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The Silent Polyglot💖
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00:00:04I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at White Global Trading Co. Lou Did.
00:00:08I've been here for three years and make $24,000 a year.
00:00:13Pretty ordinary, right?
00:00:14But in fact, I'm fluent in eight languages.
00:00:17English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian.
00:00:22Nobody knows that.
00:00:24My father was a diplomat and mother was simultaneous insurder.
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.
00:00:40Everyone have worked hard over the past year.
00:00:43Thank you for your dedication.
00:00:46In the new year, we will...
00:00:48It's been ten minutes.
00:00:50And I'm down here counting how many times he says thank you while he's giving the speech.
00:00:56Annie, you better win the lucky draw later.
00:00:58If you do, it enters on me.
00:01:02Sure.
00:01:03Why not?
00:01:04That's my everyday life.
00:01:05Elon is my only friend at work.
00:01:08She doesn't know I speak eight languages.
00:01:10But she does know one thing.
00:01:14Also, I have another one thing.
00:01:17Everyone here, who speaks German, will receive a 70% of Gehanserröhung.
00:01:2670%.
00:01:26My salary would go from 24.000 to 4.800.
00:01:31But it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:33I told myself, it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:40Annie, did you understand that?
00:01:42No.
00:01:44I 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.
00:01:54Scarlett, 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.
00:02:06Anyway, the raise has nothing to do with you.
00:02:10Just keep doing the basic work.
00:02:13Oh, and remember to translate the annual meeting press replaced tonight.
00:02:17I didn't say anything.
00:02:18A 70% raise.
00:02:20The German translation team consists of four people, plus Scarlett.
00:02:23Only five people would get it.
00:02:25What did that have to do with me?
00:02:27Nothing.
00:02:28Really.
00:02:28Nothing.
00:02:33Anne!
00:02:33Stay 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?
00:02:44You definitely understood that German, right?
00:02:4670%?
00:02:48You only make 24,000 a year.
00:02:50After the raise, that's 4,800 a year.
00:02:53No, I didn't get the meaning.
00:02:54I don't speak German.
00:02:57Who are you trying to fool?
00:02:59Your French is already that good.
00:03:00You expect me to believe you don't understand German.
00:03:02Are you kidding me?
00:03:04I really don't understand German.
00:03:06Anne, that crappy place you rent barely have working heating.
00:03:10Sometimes you even can't bring yourself to go when we go out for a drink on Friday.
00:03:14Can't you stand up for yourself for once?
00:03:15Ellen caught me reading a French book in the pantry last year.
00:03:18I told her I'd studied a little bit French.
00:03:21She's been holding it in for almost a year.
00:03:24I don't want to expose.
00:03:30Oh my God, Annie, what are you afraid of?
00:03:35Fine.
00:03:36Keep pretending.
00:03:37I'm done.
00:03:38But Annie, I'm telling you.
00:03:39You're going to suffer with that kind of personality sooner or later.
00:03:42All right.
00:03:51God.
00:03:52You're going to suffer with that kind of thing.
00:03:58Yeah.
00:03:59Yeah.
00:04:09You're going to see it.
00:04:39They didn't know I could understand them. They thought I was just a small translator.
00:04:45But that's only to be expected. I haven't shown what I'm capable of either.
00:04:49Annie, send me the proofread version of last week's contract tomorrow.
00:04:54Yes, Mr. White.
00:05:01I placed the proofread contract on Brian White's desk the next day.
00:05:05It was a 30,000-word Spanish contract, and I had corrected 47 mistakes in the original translation.
00:05:11The original translator was Scarlett, but my name would never appear on the proofread version.
00:05:16It would only show translation department on the surface.
00:05:19Scarlett never knew her translations had been corrected by me.
00:05:23She thought she was the top.
00:05:26Annie, did you hear?
00:05:28Hear what? Scarlett is going to handle the Crownwell International next week.
00:05:32I heard.
00:05:33Do you know President Anderson of Crownwell?
00:05:39Who?
00:05:44Louis Anderson.
00:05:4532 years old, president of Crownwell International Commerce Group lead-in.
00:05:48He ranked 98th on last year's global wealth rankings.
00:05:51They say he's fluent in five languages, but notorious for his bad temper.
00:05:54He even chewed out the entire Meridian's translation team and drove them out of a meeting room.
00:05:58What does that have to do with me?
00:05:59You don't think Scarlett can handle him?
00:06:02Hmm. Even if she can't, that's not my business.
00:06:07Annie, seriously.
00:06:09You're way too good at putting up with things.
00:06:11Louis left. She doesn't get it.
00:06:13I'm not putting up with it. I just don't want to get involved.
00:06:16It was an ARAP supplier quotation.
00:06:18Technically, it should have gone to someone on the ARAP group.
00:06:21But the ARAP team is out of the office today, so Alex Wood casually dumped it on me.
00:06:25Annie, didn't you say you took a little Arabic course in college? Just do a rough translation.
00:06:29Sure. I did tell him I'd taken a little Arabic.
00:06:32But in fact, I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years.
00:06:35Arabic is basically my fourth native language.
00:06:37It took me 15 minutes to finish the translation.
00:06:40I left two tiny mistakes in proposal just to pretend the work of someone who had only taken a little
00:06:45Arabic.
00:06:51Not bad was actually good enough for me.
00:06:59Annie, organize these materials for me.
00:07:02I need them for Crownwell's project next week.
00:07:04This is...
00:07:04Background materials on Crownwell International Commerce Group Loa, all in Spanish.
00:07:09About 50 pages.
00:07:10This isn't my job.
00:07:11How is it not?
00:07:12You're in the translation department, and I'm your leader.
00:07:14Is there a problem with me assigning you work?
00:07:16She had been promoted to team leader last month,
00:07:19so of course was at the peak of her arrogance.
00:07:22Fine.
00:07:25Oh, and there's a department meeting tomorrow.
00:07:27We'll be discussing the handover plan for the Crownwell project.
00:07:30You don't need to attend.
00:07:32I know.
00:07:32You're only responsible for basic proofreading.
00:07:35A major project like this isn't something you get to be part of.
00:07:38I know.
00:07:45I heard everything in the pantry.
00:07:47Who does she think she is talking to you like that?
00:07:48What does she mean by not something you get to be part of?
00:07:51I'm used to it.
00:07:52Can't you just clap back for once, and then what?
00:07:54She'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.
00:08:04What exactly are you afraid of, Annie?
00:08:07What am I afraid of?
00:08:08I don't know either.
00:08:10Maybe I'm afraid of being noticed.
00:08:12Afraid that people will dig into my past and will look at me with pity.
00:08:16Or maybe I'm just too tired to care.
00:08:22An annual salary of $24,000.
00:08:26In this city, after rent and utilities, there isn't much left.
00:08:36Hello?
00:08:37Hello.
00:08:37Am I speaking with Miss Annie Smith?
00:08:39Yes.
00:08:40This is Attorney Wills from Kirkland and Ellis Law Firm.
00:08:43There are some documents regarding the settlement of the overseas assets left by your parents,
00:08:47and we need you to sign in person.
00:08:49I've said this before.
00:08:50I don't want any of it.
00:08:51Donate everything.
00:08:51Mrs. Smith, there is a sum in your parents' account in Zurich.
00:08:54I don't want it.
00:08:55Attorney Wills, thank you, but please stop calling me.
00:09:04The Translation Department had a meeting on a Monday morning.
00:09:07I wasn't told to attend, but my desk was right next to the meeting room.
00:09:10I could hear every word through that glass wall.
00:09:13Louis Anderson is fluent in German and French.
00:09:15There are also someone who can speak Mandarin and Japanese in his team.
00:09:18This time we're discussing a supply chain partnership for the Middle East market.
00:09:21Anything involving Arabic will be handled by their side.
00:09:24We only need to cover the German communication.
00:09:26Can you handle that?
00:09:27Of course.
00:09:28I studied in Germany for three years.
00:09:29The business negotiation like this is exactly in my comfort zone.
00:09:32To be fair, Starless German is decent.
00:09:34Daily conversation is indeed a piece of cake for her.
00:09:37But I've reviewed her previous translations.
00:09:39Her business German has one fatal habit.
00:09:41She relies too much on literal translation,
00:09:42and often misses the level of formality required in German business correspondence.
00:09:46In everyday conversation, that's not a big deal.
00:09:48But if the person she faced is extremely sensitive to details,
00:09:51never mind.
00:09:52Not my business.
00:09:54Finished sorting everything?
00:09:56Yes.
00:09:56I made her a summary classified by project type,
00:09:59cooperation history, and key personnel.
00:10:01I also marked the changes of tarot policies and the risk points.
00:10:03All she had to do was a glance through,
00:10:05and she was exactly to expect.
00:10:06It'll do.
00:10:11Scarlet!
00:10:13Scarlet.
00:10:14He rarely came down here in person.
00:10:17Scarlet, crown will move the schedule up.
00:10:20Anderson will be here tomorrow afternoon.
00:10:21Are you ready?
00:10:22Moved up?
00:10:25I've gone through all the materials.
00:10:26No problem.
00:10:27Good.
00:10:28Bring someone with you tomorrow for on-site interpretation support.
00:10:31I'll take Zach.
00:10:32His German is decent, too.
00:10:34Zach is still on leave.
00:10:38Annie!
00:10:39You come with me tomorrow.
00:10:40Me?
00:10:41I only speak Spanish.
00:10:42You'll just take notes and serve coffee.
00:10:44I'll handle the professional part.
00:10:47Her?
00:10:48Don't worry, Mr. White.
00:10:50She'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.
00:11:02Scarlet is taking you?
00:11:04Doesn't she always get down on you?
00:11:05As the errand girl.
00:11:07You...
00:11:07You just agreed to that?
00:11:09What else am I supposed to do?
00:11:10Annie!
00:11:22Are you from White Global?
00:11:24Yes.
00:11:24I'm Scarlet, team leader of the translation department.
00:11:27This is my assistant, Annie.
00:11:29Oh, she called me assistant.
00:11:31I didn't correct her.
00:11:34Please wait.
00:11:35President Alexandring is still in a meeting.
00:11:38Scarlet reapplied her lipstick twice
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.
00:11:46Don't speak unless you're asked.
00:11:48Got it?
00:11:48Got it.
00:11:49Also, when you address Mr. Anderson,
00:11:52be formal and respectful.
00:11:53Don't let your eyes wander.
00:11:55People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.
00:11:59Okay.
00:12:02Miss Scarlet?
00:12:02President Anderson will see you now.
00:12:1632 years old,
00:12:17about 6 foot 1,
00:12:18gray suit,
00:12:19no tie.
00:12:20The top button of his shirt was undone.
00:12:21His face was cold.
00:12:22Not the kind of cold people put on to look cool.
00:12:24He was genuinely cold.
00:12:26Sit.
00:12:28Two other people were sitting next to him.
00:12:30The legal director
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 output,
00:12:40that you have given us
00:12:41before yesterday,
00:12:42was at the rate of the tariff
00:12:44on the standards of 2000,
00:12:462001.
00:12:47We have now 2024.
00:12:48What should that mean?
00:12:50He spoke for a fast.
00:12:52Every word was sharp.
00:12:53She understood him,
00:12:54but she clearly didn't expect him
00:12:55to open my glass.
00:13:02I mean...
00:13:03I have asked in German,
00:13:04so please answer in German.
00:13:06I don't want to spend time
00:13:08with subtitles.
00:13:11That was only a first end.
00:13:13We will update the data.
00:13:16Update?
00:13:17Has anyone in your team
00:13:18of the new South Valley
00:13:19for the import
00:13:20of the EU
00:13:20in the Nah and South
00:13:21for 2021 beschäftigt?
00:13:22The changes in Article D3
00:13:23and 7
00:13:24betreiben direkt
00:13:2415%
00:13:25ihres Avos-Spielers.
00:13:26Wussten Sie das?
00:13:27She didn't know.
00:13:29But I did.
00:13:31Because that policy change
00:13:32was mentioned
00:13:32in the background materials.
00:13:34I had specifically marked
00:13:35it in the summary.
00:13:37But Scarlet obviously
00:13:38hadn't read it carefully.
00:13:41Die...
00:13:41Das...
00:13:42Ich muss das erstmal
00:13:43interne vertieren.
00:13:47Haben Sie sich überhaupt nicht
00:13:48vorbereitet,
00:13:48bevor Sie Ihre Recomens ist?
00:13:51Sie haben dreierl
00:13:52die falsche Deutsch-Beanliste
00:13:53verwendet.
00:13:54Beim ersten Mal
00:13:55habe ich nichts gesagt.
00:13:57Beim zweiten Mal
00:13:57auch nicht.
00:13:58Beim dritten Mal...
00:14:00Wissen Sie,
00:14:01was es im Geschäftsleif
00:14:02benötet,
00:14:02wenn man ständig
00:14:03die falsche Ansturffraum
00:14:04benutzt?
00:14:05Es bedeutet entweder,
00:14:06dass Sie mich nicht
00:14:07respektieren
00:14:07oder dass Sie Ihre
00:14:08Führigkeit nicht
00:14:08ausweisen.
00:14:09Was ist es?
00:14:11The legal director
00:14:12beside Anderson
00:14:13gave a slight shake
00:14:14of his head.
00:14:15The meaning was obvious.
00:14:17This negotiation
00:14:17was about to fall through.
00:14:24Herr Präsident Anderson,
00:14:26ich wette vielmals
00:14:27um Entschuldung.
00:14:28Wenn das das Nibel
00:14:29von White Glover ist,
00:14:31werde ich in Erwengung
00:14:31füllen,
00:14:32zu einem anderen Partner
00:14:32zu shaken.
00:14:33Meine Hand
00:14:33sind über die Kabel.
00:14:35Zwei Verte
00:14:35sprechen in meinem Kopf.
00:14:36Es ist keine
00:14:37von Ihrer Begriffe.
00:14:38Du bist hier,
00:14:38um Kaffee und trinken.
00:14:39Das ist Witwer
00:14:40der größten Deal
00:14:41des Jahres.
00:14:42Wenn wir es verlieren,
00:14:42werden sie wahrscheinlich
00:14:43am Ende des Jahres
00:14:44und jüngere Translator
00:14:45wie ich
00:14:45werden erst
00:14:46auf der Schöpfung.
00:14:58Präsident Anderson,
00:14:59geben Sie uns bitte
00:14:59noch fünf Minuten.
00:15:13And you are?
00:15:16I'm Annie,
00:15:17Junior Translator
00:15:19at Whitmore Global.
00:15:21Junior Translator?
00:15:22Yes.
00:15:23The one who always
00:15:24takes notes beside
00:15:25and serves coffee.
00:15:29Five minutes.
00:15:33Die neue 3 erfettet
00:15:35den Standard
00:15:35für irgendein Sechtinger
00:15:36von sechs
00:15:37auf acht Stelle
00:15:38HSKs.
00:15:39Artikel,
00:15:39diese Berenser 2
00:15:40zeigen unsere
00:15:40Tachtischen Berlog
00:15:41und er kommen bald
00:15:42fünf Prozent.
00:15:43Fünf Prozent?
00:15:44Erklären Sie mir
00:15:44das in der Richtung.
00:15:47Der White Global
00:15:47über ein Sollbaus
00:15:48in den W.E.
00:15:49hüht,
00:15:49das von den Vorlingsschaffen
00:15:50der Freidehande
00:15:51von Comprofifessions
00:15:52werden etwa drei Prozent
00:15:53der durch die Erkreisung
00:15:54des HS-Bogen
00:15:55verdüsten Kostenschärbungen
00:15:55kompensiert.
00:15:56Die nette Ausflügung
00:15:57enthält zum Stolz.
00:15:58Louis Anderson's
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
00:16:02whether I was right.
00:16:03Where 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,
00:16:13but I can give you
00:16:14ten more
00:16:14on one condition.
00:16:16From here on,
00:16:18you meet the negotiation.
00:16:20She can't...
00:16:21I said she leads.
00:16:23Or you can lead right now.
00:16:28Scarlet,
00:16:28should I take over?
00:16:32Then let's restart
00:16:33from the first part
00:16:33of the proposal.
00:16:34This wasn't because
00:16:35I had prepared in advance.
00:16:36While sorting that
00:16:3750 pages materials
00:16:38I for Scarlet,
00:16:39I had memorized every word.
00:16:40Plus,
00:16:41I grew up in a diplomatic family.
00:16:42The basics of international trade
00:16:44are as natural to me
00:16:45as breathing.
00:16:45Auf dem Neustmarkt.
00:16:47Wenn ein Kunter lange
00:16:47nicht über den Preis spielt,
00:16:48sondern nur über Tellingen,
00:16:49wie würden Sie damit umgehen?
00:16:51Atajriya balatafah.
00:16:52Musibit al-laratah awelah,
00:16:54fana naqo bisharat.
00:16:55You speak Arabic too?
00:16:56A little.
00:16:57Der japanische Lieferstern
00:16:58ist sechs Prozent günster,
00:16:59aber die Lieferzeit
00:17:00ist instabil.
00:17:01Wie entscheiden Sie?
00:17:01Die erschriechene japanische
00:17:02Angosuznummer
00:17:03leidt J.P.E.K.T.
00:17:050427.
00:17:06Ich würde nicht
00:17:07das nierigste Auversuch wählen,
00:17:08sondern die Läusung
00:17:09mit dem kleinsten Gesenktarisko.
00:17:13The framework works.
00:17:15I'll have my legal team
00:17:16follow up with you
00:17:16on the details.
00:17:18The hand was warm and strong
00:17:20and the grip was just right.
00:17:22Annie, right?
00:17:23Yes.
00:17:24You're wasted in the junior level.
00:17:30You lied to everyone.
00:17:33What?
00:17:34You said you only spoke Spanish.
00:17:40I do mainly work in Spanish.
00:17:43What you did in there today,
00:17:44that's what you call
00:17:44mainly working in Spanish?
00:17:46Your German is better than mine.
00:17:48Where did that Arab come from?
00:17:49It's not even on your resume.
00:17:52Scarlett, the project was saved,
00:17:54wasn't it?
00:17:54You did this on purpose.
00:17:56You hid your skills
00:17:57just waiting for a chance
00:17:58like this to show off.
00:18:01What do you think will happen
00:18:02just because you impressed
00:18:03Louie Anderson once?
00:18:04When we're back at the company,
00:18:06you're still just that
00:18:07junior translator.
00:18:08Annie, just you wait.
00:18:17Suddenly, I felt a little tired.
00:18:20How did the negotiation go?
00:18:22Did Scarlett crash and burn?
00:18:23The project was saved.
00:18:25How was it saved?
00:18:26Wasn't she...
00:18:26Wait, was it you?
00:18:28I'll tell you when I get back.
00:18:29Annie, you finally made a move!
00:18:33Standing at the exit
00:18:34of the underground garage,
00:18:35I felt the autumn wind blowing in.
00:18:37It 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 to lose
00:18:43my 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?
00:18:59Yes, but that was...
00:19:00Then that's all that matters.
00:19:01The Crown Will deal
00:19:02is worth $40 million.
00:19:03If it had fallen through yesterday,
00:19:05the entire translation department
00:19:06could have packed up.
00:19:09One look at her face
00:19:11and I knew
00:19:11this wasn't over.
00:19:18Annie,
00:19:19how good is your German exactly?
00:19:21I can get by.
00:19:22You 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 Will
00:19:27and you even used Arabic.
00:19:28My German just everyday level?
00:19:29Do you know if the company
00:19:30hired a multi-language translator
00:19:31like you,
00:19:32the starting salary
00:19:32would be at least $96,000 a year?
00:19:34I have no issues
00:19:35with my current salary.
00:19:36Fine.
00:19:37Come to the meeting room
00:19:38at 2 this afternoon.
00:19:39We need you involved
00:19:39in the follow-up coordination
00:19:40for the Crown Will project.
00:19:43Mr. Wood!
00:19:44I'm the one in charge
00:19:45of the Crown Will project!
00:19:46You'll remain in charge,
00:19:47but Annie will be involved
00:19:47in the coordination.
00:19:48That's Mr. White's decision.
00:19:53Happy now, Annie?
00:19:56Scarlet, I just...
00:19:57You just what?
00:19:58You think because
00:19:59you showed up once yesterday
00:20:00you're on the same level
00:20:01as 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
00:20:05from intern to department leader.
00:20:07And you?
00:20:07A liar who's been
00:20:08hiding everything.
00:20:13Just you wait.
00:20:17Annie,
00:20:18Mr. Anderson specifically
00:20:19requested you
00:20:20as the translator
00:20:20for the follow-up coordination.
00:20:22Starting today,
00:20:22you'll be temporarily transferred
00:20:23to the Crown Will project team.
00:20:25Okay.
00:20:26But your position
00:20:26will remain junior
00:20:27and salary will stay the same.
00:20:28We'll evaluate it again
00:20:29after the project ends.
00:20:30Got it.
00:20:31Crown Will supply chain project
00:20:32is 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
00:20:39English, Spanish,
00:20:40and German versions.
00:20:41Annie,
00:20:42can you handle
00:20:42all three language versions
00:20:43at the same time?
00:20:44Yes.
00:20:45Three languages?
00:20:45Since she joined this company,
00:20:46she has only ever worked
00:20:47as 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
00:20:53what her level is.
00:20:54Any other questions?
00:20:58It took me two hours
00:20:59to finish the English version
00:21:00and another hour and a half
00:21:02to finish the Spanish version.
00:21:06You're translating that fast?
00:21:07Aren'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
00:21:19excited expectations.
00:21:21Annie,
00:21:21what exactly have you been doing
00:21:22for the past three years?
00:21:31Hello?
00:21:32Annie?
00:21:33It was Louis Anderson.
00:21:34This is Louis Anderson
00:21:35from Crownwell.
00:21:36Mr. Wood gave me your number.
00:21:38Mr. Anderson,
00:21:39what can I do for you?
00:21:39I read the 62 pages
00:21:41you translated today.
00:21:42Was there any problem?
00:21:43No problem at all.
00:21:44It's the most accurate
00:21:45German business translation
00:21:46I've seen in the past three years.
00:21:49You're not someone
00:21:50who belongs in a junior position.
00:21:51That is my current position.
00:21:53I know.
00:21:54That's why I'm curious.
00:21:55Crownwell has an internal meeting
00:21:56tomorrow afternoon.
00:21:57It involves partner selection
00:21:58for the Middle Eastern market.
00:22:00I need an Arabic-speaking
00:22:00interpreter there.
00:22:01This should go through
00:22:02the company.
00:22:03I know.
00:22:03But I'm asking you directly.
00:22:05Would you like to come?
00:22:07Okay, I will.
00:22:10Annie,
00:22:10maybe you're going
00:22:11to be exposed after all.
00:22:12I knew this day
00:22:13would come eventually.
00:22:14But I just didn't expect
00:22:15it to come this soon.
00:22:19They were from
00:22:20a construction materials
00:22:21group in the UAE.
00:22:22The 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
00:22:32between Eric and English.
00:22:34Okay.
00:22:35If Charlotte were here,
00:22:36she would probably ask,
00:22:37where did your ablik
00:22:37even come from?
00:22:38The answer is,
00:22:39I lived in Cairo
00:22:39for a year and a half.
00:22:40During that time,
00:22:41my roommate was even
00:22:42an Egyptian diplomat's daughter.
00:22:47Press.
00:22:48This fellow of us
00:22:48is Lord.
00:22:49Standard procedure.
00:22:5015 minutes passed.
00:22:52I lowered my head
00:23:00and hyped
00:23:00as if I were taking notes.
00:23:01Then I turned
00:23:02my laptop slightly
00:23:02so Louie Anderson
00:23:03could see this one line
00:23:04in English.
00:23:04They said they want
00:23:05to push the price
00:23:05down by 20 work.
00:23:06They'll switch to suppliers.
00:23:07Louie Anderson's eyes
00:23:08stayed on the screen
00:23:09for one second.
00:23:10His expression
00:23:11didn't change at all.
00:23:12But it's in the negotiation
00:23:13that followed
00:23:14his strategy
00:23:15clearly shifted.
00:23:16Let's cut the chase.
00:23:17Our final offer
00:23:17is 10% below
00:23:18the current market price.
00:23:19Take your lead.
00:23:25Your abhishek is excellent.
00:23:26Not that good.
00:23:27Just the daily level.
00:23:29You heard what he said
00:23:29to his interpreter just now?
00:23:31Then you warned me.
00:23:32I just thought
00:23:33the information
00:23:33might be useful
00:23:34for the negotiation.
00:23:35Without that warning
00:23:35from you,
00:23:36this deal would have
00:23:36cost us at least
00:23:37eight million dollars today.
00:23:38Annie,
00:23:38how many languages
00:23:39do you speak?
00:23:40German, French,
00:23:41Japanese, Korean,
00:23:42Spanish, Arabic,
00:23:43and Italian.
00:23:44Eight in total,
00:23:44plus English.
00:23:45And you're a junior
00:23:46level translator
00:23:46at White Global.
00:23:47Do you think
00:23:48that 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
00:23:54to head the
00:23:54International Business
00:23:55Department,
00:23:55there's no upper limit.
00:23:57Mr. Anderson,
00:23:58thank you for the offer.
00:23:58I'm not planning
00:23:59to change jobs for now.
00:24:00For now?
00:24:01For now.
00:24:01You can change
00:24:02your mind to any ground.
00:24:03Only one line of text,
00:24:04Loie Anderson,
00:24:04and a phone number.
00:24:05It didn't even say
00:24:06President Crownwell International.
00:24:07This kind of card
00:24:08is usually given
00:24:09to people who already
00:24:09need to know
00:24:10who you are.
00:24:19What are you doing?
00:24:21I, I, I was passing by
00:24:23and saw your computer
00:24:23was still on.
00:24:24It was off
00:24:24when I left.
00:24:25You went to Crownwell
00:24:26again today?
00:24:27Loie Anderson
00:24:27asked you to go,
00:24:28didn't he?
00:24:28It was needed
00:24:29for the project coordination.
00:24:30What kind of project
00:24:30needs you to interpret Arabic?
00:24:32You never said
00:24:32you were that good
00:24:33at Arabic.
00:24:33What else are you hiding?
00:24:34Scarlett, what did you see
00:24:35on my computer?
00:24:37I didn't see anything.
00:24:39She opened my personal folder.
00:24:41What was inside?
00:24:42Some translation exercises.
00:24:44Casual translations
00:24:45in French, Japanese,
00:24:46and Korean.
00:24:47Things I did
00:24:48when I was bored.
00:24:49If she saw those...
00:24:52Annie, what exactly
00:24:53did you do at Crownwell today?
00:24:54Scarlett was losing her mind
00:24:55in the office all afternoon.
00:24:57She went through your computer.
00:24:57I know.
00:24:58You know?
00:24:58Why aren't you reporting her?
00:25:00Report what?
00:25:00I don't have proof.
00:25:01You are way too...
00:25:02Forget 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 Alex Wood.
00:25:07What do you mean?
00:25:08I handle reimbursement forms
00:25:09and admin.
00:25:09Over the past six months,
00:25:10Scarlett's gone on loan
00:25:11with Alex Wood
00:25:11to talk about work
00:25:1217 times.
00:25:13Every single time
00:25:13it was at that hotel
00:25:14on the west side of the city.
00:25:15Think about that.
00:25:16That has nothing to do with me.
00:25:17How does it have
00:25:17nothing to do with you?
00:25:18Alex Wood made Scarlett
00:25:19to partner later
00:25:19because of that relationship.
00:25:26The message basically said
00:25:27the 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 profiles
00:25:33within a week.
00:25:35Concealment or classification
00:25:36will be dealt with
00:25:37as a violation
00:25:38of company regulations.
00:25:40This email
00:25:41is entered straight to you.
00:25:43Of course I knew.
00:25:44When Scarlett went
00:25:45through my computer,
00:25:46she found those
00:25:47multilangual translation exercises.
00:25:49She must have gone
00:25:50to Alex Wood.
00:25:53Annie,
00:25:54did you see that email?
00:25:56So what?
00:25:57Are you planning
00:25:58to update your profile?
00:25:59I'm still thinking about it.
00:26:02I suggest you do it soon.
00:26:03If they find out
00:26:04you hid something,
00:26:06that'll be a very serious matter.
00:26:09Thank you for the reminder, 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.
00:26:31First,
00:26:32the Crownwell project
00:26:33has finished
00:26:34the initial handover.
00:26:35Mr. Anderson
00:26:36is very satisfied
00:26:37with our translation work.
00:26:39Bonuses for this project
00:26:40will be issued next month.
00:26:44Second,
00:26:45regarding the update
00:26:46of employee profiles.
00:26:51Mr. White,
00:26:52I have a question.
00:26:54Go ahead.
00:26:56If an employee
00:26:56deliberately hides
00:26:57their skills
00:26:58and causes the company
00:26:59to make the mistakes
00:27:00in allocating human resources,
00:27:02does that count
00:27:02as a violation?
00:27:10Then let me give an example.
00:27:11Say an employee
00:27:12only lists Spanish
00:27:13on her profile,
00:27:14but in fact,
00:27:14she is fluent
00:27:14in multiple languages.
00:27:15The 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
00:27:19any objections.
00:27:20Over three years
00:27:21without knowing the truth,
00:27:22the company loses out
00:27:23on a huge amount
00:27:23of usable human resources.
00:27:25This kind of behavior.
00:27:26Enough.
00:27:30Scarlet,
00:27:31get to the point.
00:27:32The person you're talking
00:27:32about is me, right?
00:27:35So what?
00:27:36Yes.
00:27:36I only listed Spanish
00:27:38on my profile
00:27:39because the position
00:27:40I applied for
00:27:40was junior Spanish translator.
00:27:42I have never made a mistake
00:27:44during the work.
00:27:46As for the other
00:27:47languages.
00:27:47As 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
00:27:52for the German,
00:27:53French,
00:27:53and 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
00:27:58can replace all of them,
00:28:00then where does that
00:28:00leave you, Scarlet?
00:28:01This 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
00:28:09I'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.
00:28:16Not listing on my profile
00:28:18does not mean hiding.
00:28:19The skills section
00:28:20does not say
00:28:21all skills must be listed.
00:28:22I chose to show
00:28:23only the skills required
00:28:24for the job I applied for.
00:28:26That is my right.
00:28:30Fine.
00:28:31Then let me ask
00:28:32another question.
00:28:32Mr. White,
00:28:33the bonus for the
00:28:34Crownwell project
00:28:35is distributed
00:28:36among the team members,
00:28:37right?
00:28:37Yes.
00:28:38Annie was added
00:28:39to the team later
00:28:39on a temporary basis.
00:28:40The part she took in
00:28:41was just translation handover.
00:28:43She wasn't on
00:28:43the original team list.
00:28:45So when the bonus
00:28:45is distributed,
00:28:46she shouldn't receive
00:28:47the full amount.
00:28:48That was a vicious move.
00:28:50She stopped attacking me
00:28:51over the hidden skills issue
00:28:52because she knew
00:28:53she couldn't win that fight.
00:28:54So she switched
00:28:55to Mund...
00:28:56money instead.
00:28:59Well...
00:29:00Scarlet does have a point.
00:29:02Annie joined
00:29:02halfway through.
00:29:03Louie Anderson
00:29:04specifically requested me.
00:29:08Mr. Anderson?
00:29:09What brings you here?
00:29:11I came to deliver
00:29:11the contract.
00:29:12I heard your meeting.
00:29:14The door wasn't
00:29:14fully closed.
00:29:15The core negotiation
00:29:16of this project
00:29:17was completed by Annie.
00:29:18On the day we first met,
00:29:19she saved the entire
00:29:19conversation in the
00:29:20final five minutes.
00:29:21During the meeting
00:29:22with the UAE client,
00:29:23she used Arabic to win me
00:29:23$8 million in profit margin.
00:29:25How your company
00:29:26distributes bonuses
00:29:27is your business.
00:29:27But I suggest you figure out
00:29:28who really is
00:29:30the key person
00:29:31in this project.
00:29:37One more thing.
00:29:38There is a clause
00:29:39in this contract.
00:29:40From now on,
00:29:41all translation
00:29:42handover work
00:29:42for Crown Width
00:29:43will be handled
00:29:44by Annie.
00:29:44If she is no longer
00:29:45at White Global,
00:29:46this contract
00:29:47automatically becomes
00:29:48void.
00:29:53Mr. Anderson,
00:29:54you mean...
00:29:54I've made myself
00:29:55very clear.
00:29:56This contract
00:29:57is worth
00:29:58$80 million a year.
00:30:00The handover translator
00:30:01is Annie.
00:30:02If you replace her,
00:30:04the contract is void.
00:30:07$80 million.
00:30:08Annie.
00:30:09Mr. White?
00:30:10Starting today,
00:30:11you are no longer
00:30:12on the junior level.
00:30:13Then which level
00:30:14I'm in?
00:30:14Deputy Director
00:30:15of the Translation
00:30:16Department.
00:30:17As for your salary,
00:30:19you'll discuss it
00:30:19privately.
00:30:20Mr. White!
00:30:21She's only been here
00:30:22for three years.
00:30:23I've been here
00:30:23for seven!
00:30:24Scarlet,
00:30:25sit down.
00:30:27You deserve nothing
00:30:27to do.
00:30:28That's it.
00:30:30The Translation
00:30:31Department
00:30:31was in an uproar.
00:30:33She actually speaks
00:30:35eight languages.
00:30:35She stayed
00:30:36in the junior level
00:30:37for three years?
00:30:38How did that happen?
00:30:39Didn't you hear
00:30:40Louis Anderson's contract?
00:30:41He specifically
00:30:42asked for her.
00:30:44$80 million.
00:30:46Scarlet's face
00:30:46looks amazing.
00:30:48I mean,
00:30:48the color.
00:30:52That line in French,
00:30:53you understood it?
00:30:54I did.
00:30:55What did you think?
00:30:58I'm thinking about it.
00:31:00Take your time.
00:31:04Annie,
00:31:05let's have a chat.
00:31:09You hid for three years,
00:31:10and now everything
00:31:11is out in the low-pen.
00:31:12Do you really think
00:31:13your life here
00:31:13will be easy
00:31:14from now on?
00:31:15Are you threatening me?
00:31:17I'm reminding you.
00:31:18Do you think
00:31:18becoming deputy director
00:31:19solves everything?
00:31:20The Translation
00:31:21Department's connections,
00:31:22client relationships,
00:31:23and internal resources
00:31:24are all in my hands.
00:31:25You'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.
00:31:38What if I don't want to?
00:31:40Then I'll let you know
00:31:41ability isn't the only thing
00:31:42that matters in reality.
00:31:50It tasted awful.
00:31:51Scarlet was right.
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
00:31:58who had the connection.
00:32:02On Monday,
00:32:03something major happened
00:32:04at White Global.
00:32:05The company had received
00:32:06a new project,
00:32:07a fashion brand
00:32:08from Lyon, France.
00:32:09It required a full set
00:32:11of French to English
00:32:11brand translation
00:32:12and market localization services.
00:32:15Alex Wood had brought
00:32:16this project back
00:32:17through an old client.
00:32:18The amount was not huge,
00:32:20but it mattered a lot
00:32:22for the company's
00:32:22brand expansion.
00:32:23The problem was
00:32:25one of the two translators
00:32:26on 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
00:32:32on the French team.
00:32:34What are we supposed
00:32:34to do with this project?
00:32:37Annie,
00:32:38what level is your French?
00:32:40It works.
00:32:42What do you mean by that?
00:32:42Can you handle
00:32:43high-end French brand
00:32:44localization?
00:32:45Yes.
00:32:46Good.
00:32:47Then you're taking
00:32:48this project.
00:32:51The director
00:32:52of the French side
00:32:52personally called
00:32:53Brian White
00:32:54after looked through.
00:32:57Is your translator French?
00:32:59The language
00:33:00feels incredibly authentic.
00:33:01Yes.
00:33:02We have a dedicated
00:33:03French translation team.
00:33:09Annie,
00:33:10the French side
00:33:11is extremely satisfied.
00:33:12They've added
00:33:13another project
00:33:14for full translation
00:33:15of their product manuals.
00:33:16It's worth
00:33:16three million dollars.
00:33:19Okay.
00:33:19I'll approve
00:33:20your project bonus
00:33:21for this month separately.
00:33:22Thank you,
00:33:23Mr. White.
00:33:27Please note everyone,
00:33:28project assignments
00:33:29in the translation
00:33:29should follow
00:33:30department procedures.
00:33:31No one should skip
00:33:31the leader
00:33:32and take projects directly.
00:33:46Annie,
00:33:46do you really
00:33:47speak eight languages?
00:33:48Yes.
00:33:49Do you know
00:33:50how rare
00:33:50someone like you
00:33:51is in the
00:33:51translation industry?
00:33:53I know.
00:33:54Then why did you...
00:33:56Forget it.
00:33:57There's something
00:33:58I should tell you.
00:33:59Scarlet has a real
00:34:00problem with you.
00:34:00She's brought it up
00:34:01with me several times
00:34:02already.
00:34:02I 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?
00:34:12What about us?
00:34:15Nothing.
00:34:21Annie, Scarlet and I
00:34:22don't have the kind
00:34:22of relationship
00:34:23you might be thinking of.
00:34:24She got promoted
00:34:25to team lead
00:34:26because she had been
00:34:26here long enough
00:34:27and knew the business
00:34:27well.
00:34:29That's all.
00:34:32I thought of the 17 hotel
00:34:33reinforcing claims
00:34:34Elon had mentioned.
00:34:36Human nature really is
00:34:37an interesting thing.
00:34:41The way people looked at me
00:34:42was strange.
00:34:43It wasn't admiration
00:34:44or envy.
00:34:45It was more like
00:34:46avoidance.
00:34:48Something happened.
00:34:49What happened?
00:34:50Scarlet reported you
00:34:51to Brian White.
00:34:52Reported me for what?
00:34:53She said you privately
00:34:54leakered White Global's
00:34:55internal pricing strategy
00:34:56to Crownweck
00:34:57while you were
00:34:57translating for them.
00:34:58That's a false accusation.
00:35:00I know.
00:35:00But 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 you and
00:35:07Louie Anderson's
00:35:07assistant, Frank Young.
00:35:09The chat mentions
00:35:10White Global's
00:35:10internal pricing.
00:35:12There is no such
00:35:12file on 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
00:35:17in his office
00:35:18tomorrow morning
00:35:18to 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
00:35:26at 2 p.m.
00:35:27But you were
00:35:28at the department
00:35:29meeting last Wednesday
00:35:29afternoon.
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
00:35:38of the screenshot.
00:35:39That battery display
00:35:40doesn't match
00:35:40your phone model.
00:35:41You use a Samsung.
00:35:43That screenshot
00:35:43is from an iPhone.
00:35:46Ellen, I need you
00:35:47to do me a favor.
00:35:48Name 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 going
00:36:02to use them?
00:36:03Not to attack her,
00:36:04but to protect myself.
00:36:05If she comes after me,
00:36:06I need Brian White
00:36:07to know her credibility
00:36:08has a problem.
00:36:09Got it.
00:36:20Every file had a timestamp
00:36:22and sending record.
00:36:23My real chat history
00:36:24with Frank Young
00:36:25was all on Teams
00:36:26with server backups.
00:36:28Scarlet could fake screenshots,
00:36:31but she couldn't change
00:36:32server data.
00:36:41I heard you were reported.
00:36:43News travels fast.
00:36:45Frank told me.
00:36:46Do you need help?
00:36:47No.
00:36:48I can handle it myself.
00:36:49Are you sure?
00:36:52Yes.
00:36:53Fine.
00:36:54If you can't handle it,
00:36:55just tell me.
00:36:58It won't.
00:36:59It won't.
00:37:04Annie.
00:37:06Scarlet reported that
00:37:07you privately leaked
00:37:09our pricing strategy
00:37:09to Crownwell
00:37:10while you were translating
00:37:11for them.
00:37:12These screenshots
00:37:13are the evidence
00:37:14she provided.
00:37:15Is there anything
00:37:15you want to say?
00:37:16It was exactly
00:37:17as Aline had described.
00:37:18My profile picture,
00:37:19my name,
00:37:20a conversation
00:37:21with Frank Young.
00:37:22The content did involve
00:37:23White Global's pricing,
00:37:24but the wording
00:37:25was extremely unnatural,
00:37:26like it had been made up
00:37:27by someone who didn't
00:37:28understand formal
00:37:29business conversation.
00:37:30These screenshots
00:37:31are fake.
00:37:33Of course you would
00:37:34say that.
00:37:34I can prove it.
00:37:37This is my full chat
00:37:38history with Frank Young.
00:37:40It has server backups
00:37:41and timestamps.
00:37:42Please compare them.
00:37:44The times don't match.
00:37:47The screenshots Scarlet
00:37:48provided show that
00:37:49the conversation
00:37:49happened last Wednesday
00:37:50at 2 p.m.,
00:37:51but the team's record
00:37:52show that Annie
00:37:53and Frank Young
00:37:54had no conversation
00:37:55at that time.
00:37:56She could have deleted
00:37:57Teams has server backups.
00:37:58Even if an employee
00:37:59deletes the chat
00:38:00on their eye,
00:38:00the server still keeps it.
00:38:01Also,
00:38:02from 2 p.m.
00:38:02to 4 p.m.
00:38:03last Wednesday,
00:38:04I was attending
00:38:04the department meeting
00:38:05in the company.
00:38:05The attendance
00:38:06and meeting room
00:38:06booking records
00:38:07can prove it.
00:38:07One more thing.
00:38:08This screenshot
00:38:09is from an iOS interface.
00:38:11I use Android.
00:38:12Scarlet,
00:38:13your phone is an iPhone,
00:38:14isn't it?
00:38:14That proves nothing.
00:38:15Maybe you changed phones.
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
00:38:22an iPhone.
00:38:27Scarlet,
00:38:28where did these
00:38:28screenshots come from?
00:38:29I...
00:38:30I found them
00:38:31on her computer
00:38:31after you went
00:38:32through my computer
00:38:33last week.
00:38:34I reset the password.
00:38:36These screenshots
00:38:37were never
00:38:38on my computer.
00:38:40You never saw
00:38:41these snapshots
00:38:42on my computer
00:38:43because they never
00:38:44existed in the first place.
00:38:46You made them yourself.
00:38:49Scarlet,
00:38:50do you have
00:38:50anything else
00:38:51to explain?
00:38:53Mr. Wood,
00:38:54say something.
00:38:56Scarlet,
00:38:56you went too far
00:38:57this time.
00:38:59Faking evidence
00:39:00to falsely accuse
00:39:00a colleague
00:39:01is a serious violation.
00:39:02Scarlet,
00:39:03your position
00:39:03as the department leader
00:39:04is revoked immediately.
00:39:05Mr. White?
00:39:05Also,
00:39:06your year-end performance rating
00:39:06will be downgraded
00:39:07by one level.
00:39:08If anything like this
00:39:09happens again,
00:39:09your employment
00:39:10will be terminated immediately.
00:39:11Annie,
00:39:11are you happy now?
00:39:12Scarlet,
00:39:13from beginning to end,
00:39:14you were the one
00:39:14causing trouble for me
00:39:15I never went after you first.
00:39:16Because your very existence
00:39:18is a quotation.
00:39:19You speak eight language
00:39:20and you hit it
00:39:20for three years.
00:39:21You made my seven years
00:39:22of hard work
00:39:23look like a joke.
00:39:26On the surface,
00:39:27no one in the translation
00:39:28department said much.
00:39:29But the group chat
00:39:31had completely blown up.
00:39:32She should have been
00:39:33removed ages ago.
00:39:34Her translation skills
00:39:35were just average.
00:39:36She only got there
00:39:37through connections.
00:39:38You guys didn't know?
00:39:39Every translation
00:39:40she 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
00:39:48has Annie corrected
00:39:48over the past three years?
00:39:50A conservative estimate?
00:39:51Over a hundred.
00:40:01Excuse me.
00:40:02Which one of you
00:40:03is Annie?
00:40:04Me.
00:40:05Hello.
00:40:07I am Victoria Hayes,
00:40:08a producer
00:40:09at Harbor Light Media.
00:40:10We are preparing
00:40:11a large-scale
00:40:12international documentary project
00:40:13and we need
00:40:14a multi-linguished
00:40:14translation consultant.
00:40:16How did you find me?
00:40:17Industry recommendation.
00:40:19The Crownwell project
00:40:20and the French brand project
00:40:21you worked on recently
00:40:21have attracted
00:40:22some attention
00:40:22in the field.
00:40:24Harbor Light Media,
00:40:25a top-team production company.
00:40:26Mrs. Hayes,
00:40:27what kind of project
00:40:28is it exactly?
00:40:28A documentary
00:40:29about the Strait of Garou
00:40:30and global trade.
00:40:31We need simultaneous
00:40:32interpretation
00:40:33and subtitle proof-feeding
00:40:34across five languages,
00:40:35English, French,
00:40:36Italian, Spanish
00:40:37and Arabic.
00:40:38We contacted
00:40:39three translation companies
00:40:40but none of them
00:40:41could provide one person
00:40:42who covers all five languages.
00:40:44Then someone told me
00:40:45that White Global
00:40:46has a girl
00:40:47who speaks eight languages.
00:40:48Who told you that?
00:40:49Louis Anderson.
00:40:50He is one of the investors
00:40:51in this project.
00:40:52Louis Anderson again.
00:40:53What is the consulting fee
00:40:54for this project?
00:40:55$50,000 a month.
00:40:57The estimated period
00:40:58is three months.
00:40:58$150,000.
00:41:00That is about six years
00:41:01of my salary
00:41:02at White Global.
00:41:02If you take it,
00:41:04you will need to travel
00:41:05for two months.
00:41:06The Middle East
00:41:07and Europe.
00:41:13A bank account in Zurich,
00:41:15a property in Munich
00:41:17and a small apartment
00:41:18in the 16th compartment
00:41:19of Paris.
00:41:20The total value
00:41:21was 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,
00:41:34you can understand
00:41:35their heart.
00:41:37They carved the languages
00:41:38of the world
00:41:38into 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
00:41:48when they were by my side
00:41:49teaching it to me.
00:41:50German was in Berlin.
00:41:52My dad taught it to me
00:41:53while taking me for ice cream
00:41:55in front of the Bransberg gate.
00:41:56French was in Paris.
00:41:59My mother read
00:42:00Malpoussou 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
00:42:05were on a boat
00:42:06on the Nile.
00:42:08My father counted the stars
00:42:10while teaching me
00:42:10how to say
00:42:11Wahid,
00:42:12Ethwan,
00:42:13Flatha.
00:42:13Every language
00:42:14was a memory.
00:42:15And I didn't want
00:42:15to open those memories.
00:42:16But I...
00:42:22Has Mrs. Hayes
00:42:23from Harbor Light
00:42:24reached out to you?
00:42:26She has.
00:42:27Why did you introduce
00:42:28this to me?
00:42:29Because you need
00:42:29to step out of it.
00:42:31You do not know me.
00:42:33I know your parents
00:42:34were diplomats.
00:42:35I know your background.
00:42:37You 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.
00:42:45You do not know
00:42:46I need to lock yourself
00:42:47in a corner
00:42:48just to escape
00:42:48their shadow.
00:42:51Go take a look
00:42:51at 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.
00:43:02Maybe he was right.
00:43:07Mr. White,
00:43:08I need to take
00:43:09two months off.
00:43:10For what?
00:43:11A documentary project
00:43:12wants me as a
00:43:13translation sultan.
00:43:14I need to travel
00:43:14to the Middle East
00:43:15and Europe.
00:43:16Two months?
00:43:17What about
00:43:17Crownwell's project?
00:43:19I have already
00:43:19completed all the
00:43:20translation drafts
00:43:20for Crownwell's
00:43:21second phase.
00:43:22The third phase
00:43:22will not start
00:43:23until three months
00:43:23later.
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
00:43:34placed and
00:43:34transferred to
00:43:35administration
00:43:35as a clerk.
00:43:36The old shine
00:43:37was gone.
00:43:37You are going
00:43:38on a business trip?
00:43:39Mm-hmm.
00:43:40For how long?
00:43:41Two months.
00:43:42You know,
00:43:42when I joined
00:43:42the 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
00:43:48while working here.
00:43:49I went from intern
00:43:50to the department
00:43:50leader.
00:43:52I thought I had
00:43:53worked really hard.
00:43:54You did work hard.
00:43:55But without doing
00:43:55anything,
00:43:56you were already
00:43:56above me.
00:43:57Eight languages!
00:43:58What gives you
00:43:58the right?
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
00:44:06in this building.
00:44:07At the airport,
00:44:08I unexpectedly
00:44:09ran into someone.
00:44:10Louie Anderson!
00:44:11He was wearing
00:44:12casual clothes.
00:44:13It was the first time
00:44:14I had ever seen him
00:44:14out of a suit.
00:44:15Annie?
00:44:16What are you doing here?
00:44:17Crownwell has business
00:44:18in Dubai.
00:44:19What a coincidence.
00:44:20Yeah.
00:44:21What a coincidence.
00:44:25Business class
00:44:26is pretty empty.
00:44:27Why are you
00:44:27sitting here?
00:44:28I bought an
00:44:29economy ticket.
00:44:31About the inheritance
00:44:32your parents left you.
00:44:34You even know
00:44:34about that?
00:44:35The law firm
00:44:36has worked with us
00:44:36before.
00:44:37Attorney Wills
00:44:37once mentioned
00:44:38a client who
00:44:38refused to inherit
00:44:39an estate.
00:44:40The industry
00:44:40is only so big.
00:44:41So the whole world
00:44:42knows?
00:44:42Not the whole world.
00:44:43Just me caring about it.
00:44:44I turned to look at him
00:44:45and my heart skipped a beat.
00:44:47The sunlight in Dubai
00:44:48was completely different
00:44:48from back home.
00:44:49Dry, fierce.
00:44:50Almost as if it could
00:44:51burn straight through
00:44:52your shadow.
00:44:52So you are Annie?
00:44:53The one who speaks
00:44:54eight languages?
00:44:55Yes.
00:44:55Let's do a test.
00:44:56Translate a section
00:44:57for me first.
00:44:57Martin handed me
00:44:58an Arabic interview
00:44:59outline.
00:45:00Okay, I'm Annie Smith,
00:45:01a junior translator
00:45:02at White Global
00:45:03Trading Co.
00:45:03I've been here
00:45:04three years
00:45:04and make $24,000
00:45:05a year.
00:45:07Finally,
00:45:08she is the one.
00:45:09She is better
00:45:10than those three
00:45:10translation companies
00:45:12combined.
00:45:13Martin,
00:45:13she has not even
00:45:14given us a quote yet.
00:45:16No need.
00:45:17It's her.
00:45:17The first stop
00:45:18was the antique market
00:45:19in 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
00:45:26open for 40 years
00:45:27and the owner
00:45:28was a third generation
00:45:29Iranian merchant.
00:45:30You're a man.
00:45:32You see the Arab
00:45:32as if you know
00:45:33it in the Caliura.
00:45:35You're a man.
00:45:35You're a man.
00:45:39You're a man.
00:45:39You're a man.
00:45:40You're a man.
00:45:41You're a man.
00:45:41You're a man.
00:45:47You're a man.
00:45:59He said,
00:46:01On the Strait of Jorali,
00:46:02shipping and trade
00:46:02are a way of having
00:46:03a dialogue.
00:46:04People may come
00:46:04from different backgrounds
00:46:05and speak different
00:46:06languages,
00:46:07but their hearts
00:46:07are connected.
00:46:08My voice,
00:46:09but their hearts
00:46:09was a little halsea
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,
00:46:19Mr. Anderson
00:46:20asked whether your work
00:46:21went smoothly today?
00:46:22It went smoothly.
00:46:22No need to worry
00:46:23about me.
00:46:24Mr. Anderson
00:46:25asked me to tell you
00:46:26that he is in the office
00:46:26on the 58th floor
00:46:27of this hotel.
00:46:28If you need anything,
00:46:29contact him anytime.
00:46:33Hello?
00:46:35Have you eaten?
00:46:36I am eating now.
00:46:38The food here
00:46:38may not really
00:46:39suit our taste.
00:46:40If you want
00:46:40something else...
00:46:42Mr. Anderson,
00:46:43why are you
00:46:43telling me this?
00:46:45Because I care about you.
00:46:46I do not need
00:46:46your concern,
00:46:47thank you.
00:46:48Okay.
00:46:49No more concern.
00:46:50Good night.
00:46:50Over the next two weeks,
00:46:51we went a lot of places.
00:46:53On the flight
00:46:53from Istanbul to Cairo,
00:46:55I received an email.
00:46:56Sender, Scarlett.
00:46:57Subject, no subject.
00:46:58After you left,
00:46:59they laid off
00:47:00the French team
00:47:01and the German team
00:47:01because Brian White
00:47:02said you alone
00:47:03would enough.
00:47:04Seven people
00:47:05lost their jobs
00:47:05because of you.
00:47:06Are you happy now?
00:47:08I looked at the email
00:47:09and deleted it.
00:47:10Do not believe, Scarlett.
00:47:12The French and German teams
00:47:13were cut because they were
00:47:14already at the bottom
00:47:14in performance.
00:47:15It has nothing to do
00:47:16with you.
00:47:16She is just trying
00:47:17to mess with you.
00:47:18I know.
00:47:18Are you okay?
00:47:19I am fine.
00:47:24Cairo, the third stop
00:47:26of the documentary.
00:47:27I lived here for a while.
00:47:30When the plane landed,
00:47:32I looked out
00:47:32at that familiar city
00:47:33and my heart started
00:47:35beating a little faster.
00:47:35In Cairo, the team
00:47:37was filming a section
00:47:38about the history
00:47:39of trade between
00:47:40the Middle East
00:47:41and Europe.
00:47:42They needed
00:47:42Arabic interpretation.
00:47:46Are you okay?
00:47:48My name is Kaira, Mujid Khalas, Yumnuhu Gagana min Al-Qatar Tairiya.
00:47:52We allu in hadil qatar gakhlat masar alaya bahar.
00:47:55Erzakt, is Gip deinen Privyat and Sammler in Kaira?
00:47:57Der Besitzer dieser Seisung war ein Diplopat.
00:48:00Er ist vor fünf Jahren verstorben.
00:48:02Seine Tauter erhält die Seisung als Erbe, ist jedoch nie erstehen.
00:48:10Schmi Michael Smith.
00:48:14Michael Smith.
00:48:16That was my father's name.
00:48:20After the interview, I sat alone on the streets of Cairo.
00:48:24I looked up at the sky. It was gray.
00:48:28I still remember the pistachio flavor ice cream that year.
00:48:36Hello?
00:48:37You arrived in Cairo?
00:48:38Yes.
00:48:41What happened? Your voice sounds off.
00:48:44Nothing.
00:48:45I flew to Cairo this afternoon. If you have time...
00:48:48Why do you always show up wherever I am?
00:48:50Because Victoria has your itinerary.
00:48:52She is running a project I invested in, so I have the right to see it.
00:48:55That is called stalking.
00:48:57That is called paying attention.
00:49:02There is a difference.
00:49:04The next afternoon, Louie Geranderson went with me to a private warehouse on the outskirts of Cairo.
00:49:09It was not big, but the temperature and humidity were carefully controlled.
00:49:13The kind of place used specifically to store antiques.
00:49:18After the manager opened the door, I saw three full shelves.
00:49:24Every piece had a handwritten tag hanging on it.
00:49:28It was my father's handwriting.
00:49:30An 18th century style Meissen porcelain vase.
00:49:34Purchased at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, 2008.
00:49:42I was eight years old, in Istanbul with my dad.
00:49:45He took me to the Grand Bazaar.
00:49:47I kept asking for Turkish ice cream, and he said we would go after looking at that little stall.
00:49:51That stall was selling these old porcelain pieces.
00:49:54I did not remember any of it, but my dad did.
00:49:57For three years, I hid everything about them away.
00:49:59The languages, the inheritance, the memories.
00:50:02I thought as long as I did not touch any of it, I could pretend they had never left.
00:50:06But they had always been with me.
00:50:09Your father was an extraordinary man.
00:50:12I know.
00:50:15Then you should become someone extraordinary too, instead of hiding yourself in a position far below your level.
00:50:24That night, I called Attorney Wills.
00:50:27Attorney Wills, I will handle the inheritance.
00:50:29Miss Smith, finally.
00:50:31Donate the Xur accounts and the properties according to the original plan.
00:50:34But I am keeping the porcelain collection in Cairo.
00:50:36Understood.
00:50:37That is wonderful.
00:50:38I will arrange it right away.
00:50:39One more thing.
00:50:40Go ahead.
00:50:40Did my father leave any letter or document for me?
00:50:43Not a legal document.
00:50:44Something personal.
00:50:45Yes.
00:50:46A letter.
00:50:46He noted that it should be given to you when you came to collect the antiques.
00:50:49Send it to me.
00:50:51Attorney Wills sent the letter to my hotel.
00:50:53I sat in my room for ten minutes before finally working up the courage to open the letter.
00:50:58The letter was not long.
00:51:00Annie.
00:51:01When you see this letter, your mother and I should no longer be by your side.
00:51:04Knowing your personality, I guess you will probably run away for a while.
00:51:07You may seal away the memories connected to us, along with all those languages.
00:51:11Maybe it is because every language is tied to us.
00:51:14One sentence in German will remind you of landscape in Berlin.
00:51:16One sentence in Arabic will remind you of the stars in Cairo.
00:51:19But Annie, language is not a chain.
00:51:22Language is wings.
00:51:23Your mother spent her life building bridges.
00:51:25I spent mine planting seeds.
00:51:26You are that rigid seed.
00:51:27Don't shrink yourself into the dark.
00:51:29You are exceptional.
00:51:30You are smart, gifted.
00:51:31And you should do what you are really good at.
00:51:32Trying to plant seeds in your own way.
00:51:34You are a pride.
00:51:34Mom and dad will always love you.
00:51:36There was a water stain on the paper.
00:51:38I did not know whether he left it when he wrote the letter or whether I had just left it.
00:51:41My dad was right.
00:51:42Language is not a chain.
00:51:44It is wings.
00:51:48In Madrid, I interviewed a flamenco dancer in Spanish.
00:51:51Every language has its own rhythm.
00:51:54Once your body remembers it, you will never forget it.
00:51:57She says every language has its own rhythm.
00:51:59I wrote that sentence down in my translation notes.
00:52:02The final stop was Venice.
00:52:04Omar, the Arab old bookseller.
00:52:07He had his own antique bookshop in the best spot on the busiest square in Venice.
00:52:12He was in his 60s and had lived in Italy for 30 years.
00:52:15And the story of him moved me the most.
00:52:18I arrived in Italy at 24 years and I didn't even know a word of the local language.
00:52:21I lost myself on the road.
00:52:23I couldn't understand anything.
00:52:24I couldn't read anything and I couldn't even ask for instructions.
00:52:27I had to manage the gestures and speak with people.
00:52:29They thought I was a fool.
00:52:31What happened after that?
00:52:33I spent 10 years on talking Italian and over 10 years on making sure that everyone in
00:52:37that road would call me Mr. Omar.
00:52:40La lingua non serve solo a tradizione.
00:52:42È il modo in cui si fa rispettere.
00:52:46Keep this part.
00:52:48Original audio with subtitles.
00:52:53Annie.
00:52:54Your translation almost made me cry.
00:52:57In Venice, I completed the final three interviews in Italian.
00:53:00Two months, two continents, and eight languages.
00:53:04My dad was right.
00:53:05Language is not a chain.
00:53:06It is wings.
00:53:12The day I came back, it was late December.
00:53:16New York's winter was cold, but the air carried a familiar scent.
00:53:21Annie, the director position in the translation department is open.
00:53:25Mm-hmm.
00:53:26I want you to take it.
00:53:29What is the salary?
00:53:32$200,000.
00:53:33Okay.
00:53:34And just like that, in less than half a year, I went from a junior role to the director
00:53:39of the translation department.
00:53:42On the day I officially took the role, I stood in the meeting room and made a speech to the
00:53:46people in the translation department.
00:53:51I know many of you have questions about me.
00:53:55Why does someone who hid for three years suddenly get to become director?
00:53:59I am not going to explain.
00:54:00From today on, results will do the talking.
00:54:03I will personally proofread everyone's translation drafts.
00:54:05I have only one standard, accuracy.
00:54:07If you cannot do it, I will teach you.
00:54:09If you still cannot do it after that, you will be replaced.
00:54:12That is strict.
00:54:15Translation is not a word game.
00:54:16One wrong number in a trade contract can mean tens of millions in losses.
00:54:20Strictness is the bare minimum.
00:54:26Hello?
00:54:27Director Smith, congratulations on the promotion.
00:54:30$200,000?
00:54:31Mm-hmm.
00:54:31I offered $400,000 before.
00:54:33I know.
00:54:34Still not considering it?
00:54:35Not for now, but thank you for all your help.
00:54:37The offer of the Harborlight Media Project that 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?
00:54:47Dinner.
00:54:48No work, no projects.
00:54:50Okay.
00:54:51He was driving a very ordinary gray sedan.
00:54:53Not the kind of luxury car I had imagined.
00:54:56Your car doesn't really match your status.
00:54:57Cars are for driving, not for showing off.
00:54:59I'm taking you to a Japanese restaurant.
00:55:01It only has eight seats.
00:55:03You're paying?
00:55:05Obviously.
00:55:07This place has the best sashimi in the whole city.
00:55:09How do you know?
00:55:10I've tried every Japanese restaurant in the city.
00:55:14This man.
00:55:16Annie, I'm going to be direct.
00:55:17Since that day in Cairo, or maybe even earlier, since the first time you spoke German at Crownwell, I...
00:55:23You what?
00:55:23I knew you were someone I didn't want to miss.
00:55:26Right now, you're the only person in my mind.
00:55:30You really are way too...
00:55:31Too what?
00:55:32Too direct.
00:55:33You don't like it?
00:55:34I didn't say I didn't like it.
00:55:38That night, he drove me home.
00:55:40Downstairs, he said...
00:55:41I'm flying to South Korea for a business trip tomorrow.
00:55:44How long?
00:55:45A week.
00:55:46Okay.
00:55:47Will you miss me?
00:55:49No.
00:55:50Liar.
00:55:52Maybe a little.
00:56:01Over the next three months, many things happened at once.
00:56:05The Crownwell Project successfully completed its third phase, and White Global brought in nearly $80 million in revenue from it.
00:56:14When Brian White reviewed the monthly report, he said to Alex Wood...
00:56:18You should have put Annie on it from the start.
00:56:21After Scarlet resigned from White Global, she became a director at a small translation company.
00:56:26Three months later, that company face had its mass tariffed compensation claim.
00:56:31A German contract had its tariff glosses mistranslated, causing the client to lose $20 million.
00:56:37That translation was done by Scarlet herself.
00:56:40Her problem with German honoratis had finally been exposed on a bigger stage.
00:56:44When the news reached White Global, some people started mocking her in the group chat.
00:56:49I only said one thing.
00:56:50Stop talking about it.
00:56:53Everyone has to take responsibility for their own choices.
00:57:05Hello?
00:57:06Annie?
00:57:07It's Uncle George, your father's old colleague.
00:57:10Uncle George?
00:57:11I saw you on TV.
00:57:13Translation consultant in five languages.
00:57:15Annie, your parents must be so proud of you in heaven.
00:57:17Uncle George, how did you see...
00:57:18You look exactly like Michael.
00:57:20And you're Arabic.
00:57:21That Cairo accent of your father's, I recognized it the moment I heard it.
00:57:24Annie, before your father passed away, he said something to me.
00:57:28What did he say?
00:57:29Annie will become a better bridge than I ever was.
00:57:32That night, Louis Anderson came back from South Korea and went straight to my building.
00:57:38Come out.
00:57:39For what?
00:57:41I want to take a walk with you.
00:57:45The street was cold, and the streetlights stretched our shadows long across the pavement.
00:57:50I watched the documentary.
00:57:52How was it?
00:57:54Not good enough for your translation.
00:57:55The director was average.
00:57:57Don't say that about Martin.
00:57:58But your parts were excellent.
00:58:00You weren't just translating in the interview.
00:58:02You were carrying the emotion across.
00:58:05My father once said, if you understand someone's mother tongue, you can understand their heart.
00:58:09You did that.
00:58:11We walked for a long time until we reached a river.
00:58:15Annie.
00:58:16Yeah?
00:58:17Crownwell is setting up an international cultural exchange department next year.
00:58:20We'll focus on crossword cultural projects, documentaries, publishing, exhibitions, forums.
00:58:24I need someone to lead it.
00:58:24You're trying to poach me again.
00:58:25I'm not poaching you.
00:58:26I'm building a position for you.
00:58:29What do you mean?
00:58:30You're not meant to be just a translator.
00:58:32Translation is a tool, and you should use that tool to do something bigger.
00:58:35Your father's porcelain collection could become an exhibition about the history of global trade.
00:58:39Use your eight languages to tell that story to the world.
00:58:40What's the salary?
00:58:41Name your price.
00:58:43You don't think I'm taking advantage of you?
00:58:45Then let me take advantage of you.
00:58:46What?
00:58:47Be my girlfriend.
00:58:49No salary needed.
00:58:51Louie!
00:58:51I'm joking.
00:58:53One million dollars a year, plus project dividends.
00:58:54But the girlfriend part is serious, too.
00:58:57The streetlight fell across his face, softening cold lines he usually carried.
00:59:04Two days later, I gave him my answer.
00:59:07I said yes to both.
00:59:08Brian White personally walked me to the entrance.
00:59:11Annie, you are the most underestimated employee in White Global's history.
00:59:14Mr. White, you also gave me the opportunity.
00:59:17You earned that opportunity yourself.
00:59:21Speaking of which, what I said in German at the annual meeting...
00:59:24The 70% raise?
00:59:25You understood it back then, didn't you?
00:59:28I did.
00:59:29Then why didn't you...
00:59:30Forget it.
00:59:31I wish you all the best.
00:59:34Three years.
00:59:35A $24,000 salary.
00:59:37A junior-level position.
00:59:39I had repaid what needed to be repaid.
00:59:41It was time to start over.
00:59:48Crownwell's International Cultural Exchange Department was officially established.
00:59:52I became its first director.
00:59:54The first project is an international touring exhibition.
00:59:57The core exhibits are the 40 Blubber antiques my father collected from around the world.
01:00:04The exhibition will open simultaneously in five cities.
01:00:07Berlin, Cairo, Istanbul, Paris, and New York.
01:00:12I'll personally translate the narration for each city into the local language.
01:00:16On opening day, more than 300 people came to the New York venue.
01:00:20Uncle George stood in the exhibition hall, looking at my father's handwritten labels on the Portland pieces, tears streaming down
01:00:26his face.
01:00:28Michael, your daughter made it.
01:00:34Annie, how about turning this exhibition into a second season of the documentary?
01:00:40We can talk about it.
01:00:42I told you, you were never just a translator.
01:00:46Louis Anderson stood in the corner of the exhibition hall, staying away from the front.
01:00:50He was wearing a black suit, hands in my pockets, watching me give interviews under the spotlight.
01:00:54That look in his eyes.
01:00:55You are someone I didn't want to miss.
01:01:03Mrs. Smith, you are fluent in eight languages, but I heard you spent three years as a junior translator at
01:01:08a trading company, making only $24,000 a year.
01:01:13Yes.
01:01:14Why did you hide your abilities?
01:01:16Because I was running away.
01:01:19Every language was tied to memories of my parents.
01:01:22I thought if I hid them away, it would stop hurting.
01:01:25But later I realized that languages do not disappear just because you refuse to speak them.
01:01:29They stay in your blood, waiting for you to speak.
01:01:32What finally made you decide to speak up?
01:01:35A letter.
01:01:36My father wrote it.
01:01:38He said if I have the ability to make a difference, I should use it.
01:01:41On the second day of the exhibition, someone unexpected showed up.
01:01:46Scarlet.
01:01:48What are you doing here?
01:01:50I saw it on the news.
01:01:52Your father collected these?
01:01:54Yes.
01:01:55They are beautiful.
01:01:58Annie, I owe you an apology.
01:02:00You do not have to.
01:02:01Let me speak.
01:02:02I was jealous of you.
01:02:04I had been jealous since the first time you opened your mouth and spoke German.
01:02:08It took me seven years to climb up to Team Leader, but you were already above me without even trying.
01:02:12I could not accept that.
01:02:13So you chose to frame me?
01:02:15Yes.
01:02:16And then I paid the price.
01:02:18After I left White Global, that German contract at the translation company, you heard about it, right?
01:02:22I did.
01:02:24Because you used to correct my work, I never knew what my real level was.
01:02:26Once you were not there anymore, I finally realized...
01:02:28Scarlet, your hard work was real.
01:02:29Those seven years of German were not wasted either.
01:02:32You just chose the wrong direction at certain moments.
01:02:34You don't hate me?
01:02:35No.
01:02:37The forged screenshots are in the past now.
01:02:40You really are different from before.
01:02:42Back then, I could not even face myself.
01:02:45The exhibition is wonderful.
01:02:46Your father must be very happy.
01:02:51The exhibition ran for two months across five cities, with more than 120,000 visitors in total.
01:03:06After the closing ceremony, Louis Anderson found me on the hotel terrace.
01:03:11Tired?
01:03:13A little.
01:03:14Five cities, two months.
01:03:15You handled all the narration translation work across every language by yourself.
01:03:19I am used to it.
01:03:20Do not get used to carrying everything alone.
01:03:24This is not a proposal, so don't be nervous.
01:03:28It's custom-made, because you said your father once told you that you were the bridge.
01:03:34This...
01:03:34There is a line engraved on the bridge.
01:03:37It has the word bridge engraved in nine languages.
01:03:40The ninth language is Russian.
01:03:42I studied for three months, just to learn one word.
01:03:44The Cairo night wind swept across the terrace.
01:03:47In the distance, the banks of the Nile were bright with lights.
01:03:52Louis Anderson, you really are...
01:03:54What?
01:03:57Too good at this.
01:04:00Only with you.
01:04:07Five years later, Crownwell's international cultural exchange department had become an industry benchmark.
01:04:12It ran more than 20 cross-cultural projects every year, with revenue exceeding 200 million.
01:04:17Revenue is up another 30% this year.
01:04:19Mm-hmm.
01:04:21Your salary should be adjusted this year.
01:04:23To how much?
01:04:24You tell me.
01:04:26One dollar.
01:04:29Seriously?
01:04:30Put the rest into a scholarship to support young people studying languages.
01:04:33Name it after my parents.
01:04:35The Michael Smith and Evelyn Chen Language Scholarship.
01:04:38How do you know my mother's name?
01:04:40I am your husband.
01:04:41How could I not know your mother's name?
01:04:44Outside the window was the skyline of the whole city.
01:04:46It was no longer that rental apartment with the broken heating.
01:04:49But sometimes, I still think of that window, and the nights when I crouched there eating soup.
01:04:53Back then, I was fluent in eight languages, made $2,000 a year, and rejected a $10 million inheritance.
01:04:59I hid myself in the deepest corner, thinking that as long as I stayed silent, it would not hurt.
01:05:04In his letter, my father wrote,
01:05:05Be brave enough to be yourself.
01:05:08It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:11But luckily, I did it.
01:05:14What doesn't work to do with message?
01:05:16I don't know.
01:05:17I don't know.
01:05:17I don't care about that.
01:05:17But you don't know that.
01:05:18But you just have to be someone like me.
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