CHAPTER 56: CHAPTER 55 TRANSLATION

After the Zhang family left, Wei Xueqing looked at Yang Chen with surprise and said, with a tone that was either sarcastic or admiring: "Wow, I didn’t expect you to have such skills!"

Wei Xueqing noticed that when Zhang Xingzhou came, he walked quite unnaturally, but when he left, he walked with a spring in his step, indicating that the treatment was very effective!

Yang Chen’s lips curved slightly, and he replied coolly, "It’s just a minor skill!"

Wei Xueqing pouted, "Show-off!"

Yang Chen shrugged and followed Wei Xueqing back.

In the afternoon, Wei Xueqing hurried out.

When Yang Chen saw this, he quickly followed.

It turned out, Wei Xueqing was just looking for Zhou Lan.

"Zhou Lan, have you found someone to translate the documents sent by Cui’er from Lancy Country the day before yesterday? Today, they emailed me to confirm the meeting time!" Wei Xueqing said solemnly.

Zhou Lan’s face flashed with a bit of panic and she quickly stood up, saying: "President Wei, our company doesn’t have a Lancy Language translator. There was someone who knew Lancy Language before, but they were dismissed by you."

"What?" Wei Xueqing’s face turned icy, anger rising as she glared at Zhou Lan, chastising, "What’s wrong with you? Why didn’t you inform me about such an important matter in advance?"

Zhou Lan hung her head and said, "President Wei, currently, translations are mainly done in Federation Language, Southern Language, and Bei Hai Language. There’s a scarcity of Lancy Language talent. How about... I look for some Lancy Language students online?"

"No way!" Wei Xueqing scolded: "This document represents a collaboration worth tens of millions. What’s the use of getting a student who just started learning Lancy Language? This kind of document requires at least a Level 6 Lancy Language expert! I don’t care what the reason or difficulty is!"

Checking the limited edition Omega watch on her wrist, Wei Xueqing said sternly, "It’s now 2:45 PM. I need to see the translated document by 4:45 PM. You have only two hours!"

"This... this..." Zhou Lan was almost in tears. Translating a cooperation intent document spanning dozens of pages in two hours, how could it be possible?

Moreover, the most important thing is that very few people study Lancy Language!

"Stop dawdling and get to it! If you get it done well, your bonus will double this month; if not, all of your performance for this month will be deducted!" Wei Xueqing was exceedingly stern.

Zhou Lan picked up the document looking hopeless.

"Let me tell you, our negotiation time is the day after tomorrow evening, which means we have only one day tomorrow to draft our cooperation proposal, and additionally, we must fly to Lancy Country in the afternoon. We don’t have much time, got it?"

"Got it!"

As Zhou Lan was about to leave with the document, Yang Chen spoke up: "Why not let me try?"

"What?" Wei Xueqing and Zhou Lan both looked at Yang Chen in astonishment.

At the time of recruitment, Zhou Lan had filled out the application form for Yang Chen. His position was an assistant to the president, but his highest education level was only junior high school!

Someone with only a junior high school education wants to translate a document that requires at least a Lancy Language Level 6? That’s got to be a joke, right?

Wei Xueqing gave Yang Chen just one glance, then told Zhou Lan: "Zhou Lan, try the nearby universities and find a professor from the Lancy Language department for help. The cost doesn’t matter, the company will reimburse!"

"Yes!" Zhou Lan nodded and was about to leave.

Yang Chen shrugged: "Finding a Lancy Language professor now won’t help. Translating this kind of document takes at least a day. Let me give it a try, you don’t have much to lose anyway."

"Yang Chen!" Wei Xueqing turned to Yang Chen with a serious face and said, "This is my job, your job is only security! If there’s any issue with this document, you definitely can’t bear the responsibility! Our annual cooperation turnover reaches tens of millions, and our group has been collaborating with Cui’er for five years. Today’s negotiation is for a deeper cooperation; there can’t be any problem!"

Yang Chen replied indifferently: "You’re just trying anything in a crisis. How do you know others’ translation wouldn’t have errors?"

"You!" Wei Xueqing felt Yang Chen was arguing with her.

Zhou Lan thought Yang Chen must have a reason for being so insistent and said, "I have a printed copy here. We can let Assistant Yang try!"

Calmly, Yang Chen took the document, flipped through it, nodded, and said lightly: "No problem!"

"You!" Wei Xueqing felt Yang Chen was biting off more than he could chew, "Fine! Then you try it, but if it doesn’t work, don’t bring it up again!"

Yang Chen ignored Wei Xueqing and directly pulled over Zhou Lan’s chair to sit down. He reached for a ballpoint pen on the table and started translating on the document.

"Historical Creation and Business Philosophy of the Cui’er Brand." Yang Chen translated the title.

Seeing the characters Yang Chen wrote, Wei Xueqing couldn’t help but brighten up.

The calligraphy Yang Chen wrote was precise and elegant, with sharp strokes and seemingly a foundation in cursive writing, with a fluidity in his pen movements, clearly having been practiced.

She thought that even if she wrote in calligraphy, it might not look as good as Yang Chen’s.

Seeing this, Zhou Lan couldn’t help but exclaim, "Assistant Yang, I didn’t expect your handwriting to be so beautiful!"

Yang Chen smiled and continued translating.

Although Wei Xueqing hadn’t specifically studied Lancy Language, she knew a bit.

For instance, Yang Chen could translate professional business Lancy Language vocabulary.

"Performance Bond, Asset Management, Credit Information, General Ledger, External Audit Team" — these professional terms were all accurately translated by Yang Chen.

He could also accurately translate cultural background terms.

The most challenging aspect of translation for any country is the cultural background. Because of the different ways of thinking and cultural contexts, the translated sentences of a term can have entirely different meanings, but Yang Chen had no such issues.

Wei Xueqing was very surprised; she didn’t expect Yang Chen to actually know Lancy Language.

Zhou Lan excitedly said, "President Wei, Assistant Yang’s translation isn’t a problem at all!"

Wei Xueqing nodded and asked, "Yang Chen, what level is your Lancy Language?"

Without looking up, Yang Chen responded, "I have no official level, never took the test, but I have no problem communicating with native Lancy Country people, watching TV, or listening to the radio."

Wei Xueqing nodded, which meant Yang Chen was at least at a level 6 standard.

She immediately instructed Zhou Lan, "Zhou Lan, assist Yang Chen in translating. After translating, print a Yan Language version. Also, I need the data from recent years of collaboration with Cui’er. Bring it all to me!"

"Yes!" Zhou Lan nodded seriously.

She felt like it was a narrow escape, and Yang Chen was the one who helped her through it.

With the translation issue resolved, most of the challenges were addressed. The rest was familiar data organization, which was no problem at all.

"Assistant Yang, thank you so much!" Zhou Lan clasped her hands together gratefully towards Yang Chen, "If it weren’t for you, I’d be finished."

Yang Chen smiled, "I didn’t have anything else to do anyway."