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00:00:05I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at White Global Trading Co. Lou Did.
00:00:09I've been here for three years, and make $24,000 a year.
00:00:13Pretty ordinary, right? But in fact, I'm fluent in eight languages.
00:00:17English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian.
00:00:23Nobody knows that.
00:00:24My father was a diplomat, and mother was simultaneous 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.
00:00:41Everyone have worked hard over the past year.
00:00:44Thank you for your dedication.
00:00:46In the new year, we will...
00:00:49It's been ten minutes, and I'm down here counting how many times he says thank you
00:00:53while he's giving the speech.
00:00:56Annie, you better win the lucky draw later.
00:00:59If you do, finish on me.
00:01:02Sure, why not?
00:01:04That's my everyday life.
00:01:05Elon is my only friend at work.
00:01:08She doesn't know I speak eight languages.
00:01:11But she does know one thing.
00:01:14Also, I have another note.
00:01:18Everyone here, who speaks German, will earn a 70% of Gehandserröhung.
00:01:2670%.
00:01:27My salary would go from $24,000 to $4,800.
00:01:31But it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:33I told myself, it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:40Annie, did you understand that?
00:01:42No.
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.
00:01:54Sorry, majoring in German, French, and Spanish, is the head of translator team.
00:02:00She got promoted in just three months, and has been riding that high ever since.
00:02:07Anyway, the raise has nothing to do with you.
00:02:10Just keep doing the basic work.
00:02:13Oh, and remember to translate the annual meeting press replaced tonight.
00:02:17I didn't say anything.
00:02:19A 70% raise.
00:02:20The German translation team consists of four people, plus Scarlet.
00:02:24Only five people would get it.
00:02:25What did that have to do with me?
00:02:27Nothing.
00:02:28Really.
00:02:28Nothing.
00:02:33Ann!
00:02:34Stay right there!
00:02:35I'm coming over right now!
00:02:38Annie?
00:02:40Why didn't you raise your hand just now?
00:02:42Raise my hand for what?
00:02:45You definitely understood that German, right?
00:02:4770%?
00:02:48You only make 24,000 a year.
00:02:50After the raise, that's $4,800 a year.
00:02:53No, I didn't get the meaning.
00:02:54I don't speak German.
00:02:58Who are you trying to fool?
00:02:59Your French is already that good.
00:03:01You expect me to believe you don't understand German.
00:03:03Are you kidding me?
00:03:04I really don't understand German.
00:03:07Ann, that crappy place you rent barely have working heating.
00:03:11Sometimes, 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?
00:03:16Ellen caught me reading a French book in the pantry last year.
00:03:18I told her I'd studied a little bit French.
00:03:22She's been holding it in for almost a year.
00:03:24I don't want to expose.
00:03:30Oh my god, Annie, what are you afraid of?
00:03:35Fine, keep pretending.
00:03:37I'm done.
00:03:38But Annie, I'm telling you.
00:03:40You're gonna suffer with that kind of personality sooner or later.
00:03:44Alright.
00:03:45Alright.
00:03:46Alright.
00:03:48Alright.
00:03:51Alright.
00:03:52You're a good boy, it's not true.
00:03:54You're a good boy, isn't it?
00:03:56You're not a good boy.
00:04:00You're a good boy.
00:04:01You can't tell me that it's not true.
00:04:02You're a good boy.
00:04:05Likely, you're a good boy.
00:04:07You're really good.
00:04:08You're really good.
00:04:09You're a good boy.
00:04:39They didn't know I could understand them.
00:04:41They thought I was just a small translator.
00:04:45But that's only to be expected.
00:04:47I haven't shown what I'm capable of either.
00:04:50Annie, send me the proofread version of last week's contract tomorrow.
00:04:55Yes, Mr. White.
00:05:01I placed the proofread contract on Brian White's desk the next day.
00:05:05It was a 30,000-word Spanish contract,
00:05:08and I had corrected 47 mistakes in the original translation.
00:05:12The original translator was Scarlett,
00:05:13but my name would never appear on the proofread version.
00:05:16It would only show translation department on the surface.
00:05:20Scarlett never knew her translations had been corrected by me.
00:05:23She thought she was the top.
00:05:27Annie, did you hear?
00:05:28Hear what?
00:05:29Scarlett is going to handle the Crownwell International next week.
00:05:32I heard.
00:05:33Do you know President Anderson of Crownwell?
00:05:40Who?
00:05:44Louis Anderson, 32 years old,
00:05:46president of Crownwell International Commerce Group leading in.
00:05:49He ranked 98th on last year's global wealth rankings.
00:05:51They say he's fluent in five languages,
00:05:53but notorious for his bad temper.
00:05:54He even chewed out the entire Meridian's translation team
00:05:57and drove them out of the meeting room.
00:05:58What does that have to do with me?
00:06:00You don't think Scarlett can handle him?
00:06:03Even if she can't, that's not my business.
00:06:08Annie, seriously.
00:06:09You're way too good at putting up with things.
00:06:11Julian left.
00:06:12She doesn't get it.
00:06:13I'm not putting up with it.
00:06:14I just don't want to get involved.
00:06:16It was an 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,
00:06:23so Alex Wood casually dumped it on me.
00:06:25Annie, didn't you say you took a little Arabic course in college?
00:06:28Just do a rough translation.
00:06:29Sure.
00:06:30I did tell him I'd taken a little Arabic.
00:06:32But in fact, I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years.
00:06:35Arabic is basically my fourth native language.
00:06:38It took me 15 minutes to finish the translation.
00:06:40I left two tiny mistakes in proposal
00:06:42just to pretend the work of someone
00:06:44who had only taken a little Arabic.
00:06:51Not bad was actually good enough for me.
00:07:00Annie, organize these materials for me.
00:07:02I need them for Crownwell's project next week.
00:07:04This is background materials
00:07:06on Crownwell International Commerce Group Lola
00:07:08all in Spanish.
00:07:09About 50 pages.
00:07:10This isn't my job.
00:07:11How is it not?
00:07:12You're in the translation department,
00:07:14and I'm your leader.
00:07:14Is 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
00:07:29for the Crownwell project.
00:07:30You don't need to attend.
00:07:32I know.
00:07:33You're only responsible for basic food feeding.
00:07:35A major project like this
00:07:36isn't something you get to be part of.
00:07:38I know.
00:07:45I 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
00:07:50you get to be part of?
00:07:51I'm used to it.
00:07:52Can't you just clap back for once,
00:07:53and 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.
00:08:05What exactly are you afraid of, Annie?
00:08:07What am I afraid of?
00:08:09I don't know either.
00:08:10Maybe I'm afraid of being noticed.
00:08:12Afraid that people will dig into my past
00:08:14and will look at me with pity.
00:08:16Or maybe I'm just too tired to care.
00:08:23An annual salary of $24,000.
00:08:26In this city, after rent and utilities,
00:08:29there isn't much left.
00:08:36Hello?
00:08:37Hello.
00:08:37Am 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
00:08:45of the overseas assets left by your parents,
00:08:47and we need you to sign in person.
00:08:49I've said this before.
00:08:50I don't want any of it.
00:08:51Donate everything.
00:08:52Mrs. Smith, there is a sum in your parents' account in Zurich.
00:08:54I don't want it.
00:08:55Attorney Wills, thank you,
00:08:56but please stop calling me.
00:09:04The Translation Department had a meeting on a Monday morning.
00:09:07I wasn't told to attend,
00:09:08but my desk was right next to the meeting room.
00:09:11I could hear every word through that glass wall.
00:09:13Louis Anderson is fluent in German and French.
00:09:15There are also someone who can speak Mandarin and Japanese in his team.
00:09:18This time we're discussing a supply chain partnership
00:09:21for the Middle East market.
00:09:22Anything 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, Silas 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
00:09:44in German business correspondence.
00:09:46In everyday conversation, that's not a big deal.
00:09:48But if the person she faced is extremely sensitive to details,
00:09:51never mind.
00:09:52Not my business.
00:09:54Finish sorting everything?
00:09:56Yes.
00:09:57I made her a summary classified by project type,
00:09:59cooperation history, and key personnel.
00:10:01I also marked the changes of care policies and the risk points.
00:10:04All she had to do was a glance through,
00:10:05and she was exactly to expect.
00:10:06It'll do.
00:10:11Scarlett!
00:10:13Scarlett!
00:10:14He rarely came down here in person.
00:10:17Scarlett,
00:10:18Crown will move the schedule up.
00:10:20Anderson will be here tomorrow afternoon.
00:10:21Are you ready?
00:10:22Moved up?
00:10:25I've gone through all the materials.
00:10:27No problem.
00:10:28Good.
00:10:29Bring someone with you tomorrow for on-site interpretation support.
00:10:32I'll take Zach.
00:10:33His German is decent, too.
00:10:34Zach is still on leave.
00:10:39Annie, you come with me tomorrow.
00:10:41Me?
00:10:41I only speak Spanish.
00:10:43You'll just take notes and serve coffee.
00:10:45I'll handle the professional part.
00:10:47Her?
00:10:48Don't worry, Mr. White.
00:10:50She's more than enough as an assistant.
00:10:52I got dragged into Crown Millions 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 you in a message.
00:11:01I will go to Crownwell tomorrow.
00:11:03Scarlett is taking you?
00:11:04Doesn't she always look down on you as the Aaron girl?
00:11:07You just agreed to that?
00:11:09What else am I supposed to do?
00:11:11Annie!
00:11:23Are you from White Global?
00:11:24Yes.
00:11:25I'm Scarlett, team leader of the translation department.
00:11:28This is my assistant, Annie.
00:11:29Oh, she called me assistant.
00:11:31I didn't correct her.
00:11:35Please wait.
00:11:35President Alexandring is still in a meeting.
00:11:38I don't know what she's doing.
00:11:39Scarlett reapplied her lipstick twice
00:11:40and adjusted her hair three separate times
00:11:42in just these 15 minutes.
00:11:44Annie, when we go in,
00:11:45just sit on the side and take notes.
00:11:47Don't speak unless you're asked.
00:11:48Got it?
00:11:48Got it.
00:11:49Also, when you address Mr. Anderson,
00:11:52be formal and respectful.
00:11:54Don't let your eyes wander.
00:11:55People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.
00:11:59Okay.
00:12:02Miss Scarlett?
00:12:03President Anderson will see you now.
00:12:1632 years old, about 6 foot 1.
00:12:19Gray suit, no tie.
00:12:20The top button of his shirt was undone.
00:12:22His face was cold.
00:12:23Not the kind of cold people put on to look cool.
00:12:25He was genuinely cold.
00:12:26Sit.
00:12:29Two other people were sitting next to him.
00:12:30The legal director
00:12:31and a lady who looked very, very young.
00:12:33A translation device sat in front of her.
00:12:39In the last output,
00:12:40that you're opening a name in us
00:12:42vorgast there gestellt hat,
00:12:43was at the right tariff angle
00:12:44of the standards von 2000,
00:12:462001.
00:12:47We have now 2024.
00:12:49What does that mean?
00:12:50He spoke so fast.
00:12:52Every word was sharp.
00:12:53She understood him,
00:12:54but she clearly didn't expect him to open like that.
00:13:02I mean...
00:13:26She didn't know.
00:13:30But I did.
00:13:31Because that policy change was mentioned in the background materials.
00:13:34I had specifically marked it in the summary.
00:13:37But Scarlett obviously hadn't read it carefully.
00:13:41I have to do it in the first time.
00:13:47Have you not prepared before you come here?
00:13:51You have used three times the wrong German language.
00:13:55For the first time, I didn't say anything.
00:13:57For the second time, I didn't say anything.
00:13:58For the second time, I didn't say anything.
00:14:11The legal director beside Anderson
00:14:13gave a slight shake of his head.
00:14:15The meaning was obvious.
00:14:17This negotiation was about to fall through.
00:14:25Herr Präsident Anderson,
00:14:26ich wette vielmals um Entschuldung.
00:14:28Wenn das das Liebe von White Glover ist,
00:14:31werde ich in Erwengung füllen,
00:14:32zu einem anderen Partner zu schelten.
00:14:33My hands froze above the keyboard.
00:14:35Two voices were speaking in my head.
00:14:37It's none of your concern.
00:14:38You're just here to fetch coffee and serve drinks.
00:14:40This is Whitworth with Global's biggest deal of the year.
00:14:42If we lose it,
00:14:43there'll probably be layoffs by the end of the year.
00:14:45And junior translators like me
00:14:46will be first on the chopping block.
00:14:58President Anderson,
00:14:59geben Sie uns bitte noch fünf Minuten.
00:15:13And you are?
00:15:16I'm Annie,
00:15:18junior translator at Whitmore Global.
00:15:20Junior translator?
00:15:22Yes.
00:15:23The one who always takes notes beside
00:15:25and serves coffee.
00:15:29Five minutes.
00:15:33Die neue 3 erfettet den Standard
00:15:36für irgendein Sechtinger
00:15:37von sechs auf acht Stelle HS-Cates.
00:15:39Artikel diese Berenser 2
00:15:40zeigen unsere Tachtation-Berlog
00:15:42und Beckonball 5%.
00:15:4312%?
00:15:44Erklären Sie mir bitte in der Richtung.
00:15:47Der White Global
00:15:48über ein Sollbaus in den BE hüht,
00:15:49das von den Vorlingsschafen
00:15:50der Freie Handel kommt
00:15:51für Fieschens,
00:15:52werden etwa 3%
00:15:53der durch die Erkreisung
00:15:54des HS-Bogen
00:15:55verdüsten Kostenschwerbung kompensiert.
00:15:56Die Netta als Fiegel
00:15:57enteigten Stelf-Cates.
00:15:58Louis Anderson's legal director
00:15:59lowered his head
00:16:00and flipped through the files
00:16:01as if he was checking
00:16:03whether I was right.
00:16:04Where did you learn German?
00:16:05I lived in Berlin for a while.
00:16:07Your honorifics are very precise.
00:16:10And you said you were
00:16:10the junior level?
00:16:11Yes.
00:16:12Your five minutes are up,
00:16:14but I can give you ten more
00:16:15on one condition.
00:16:17From here on,
00:16:18you meet the negotiation.
00:16:21She can't...
00:16:21I said she leads.
00:16:24Or you can lead right now.
00:16:28Scarlett,
00:16:29should I take over?
00:16:32Then let's restart
00:16:33from the first part
00:16:34of the proposal.
00:16:34This wasn't because
00:16:35I had prepared in advance.
00:16:36While sorting that 50 pages
00:16:38materials I for Scarlett,
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.
00:16:46Auf dem Neustmarkt,
00:16:47wenn ein Kuntel lange
00:16:48nicht über den Preis spricht,
00:16:49sondern nur über Towingen,
00:16:50wie würden Sie damit umgehen?
00:16:51Atajriya baladhaf.
00:16:52You speak Arabic, too?
00:16:56A little.
00:16:57The Japanese supply chain
00:16:58is 6% cheaper,
00:16:59but the supply chain
00:17:00is unstable.
00:17:01How do you decide?
00:17:02The Japanese supply chain
00:17:03is JPLKT0427.
00:17:06I would not choose
00:17:07the lowest option,
00:17:09but the solution
00:17:10with the smallest
00:17:11senteroscope.
00:17:14The framework works.
00:17:15I'll have my legal team
00:17:16follow up with you
00:17:17on the details.
00:17:18The 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
00:17:25in the junior level.
00:17:30You lied to everyone.
00:17:33What?
00:17:34You said you only spoke Spanish.
00:17:41I do mainly work in Spanish.
00:17:43What you did in there today,
00:17:44that's what you call
00:17:45mainly 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.
00:17:53Scarlet, the project was saved,
00:17:54wasn't it?
00:17:55You 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
00:18:03Louis Anderson once?
00:18:05When 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.
00:18:21How did the negotiation go?
00:18:22Did Scarlet 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 my job either.
00:18:53Mr. White,
00:18:54Annie spoke out of turn
00:18:55during negotiation
00:18:56and completely ignored
00:18:57the company hierarchy.
00:18:58Was the project saved?
00:19:00Yes, but that was...
00:19:00Then that's all that matters.
00:19:02The Crown Will deal
00:19:02is worth $40 million.
00:19:04If it had fallen through yesterday,
00:19:05the entire translation department
00:19:07could have packed up.
00:19:10One look at her face
00:19:11and I knew this wasn't over.
00:19:18Annie,
00:19:19how good is your German exactly?
00:19:21I can get by.
00:19:23You can get by?
00:19:23I heard you handled
00:19:24the entire negotiation in German
00:19:26without any problem at 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
00:19:33would 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
00:19:40in 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
00:19:48in the coordination.
00:19:48That's Mr. White's decision.
00:19:54Happy now, Annie?
00:19:56Scarlet, I just...
00:19:57You just what?
00:19:59You think because you showed up
00:20:00once yesterday,
00:20:01you'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
00:20:06from intern to department leader.
00:20:07And you?
00:20:08A liar who's been hiding everything.
00:20:13Just you wait.
00:20:17Annie, Mr. Anderson
00:20:19specifically requested you
00:20:20as the translator
00:20:21for 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.
00:20:29We'll evaluate it again
00:20:29after the project ends.
00:20:30Got it.
00:20:31Crown Will's supply chain project
00:20:33is divided into three stages.
00:20:34The preliminary framework
00:20:35was already discussed yesterday.
00:20:36Next comes the translation
00:20:37of the detailed terms
00:20:38and contract documents.
00:20:39All files will need
00:20:40English, Spanish,
00:20:40and German versions.
00:20:42Annie, can you handle
00:20:42all three language versions
00:20:43at the same time?
00:20:44Yes.
00:20:45Three languages?
00:20:46Since she joined this company,
00:20:47she has only ever worked
00:20:47as 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 what her level is.
00:20:54Any other questions?
00:20:58It took me two hours
00:20:59to finish the English version
00:21:01and another hour and a half
00:21:02to finish the Spanish version.
00:21:06You're translating that fast?
00:21:08Aren't you afraid
00:21:08of making mistakes?
00:21:09Nope.
00:21:10You'd better pray
00:21:10you don't make any.
00:21:18Both the speed
00:21:19and quality
00:21:19excited expectations.
00:21:21Annie, what exactly
00:21:22have you been doing
00:21:22for the past three years?
00:21:32Hello?
00:21:32Annie?
00:21:33It was Louis Anderson.
00:21:35This is Louis Anderson
00:21:36from Crownwell.
00:21:37Mr. Wood gave me your number.
00:21:38Mr. Anderson,
00:21:39what can I do for you?
00:21:40I read the 62 pages
00:21:41you translated today.
00:21:42Was there any problem?
00:21:43No problem at all.
00:21:44It's the most accurate
00:21:45German business translation
00:21:47I've seen in the past
00:21:47three years.
00:21:49You're not someone
00:21:50who belongs in a junior position.
00:21:52That is my current position.
00:21:53I know.
00:21:54That's why I'm curious.
00:21:55Crownwell has an internal
00:21:56meeting tomorrow afternoon.
00:21:57It involves partner selection
00:21:59for the Middle Eastern market.
00:22:00I need an Arabic-speaking
00:22:01interpreter there.
00:22:01This should go through
00:22:02the company.
00:22:03I know.
00:22:04But I'm asking you directly.
00:22:05Would you like to come?
00:22:07Okay, I will.
00:22:10Annie, maybe 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
00:22:16it to come this soon.
00:22:20They were from
00:22:20a construction materials group
00:22:22in 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
00:22:33between Eric and English.
00:22:34Okay.
00:22:35If Charlotte were here
00:22:36she would probably ask
00:22:37where did your ablik
00:22:38even 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.
00:22:57I lowered my head
00:23:00and typed
00:23:00as if I were picking notes.
00:23:01Then I turned my laptop
00:23:02slightly so Louie Anderson
00:23:03could see this one line
00:23:04in English.
00:23:05They said they want to
00:23:05push the price down
00:23:06by 20 work.
00:23:06They'll switch to suppliers.
00:23:07Louie 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
00:23:14that 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 Abishik is excellent.
00:23:27Not that good.
00:23:28Just 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
00:23:36from you
00:23:36this deal would have
00:23:37cost us at least
00:23:37$8 million today.
00:23:38Annie how many
00:23:39languages do you speak?
00:23:41German, 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
00:23:47at White Global.
00:23:48Do 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.
00:23:59I'm not planning
00:23:59to change jobs for now.
00:24:00For now?
00:24:01For now.
00:24:02You can change your mind
00:24:02to any ground.
00:24:03Only one line of text
00:24:04Loie Anderson
00:24:04and a phone number.
00:24:05It didn't even say
00:24:06President Crownwell International.
00:24:08This kind of card
00:24:08is usually given
00:24:09to people who already
00:24:10need to know
00:24:10who you are.
00:24:19What are you doing?
00:24:22I was passing by
00:24:23and saw your computer
00:24:23was still on.
00:24:24It was off
00:24:24when I left.
00:24:26You went to Crownwell
00:24:26again today?
00:24:27Loie Anderson
00:24:28asked you to go,
00:24:28didn't he?
00:24:29It was needed
00:24:29for the project coordination.
00:24:30What kind of project
00:24:31needs you to interpret Arabic?
00:24:32You never said
00:24:32you were that good
00:24:33at Arabic.
00:24:33What else are you
00:24:34hiding, Scarlett?
00:24:35What did you see
00:24:35on my computer?
00:24:37I didn't see anything.
00:24:39She had opened
00:24:40my personal folder.
00:24:41What was inside?
00:24:42Some translation exercises.
00:24:44Casual translations
00:24:45in French,
00:24:46Japanese,
00:24:47and Korean.
00:24:47Things I did
00:24:48when I was bored.
00:24:50If she saw those...
00:24:52Annie,
00:24:53what exactly
00:24:53did you do
00:24:54at Crownwell today?
00:24:55Scarlett was losing
00:24:55her mind
00:24:56in the office
00:24:56all afternoon.
00:24:57She went through
00:24:57your computer.
00:24:58I know.
00:24:58You know?
00:24:59Why are you
00:24:59reporting 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
00:25:07and Alex Wood.
00:25:07What do you mean?
00:25:08I handle reverse
00:25:09reforms in Advent.
00:25:10Over the past six months,
00:25:10Scarlett has gone
00:25:11along with Alex Wood
00:25:12to talk about work
00:25:1217 times.
00:25:13Every single time
00:25:14I was at that hotel
00:25:14on the one side of the city.
00:25:15Think about that.
00:25:16That has nothing
00:25:16to do with me.
00:25:17How does it have
00:25:17nothing to do with you?
00:25:18Alex Wood made
00:25:19Scarlett to partner
00:25:19leader because
00:25:20of that relationship?
00:25:26The message basically
00:25:27said the company
00:25:28found some employees
00:25:29failed to truthfully
00:25:30fill in personal skills
00:25:31during onboarding.
00:25:32All staff must update
00:25:33profiles within a week.
00:25:35Concealment or
00:25:36classification will be
00:25:37dealt with as a violation
00:25:38of company regulations.
00:25:40This email is
00:25:42entered straight to you.
00:25:43Of course I knew.
00:25:44When Scarlett went
00:25:45through my computer,
00:25:46she found those
00:25:47multilingual
00:25:48translation exercises.
00:25:49She must have gone
00:25:50to Alex Wood.
00:25:53Annie, did you see
00:25:55that email?
00:25:57So what?
00:25:58Are you planning
00:25:58to update your profile?
00:25:59I'm still thinking
00:26:00about it.
00:26:02I suggest you do it
00:26:03soon.
00:26:04If they find out
00:26:05you hid something,
00:26:06that'll be a very
00:26:07serious matter.
00:26:09Thank you for the
00:26:10reminder, Scarlett.
00:26:16It had a pure black
00:26:18background with
00:26:18handwritten words
00:26:19on the back.
00:26:22I never noticed it
00:26:23before.
00:26:24It hasn't come to that
00:26:25yet.
00:26:29There are two things
00:26:30to discuss today.
00:26:32First, the Crownwell
00:26:33project has finished
00:26:34the initial handover.
00:26:36Mr. Anderson is very
00:26:37satisfied with our
00:26:38translation work.
00:26:39Bonuses for this project
00:26:40will be issued next month.
00:26:44Second, regarding the
00:26:46update of employee profiles.
00:26:52Mr. White, I have a question.
00:26:54Go ahead.
00:26:56If an employee
00:26:57deliberately hides
00:26:57their skills and causes
00:26:59the company to make the
00:27:00mistakes in allocation
00:27:01human resources, does that
00:27:02count as a violation?
00:27:10then let me give an example.
00:27:11Say an employee only lists
00:27:13Spanish on her profile, but in
00:27:14fact, she is fluent in
00:27:15multiple languages.
00:27:16The company assigns her
00:27:16position and salary according
00:27:17on the standard for a
00:27:18Spanish translator, and she
00:27:19never raises any objections.
00:27:20Over three years without
00:27:21knowing the truth, the company
00:27:23loses out on a huge amount of
00:27:24usable human resources.
00:27:25This kind of behavior.
00:27:26Enough.
00:27:30Scarlet, get to the point.
00:27:32The person you're talking
00:27:32about is me, right?
00:27:35So what?
00:27:36Yes.
00:27:37I only listed Spanish on my
00:27:38profile because the position
00:27:40I applied for was junior
00:27:41Spanish translator.
00:27:43I have never made a mistake
00:27:44during the work.
00:27:46As for the other languages...
00:27:48As for the other languages,
00:27:49you hid your ability.
00:27:50You let the company spend
00:27:51high salaries hiring people
00:27:52for the German, French, and
00:27:53Arabic teams when you alone
00:27:55could do all of their jobs.
00:27:56Isn't that damaging the
00:27:57company's interests?
00:27:58If I alone can replace all
00:27:59of them, then where does
00:28:00that leave you, Scarlet?
00:28:01This has nothing to do
00:28:02with my place!
00:28:03It does.
00:28:04Because what you're really
00:28:06worried about isn't the
00:28:07company's interests.
00:28:08It's the fact that you
00:28:09found out I'm more capable
00:28:10than you.
00:28:11And now your position
00:28:12doesn't feel so secure
00:28:13anymore.
00:28:14You...
00:28:15I'll say it again.
00:28:17Not listing on my profile
00:28:18does not mean hiding.
00:28:19The skills section does not
00:28:21say all skills must be
00:28:22listed.
00:28:23I chose to show only the
00:28:24skills required for the job
00:28:25I applied for.
00:28:26That is my right.
00:28:31Fine.
00:28:31Then let me ask
00:28:32another question.
00:28:33Mr. White, the bonus
00:28:34for the Crownwell project
00:28:35is distributed among the
00:28:36team members, right?
00:28:38Yes.
00:28:38Annie was added to the
00:28:39team later on a temporary
00:28:40basis.
00:28:41The part she took in was
00:28:42just translation handover.
00:28:43She wasn't on the
00:28:44original team list.
00:28:45So when the bonus is
00:28:46distributed, she shouldn't
00:28:47receive the full amount.
00:28:49That was a vicious move.
00:28:50She stopped attacking me
00:28:51over the hidden skills issue
00:28:52because she knew she
00:28:53couldn't win that fight.
00:28:54So she switched to
00:28:55money instead.
00:29:00Well, Scarlett does have
00:29:02a point.
00:29:02Annie joined halfway
00:29:03through.
00:29:04Louis Anderson specifically
00:29:05requested me.
00:29:08Mr. Anderson, what brings you
00:29:10here?
00:29:11I came to deliver the
00:29:12contract.
00:29:13I heard your meeting.
00:29:14The door wasn't fully
00:29:15closed.
00:29:16The core negotiation of
00:29:17this project was completed
00:29:18by Annie.
00:29:18On the day we first met,
00:29:19she saved the entire
00:29:20conversation in the final
00:29:21five minutes.
00:29:21During the meeting with the
00:29:22UAE client, she used
00:29:23Arabic to win me $8 million
00:29:24in profit margin.
00:29:25How your company
00:29:26distributes bonus is your
00:29:27business.
00:29:27But I suggest you figure
00:29:28out who really is the key
00:29:31person in this project.
00:29:38One more thing.
00:29:39There is a clause in this
00:29:40contract.
00:29:40From now on, all
00:29:41translation handover work
00:29:43for Crown with will be
00:29:44handled by Annie.
00:29:45If she is no longer at
00:29:46White Global, this contract
00:29:47automatically becomes void.
00:29:53Mr. Anderson, you mean
00:29:54I've made myself very clear.
00:29:56This contract is worth $80
00:29:59million a year.
00:30:00The handover translator is
00:30:02Annie.
00:30:02If you replace her, the
00:30:04contract is void.
00:30:07$80 million.
00:30:09Annie.
00:30:09Mr. White.
00:30:10Starting today, you are no
00:30:12longer on the junior level.
00:30:13Then which level I'm in?
00:30:15Deputy Director of the
00:30:16Translation Department.
00:30:17As for your salary, we'll
00:30:19discuss it privately.
00:30:21Mr. White.
00:30:22She's only been here for
00:30:23three years.
00:30:23I've been here for seven.
00:30:25Scarlett.
00:30:25Sit down.
00:30:27You deserve better than
00:30:28that.
00:30:30The translation department
00:30:31was in an uproar.
00:30:33She actually speaks eight
00:30:35languages.
00:30:36She stayed in the junior
00:30:37level for three years?
00:30:38How did that happen?
00:30:40Didn't you hear Louis
00:30:40Anderson's contract?
00:30:41He specifically asked for
00:30:43her.
00:30:44$80 million.
00:30:46Scarlett's face looks
00:30:47amazing.
00:30:48I mean, the color.
00:30:52That line in French, you
00:30:54understood it?
00:30:54I did.
00:30:56What did you think?
00:30:58I'm thinking about it.
00:31:01Take your time.
00:31:05Annie, let's have a chat.
00:31:09You hid for three years, and
00:31:11now everything is out in the
00:31:12lopen.
00:31:12Do you really think your life
00:31:13here will be easy from now on?
00:31:16Are you threatening me?
00:31:17I'm reminding you.
00:31:18Do you think becoming deputy
00:31:19director solves everything?
00:31:21The translation department's
00:31:22connections, client relationships,
00:31:24and internal resources are all
00:31:25in my hands.
00:31:26You're a newcomer who just got
00:31:27promoted.
00:31:27You won't be able to handle any
00:31:29of it.
00:31:29What are you trying to say?
00:31:30Give me your position.
00:31:31You can keep working as the
00:31:33handover translator and take
00:31:34your project bonus.
00:31:35I'll manage the department and
00:31:36you handle the business.
00:31:37We both get what we want.
00:31:39What if I don't want to?
00:31:40Then I'll let you know, ability
00:31:42isn't the only thing that
00:31:43matters in reality.
00:31:50It tasted awful.
00:31:52Scarlett was right.
00:31:53Ability isn't the only thing
00:31:54that matters.
00:31:55But there is one thing she's
00:31:56wrong about.
00:31:57Thinking she was the only one
00:31:59who had the connection.
00:32:02On Monday, something major
00:32:04happened at White Global.
00:32:05The company had received a new
00:32:07project, a fashion brand from
00:32:09Leon, France.
00:32:09It required a full set of
00:32:11French to English brand
00:32:12translation and market
00:32:13localization services.
00:32:15Alex Wood had brought this
00:32:17project back through an old
00:32:18client.
00:32:19The amount was not huge, but
00:32:21it mattered a lot for the
00:32:22company's brand expansion.
00:32:24The problem was, one of the
00:32:26two translators on the French
00:32:27team had just resigned last
00:32:28month.
00:32:29The other was on maternity
00:32:31leave.
00:32:32There's no one left on the
00:32:33French team.
00:32:34What are we supposed to do
00:32:35with this project?
00:32:38Annie, what level is your
00:32:39French?
00:32:40It works.
00:32:42What do you mean by that?
00:32:43Can you handle high-end
00:32:44French brand localization?
00:32:45Yes.
00:32:46Good.
00:32:47Then you're taking this
00:32:48project.
00:32:51The director of the French
00:32:52side personally called Brian
00:32:54White after looked through.
00:32:57Is your translator French?
00:32:59The language feels incredibly
00:33:01authentic.
00:33:01Yes.
00:33:03We have a dedicated French
00:33:03translation team.
00:33:09Annie, the French side is
00:33:11extremely satisfied.
00:33:13They've added another project
00:33:14for full translation of their
00:33:15product manuals.
00:33:16It's worth $3 million.
00:33:20I'll approve your project
00:33:21bonus for this month
00:33:22separately.
00:33:23Thank you, Mr. White.
00:33:27Please note everyone,
00:33:28project assignments in the
00:33:29translation should follow
00:33:30department procedures.
00:33:31No one should skip the leader
00:33:32and take projects directly.
00:33:46Annie, do you really speak
00:33:47eight languages?
00:33:49Yes.
00:33:49Do you know how rare someone
00:33:50like you is in the
00:33:51translation industry?
00:33:53I know.
00:33:54Then why did you...
00:33:57Forget it.
00:33:57There is something I should
00:33:58tell you.
00:33:59Scarlet has a real problem
00:34:00with you.
00:34:01She's brought it up with me
00:34:01several times already.
00:34:03I know.
00:34:04You better be careful.
00:34:06She has certain connections
00:34:08in the company.
00:34:10Mr. Wood, about you and
00:34:12Scarlet?
00:34:13What about us?
00:34:15Nothing.
00:34:21Annie, Scarlet, not
00:34:22I don't have the kind of
00:34:23relationship you might be
00:34:23thinking of.
00:34:24She got promoted to team
00:34:26lead because she had been
00:34:27here long enough and knew
00:34:27the business well.
00:34:29That's all.
00:34:32I thought of the 17 hotel
00:34:34reinforcement claims
00:34:35Elon had mentioned.
00:34:36Human nature really is an
00:34:37interesting thing.
00:34:41The way people looked at me
00:34:43was strange.
00:34:44It wasn't admiration or envy.
00:34:45It was more like avoidance.
00:34:48Something happened.
00:34:49What happened?
00:34:50Scarlet reported you to
00:34:51Brian White reported me
00:34:53for what?
00:34:54She said you privately
00:34:55leakered White Global's
00:34:55internal pricing strategy to
00:34:57Crownweck while you were
00:34:57translating for them.
00:34:58That's a false accusation.
00:35:00I know.
00:35:01But she has evidence.
00:35:02What evidence?
00:35:03She said she found a file
00:35:04on your computer.
00:35:05Screenshots of a chat
00:35:06between you and
00:35:07Louie Anderson's assistant,
00:35:08Frank Young.
00:35:09The chat mentions White
00:35:10Global's internal pricing.
00:35:12There is no such file on
00:35:13my computer.
00:35:14She says there is.
00:35:15And she already showed it
00:35:16to Brian White.
00:35:17Brian wants you in his office
00:35:18tomorrow morning to explain
00:35:19yourself.
00:35:21That so-called chat record
00:35:22is fake.
00:35:24I sneaked a look at it.
00:35:25The chat time was last
00:35:26Wednesday at 2 p.m.
00:35:27But you were at the
00:35:28department meeting last
00:35:29Wednesday afternoon.
00:35:30Everyone can prove it.
00:35:31Then how did she...
00:35:32She edited the time in the
00:35:33chat.
00:35:34Photoshopped it.
00:35:35But she forgot one thing.
00:35:37There's a battery indicator in
00:35:38the top right corner of the
00:35:39screenshot.
00:35:39That battery display doesn't
00:35:40match your phone model.
00:35:42You use a Samsung.
00:35:43That screenshot is from an
00:35:44iPhone.
00:35:46Ellen, I need you to do me a
00:35:48favor.
00:35:48Name it.
00:35:49You're in administration.
00:35:51Can you pull the attendance
00:35:52records and meeting room
00:35:54usage records from last
00:35:55Wednesday afternoon?
00:35:56Yes, pull them.
00:35:57Also, Scarlet's
00:35:58reimbursement records, the
00:35:5917 hotel ones.
00:36:00Do you have them?
00:36:01I do.
00:36:02Are you finally going to use
00:36:03them?
00:36:03Not to attack her, but to
00:36:04protect myself.
00:36:05If she comes after me, I
00:36:07need Brian White to know
00:36:07her credibility has problem.
00:36:09Got it.
00:36:20Every file had a timestamp and
00:36:22sending record.
00:36:23My real chat history with
00:36:25Frank Young was all on
00:36:26teams with server backups.
00:36:29Scarlet could fake
00:36:30screenshots, but she couldn't
00:36:32change server data.
00:36:41I heard you were
00:36:42recorded.
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.
00:36:50Are you sure?
00:36:52Yes.
00:36:53Fine.
00:36:54If you can't handle it, just
00:36:55tell me.
00:36:58It won't.
00:37:04Annie.
00:37:06Scarlet reported that you
00:37:08privately leaked our pricing
00:37:09strategy to Crownwell while you
00:37:11were translating for them.
00:37:12These screenshots are the evidence
00:37:14she provided.
00:37:15Is there anything you want to
00:37:16say?
00:37:17It was exactly as Aline had
00:37:18described.
00:37:18My profile picture, my name,
00:37:20a conversation with Frank Young.
00:37:22The content did involve White
00:37:23Global's pricing, but the
00:37:25wording was extremely unnatural,
00:37:26like it had been made up by
00:37:28someone who didn't understand
00:37:29formal business conversation.
00:37:30These screenshots are fake.
00:37:33Of course you would say that.
00:37:34I can prove it.
00:37:37This is my full chat history with
00:37:39Frank Young.
00:37:40It has server backups and
00:37:42timestamps.
00:37:43Please compare them.
00:37:45The times don't match.
00:37:47The screenshot Scarlet provided
00:37:49showed that the conversation
00:37:49happened last Wednesday at 2 p.m.
00:37:51But the team's record show that
00:37:53Annie and Frank Young had no
00:37:55conversation at that time.
00:37:56She could have deleted Teams
00:37:57has server backups.
00:37:58Even if an employee deletes the
00:38:00chat on their eye, the server
00:38:01still keeps it.
00:38:01Also, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
00:38:03last Wednesday, I was attending
00:38:04the department meeting in the
00:38:05company.
00:38:06The attendance and meeting room
00:38:06booking records can prove it.
00:38:08One more thing.
00:38:09This screenshot is from an
00:38:10iOS interface.
00:38:11I use Android.
00:38:12Scarlet, your phone is an
00:38:13iPhone, isn't it?
00:38:14That proves nothing.
00:38:15Maybe you changed phones.
00:38:17I've been here for three years.
00:38:19The device binding records from
00:38:20IT show I have never used an
00:38:23iPhone.
00:38:27Scarlet, where did these
00:38:28screenshots come from?
00:38:29I...
00:38:30I found them on her computer
00:38:32after you went through my
00:38:33computer last week.
00:38:34I reset the password.
00:38:37These screenshots were never
00:38:38on my computer.
00:38:41You never saw these snapshots
00:38:42on my computer because they
00:38:44never existed in the first
00:38:45place.
00:38:46You made them yourself.
00:38:49Scarlet, do you have anything
00:38:51else to explain?
00:38:53Mr. Wood, say something.
00:38:56Scarlet, you went too far this
00:38:57time.
00:38:59Faking evidence to falsely
00:39:00accuse a colleague is a
00:39:01serious violation.
00:39:02Scarlet, your position as the
00:39:04department leader is revoked
00:39:05immediately.
00:39:05Mr. White?
00:39:05Also, your year-end
00:39:06performance rating will be
00:39:07downgraded by one level.
00:39:08If anything like this happens
00:39:09again, your employment will be
00:39:10terminated immediately.
00:39:11Annie, are you happy now?
00:39:13Scarlet, from beginning to end,
00:39:14you were the one causing
00:39:15trouble for me.
00:39:15I never went after you first.
00:39:17Because your very existence is
00:39:18a quotation.
00:39:19You speak eight language and
00:39:20you hit it for three years.
00:39:21You made my seven years of hard
00:39:23work look like a joke.
00:39:26On the surface, no one in the
00:39:28translation department said
00:39:29much.
00:39:30But the group chat had
00:39:31completely blown up.
00:39:33She should have been removed
00:39:34ages ago.
00:39:35Her translation skills were
00:39:36just average.
00:39:37She only got there through
00:39:38connections.
00:39:39You guys didn't know?
00:39:40Every translation she submitted
00:39:41had been corrected by Annie.
00:39:43What?
00:39:44I am serious.
00:39:45I have seen the proof
00:39:46peating records.
00:39:47Then how many has Annie
00:39:48corrected over the past three
00:39:49years?
00:39:50A conservative estimate?
00:39:51Over a hundred.
00:40:01Excuse me.
00:40:02Which one of you is Annie?
00:40:05Me.
00:40:06Hello.
00:40:07I am Victoria Hayes, a producer
00:40:09at Harbor Light Media.
00:40:10We are preparing a large-scale
00:40:12international documentary
00:40:13project and we need a
00:40:14multilinguist translation
00:40:15consultant.
00:40:16How did you find me?
00:40:18Industry recommendation.
00:40:19The Crownwell project and the
00:40:20French brand project you worked
00:40:21on recently have attracted some
00:40:22attention in the field.
00:40:24Harbor Light Media, a top team
00:40:26production company.
00:40:27Mrs. Hayes, what kind of
00:40:28project is it exactly?
00:40:29A documentary about the
00:40:30Strait of Barol and global
00:40:31trade.
00:40:31We need simultaneous
00:40:32interpretation and subtitle
00:40:34proof feeding across five
00:40:35languages, English, French,
00:40:36Italian, Spanish and Arabic.
00:40:38We contacted three
00:40:39translation companies, but
00:40:41none of them could provide
00:40:42one person who covers all
00:40:43five languages.
00:40:45Then someone told me that
00:40:46White Global has a girl who
00:40:47speaks eight languages.
00:40:49Who told you that?
00:40:50Louis Anderson.
00:40:51He is one of the investors in
00:40:52this project.
00:40:52Louis Anderson again.
00:40:54What is the consulting fee for
00:40:55this project?
00:40:55$50,000 a month.
00:40:57The estimated period is three
00:40:58months.
00:40:59$150,000.
00:41:00That is about six years of my
00:41:01salary at White Global.
00:41:03If you take it, you will need
00:41:05to travel for two months, the
00:41:06Middle East and Europe.
00:41:13A bank account in Zurich, a
00:41:16property in Munich and a small
00:41:18apartment in the 16th
00:41:19compartment of Paris.
00:41:20The total value was close to
00:41:22$10,000,000.
00:41:23Language was the thing my
00:41:24parents loved most in their
00:41:26lives.
00:41:26My mother used to say,
00:41:28language is the best bridge.
00:41:31My father said, if you can
00:41:33understand a person in their
00:41:34mother tongue, you can
00:41:35understand their heart.
00:41:37They carved the languages of
00:41:38the world into my blood.
00:41:40Then they left.
00:41:41So I hid those languages away,
00:41:43along with my memories of them.
00:41:45Because every time I speak one
00:41:46of those languages, I remember
00:41:48what they looked like when
00:41:49they were by my side teaching
00:41:50it to me.
00:41:51German was in Berlin.
00:41:52My dad taught it to me while
00:41:54taking me for ice cream in front
00:41:55of the Bransberg Gate.
00:41:57French was in Paris.
00:41:59My mother read Malpouseau to
00:42:01me in the original French by the
00:42:02San.
00:42:03Arabic was in Cairo.
00:42:05The three of us were on a boat
00:42:06on the Nile.
00:42:08My father counted the stars while
00:42:10teaching me how to say Wahid,
00:42:12Ethwan, Flacca.
00:42:13Every language was a memory.
00:42:15And I didn't want to open
00:42:16those memories, but I...
00:42:23Has Mrs. Hayes from
00:42:24Harbor Light reached out to you?
00:42:26She has.
00:42:27Why did you introduce this to me?
00:42:29Because you need to step out of
00:42:30it.
00:42:31You do not know me.
00:42:33I know your parents were
00:42:35diplomats.
00:42:35I know your background.
00:42:38You investigated me?
00:42:39Before I decide who to work
00:42:41with, I learn about them.
00:42:43Annie, your parents were
00:42:44remarkable people.
00:42:46You do not need to lock
00:42:47yourself in a corner just to
00:42:48escape their shadow.
00:42:51Go take a look at Harbor Light's
00:42:52project.
00:42:53The Strait of Jurada, the bridge
00:42:54between Europe and Africa.
00:42:56Maybe you should see it for
00:42:57yourself.
00:43:02Maybe he was right.
00:43:07Mr. White, I need to take two
00:43:09months off.
00:43:11For what?
00:43:11A documentary project wants me
00:43:13as a translation sultan.
00:43:14I need to travel to the Middle
00:43:15East and Europe.
00:43:16Two months?
00:43:17What about Crownwell's project?
00:43:19I have already completed all the
00:43:20translation drafts for Crownwell's
00:43:21second phase.
00:43:22The third phase will not start
00:43:23until three months later.
00:43:24Are you resigning?
00:43:25I will come back.
00:43:27Fine.
00:43:28I will approve two months for you.
00:43:33Scarlett?
00:43:34Scarlett had just been
00:43:35transferred to administration
00:43:36as a clerk.
00:43:36The old shine was gone.
00:43:38You are going on a business
00:43:39trip?
00:43:39Mm-hmm.
00:43:40For how long?
00:43:41Two months.
00:43:42You know, when I joined the
00:43:43White seven years ago, I only
00:43:44spoke one language, too.
00:43:47Later, I learned French and
00:43:48Spanish while working here.
00:43:49I went from intern to the
00:43:50department leader.
00:43:52I thought I had worked really
00:43:53hard.
00:43:54You did work hard.
00:43:55But without doing anything,
00:43:56you were already above me.
00:43:57Eight languages.
00:43:58What gives you the right?
00:43:59My parents.
00:44:00They paid for it with their
00:44:02lives.
00:44:05That was the last time we
00:44:06spoke in this building.
00:44:07At the airport, I
00:44:08unexpectedly ran into
00:44:09someone.
00:44:10Louis Anderson.
00:44:11He was wearing casual
00:44:12clothes.
00:44:13It was the first time I had
00:44:14ever seen him out of a
00:44:15suit.
00:44:16Annie?
00:44:16What are you doing here?
00:44:17Crownwell has business in
00:44:18Dubai.
00:44:19What a coincidence.
00:44:20Yeah.
00:44:21What a coincidence.
00:44:26Business class is pretty
00:44:27empty.
00:44:27Why are you sitting here?
00:44:28I bought an economy ticket.
00:44:31About the inheritance your
00:44:33parents left you.
00:44:34You even know about that?
00:44:35The law firm has worked with
00:44:36us before.
00:44:37Attorney Wills once mentioned
00:44:38a client who refused to
00:44:39inherit an estate.
00:44:40The industry is only so big.
00:44:41So the whole world knows?
00:44:43Not the whole world.
00:44:44Just me caring about it.
00:44:45I turned to look at him and
00:44:46my heart skipped to beat.
00:44:47The sunlight in Dubai was
00:44:48completely different from back
00:44:49home.
00:44:50Dry, fierce.
00:44:51Almost as if it could burn
00:44:51straight through your shadow.
00:44:53So you are Annie?
00:44:54The one who speaks eight
00:44:54languages?
00:44:55Yes.
00:44:55Let's do a test.
00:44:56Translate a section for me
00:44:57first.
00:44:58Martin handed me an Arabic
00:44:59interview outline.
00:45:00Okay.
00:45:01I'm Annie Smith, a junior
00:45:02translator at White Global
00:45:03Trading Co.
00:45:03I've been here three years
00:45:05and make $24,000 a year.
00:45:07Finally, she is the one.
00:45:09She is better than those
00:45:10three translation companies
00:45:12combined.
00:45:13Martin, she has not even
00:45:14given us a quote yet.
00:45:16No need.
00:45:17It's her.
00:45:18The first stop was the
00:45:19antique market in old Dubai.
00:45:20The documentary was going to
00:45:22cover how the Strait of
00:45:23Formos connects global trade.
00:45:24There was a Persian carpet
00:45:25shop here that had been
00:45:26open for 40 years.
00:45:28And the owner was a third
00:45:29generation Iranian merchant.
00:45:48In Casablanca, I interviewed
00:45:49a historian in French.
00:45:59He said, on the Strait of
00:46:01Jorali, shipping and trade
00:46:02are a way of having a
00:46:03dialogue.
00:46:04People may come from
00:46:05different backgrounds and
00:46:06speak different languages,
00:46:07but their hearts are
00:46:07connected.
00:46:08My voice, but their hearts
00:46:09was a little halcy because
00:46:11my father had said almost
00:46:12the exact same thing.
00:46:14Okay.
00:46:15That night, the team had
00:46:17dinner at the hotel.
00:46:19Annie, Mr. Anderson asked
00:46:20whether your work went
00:46:21smoothly today?
00:46:22It went smoothly.
00:46:23No need to worry about
00:46:24me.
00:46:24Mr. Anderson asked me to
00:46:26tell you that he is in the
00:46:26office on the 58th floor of
00:46:28this 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 may not
00:46:39really suit our taste.
00:46:40If you want something else...
00:46:42Mr. Anderson, why are you
00:46:44telling me this?
00:46:45Because I care about you.
00:46:46I do not need your concern.
00:46:48Okay.
00:46:49No more concern.
00:46:50Good night.
00:46:51Over the next two weeks,
00:46:52we went a lot of places.
00:46:53On the flight from Istanbul
00:46:54to Cairo, I received an
00:46:55email.
00:46:56Sender, Scarlet.
00:46:57Subject, no subject.
00:46:59After you left, they laid
00:47:00off the French team and the
00:47:01German team because Brian
00:47:02White said you alone would
00:47:04enough.
00:47:04Seven people lost their jobs
00:47:06because of you.
00:47:07Are you happy now?
00:47:08I looked at the email and
00:47:09deleted it.
00:47:11Do not believe, Scarlet.
00:47:12The French and German teams
00:47:13were cut because they were
00:47:14already at the bottom in
00:47:15performance.
00:47:15It has nothing to do with
00:47:16you.
00:47:16She is just trying to mess
00:47:17with you.
00:47:18I know.
00:47:18Are you okay?
00:47:20I am fine.
00:47:24Cairo, the third stop of
00:47:26the documentary.
00:47:27I lived here for a while.
00:47:31When the plane landed, I
00:47:32looked out at that familiar
00:47:33city and my heart started
00:47:35beating a little faster.
00:47:36In Cairo, the team was
00:47:38filming a section about the
00:47:39history of trade between the
00:47:40Middle East and Europe.
00:47:42They needed Arabic
00:47:47interpretation.
00:47:48I looked for Cairo,
00:47:49I was going to go to the
00:47:51river, and I was going to
00:47:53go to the river, and I
00:47:54was going to go to the
00:47:54river, and I was going to
00:47:54go to the river.
00:47:55Our act is getting
00:47:56provided in Cairo in Cairo.
00:47:58The owner of this
00:47:59division was a diplomat.
00:48:00He was died in five
00:48:01years ago.
00:48:02His daughter is held in the
00:48:03division as a heir, but
00:48:04is never been raised.
00:48:11Michael Smith, that 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.
00:49:03The 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.
00:49:31An 18th century style Meissen porcelain vase.
00:49:35Purchased at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, 2008.
00:49:39With Annie.
00:49:422008.
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.
00:50:13I know.
00:50:15Then you should become someone extraordinary too,
00:50:17instead 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.
00:50:30Miss 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.
00:50:37Understood. That is wonderful. I 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. Something personal.
00:50:45Yes. A letter.
00:50:47He 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.
00:50:59The letter was not long.
00:51:01Annie, when 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.
00:51:08You may seal away the memories connected to us, along with all those languages.
00:51:12Maybe it is because every language is tied to us.
00:51:14One sentence in German will remind you of landscape in Berlin.
00:51:17One sentence in Arabic will remind you of the stars in Cairo.
00:51:20But 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 bridge of seed.
00:51:27Don't shrink yourself into the dark.
00:51:29You are exceptional.
00:51:30You are smart, gifted, and 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.
00:51:35Mom 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.
00:51:43Language is not a chain.
00:51:44It is wings.
00:51:48In Madrid, I interviewed a flamenco dancer in Spanish.
00:51:52Every 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.
00:52:16And the story of him moved me the most.
00:52:30What happened after that?
00:52:46Keep this part.
00:52:48Original audio with subtitles.
00:52:53Annie.
00:52:54That 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.
00:53:07It is wings.
00:53:12The day I came back, it was late December.
00:53:17New York's winter was cold, but the air carried a familiar scent.
00:53:22Annie, the director's position in the translation department is open.
00:53:26Mm-hmm.
00:53:26I want you to take it.
00:53:30What is the salary?
00:53:32$200,000.
00:53:34Okay.
00:53:34And just like that, in less than half a year,
00:53:37I went from a junior role to the director of the translation department.
00:53:42On the day I officially took the role,
00:53:44I stood in the meeting room and made a speech to the people 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.
00:54:17One wrong number in a trade contract can mean tens of millions in losses.
00:54:21Strictness is the bare minimum.
00:54:26Hello?
00:54:27Director Smith, congratulations on the promotion.
00:54:30$200,000?
00:54:31Mm-hmm.
00:54:32I offered $400,000 before.
00:54:34I know.
00:54:34Still not considering it?
00:54:35Not for now, but thank you for all your help.
00:54:37The offer, the Harbor Light 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?
00:54:48Dinner.
00:54:48No work, no projects.
00:54:51Okay.
00:54:51He was driving a very ordinary gray sedan.
00:54:54Not the kind of luxury car I had imagined.
00:54:56Your car doesn't really match your status.
00:54:58Cars are for driving, not for showing off.
00:55:00I'm taking you to a Japanese restaurant.
00:55:01It only has eight seats.
00:55:04You're paying?
00:55:05Obviously.
00:55:07This place has the best sashimi in the whole city.
00:55:10How 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.
00:55:18Since that day in Cairo, or maybe even earlier, since the first time you spoke German at Crownwell, I...
00:55:23You what?
00:55:24I 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...
00:55:32Too 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.
00:56:22After Scarlett resigned from White Global, she became a director at a small translation company.
00:56:27Three months later, that company face had its mass tariff of 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 Scarlett herself.
00:56:39Her 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.
00:56:51Stop 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.
00:57:14Five languages.
00:57:15Annie, your parents must be so proud of you in heaven.
00:57:17Uncle George, how did you see...
00:57:19You 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?
00:57:30Annie will become a better bridge than I ever was.
00:57:33That 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.
00:57:56The director was average.
00:57:57Don't say that about Martin.
00:57:59But your parts were excellent.
00:58:00You weren't just translating in the interview.
00:58:02You were carrying the emotion across.
00:58:05My father once said, if you understand someone's mother tongue, you can understand their heart.
00:58:09You did that.
00:58:12We 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 cross-border cultural projects, documentaries, publishing, exhibitions, forums.
00:58:24I need someone to lead it.
00:58:25You're trying to poach me again.
00:58:26I'm not poaching you.
00:58:27I'm building a position for you.
00:58:29What do you mean?
00:58:30You're not meant to be 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.
00:58:41What'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.
00:58:47What?
00:58:47Be my girlfriend.
00:58:49No salary needed.
00:58:51Louie!
00:58:52I'm joking.
00:58:53One million dollars a year, plus project dividends.
00:58:55But 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.
00:59:15Mr. White, you also gave me the opportunity.
00:59:18You 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.
00:59:42It was time to start over.
00:59:48Crownwell's International Cultural Exchange Department was officially established.
00:59:53I became its first director.
00:59:55The 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.
01:00:21Uncle George stood in the exhibition hall, looking at my father's handwritten labels on the Portland pieces, tears streaming down
01:00:27his 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.
01:00:47Louis 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?
01:01:17Because I was running away.
01:01:19Every language was tied to memories of my parents.
01:01:22I thought if I hid them away, it would stop hurting.
01:01:25But later I realized that languages do not disappear just because you refuse to speak them.
01:01:29They stay in your blood, waiting for you to speak.
01:01:32What finally made you decide to speak up?
01:01:35A letter.
01:01:37My father wrote it.
01:01:38He said if I have the ability to make a difference, I should use it.
01:01:41On the second day of the exhibition, someone unexpected showed up.
01:01:46Scarlett.
01:01:48What are you doing here?
01:01:50I saw it on the news.
01:01:52Your father collected these?
01:01:54Yes.
01:01:56They are beautiful.
01:01:58Annie, I owe you an apology.
01:02:00You do not have to...
01:02:01Let me speak.
01:02:03I was jealous of you.
01:02:04I had been jealous since the first time you opened your mouth and spoke German.
01:02:08It took me seven years to climb up to Team Leader, but you were already above me without even trying.
01:02:12I could not accept that.
01:02:14So you chose to frame me?
01:02:15Yes.
01:02:16And then I paid the price.
01:02:18After I left White Global, 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...
01:02:28Scarlett, your hard work was real.
01:02:30Those seven years of German were not wasted either.
01:02:32You just chose the wrong direction at certain moments.
01:02:34You don't hate me?
01:02:35No.
01:02:37The forged screenshots are in the past now.
01:02:40You really are different from before.
01:02:42Back then, I could not even face myself.
01:02:45The exhibition is wonderful.
01:02:46Your father must be very happy.
01:02:52The exhibition ran for two months 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.
01:03:21Do 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.
01:03:45The 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.
01:04:08Five 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.
01:04:18Revenue is up another 30% this year.
01:04:20Mm-hmm.
01:04:21Your salary should be adjusted this year.
01:04:23To how much?
01:04:25You tell me.
01:04:26One dollar.
01:04:29Seriously?
01:04:30Put the rest into a scholarship to support young people studying languages.
01:04:34Name 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.
01:04:54Back then, I was fluent in eight languages, made $3,000 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,
01:05:06Be brave enough to be yourself.
01:05:08It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:12But luckily, I did it.
01:05:12But luckily, I did it.
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