but the temperature and humidity were carefully
00:49:06controlled the kind of place used specifically to store antiques
00:49:13after the manager opened the door i saw three full shelves
00:49:18every piece had a handwritten tag hanging on it
00:49:22it was my father's handwriting
00:49:25an 18th century style meissen porcelain vase
00:49:29purchased at the grand bazaar in istanbul 2008
00:49:33with annie
00:49:362008 i was eight years old in istanbul with my dad he took me to the grand bazaar i kept
00:49:41asking for
00:49:42turkish ice cream and he said we would go after looking at that little stall that stall was selling
00:49:47these old porcelain pieces i did not remember any of it but my dad did for three years i hid
00:49:52everything about them away the languages the inheritance the memories i thought as long as
00:49:57i did not touch any of it i could pretend they had never left but they had always been with
00:50:02me
00:50:03your father was an extraordinary man i know
00:50:09then you should become someone extraordinary too instead of hiding yourself in a position far below
00:50:18that night i called attorney wills attorney wills i will handle the inheritance
00:50:24miss smith finally donate the zur accounts and the properties according to the original plan
00:50:29but i am keeping the porcelain collection in cairo understood that is wonderful i will arrange it
00:50:33right away one more thing go ahead did my father leave any letter or document for me not a legal
00:50:38document something personal yes a letter he noted that it should be given to you when you came to
00:50:42collect the antiques send it to me attorney wills sent the letter to my hotel i sat in my room
00:50:49for
00:50:5010 minutes before finally working up the courage to open the letter the letter was not long annie when
00:50:56you see this letter your mother and i should no longer be by your side knowing your personality i guess
00:51:00you will probably run away for a while you may seal away the memories connected to us along with
00:51:05all those languages maybe it is because every language is tied to us one sentence in german will
00:51:09remind you of landscape in berlin one sentence in arabic will remind you of the stars in cairo
00:51:14but annie language is not a chain language is wings your mother spent her life building bridges
00:51:19i spent mine planting seeds you are that bridge and seed don't shrink yourself into the dark you are
00:51:23exceptional you are smart gifted and you should do what you are really good at trying to plant seeds
00:51:27in your own way you are pride mom and dad will always love you there was a water stain on
00:51:31the
00:51:31paper i did not know whether he left it when he wrote the letter or whether i had just left
00:51:35it
00:51:35my dad was right language is not a chain it is wings
00:51:42in madrid i interviewed a flamenco dancer in spanish
00:51:45she says every language has its own rhythm i wrote that sentence down in my translation notes
00:51:56the final stop was venice omar the arab old bookseller he had his own antique bookshop in the best spot
00:52:04on the
00:52:04busiest square in venice he was in his sixties and had lived in italy for 30 years and the story
00:52:11of him
00:52:11moved me the most son arrivato in italia 24 anni non sapevo nemmeno una parola della lingua locale
00:52:15the per i go per strada non riuscivo a capire nulla to not potevo leggere nulla non-era
00:52:20neanche in gradi chiedere indicazioni dovevo gestare i gesti e parlare contemporaneamente con
00:52:23le persone pensavano che fossi passo ha ha ha ha what happened after that to i
00:52:28to describe 10 years in parlare l'italiano e to represent 10 years as a fact
00:52:31that you can call me sir omar the language no serve solo a tradizione it's the way you can write
00:52:41Keep this part. Original audio with subtitles.
00:52:48Annie, your translation almost made me cry.
00:52:51In Venice, I completed the final three interviews in Italian.
00:52:55Two months, two continents, and eight languages.
00:52:58My dad was right. Language is not a chain. It is wings.
00:53:07The day I came back, it was late December.
00:53:11New York's winter was cold, but the air carried a familiar scent.
00:53:16Annie, the director position in the translation department is open.
00:53:20Mm-hmm.
00:53:21I want you to take it.
00:53:24What is the salary?
00:53:26$200,000.
00:53:28Okay. And just like that, in less than half a year,
00:53:31I went from a junior role to the director of the translation department.
00:53:36On the day I officially took the role,
00:53:38I stood in the meeting room and made a speech to the people in the translation department.
00:53:45I know many of you have questions about me.
00:53:49Why does someone who hid for three years suddenly get to become director?
00:53:53I am not going to explain.
00:53:55From today on, results will do the talking.
00:53:57I will personally proofread everyone's translation drafts.
00:54:00I have only one standard, accuracy.
00:54:02If you cannot do it, I will teach you.
00:54:04If you still cannot do it after that, you will be replaced.
00:54:07That's strict.
00:54:09Translation is not a word game.
00:54:11One wrong number in a trade contract can mean tens of millions in losses.
00:54:15Strictness is the bare minimum.
00:54:20Hello?
00:54:21Hello?
00:54:21Director Smith, congratulations on the promotion.
00:54:24$200,000?
00:54:25Mm-hmm.
00:54:26I offered $400,000 before.
00:54:28I know.
00:54:28Still not considering it?
00:54:29Not for now.
00:54:30But thank you for all your help.
00:54:31The offer, the Harbor Light Media Project that day in Cairo.
00:54:34You don't need to thank me.
00:54:35Those weren't favors.
00:54:36Then what were they?
00:54:37Things I wanted to do.
00:54:38Are you free this weekend?
00:54:40For what?
00:54:42Dinner.
00:54:42No work, no projects.
00:54:44Okay.
00:54:45He was driving a very ordinary gray sedan.
00:54:48Not the kind of luxury car I had imagined.
00:54:50Your car doesn't really match your status.
00:54:52Cars are for driving, not for showing off.
00:54:54I'm taking you to a Japanese restaurant.
00:54:56It only has eight seats.
00:54:58You're paying?
00:54:59Obviously.
00:55:01This place has the best sashimi in the whole city.
00:55:04How do you know?
00:55:05I've tried every Japanese restaurant in the city.
00:55:08This man.
00:55:10Annie, I'm going to be direct.
00:55:12Since that day in Cairo, or maybe even earlier, since the first time you spoke German at Crownwell,
00:55:17I...
00:55:17You what?
00:55:18I knew you were someone I didn't want to miss.
00:55:20Right now, you're the only person in my mind.
00:55:24You really are way too...
00:55:26Too what?
00:55:26Too direct.
00:55:27You don't like it?
00:55:28I didn't say I didn't like it.
00:55:32That night, he drove me home.
00:55:34Downstairs, he said...
00:55:36I'm flying to South Korea for a business trip tomorrow.
00:55:38How long?
00:55:39A week.
00:55:40Okay.
00:55:41Will you miss me?
00:55:43No.
00:55:44Liar.
00:55:46Maybe a little.
00:55:56Over the next three months, many things happened at once.
00:55:59The Crownwell Project successfully completed its third phase, and White Global brought in
00:56:05nearly $80 million in revenue from it.
00:56:08When Brian White reviewed the monthly report, he said to Alex Wood,
00:56:12You should have put Annie on it from the start.
00:56:16After Scarlett resigned from White Global, she became a director at a small translation company.
00:56:21Three months later, that company face had its mass tariff compensation claim.
00:56:25A German contract had its tariff glosses mistranslated, causing the client to lose $20 million.
00:56:31That translation was done by Scarlett herself.
00:56:34Her problem with German honoratis had finally been exposed on a bigger stage.
00:56:38When the news reached White Global, some people started mocking her in the group chat.
00:56:43I only said one thing.
00:56:45Stop talking about it.
00:56:48Everyone has to take responsibility for their own choices.
00:56:59Hello?
00:57:00Annie?
00:57:01It's Uncle George, your father's old colleague.
00:57:04Uncle George?
00:57:06I saw you on TV.
00:57:07Translation consultant in five languages.
00:57:09Annie, your parents must be so proud of you in heaven.
00:57:11Uncle George, how did you see...
00:57:13You look exactly like Michael.
00:57:15And you're Arabic.
00:57:15That Cairo accent of your father's, I recognized it the moment I heard it.
00:57:19Annie.
00:57:19Annie, before your father passed away, he said something to me.
00:57:22What did he say?
00:57:24Annie will become a better bridge than I ever was.
00:57:27That night, Louis Anderson came back from South Korea and went straight to my building.
00:57:32Come out.
00:57:33For what?
00:57:35I want to take a walk with you.
00:57:39The street was cold, and the streetlights stretched our shadows long across the pavement.
00:57:44I watched the documentary.
00:57:47How was it?
00:57:48Not good enough for your translation.
00:57:50The director was average.
00:57:51Don't say that about Martin.
00:57:53But your parts were excellent.
00:57:54You weren't just translating in the interview.
00:57:56You were carrying the emotion across.
00:57:59My father once said, if you understand someone's mother tongue, you can understand their heart.
00:58:03You did that.
00:58:06We walked for a long time until we reached a river.
00:58:09Annie.
00:58:10Yeah?
00:58:11Crown Law is setting up an international cultural exchange department next year.
00:58:14We'll focus on cross-border cultural projects, documentaries, publishing, exhibitions, forums.
00:58:18I need someone to lead it.
00:58:19You're trying to poach me again.
00:58:20I'm not poaching you.
00:58:21I'm building a position for you.
00:58:23What do you mean?
00:58:24You're not meant to be just a translator.
00:58:26Translation is a tool, and you should use that tool to do something bigger.
00:58:30Your father's porcelain collection could become an exhibition about the history of global trade.
00:58:33Use your eight languages to tell that story to the world.
00:58:35What's the salary?
00:58:36Name your price.
00:58:37You don't think I'm taking advantage of you?
00:58:39Then let me take advantage of you.
00:58:41What?
00:58:42Be my girlfriend.
00:58:43No salary needed.
00:58:45Louie!
00:58:46I'm joking.
00:58:47One million dollars a year plus project dividends.
00:58:49But the girlfriend part is serious too.
00:58:52The streetlight fell across his face, softening cold lines he usually carried.
00:58:58Two days later, I gave him my answer.
00:59:01I said yes to both.
00:59:02Brian White personally locked me to the entrance.
00:59:05Annie, you are the most underestimated employee in White Global's history.
00:59:09Mr. White, you also gave me the opportunity.
00:59:12You earned that opportunity yourself.
00:59:15Speaking of which, what I said in German at the annual meeting...
00:59:18The 70% raise?
00:59:20You understood it back then, didn't you?
00:59:22I did.
00:59:23Then why didn't you...
00:59:24Forget it.
00:59:25I wish you all the best.
00:59:28Three years.
00:59:30A $24,000 salary.
00:59:32A junior level position.
00:59:33I had repaid what needed to be repaid.
00:59:36It was time to start over.
00:59:42Crownwell's International Cultural Exchange Department was officially established.
00:59:46I became its first director.
00:59:49The first project is an international touring exhibition.
00:59:52The core exhibits are the 40 Blubber antiques my father collected from around the world.
00:59:59The exhibition will open simultaneously in five cities.
01:00:02Berlin, Cairo, Istanbul, Paris, and New York.
01:00:06I'll personally translate the narration for each city into the local language.
01:00:10On opening day, more than 300 people came to the New York venue.
01:00:15Uncle George stood in the exhibition hall, looking at my father's handwritten labels on
01:00:19the Portland pieces, tears streaming down his face.
01:00:22Michael, your daughter made it.
01:00:28Annie, how about turning this exhibition into a second season of the documentary?
01:00:34We can talk about it.
01:00:36I told you, you were never just a translator.
01:00:41Louie Anderson stood in the corner of the exhibition hall, staying away from the front.
01:00:44He was wearing a black suit, hands in my pockets, watching me do interviews under the
01:00:48spotlight.
01:00:48That look in his eyes.
01:00:50You are someone I didn't want to miss.
01:00:58Mrs. Smith, you are fluent in eight languages, but I heard you spent three years as a junior
01:01:02translator at a trading company, making only $24,000 a year.
01:01:07Yes.
01:01:08Why did you hide your abilities?
01:01:11Because I was running away.
01:01:13Every language was tied to memories of my parents.
01:01:16I thought if I hid them away, it would stop hurting.
01:01:19But later I realized that languages do not disappear just because you refuse to speak
01:01:23them.
01:01:23They stay in your blood, waiting for you to speak.
01:01:26What finally made you decide to speak up?
01:01:29A letter.
01:01:31My father wrote it.
01:01:32He said if I have the ability to make a difference, I should use it.
01:01:35On the second day of the exhibition, someone unexpected showed up.
01:01:40Scarlet.
01:01:42What are you doing here?
01:01:45I saw it on the news.
01:01:46Your father collected these?
01:01:48Yes.
01:01:50They are beautiful.
01:01:52Annie, I owe you an apology.
01:01:54You do not have to.
01:01:55Let me speak.
01:01:57I was jealous of you.
01:01:58I had been jealous since the first time you opened your mouth and spoke German.
01:02:02It took me seven years to climb up to Team Leader, but you were already above me without
01:02:05even trying.
01:02:06I could not accept that.
01:02:08So you chose to frame me?
01:02:09Yes.
01:02:10And then I paid the price.
01:02:12After I left White Global, that German contract at the translation company, you heard about it,
01:02:16right?
01:02:16I did.
01:02:18Because you used to correct my work, I never knew what my real level was.
01:02:21Once you were not there anymore, I finally realized...
01:02:23Starlet, your hard work was real.
01:02:24Those seven years of German were not wasted either.
01:02:26You just chose the wrong direction at certain moments.
01:02:28You don't hate me?
01:02:29No.
01:02:31The forged screenshots are in the past now.
01:02:34You really are different from before.
01:02:36Back then, I could not even face myself.
01:02:39The exhibition is wonderful.
01:02:40Your father must be very happy.
01:02:46The exhibition ran for two months across five cities, with more than 120,000 visitors in total.
01:03:01After the closing ceremony, Louie Anderson found me on the Hotel Terrace.
01:03:05Tired?
01:03:07A little.
01:03:08Five cities, two months.
01:03:10You handled all the narration translation work across every language by yourself.
01:03:13I am used to it.
01:03:15Do not get used to carrying everything alone.
01:03:18This is not a proposal, so don't be nervous.
01:03:22It's custom-made, because you said your father once told you that you were the bridge.
01:03:28This...
01:03:28There is a line engraved on the bridge.
01:03:31It has the word bridge engraved in nine languages.
01:03:34The ninth language is Russian.
01:03:36I studied for three months, just to learn one word.
01:03:39The Cairo night wind swept across the terrace.
01:03:42In the distance, the banks of the Nile were bright with lights.
01:03:47Louie Anderson, you really are.
01:03:49What?
01:03:52Too good at this.
01:03:54Only with you.
01:04:02Five years later, Crownwell's International Cultural Exchange Department had become an industry Denmark.
01:04:07It ran more than 20 cross-cultural projects every year, with revenue exceeding 200 million.
01:04:12Revenue's up another 30% this year.
01:04:14Mm-hmm.
01:04:15Your salary should be adjusted this year.
01:04:17To how much?
01:04:19You tell me.
01:04:21One dollar.
01:04:23Seriously?
01:04:24Put the rest into a scholarship to support young people studying languages.
01:04:28Name it after my parents.
01:04:29The Michael Smith and Evelyn Chen Language Scholarship.
01:04:32How do you know my mother's name?
01:04:34I am your husband.
01:04:35How could I not know your mother's name?
01:04:38Outside the window was the skyline of the whole city.
01:04:40It was no longer that rental apartment with the broken heating.
01:04:43But sometimes, I still think of that window, and the nights when I crouched there eating soup.
01:04:48Back then, I was fluent in eight languages, made $2,000 a year, and rejected a $10 million inheritance.
01:04:53I hid myself in the deepest corner, thinking that as long as I stayed silent, it would not hurt.
01:04:58In his letter, my father wrote,
01:05:00Be brave enough to be yourself.
01:05:02It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:06But luckily,
01:05:08I did it.
01:05:08It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:10It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:12It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:12It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:12It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:12It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:13It took me a long time to understand that.