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She Died Before The Flames - Ep ✅ FULL [Eng Sub]
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00:00:05I'm Annie Smith, a junior translator at Wright Global Trading Co. Lou Did.
00:00:09I've been here for three years and make $24,000 a year.
00:00:13Pretty ordinary, right?
00:00:15But in fact, I'm fluent in eight languages.
00:00:17English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, and Italian.
00:00:23Nobody knows that.
00:00:25My father was a diplomat and mother was simultaneous and sort of.
00:00:28Five years ago, they died in a car accident.
00:00:31I've never wanted to show off because of these skills.
00:00:33I just want to keep my head down and be a small, un-zooming translator.
00:00:37Let's welcome Mr. White to the stage.
00:00:41Everyone have worked hard over the past year.
00:00:44Thank you for your dedication.
00:00:46In the new year, we will...
00:00:49It's been ten minutes.
00:00:51And I'm down here counting how many times he says thank you while he's giving the speech.
00:00:57Annie, you better win the lucky draw later.
00:00:59If you do, dinner's on me.
00:01:03Sure, why not?
00:01:04That's my everyday life.
00:01:06Elon is my only friend at work.
00:01:09She doesn't know I speak eight languages.
00:01:11But she does know one thing.
00:01:15Also, I have another one.
00:01:18Everyone here, who speaks German, will get 70% of Gehands-Erhöhung.
00:01:2770%.
00:01:27My salary would go from 24.000 to 4.800.
00:01:32But it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:34I told myself, it has nothing to do with me.
00:01:41Annie, did you understand that?
00:01:43No.
00:01:44I don't speak German.
00:01:46Right, of course.
00:01:47You only have a certificate in Spanish.
00:01:50What could you possibly understand?
00:01:52Poor thing.
00:01:55Syed, majoring in German, French, and Spanish, is the head of translator team.
00:02:00She got promoted in just three months.
00:02:03And has been riding that high ever since.
00:02:07Anyway, the raise has nothing to do with you.
00:02:11Just keep doing the basic work.
00:02:14Oh, and remember to translate the annual meeting press replaced tonight.
00:02:18I didn't say anything.
00:02:19A 70% raise.
00:02:21The German translation team consists of four people, plus Scarlet.
00:02:24Only five people would get it.
00:02:26What did that have to do with me?
00:02:27Nothing.
00:02:28Really, nothing.
00:02:34Ann, stay right there.
00:02:35I'm coming over right now.
00:02:40Annie, why 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.
00:02:51After the raise, that's 4,800 a year.
00:02:54No, I didn't get the meaning.
00:02:55I don't speak German.
00:02:58Who are you trying to fool?
00:03:00Your French is already that good.
00:03:01You're expecting me to believe you don't understand German.
00:03:03Are you kidding me?
00:03:05I 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 and we go out for a drink on Friday.
00:03:14Can't you stand up for yourself for once?
00:03:16Eileen caught me reading a French book in the pantry last year.
00:03:19I told her I'd studied a little bit French.
00:03:22She's been holding it in for almost a year.
00:03:24I don't want to expose.
00:03:31Oh my God, Annie.
00:03:32What are you afraid of?
00:03:36Fine.
00:03:36Keep pretending.
00:03:37I'm done.
00:03:38But Annie, I'm telling you.
00:03:40You're going to suffer with that kind of personality sooner or later.
00:03:45Alright.
00:03:46You're going to suffer with that kind of personality sooner or later.
00:03:52Guter Schaßzug, oder?
00:03:53Schließlich können das nur die Leute aus dem deutschen Team verstehen.
00:03:57Das bedeutet, dass sich nur dem Kern-Team eine Gehens-Erhöhung gibt.
00:04:01Alle anderen werden einfach denken, dass ich eine motivasiere Schrey halte.
00:04:05Sehr brillant, Mr. White.
00:04:08Abross.
00:04:09Wen schäden wir nächste Woche für das Projekt der Crown Bell Group?
00:04:15Scarlet.
00:04:16Sie spricht am besten Deutsch.
00:04:19Ich habe gehört, dass Präsident Anderson von Crown Bell ziemlich schwierig ist.
00:04:22Letztes Mal hat er das gesamte Übersetzungsgrund von Meridian aus dem Sprengsraum hinangefrogen.
00:04:27Das sollte kein Problem sein.
00:04:29Scarlet kommt damit klar.
00:04:34Leute, auf Andersonville sollten wir diesmal nicht mitnehmen.
00:04:36Sie könnten das Mieten ruinieren.
00:04:40Sie wissen, dass ich sie nicht verstehen können.
00:04:42Sie denken, dass ich nur ein kleiner Translator.
00:04:46Aber das ist nur zu erwarten.
00:04:48Ich habe nicht gesehen, was ich nicht gesehen habe.
00:04:49Ich habe auch nicht gesehen, was ich kann.
00:04:50Ich habe auch nicht gesehen, was ich kann.
00:04:50Anni, sende mir die Proof-Red-Version von heute Morgen.
00:05:01Ich habe die Proof-Red-Version von heute Morgen.
00:05:12Anni, sende mir die Proof-Red-Version von heute Morgen.
00:05:27Anni, sende mir die Proof-Red-Version von heute Morgen.
00:05:31Ich habe gehört,
00:05:34Do you know President Anderson of Crownwell?
00:05:40Wer?
00:05:44Louis Anderson, 32 Jahre alt,
00:05:47Präsident von Crownwell International Commerce Group, Lydian.
00:05:49Er ist 98th in der letzten Jahrhunderts Global Wealth Rankings.
00:05:51Sie sagen, er ist in fünf Sprachen,
00:05:53aber ist nicht für seine schlechte Temperatur.
00:05:55Er hat sogar den ganzen Meridian-Tranlern-Titel und sie aus dem Meeting-Rum.
00:05:58Was das tun hat mit mir?
00:06:00Anni, you don't think Scarlett can handle him?
00:06:03Even if she can't,
00:06:05that's not my business.
00:06:08Anni, seriously.
00:06:09You're way too good at putting up with things.
00:06:12Louis left.
00:06:13She doesn't get it.
00:06:14I'm not putting up with it.
00:06:15I just don't want to get involved.
00:06:16It was an Eric supplier quotation.
00:06:19Technically,
00:06:19it should have gone to someone on the Eric group.
00:06:21But the Eric team is out of the office today,
00:06:23so Alex would have casually dumped it on me.
00:06:26Anni,
00:06:26didn't you say you took a little Arabic course in college?
00:06:28Just do a rough translation.
00:06:30Sure.
00:06:30I did tell him I'd taken a little Arabic.
00:06:33But in fact,
00:06:34I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years.
00:06:36Arabic is basically my fourth native language.
00:06:38It took me 15 minutes to finish the translation.
00:06:41I left two tiny mistakes in proposal
00:06:43just to pretend the work of someone
00:06:44who had only taken a little Arabic.
00:06:51not bad.
00:06:52It was actually good enough for me.
00:07:00Anni,
00:07:01organize 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
00:07:08blow up all in Spanish.
00:07:09About 50 pages.
00:07:10This isn't my job.
00:07:12How is it not?
00:07:12You're in the translation department,
00:07:14and I'm your leader.
00:07:15Is there a problem with me assigning you work?
00:07:17She had been promoted to team leader last month,
00:07:19so of course was at the peak of her arrogance.
00:07:22Fine.
00:07:25Oh, and there's a department meeting tomorrow.
00:07:28We'll be discussing the handover plan
00:07:29for the Crownwell project.
00:07:31You don't need to attend.
00:07:32I know.
00:07:33You're only responsible for basic proofreading.
00:07:35A major project like this
00:07:37isn't something you get to be part of.
00:07:38I know.
00:07:46I heard everything in the pantry.
00:07:47Who does she think she is talking to you like that?
00:07:49What does she mean by not something
00:07:50you get to be part of?
00:07:51I'm used to it.
00:07:52Can't you just clap back for once,
00:07:54and then what?
00:07:55She's the boss.
00:07:58If you showed everyone what you can really do,
00:08:00what kind of boss would she even be?
00:08:04I don't want to.
00:08:05What exactly are you afraid of, Annie?
00:08:08What am I afraid of?
00:08:09I don't know either.
00:08:11Maybe 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 for $1,000.
00:08:27In this city, after rent and utilities,
00:08:29there isn't much left.
00:08:37Hello?
00:08:37Hello.
00:08:38Am I speaking with Miss Annie Smith?
00:08:40Yes.
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,
00:08:53there is a sum in your parents' account in Zurich.
00:08:54I don't want it.
00:08:55Attorney Wills, thank you,
00:08:56but please stop calling me.
00:09:05The Translation Department
00:09:06had a meeting on a Monday morning.
00:09:08I wasn't told to attend,
00:09:09but my desk was right next to the meeting room.
00:09:11I could hear every word through that glass wall.
00:09:13Louis Anderson is fluent in German and French.
00:09:16There are also someone who can speak Mandarin
00:09:17and Japanese in his team.
00:09:19This time,
00:09:20we're discussing a supply chain partnership
00:09:21for the Middle East market.
00:09:23Anything involving Arabic
00:09:24will be handled by their side.
00:09:25We only need to cover the German communication.
00:09:27Can you handle that?
00:09:28Of course.
00:09:28I studied in Germany for three years.
00:09:30The business negotiation like this
00:09:31is exactly in my comfort zone.
00:09:33To be fair,
00:09:33Charlotte's German is decent.
00:09:35Daily conversation is indeed
00:09:36a piece of cake for her.
00:09:37But I've reviewed her previous translations.
00:09:39Her business Germany has one fatal habit.
00:09:41She relies too much on literal translation,
00:09:43and often misses the level of formality
00:09:44required in German business correspondence.
00:09:46In everyday conversation,
00:09:47that's not a big deal.
00:09:48But if the person she faced
00:09:50is extremely sensitive to details,
00:09:52never mind.
00:09:53Not my business.
00:09:54Finished sorting everything?
00:09:56Yes.
00:09:57I made her a summary,
00:09:58classified by project type,
00:10:00cooperation history,
00:10:01and key personnel.
00:10:01I also marked the changes
00:10:02of tarot policies and the risk points.
00:10:04All she had to do was a glance through,
00:10:05and she was exactly to expect.
00:10:07It'll do.
00:10:12Scarlett!
00:10:14Scarlett.
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.
00:10:22Are you ready?
00:10:23Moved up?
00:10:25I've gone through all the materials.
00:10:27No problem.
00:10:28Good.
00:10:29Bring someone with you tomorrow
00:10:30for on-site interpretation support.
00:10:32I'll take Zach.
00:10:33His German is decent too.
00:10:34Zach is still on leave.
00:10:39Annie!
00:10:40You come with me tomorrow.
00:10:41Me?
00:10:42I only speak Spanish.
00:10:43You'll just take notes and serve coffee.
00:10:45I'll handle the professional part.
00:10:48Her?
00:10:49Don'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
00:10:55as an assistant and a note-taker.
00:10:57Someone who can serve coffee at the same time.
00:11:00I sent Elin a message.
00:11:01I will go to Crown Will tomorrow.
00:11:03Scarlett is taking you?
00:11:04Doesn't she always look down on you
00:11:06as the errand girl?
00:11:08You just agreed to that?
00:11:10What else am I supposed to do?
00:11:11Annie!
00:11:23Are you from White Global?
00:11:24Yes.
00:11:25I'm Scarlett,
00:11:26team leader of the translation department.
00:11:28This is my assistant, Annie.
00:11:30Oh, she called me assistant.
00:11:31I didn't correct her.
00:11:35Please wait.
00:11:36President Alexandring is still in a meeting.
00:11:39Scarlett reapplied her lipstick twice
00:11:41and adjusted her hair three separate times
00:11:43in just these 15 minutes.
00:11:45Annie, when we go in,
00:11:46just sit on the side and take notes.
00:11:47Don't speak unless you're asked.
00:11:48Got it?
00:11:49Got it.
00:11:50Also, when you address Mr. Anderson,
00:11:52be formal and respectful.
00:11:54Don't let your eyes wander.
00:11:56People at his level hate unprofessional behavior.
00:11:59Okay.
00:12:02Miss Scarlett,
00:12:04President Anderson will see you now.
00:12:1732 years old,
00:12:18about six foot one,
00:12:19gray suit,
00:12:20no 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.
00:12:31A legal director
00:12:32and a lady who looked very, very young.
00:12:34A translation device sat in front of her.
00:12:39In the last episode,
00:12:41that you have shown in front of us
00:12:42before yesterday,
00:12:43was at the right tariff angle
00:12:45on the standards of 2000,
00:12:472001.
00:12:48We have now 2024.
00:12:49What does that mean?
00:12:51He spoke so fast.
00:12:52Every word was sharp.
00:12:54She understood him,
00:12:55but she clearly didn't expect him to open like that.
00:13:03I mean...
00:13:27She didn't know.
00:13:30But I did.
00:13:31Because that policy change
00:13:33was 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.
00:13:42I have to do it first.
00:13:44I have to do it first.
00:13:45I have to do it first.
00:13:47Have you not prepared
00:13:49before you come here?
00:13:51You have three
00:13:53the wrong German words used.
00:13:55For the first time,
00:13:56I have said nothing.
00:13:57For the second time,
00:13:58for the third time,
00:14:01do you know what is
00:14:02in the business life
00:14:03that means if you constantly
00:14:03use the wrong control form?
00:14:06It means either
00:14:07that you don't respect
00:14:07or that you don't give a chance
00:14:09or that you don't give a chance.
00:14:10What is it?
00:14:12The legal director beside Anderson
00:14:14gave a slight shake of his head.
00:14:16The meaning was obvious.
00:14:17This negotiation was about to fall through.
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
00:14:39and serve drinks.
00:14:40This is Whitworth with Global's biggest deal of the year.
00:14:43If we lose it,
00:14:43they'll probably be layoffs
00:14:44by 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,
00:15:00give us please five minutes.
00:15:14And you are?
00:15:16I'm Annie,
00:15:18junior translator at Whitmore Global.
00:15:21Junior translator?
00:15:23Yes.
00:15:24The one who always takes notes beside
00:15:26and serves coffee.
00:15:29Five minutes.
00:15:34The new three
00:15:35effettet the standard
00:15:36for around six
00:15:37of six
00:15:38on eight
00:15:38on eight
00:15:38on HSKs.
00:15:39Artikel,
00:15:40these
00:15:40were in the three
00:15:40and we show our
00:15:41taxation
00:15:41where low
00:15:42and we come
00:15:42by five percent.
00:15:44Five percent?
00:15:45Explain
00:15:47The white global
00:15:48on HSKs.
00:15:49on HSKs.
00:15:50The free hand of comfort professions
00:15:52will be compensated
00:15:53at least three percent
00:15:54through the
00:15:54increase of the HS
00:15:55burden of the
00:15:55cost
00:15:56and sterile
00:15:56and compensated.
00:15:57The nice
00:15:57explanation
00:15:58of the
00:15:58tax
00:15:58install
00:15:58is
00:15:58Lily Anderson's
00:15:59legal director
00:16:00lowered his head
00:16:01and flipped through
00:16:01the files
00:16:02as if he was checking
00:16:03whether I was right.
00:16:04Where did you learn German?
00:16:06I lived in Berlin
00:16:07for a while.
00:16:08Your honor efforts
00:16:08are very precise.
00:16:10And you said
00:16:11you were the junior level?
00:16:12Yes.
00:16:13Your five minutes are out
00:16:14but I can give you
00:16:15ten more
00:16:15on one condition.
00:16:17From here on
00:16:18you meet the negotiation.
00:16:21She can't
00:16:22I said she leads
00:16:24or you can lead
00:16:25right now.
00:16:28Scarlett
00:16:29should I take over?
00:16:32Then let's restart
00:16:33from the first part
00:16:34of the proposal.
00:16:35This wasn't because
00:16:36I had prepared in advance.
00:16:37While sorting that
00:16:3850 pages materials
00:16:39I had for Scarlett
00:16:39I had memorized every word.
00:16:41Plus I grew up
00:16:42in a diplomatic family.
00:16:43The basics of
00:16:44international trade
00:16:44are as natural to me
00:16:45as breathing.
00:16:46Auf im Neusmarkt
00:16:47wenn ein Kuntel lange
00:16:48nicht über den Preis
00:16:49spielt sondern nur
00:16:49über Towingen
00:16:50wie würden Sie damit umgehen?
00:16:52You speak Arabic too?
00:16:57A little.
00:16:58Der japanische Lieferstern
00:16:59ist 6% günstiger
00:17:00aber die Lieferzeit
00:17:00ist instabil.
00:17:01Wie entscheiden Sie?
00:17:02Die erschriechene
00:17:03japanische Angosuznummer
00:17:04leist J.K.K.T.
00:17:060427
00:17:06Ich würde nicht
00:17:07das näherigste
00:17:08Aubertock wählen
00:17:09sondern die Läusung
00:17:10mit dem kleinsten
00:17:11Gesente-Riskop.
00:17:14The framework works.
00:17:15I'll have my legal team
00:17:16follow up with you
00:17:17on the details.
00:17:19The hand was warm
00:17:20and strong
00:17:20and the grip
00:17:21was just right.
00:17:23Annie, right?
00:17:24Yes.
00:17:25You're wasted
00:17:25in the junior level.
00:17:31You lied
00:17:32to everyone.
00:17:34What?
00:17:35You said
00:17:35you only spoke Spanish.
00:17:41I do mainly
00:17:42work in Spanish.
00:17:43What you did
00:17:44in there today
00:17:44that's what you call
00:17:45mainly working in Spanish?
00:17:46Your German
00:17:47is better than mine.
00:17:48Where did that Arab
00:17:49come from?
00:17:49It's not even
00:17:50on your resume.
00:17:53Scarlet,
00:17:54the project was saved,
00:17:55wasn't it?
00:17:55You did this
00:17:56on purpose!
00:17:57You hid your skill
00:17:58just waiting
00:17:58for a chance
00:17:59like this
00:17:59to show off!
00:18:01What do you think
00:18:02will happen
00:18:03just because
00:18:03you impressed
00:18:04Louie Anderson
00:18:04once?
00:18:05When we're back
00:18:06at the company
00:18:06you're still
00:18:07just that
00:18:07junior translator.
00:18:09Annie,
00:18:09just you wait.
00:18:17Suddenly
00:18:18I felt a little tired.
00:18:21How did the
00:18:22negotiation go?
00:18:23Did Scarlet crash
00:18:23and burn?
00:18:24The project
00:18:24was saved.
00:18:25How was it saved?
00:18:26Wasn't she...
00:18:27Wait,
00:18:27was it you?
00:18:28I'll tell you
00:18:29when I get back.
00:18:30Annie,
00:18:30you finally
00:18:31made a move!
00:18:34Standing at the
00:18:34exit of the
00:18:35underground garage
00:18:36I felt the
00:18:37autumn wind
00:18:37blowing in.
00:18:38It was a bit
00:18:38cold.
00:18:39I didn't want
00:18:40to show off.
00:18:41I really didn't.
00:18:43But I didn't
00:18:43want to lose
00:18:44my job either.
00:18:54Mr. White,
00:18:55Annie spoke
00:18:55out of turn
00:18:56during negotiation
00:18:56and completely
00:18:57ignored the
00:18:58company hierarchy.
00:18:59Was the project
00:18:59saved?
00:19:00Yes,
00:19:00but that was...
00:19:01Then that's
00:19:01all that matters.
00:19:02The crown will
00:19:03deal is worth
00:19:03$40 million.
00:19:04If it had fallen
00:19:05through yesterday,
00:19:06the entire
00:19:06translation department
00:19:07could have packed up.
00:19:10One look at her face
00:19:11and I knew
00:19:12this wasn't over.
00:19:18Annie,
00:19:19how good is
00:19:20your German
00:19:21exactly?
00:19:22I can get by.
00:19:23You can get by?
00:19:24I heard you handled
00:19:25the entire negotiation
00:19:26in German without
00:19:26any problem at
00:19:27Crownwell and you
00:19:28even used Arabic.
00:19:28My German just
00:19:29everyday level?
00:19:30Do you know if
00:19:30the company hired
00:19:31a multi-language
00:19:31translator like you,
00:19:32the starting salary
00:19:33would be at least
00:19:34$96,000 a year?
00:19:35I have no issues
00:19:36with my current salary.
00:19:37Fine.
00:19:37Come to the
00:19:38meeting room at
00:19:38two this afternoon.
00:19:39We need you
00:19:40involved in the
00:19:40follow-up coordination
00:19:41for the Crownwell
00:19:42project.
00:19:43Mr. Wood,
00:19:45I'm the one in
00:19:45charge of the
00:19:46Crownwell project.
00:19:46You'll remain in
00:19:47charge, but Annie
00:19:48will be involved
00:19:48in the coordination.
00:19:49That's Mr. White's
00:19:49decision.
00:19:54Happy now, Annie?
00:19:57Scarlet, I just...
00:19:58You just what?
00:19:59You think because
00:20:00you showed up
00:20:00once yesterday,
00:20:01you're on the
00:20:01same level as me
00:20:02now?
00:20:03That's not what
00:20:03I meant.
00:20:04I've been here
00:20:04for seven years.
00:20:05I worked my way
00:20:06up from intern
00:20:06to department leader.
00:20:07And you, a liar
00:20:09who's been hiding
00:20:09everything.
00:20:13Just you wait.
00:20:18Annie, Mr. Anderson
00:20:19specifically requested
00:20:20you as the translator
00:20:21for the follow-up
00:20:22coordination.
00:20:22Starting today,
00:20:23you'll be temporarily
00:20:23transferred to the
00:20:24Crownwell project team.
00:20:25Okay.
00:20:26But your position
00:20:27will remain junior
00:20:27and salary will
00:20:28stay the same.
00:20:29We'll evaluate it
00:20:30again after the
00:20:30project ends.
00:20:31Got it.
00:20:32Crownwell supply chain
00:20:33project is divided
00:20:33into three stages.
00:20:35The preliminary framework
00:20:35was already discussed
00:20:36yesterday.
00:20:37Next comes the
00:20:37translation of the
00:20:38detailed terms and
00:20:38contract documents.
00:20:39All files will need
00:20:40English, Spanish,
00:20:41and German versions.
00:20:42Annie, can you handle
00:20:43all three language
00:20:43versions at the same
00:20:44time?
00:20:45Yes.
00:20:45Three languages?
00:20:46Since she joined
00:20:47this company, she has
00:20:47only ever worked as
00:20:48a Spanish translator.
00:20:49We don't even know
00:20:49her actual German level.
00:20:50What if something
00:20:51goes wrong?
00:20:52Yesterday's negotiation
00:20:52showed exactly what
00:20:53her level is.
00:20:54Any other questions?
00:20:59It took me two hours
00:21:00to finish the English
00:21:01version and another
00:21:02hour and a half to
00:21:03finish the Spanish
00:21:04version.
00:21:06You're translating
00:21:07that fast?
00:21:08Aren't you afraid
00:21:08of making mistakes?
00:21:09Nope.
00:21:10You'd better pray
00:21:11you don't make
00:21:11any.
00:21:19Both the speed
00:21:19and quality
00:21:20excited expectations.
00:21:21Annie, what exactly
00:21:22have you been doing
00:21:23for the past three
00:21:23years?
00:21:32Hello?
00:21:33Annie?
00:21:34It was
00:21:34Louie Anderson.
00:21:35This is Louie
00:21:36Anderson from
00:21:36Crownwell.
00:21:37Mr. Wood gave me
00:21:38your number.
00:21:38Mr. Anderson, what
00:21:39can I do for you?
00:21:40I read the 62 pages
00:21:41you translated today.
00:21:43Was there any
00:21:43problem?
00:21:44No problem at all.
00:21:45It's the most accurate
00:21:46German business
00:21:47translation I've seen
00:21:47in the past three
00:21:48years.
00:21:50You're not someone
00:21:51who belongs in a
00:21:51junior position.
00:21:52That is my current
00:21:53position.
00:21:54I know.
00:21:54That's why I'm curious.
00:21:56Crownwell has an
00:21:56internal meeting
00:21:57tomorrow afternoon.
00:21:58It involves partner
00:21:59selection for the
00:21:59Middle Eastern market.
00:22:00I need an Arabic
00:22:01speaking interpreter
00:22:01there.
00:22:02This should go
00:22:03through the company.
00:22:04I know.
00:22:04But I'm asking you
00:22:05directly.
00:22:06Would you like to come?
00:22:07Okay, I will.
00:22:10Annie, maybe you're
00:22:12going to be exposed
00:22:12after all.
00:22:13I knew this day would
00:22:14come eventually.
00:22:15But I just didn't
00:22:16expect it to come this
00:22:17soon.
00:22:20They were from a
00:22:21construction materials
00:22:22group in the UAE.
00:22:23The man leading the
00:22:24meeting looked about
00:22:2450 wearing a white robe
00:22:25with a Siri expression.
00:22:26A young Arab woman
00:22:28sat beside him
00:22:28should be his
00:22:29interpreter.
00:22:30You're here.
00:22:31Today I may need you
00:22:32to do an interpretation
00:22:33between Eric and
00:22:34English.
00:22:35Okay.
00:22:36If Charlotte were here
00:22:36she would probably
00:22:37ask where did your
00:22:38ablet even come from?
00:22:39The answer is I lived
00:22:39in Cairo for a year
00:22:40and a half.
00:22:41During that time my
00:22:42roommate was eaten
00:22:42in Egyptian diplomat's
00:22:43water.
00:22:57I lowered my head
00:23:00in height
00:23:01as if I were
00:23:01picking notes.
00:23:02Then I turned my
00:23:02laptop slightly
00:23:03so Louie Anderson
00:23:04could see this one
00:23:04line in English.
00:23:05They said they want
00:23:05to push the price
00:23:06down by 20 work.
00:23:07They'll switch to
00:23:07suppliers.
00:23:08Louie Anderson's eyes
00:23:09stayed on the screen
00:23:10for one second.
00:23:11His expression didn't
00:23:12change at all.
00:23:13but it's in the
00:23:14negotiation that
00:23:14followed his strategy
00:23:15clearly shifted.
00:23:17Let's cut the chase.
00:23:17Our final offer is
00:23:1810% below the
00:23:18current market price.
00:23:19Take your lead.
00:23:25Your Abishik is
00:23:26excellent.
00:23:27Not that good.
00:23:28Just the daily level.
00:23:29You heard what he
00:23:30said to his
00:23:30interpreter just now?
00:23:31Then you warned me.
00:23:33I just thought the
00:23:33information might be
00:23:34useful for the
00:23:35negotiation.
00:23:35Without that
00:23:36warning from you
00:23:36this deal would have
00:23:37cost us at least
00:23:388 million dollars
00:23:38today.
00:23:39Annie how many
00:23:39languages do you
00:23:40speak?
00:23:41German, French,
00:23:42Japanese, Korean,
00:23:43Spanish, Arabic, and
00:23:44Italian.
00:23:44Eight in total plus
00:23:45English?
00:23:46Mm-hmm.
00:23:46And you're a junior
00:23:46level translator at
00:23:47Light Global?
00:23:48Mm-hmm.
00:23:48Do you think that
00:23:49makes sense?
00:23:49It was my choice.
00:23:50Would you be interested
00:23:51in coming to Crownwell?
00:23:52I can start you at
00:23:53$400,000 a year.
00:23:54If you're willing to
00:23:54head the international
00:23:55business department
00:23:56there's no upper limit.
00:23:58Mr. Anderson thank you
00:23:59for the offer.
00:23:59I'm not planning to
00:24:00change jobs for now.
00:24:01For now?
00:24:01For now.
00:24:02You can change your
00:24:03mind at any ground.
00:24:03Only one line of text
00:24:04Loie Anderson and a phone
00:24:05number.
00:24:06It didn't even say
00:24:06President Crownwell
00:24:07International.
00:24:08This kind of card is
00:24:09usually given to people
00:24:10who already need to
00:24:10know who you are.
00:24:20What are you doing?
00:24:22I-I-I was passing by
00:24:23and saw your computer
00:24:24was still on.
00:24:24It was off when I left.
00:24:26You went to Crownwell
00:24:27again today?
00:24:27Loie Anderson asked you
00:24:28to go, didn't he?
00:24:29It was needed for the
00:24:30project coordination.
00:24:31What kind of project
00:24:31needs you to interpret
00:24:32Arabic?
00:24:32You never said you
00:24:33were that good at Arabic.
00:24:34What else are you
00:24:34hiding, Charlotte?
00:24:35What did you see on
00:24:36my computer?
00:24:38I didn't see anything.
00:24:39She had opened
00:24:40my personal folder.
00:24:41What was inside?
00:24:43Some translation
00:24:43exercises.
00:24:45Casual translations
00:24:45in French,
00:24:46Japanese,
00:24:47and Korean.
00:24:48Things I did
00:24:48when I was bored.
00:24:50If she saw those...
00:24:53Annie, what exactly
00:24:54did you do at
00:24:54Crownwell today?
00:24:55Scarlett was losing
00:24:56her mind in the
00:24:56office all afternoon.
00:24:57She went through
00:24:58your computer.
00:24:58You know?
00:24:59Why are you
00:25:00reporting her?
00:25:00Report what?
00:25:01I don't have proof.
00:25:02You are way too...
00:25:03Forget it.
00:25:04I heard something
00:25:04today.
00:25:05Do you want to know?
00:25:05Go on.
00:25:06There's something
00:25:06going on between
00:25:07Scarlett and Alice Wood.
00:25:08What do you mean?
00:25:08I handle
00:25:09reimbursement forms
00:25:09and admins.
00:25:10Over the past six months,
00:25:11Scarlett has gone
00:25:11on loan with
00:25:12Alex Wood to talk
00:25:12about work 17 times.
00:25:14Every single time
00:25:14I was at that hotel
00:25:15on the website
00:25:15of the city,
00:25:16think about that.
00:25:16That has nothing
00:25:17to do with me.
00:25:17How does that
00:25:18have nothing
00:25:18to do with you?
00:25:19Alex Wood
00:25:19made Scarlett
00:25:19department leader
00:25:20because of
00:25:20their relationship.
00:25:27The message
00:25:27basically said
00:25:28the company
00:25:28found some
00:25:29employees failed
00:25:30to truthfully
00:25:30fill in personal
00:25:31skills during
00:25:32onboarding.
00:25:32All staff must
00:25:33update profiles
00:25:34within a week.
00:25:36Concealment
00:25:36or classification
00:25:37will be dealt
00:25:38with as a
00:25:38violation of
00:25:39company regulations.
00:25:41This email
00:25:42is answered
00:25:42straight to you.
00:25:44Of course I knew.
00:25:45When Scarlett
00:25:46went through my
00:25:46computer,
00:25:47she found
00:25:47those multilingual
00:25:48translation exercises.
00:25:50She must have
00:25:50gone to
00:25:51Alex Wood.
00:25:54Annie, did you see
00:25:56that email?
00:25:57So what?
00:25:58Are you planning
00:25:59to update your
00:25:59profile?
00:26:00I'm still thinking
00:26:01about it.
00:26:02I suggest you do
00:26:03it soon.
00:26:04If they find out
00:26:05you hid something,
00:26:06that'll be a very
00:26:08serious matter.
00:26:10Thank you for the
00:26:10reminder, Scarlett.
00:26:17It had a pure
00:26:18black background
00:26:19with handwritten
00:26:19words on the
00:26:20back.
00:26:23I never noticed
00:26:24it before.
00:26:25It hasn't come
00:26:25to that yet.
00:26:29There are two
00:26:30things to discuss
00:26:31today.
00:26:32First, the
00:26:33Crownwell project
00:26:34has finished the
00:26:35initial handover.
00:26:36Mr. Anderson
00:26:37is very satisfied
00:26:38with our
00:26:38translation work.
00:26:39Bonuses for this
00:26:40project will be
00:26:41issued next month.
00:26:44Second, regarding
00:26:46the update of
00:26:47employee profiles.
00:26:52Mr. White, I
00:26:53have a question.
00:26:55Go ahead.
00:26:56If an employee
00:26:57deliberately hides
00:26:58their skills and
00:26:59causes the company
00:27:00to make the mistakes
00:27:01in allocation
00:27:01human resources,
00:27:02does that count
00:27:03as a violation?
00:27:10Then let me give
00:27:11an example.
00:27:12Say an employee
00:27:13only lists Spanish
00:27:14on her profile,
00:27:14but in fact she is
00:27:15fluent in multiple
00:27:15languages.
00:27:16The company
00:27:16assigns her position
00:27:17and salary according
00:27:18on the standard
00:27:18for a Spanish
00:27:19translator, and she
00:27:20never raises any
00:27:20objection.
00:27:21Over three years
00:27:22without knowing
00:27:22the truth, the
00:27:23company loses out
00:27:23on a huge amount
00:27:24of usable human
00:27:25resources.
00:27:26This kind of
00:27:26behavior.
00:27:27Enough.
00:27:31Scarlett, get to
00:27:32the point.
00:27:32The person you're
00:27:33talking about is
00:27:33me, right?
00:27:35So what?
00:27:36Yes.
00:27:37I only listed
00:27:38Spanish on my
00:27:39profile because the
00:27:40position I applied
00:27:41for was junior
00:27:42Spanish translator.
00:27:43I have never made
00:27:44a mistake during the
00:27:45work.
00:27:46As for the other
00:27:47languages, as for the
00:27:49other languages, you
00:27:50hid your ability.
00:27:51You let the company
00:27:51spend high salaries hiring
00:27:53people for the German,
00:27:54French, and Arabic
00:27:54teams when you alone
00:27:55could do all of their
00:27:56jobs.
00:27:57Isn't that damaging the
00:27:58company's interests?
00:27:59If I alone can replace
00:28:00all of them, then where
00:28:01does that leave you, Scarlett?
00:28:02This has nothing to do
00:28:03with my place.
00:28:04It does.
00:28:05Because what you're really
00:28:06worried about isn't the
00:28:07company's interests.
00:28:09It's the fact that you
00:28:09found out I'm more capable
00:28:11than you.
00:28:11And now your position
00:28:12doesn't feel so secure
00:28:13anymore.
00:28:15You!
00:28:16I'll say it again.
00:28:17Not listing on my
00:28:18profile does not mean
00:28:19hiding.
00:28:20The skills section does
00:28:21not say all skills must
00:28:22be listed.
00:28:23I chose to show only the
00:28:24skills required for the
00:28:25job I applied for.
00:28:26That is my right.
00:28:31Fine.
00:28:32Then let me ask another
00:28:33question.
00:28:33Mr. White, the bonus for
00:28:35the Crownwell project is
00:28:36distributed among the team
00:28:37members, right?
00:28:38Yes.
00:28:39Annie was added to the
00:28:40team later on a temporary
00:28:41basis.
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.
00:28:51She stopped attacking me
00:28:52over the hidden skills issue
00:28:53because she knew she
00:28:54couldn't win that fight.
00:28:55So she switched to
00:28:56Mund, money instead.
00:29:01Well, Scarlett does have
00:29:02a point.
00:29:03Annie joined halfway
00:29:04through.
00:29:04Louie Anderson
00:29:05specifically requested
00:29:06me.
00:29:09Mr. Anderson, what
00:29:10brings you here?
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.
00:29:19On the day we first met,
00:29:20she saved the entire
00:29:20conversation in the final
00:29:21five minutes.
00:29:22During the meeting with
00:29:22the UAE client, she used
00:29:23Arabic to win me $8
00:29:24million in profit margin.
00:29:26How your company
00:29:26distributes bonuses is
00:29:27your business, but I
00:29:28suggest you figure out who
00:29:29really is the key person
00:29:32in this project.
00:29:38One more thing.
00:29:39There is a clause in this
00:29:40contract.
00:29:41From now on, all
00:29:42translation handover work
00:29:43to crown with will be
00:29:44handled by Annie.
00:29:45If she is no longer at
00:29:46White Global, this
00:29:47contract automatically
00:29:48becomes void.
00:29:54Mr. Anderson, you mean,
00:29:55I've made myself very
00:29:56clear.
00:29:57This contract is worth
00:29:59$80 million a year.
00:30:00The handover translator is
00:30:02Annie.
00:30:02If you replace her, the
00:30:05contract is void.
00:30:07$80 million.
00:30:09Annie.
00:30:10Mr. White.
00:30:11Starting today, you are
00:30:12no longer on the junior
00:30:13level.
00:30:14Then which level I'm in?
00:30:15Deputy Director of the
00:30:16Translation Department.
00:30:18As for your salary, we'll
00:30:20discuss it privately.
00:30:21Mr. White.
00:30:22She's only been here for
00:30:23three years.
00:30:24I've been here for seven.
00:30:25Scarlett, sit down.
00:30:27Tu mérites mieux que ça.
00:30:30The Translation Department
00:30:32was in an uproar.
00:30:34She actually speaks
00:30:35eight languages.
00:30:36She stayed in the junior
00:30:37level for three years?
00:30:39How did that happen?
00:30:40Didn't you hear Louis
00:30:41Anderson's contract?
00:30:42He 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,
00:30:54you understood it?
00:30:55I did.
00:30:56What did you think?
00:30:59I'm thinking about it.
00:31:01Take your time.
00:31:05Annie, let's have a chat.
00:31:09You hid for three years,
00:31:11and now everything is out
00:31:12in the low-open.
00:31:13Do you really think your
00:31:14life here will be easy
00:31:15from now on?
00:31:16Are you threatening me?
00:31:17I'm reminding you.
00:31:19Do you think becoming
00:31:19Deputy Director solves
00:31:20everything?
00:31:21The Translation Department's
00:31:22connections, client
00:31:23relationships, and internal
00:31:24resources are all in my
00:31:25hands.
00:31:26You're a newcomer who just
00:31:27got promoted.
00:31:28You won't be able to
00:31:29handle any of it.
00:31:29What are you trying to
00:31:30say?
00:31:30Give me your position.
00:31:32You can keep working as
00:31:33the handover translator and
00:31:34take your project bonus.
00:31:35I'll manage the department
00:31:36and you handle the
00:31:37business.
00:31:38We both get what we want.
00:31:39What if I don't want to?
00:31:41Then I'll let you know,
00:31:42ability isn't the only thing
00:31:43that matters in reality.
00:31:50It tasted awful.
00:31:52Scarlett was right.
00:31:53Ability isn't the only thing
00:31:55that matters.
00:31:55But there is one thing she's
00:31:57wrong about.
00:31:58Thinking she was the only one
00:31:59who had the connection.
00:32:03On Monday, something major
00:32:05happened at White Global.
00:32:06The company had received a new
00:32:07project, a fashion brand from
00:32:09Lyon, France.
00:32:10It required a full set of
00:32:11French to English brand
00:32:12translation and market
00:32:14localization services.
00:32:16Alex Wood had brought this
00:32:17project back through an old
00:32:18client.
00:32:19The amount was not huge, but it
00:32:21mattered a lot for the
00:32:23company'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
00:32:29month.
00:32:30The other was on maternity leave.
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
00:32:40French?
00:32:41It works.
00:32:42What do you mean by that?
00:32:43Can you handle high-end
00:32:44French brand localization?
00:32:46Yes.
00:32:47Good.
00:32:48Then you're taking this
00:32:49project.
00:32:51The director of the French
00:32:53side personally called Brian
00:32:54White after looked through.
00:32:58Is your translator French?
00:32:59The language feels incredibly
00:33:01authentic.
00:33:03Yes.
00:33:03We have a dedicated French
00:33:04translation team.
00:33:10Annie, the French side is
00:33:11extremely satisfied.
00:33:13They've added another project,
00:33:14the full translation of their
00:33:16product manuals.
00:33:16It's worth $3 million.
00:33:19Okay.
00:33:20I'll approve your project
00:33:21bonus for this month separately.
00:33:23Thank you, Mr. White.
00:33:27Please note everyone,
00:33:28project assignments in the
00:33:30translation should follow
00:33:30department procedures.
00:33:32No one should skip the
00:33:32leader and take projects
00:33:33directly.
00:33:47Annie, do you really speak eight
00:33:48languages?
00:33:49Yes.
00:33:50Do you know how rare someone
00:33:51like you is in the translation
00:33:52industry?
00:33:54I know.
00:33:55Then why did you...
00:33:57Forget it.
00:33:58There is something I should tell
00:33:59you.
00:34:00Scarlet has a real problem with
00:34:01you.
00:34:01She's brought it up with me
00:34:02several times already.
00:34:03I know.
00:34:04You better be careful.
00:34:07She has certain connections
00:34:09in the company.
00:34:10Mr. Wood, about you and
00:34:12Scarlet?
00:34:13What about us?
00:34:15Nothing.
00:34:21Annie, Scarlet and I don't have
00:34:23the kind of relationship you
00:34:24might be thinking of.
00:34:25She got promoted to team lead
00:34:26because she had been here long
00:34:27enough and knew the business
00:34:28and knew the business well.
00:34:30That's all.
00:34:32I thought of the 17 hotel
00:34:34re-inforcing things Elan had
00:34:36mentioned.
00:34:37Human nature really is an
00:34:38interesting thing.
00:34:42The way people looked at me
00:34:43was strange.
00:34:44It wasn't admiration or envy.
00:34:46It was more like avoidance.
00:34:48Something happened.
00:34:50What happened?
00:34:51Scarlet reported you to Brian White.
00:34:53Reported me for what?
00:34:54She said you privately
00:34:55leakered White Global's
00:34:56internal pricing strategy to
00:34:57Crownweck while you were
00:34:58translating for them.
00:34:59That's a false accusation.
00:35:00I know.
00:35:01But she has evidence.
00:35:03What evidence?
00:35:03She said she found a file
00:35:05on your computer.
00:35:06Screenshots of a chat between
00:35:07you and Ruby Anderson's
00:35:08assistant, Frank Young.
00:35:10The chat mentions White Global's
00:35:11internal pricing.
00:35:12There is no such file on my
00:35:14computer.
00:35:14She says there is.
00:35:16And she already showed it to
00:35:17Brian 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
00:35:23is fake.
00:35:24I sneaked a look at it.
00:35:26The chat time was last
00:35:27Wednesday at 2 p.m.
00:35:28But you were at the
00:35:29department meeting last
00:35:30Wednesday afternoon.
00:35:31Everyone can prove it.
00:35:32Then how did she...
00:35:32She edited the time in the
00:35:34chat.
00:35:34Photoshopped it.
00:35:35But she forgot one thing.
00:35:37There's a battery indicator
00:35:38in the top right corner of
00:35:39the screenshot.
00:35:40That battery display doesn't
00:35:41match your phone model.
00:35:42You use a Samsung.
00:35:43That screenshot is from an
00:35:44iPhone.
00:35:47Ellen, I need you to do me
00:35:48a favor.
00:35:49Name it.
00:35:50You're in administration.
00:35:51Can you pull the attendance
00:35:53records and meeting room
00:35:54usage records from last
00:35:55Wednesday afternoon?
00:35:56Yes, pull them.
00:35:58Also, Scarlett's
00:35:58reimbursement records, the
00:35:5917 hotel ones.
00:36:01Do you have them?
00:36:01I do.
00:36:02Are you finally going to use
00:36:03them?
00:36:04Not to attack her, but to
00:36:05protect myself.
00:36:06If she comes after me, I
00:36:07need Brian White to know
00:36:08her credibility has
00:36:09problem.
00:36:09Got it.
00:36:21Every file had a timestamp and
00:36:23sending record.
00:36:24My real chat history with
00:36:25Frank Young was all on
00:36:26teams with server backups.
00:36:29Scarlett could fake
00:36:30screenshots, but she couldn't
00:36:32change server data.
00:36:42I heard you were
00:36:43reported.
00:36:44News travels fast.
00:36:46Frank told me.
00:36:47Do you need help?
00:36:48No.
00:36:48I can handle it myself.
00:36:50Are you sure?
00:36:53Yes.
00:36:54Fine.
00:36:55If you can't handle it, just
00:36:56tell me.
00:36:59It won't.
00:37:05Annie.
00:37:07Scarlett reported that you
00:37:09privately leaked our pricing
00:37:10strategy to Crownwell while
00:37:11you were translating for
00:37:12them.
00:37:13These screenshots are the
00:37:14evidence she provided.
00:37:15Is there anything you want
00:37:16to say?
00:37:17It was exactly as Aline had
00:37:18described.
00:37:19My profile picture, my
00:37:20name, a conversation with
00:37:22Frank Young.
00:37:22The content did involve
00:37:24White Global's pricing, but
00:37:25the wording was extremely
00:37:26unnatural, like it had been
00:37:28made up by someone who
00:37:28didn't understand formal
00:37:29business conversation.
00:37:31These screenshots are
00:37:32fake.
00:37:33Of course you would say
00:37:34that.
00:37:35I can prove it.
00:37:38This is my full chat
00:37:39history with Frank Young.
00:37:41It has server backups and
00:37:42timestamps.
00:37:43Please compare them.
00:37:45The times don't match.
00:37:47The screenshots Scarlett
00:37:49provided show that the
00:37:49conversation happened last
00:37:51Wednesday at 2 p.m., but
00:37:52the team's record show that
00:37:54Annie and Frank Young had no
00:37:55conversation at that time.
00:37:57She couldn't delete
00:37:58new server backups.
00:37:59Even if an employee deletes
00:38:00the chat on their eye, the
00:38:01server still keeps it.
00:38:02Also, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
00:38:04last Wednesday, I was
00:38:04attending the department
00:38:05meeting in the company.
00:38:06The attendance and meeting
00:38:07room booking records can
00:38:08prove it.
00:38:08One more thing.
00:38:09This screenshot is from an
00:38:10iOS interface.
00:38:11I use Android.
00:38:13Scarlett, your phone is an
00:38:14iPhone, isn't it?
00:38:15That proves nothing.
00:38:16Maybe you change phone.
00:38:17I've been here for three
00:38:18years.
00:38:19The device binding records
00:38:20from IT show, I have
00:38:22never used an iPhone.
00:38:28Scarlett, where did these
00:38:29screenshots come from?
00:38:30I found them on her
00:38:32computer.
00:38:32After you went through my
00:38:33computer last week, I
00:38:35reset the password.
00:38:37These screenshots were never
00:38:39on my computer.
00:38:41You never saw these
00:38:42snapshots on my computer
00:38:43because they never existed
00:38:45in the first place.
00:38:46You made them yourself.
00:38:50Scarlett, do you have
00:38:51anything else to explain?
00:38:54Mr. Wood, say something.
00:38:57Scarlett, you went too far
00:38:58this time.
00:39:00Faking evidence to falsely
00:39:01accuse a colleague is a
00:39:02serious violation.
00:39:03Scarlett, your position as
00:39:04the department leader is
00:39:05revoked immediately.
00:39:05Mr. White?
00:39:06Also, your year-end
00:39:07performance rating will be
00:39:07downgraded by one level.
00:39:08If anything like this
00:39:09happens again, your
00:39:10employment will be
00:39:11terminated immediately.
00:39:12Annie, are you happy now?
00:39:13Scarlett, from beginning
00:39:14to end, you were the one
00:39:15causing trouble for me.
00:39:16I never went after you
00:39:17first.
00:39:17Because your very
00:39:18existence is a quotation.
00:39:19You speak eight language
00:39:20and you hid it for three
00:39:21years.
00:39:22You made my seven years
00:39:23of hard work look like
00:39:24a joke.
00:39:27On the surface, no one
00:39:28in the translation
00:39:29department said much.
00:39:30But the group chat had
00:39:31completely blown up.
00:39:33She should have been
00:39:34removed ages ago.
00:39:35Her translation skills
00:39:36were just average.
00:39:37She only got there
00:39:38through connections.
00:39:39You guys didn't know?
00:39:40Every translation she
00:39:41submitted had been
00:39:42corrected by Annie.
00:39:44What?
00:39:45I am serious.
00:39:46I have seen the proof
00:39:47repeating records.
00:39:48Then how many have
00:39:48Annie corrected over the
00:39:49past three years?
00:39:50A conservative estimate?
00:39:51Over a hundred.
00:40:02Excuse me.
00:40:03Which one of you is
00:40:04Annie?
00:40:05Me.
00:40:06Hello.
00:40:07I am Victoria Hayes,
00:40:09a producer at
00:40:10Harbor Light Media.
00:40:11We are preparing a
00:40:12large-scale international
00:40:13documentary project and we
00:40:14need a multi-linguished
00:40:15translation consultant.
00:40:17How did you find me?
00:40:18Industry recommendation.
00:40:19The Crownwell project and
00:40:21the French brand project you
00:40:22worked on recently have
00:40:22attracted some attention in
00:40:23the field.
00:40:24Harbor Light Media, a top
00:40:26team production company.
00:40:27Mrs. Hayes, what kind of
00:40:28project is it exactly?
00:40:29A documentary about the
00:40:30Strait of Barrel and global
00:40:31trade.
00:40:32We need simultaneous
00:40:33interpretation and subtitle
00:40:34proof feeding across five
00:40:35languages, English, French,
00:40:37Italian, Spanish and
00:40:38Arabic.
00:40:38We contacted three
00:40:40translation 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
00:40:48speaks eight languages.
00:40:49Who told you that?
00:40:50Louie Anderson.
00:40:51He is one of the investors
00:40:52in this project.
00:40:53Louie Anderson again.
00:40:54What is the consulting fee
00:40:55for this project?
00:40:56$50,000 a month.
00:40:57The estimated period is
00:40:58three months.
00:40:59$150,000.
00:41:01That is about six years of
00:41:02my salary at White Global.
00:41:03If you take it, you will
00:41:05need to travel for two
00:41:06months, the Middle East
00:41:07and Europe.
00:41:14A bank account in Zurich,
00:41:16a property in Munich, and
00:41:18a small apartment in the
00:41:1916th compartment of Paris.
00:41:21The total value was close
00:41:22to $10 million.
00:41:24Language was the thing my
00:41:25parents loved most in their
00:41:26lives.
00:41:27My mother used to say,
00:41:29Language is the best
00:41:30bridge.
00:41:31My father said,
00:41:33If you can understand a
00:41:34person in their mother
00:41:35tongue, you can understand
00:41:36their heart.
00:41:37They carved the languages
00:41:39of the world into my
00:41:40blood.
00:41:40Then they left.
00:41:42So I hid those languages
00:41:43away, along with my
00:41:44memories of them.
00:41:45Because every time I speak
00:41:47one of those languages,
00:41:47I remember what they looked
00:41:49like when they were by my
00:41:50side teaching it to me.
00:41:51German was in Berlin.
00:41:53My dad taught it to me,
00:41:54while taking me for ice
00:41:55cream in front of the
00:41:56Bransware gate.
00:41:57French was in Paris.
00:41:59My mother read Malpoussot
00:42:01to me in the original
00:42:02French by the San.
00:42:04Arabic was in Cairo.
00:42:05The three of us were on a
00:42:07boat on the Nile.
00:42:09My father counted the stars
00:42:10while teaching me how to
00:42:11say Wahid, Ethwan,
00:42:13Flakam.
00:42:14Every language was a
00:42:15memory.
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
00:42:25to you?
00:42:27She has.
00:42:28Why did you introduce
00:42:29this to me?
00:42:30Because you need to step
00:42:30out of it.
00:42:32You do not know me.
00:42:34I know your parents were
00:42:35diplomats.
00:42:36I know your background.
00:42:38You investigated me?
00:42:40Before I decide who to
00:42:41work with, I learn about
00:42:42them.
00:42:43Annie, your parents were
00:42:45remarkable people.
00:42:46You do not need to lock
00:42:47yourself in a corner just
00:42:49to escape their shadow.
00:42:51Go take a look at
00:42:52Harbor Light's project.
00:42:53The Strait of Jurada, the
00:42:55bridge between Europe and
00:42:56Africa.
00:42:56Maybe you should see it
00:42:57for yourself.
00:43:03Maybe he was right.
00:43:08Mr. White, I need to
00:43:09take two months off.
00:43:11For what?
00:43:12A documentary project
00:43:13wants me as a
00:43:13translation sultan.
00:43:14I need to travel to the
00:43:15Middle East and Europe.
00:43:17Two months?
00:43:18What about Crownwell's
00:43:19project?
00:43:19I have already completed
00:43:20all the translation drafts
00:43:21for Crownwell's second
00:43:22phase.
00:43:22The third phase will not
00:43:23start until three months
00:43:24later.
00:43:24Are you resigning?
00:43:25I will come back.
00:43:28Fine.
00:43:28I will approve two
00:43:29months for you.
00:43:33Scarlet?
00:43:34Scarlet had been
00:43:35transferred to
00:43:36administration as a
00:43:36clerk.
00:43:37The old shine was
00:43:38gone.
00:43:38You are going on a
00:43:39business trip?
00:43:40Mm-hmm.
00:43:41For how long?
00:43:42Two months.
00:43:42You know, when I joined
00:43:43the White seven years
00:43:44ago, I only spoke one
00:43:45language, too.
00:43:47Later, I learned French
00:43:48and Spanish while
00:43:49working here.
00:43:50I went from intern to
00:43:51the department leader.
00:43:52I thought I had worked
00:43:54really hard.
00:43:54You did work hard.
00:43:55But without doing
00:43:56anything, you were
00:43:57already above me.
00:43:58Eight languages.
00:43:59What gives you the
00:43:59right?
00:43:59My parents.
00:44:01My parents.
00:44:01They paid for it with
00:44:02their lives.
00:44:05That was the last time
00:44:07we spoke in this
00:44:07building.
00:44:08At the airport, I
00:44:09unexpectedly ran into
00:44:10someone.
00:44:11Louie Anderson.
00:44:12He was wearing casual
00:44:13clothes.
00:44:14It was the first time I
00:44:14had ever seen him out of
00:44:15a suit.
00:44:16Annie?
00:44:17What are you doing
00:44:17here?
00:44:18Crownwell has business
00:44:19in Dubai.
00:44:19What's one of
00:44:20a coincidence?
00:44:20Yeah.
00:44:21What a coincidence.
00:44:26Business class is pretty
00:44:27empty.
00:44:28Why are you sitting
00:44:28here?
00:44:29I bought an economy
00:44:30ticket.
00:44:32About the inheritance
00:44:33your parents left you.
00:44:34You even know about
00:44:35that?
00:44:36The law firm has
00:44:37worked with us before.
00:44:37Attorney Wills once
00:44:38mentioned a client who
00:44:39refused to inherit an
00:44:40estate.
00:44:40The industry is only so
00:44:41big.
00:44:42So 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
00:44:46and my heart skipped a
00:44:47beat.
00:44:47The sunlight in Dubai
00:44:48was completely different
00:44:49from back home.
00:44:50Dry, fierce, almost
00:44:51as if it could burn
00:44:52straight through your
00:44:53shadow.
00:44:53So you are Annie,
00:44:54the one who speaks
00:44:55eight languages?
00:44:55Yes.
00:44:56Let's do a test.
00:44:57Translate a section
00:44:58for me first.
00:44:58Martin handed me an
00:44:59Arabic interview outline.
00:45:01Okay, I'm Annie Smith,
00:45:02a junior translator at
00:45:03White Global Trading
00:45:04Co.
00:45:04I've been here three
00:45:05years and make
00:45:05$24,000 a year.
00:45:07Finally, she is the
00:45:09one.
00:45:09She is better than
00:45:10those three translation
00:45:12companies combined.
00:45:13Martin, she has not
00:45:15even given us a quote
00:45:16yet.
00:45:16No need.
00:45:17It's her.
00:45:18The first stop was
00:45:19the antique market in
00:45:20old Dubai.
00:45:21The documentary was
00:45:22going to cover how
00:45:23the Strait of Hormos
00:45:23connects global trade.
00:45:25There was a Persian
00:45:25carpet shop here that
00:45:26had been open for 40
00:45:27years.
00:45:28And the owner was a
00:45:29third generation
00:45:30Iranian merchant.
00:45:31You're a
00:45:42beautiful man.
00:45:48In Casablanca, I interviewed a historian in French.
00:46:00He said, on the street of Juali, shipping and trade are a way of having a dialogue.
00:46:04People may come from different backgrounds and speak different languages, but their hearts are connected.
00:46:09My voice that their hearts was a little halseyed, because my father had said almost the exact same thing.
00:46:14Okay.
00:46:16That night, the team had dinner at the hotel.
00:46:20Annie, Mr. Anderson asked whether your work went smoothly today?
00:46:22It went smoothly. No need to worry about me.
00:46:25Mr. Anderson asked me to tell you that he is in the office on the 58th floor of this hotel.
00:46:29If you need anything, contact him anytime.
00:46:33Hello?
00:46:36Have you eaten?
00:46:37I am eating now.
00:46:38The food here may not really suit our taste.
00:46:41If you want something else...
00:46:42Mr. Anderson, why are you telling me this?
00:46:45Because I care about you.
00:46:46I do not need your concern, thank you.
00:46:49Okay. No more concern. Good night.
00:46:51Over the next few weeks, we went a lot of places.
00:46:53On the flight from Istanbul to Cairo, I received an email.
00:46:56Sender, Scarlett. Subject, no subject.
00:46:59After you left, they laid off the French team and the German team, because Brian White said you alone would
00:47:04enough.
00:47:05Seven people lost their jobs because of you.
00:47:07Are you happy now?
00:47:08I looked at the email and deleted it.
00:47:11Do not believe, Scarlett. The French and German teams were cut because they were already at the bottom in performance.
00:47:15It has nothing to do with you. She is just trying to mess with you.
00:47:18I know. Are you okay?
00:47:20I am fine.
00:47:25Cairo. The third stop of the documentary.
00:47:28I lived here for a while.
00:47:31When the plane landed, I looked out at that familiar city, and my heart started beating a little faster.
00:47:36In Cairo, the team was filming a section about the history of trade between the Middle East and Europe.
00:47:42They needed Arabic interpretation.
00:47:48In Cairo, I received a letter from Cairo from Cairo to Cairo to Cairo.
00:47:55Is it then a provider in Cairo?
00:47:58The owner of this trade was a diplomat.
00:48:01He died five years ago.
00:48:03His daughter earned the trade as a heir.
00:48:05However, he has never existed.
00:48:07Do you have a diploma in Cairo?
00:48:11My name is Michael Smith.
00:48:15Michael Smith.
00:48:16That was my father's name.
00:48:21After the interview, I sat alone on the streets of Cairo.
00:48:24I looked up at the sky. It was gray.
00:48:29I still remember the pistachio flavor ice cream that year.
00:48:36Hello?
00:48:37You arrived in Cairo?
00:48:39Yes.
00:48:42What happened?
00:48:43Your voice sounds off.
00:48:45Nothing.
00:48:46I flew to Cairo this afternoon.
00:48:48If you have time...
00:48:48Why do you always show up wherever I am?
00:48:51Because Victoria has your itinerary.
00:48:52She is running a project I invested in, so I have the right to see you.
00:48:56That is called stalking.
00:48:57That is called paying attention.
00:49:03There is a difference.
00:49:04The next afternoon,
00:49:06Louie Geranderson went with me to a private warehouse on the outskirts of Cairo.
00:49:10It was not big, but the temperature and humidity were carefully controlled.
00:49:14The kind of place used specifically to store antiques.
00:49:19After 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.
00:49:40With Annie.
00:49:422008.
00:49:43I was eight years old in Istanbul with my dad.
00:49:46He 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.
00:49:52That 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.
00:50:00The languages, the inheritance, the memories.
00:50:03I thought as long as I did not touch any of it, I could pretend they had never left.
00:50:07But they had always been with me.
00:50:10Your father was an extraordinary man.
00:50:13I know.
00:50:15Then you should become someone extraordinary too,
00:50:18instead of hiding yourself in a position far below your level.
00:50:24That night, I called Attorney Wills.
00:50:28Attorney Wills, I will handle the inheritance.
00:50:30Mrs. Smith, finally.
00:50:32Donate the Xur accounts and the properties according to the original plan.
00:50:35But 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.
00:50:41Did my father leave any letter or document for me?
00:50:43Not a legal document. Something personal.
00:50:46Yes. The letter.
00:50:47He noted that it should be given to you when you came to collect the antiques.
00:50:50Send it to me.
00:50:52Attorney Wills sent the letter to my hotel.
00:50:53I sat in my room.
00:50:55Ten minutes before finally working up the courage to open the letter.
00:50:59The letter was not long.
00:51:01Annie.
00:51:01When you see this letter your mother and I should no longer be by your side.
00:51:05Knowing your personality I guess you will probably run away for a while.
00:51:08You may seal away the memories connected to us.
00:51:10Along 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.
00:51:21Language is not a chain.
00:51:23Language is wings.
00:51:24Your mother spent her life building bridges.
00:51:25I spent mine planting seeds.
00:51:27You are that bridge and seed.
00:51:28Don't shrink yourself into the dark.
00:51:29You are exceptional.
00:51:30You are smart.
00:51:31Gifted.
00:51:31And you should do what you are really good at.
00:51:33Trying to plant seeds in your own way.
00:51:34You are our 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.
00:51:42My 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 you remember it, you will never forget it.
00:51:57She said every language has its own rhythm.
00:52:00I wrote that sentence down in my translation notes.
00:52:03The final stop was Venice.
00:52:05Omar.
00:52:06The Arab old bookseller.
00:52:07He had his own antique book shop in the best spot on the busiest square in Venice.
00:52:12He was in his sixties and had lived in Italy for thirty years.
00:52:16And the story of him moved me the most.
00:52:18I came to Italy when I was twenty-four years old.
00:52:20I didn't even know a word of the local language.
00:52:22I left for a road.
00:52:23I couldn't understand anything.
00:52:25I couldn't read anything.
00:52:26I couldn't even ask for instructions.
00:52:27I had to manage the gestures and speak with people.
00:52:30I thought I was a fool.
00:52:32What happened after that?
00:52:34After 10 years I learned Italian.
00:52:36And over 10 years I learned that everyone in that road would call me Mr. Omar.
00:52:41The language is not only a tradition.
00:52:43It's the way it makes you respect.
00:52:47Keep this part.
00:52:49Original audio with subtitles.
00:52:53Annie.
00:52:55Your translation almost made me cry.
00:52:57In Venice I completed the final three interviews in Italian.
00:53:01Two months, two continents, and eight languages.
00:53:04My dad was right.
00:53:06Language is not a chain.
00:53:07It is wings.
00:53:13The 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.
00:53:23The director position in the translation department is open.
00:53:26Mm-hmm.
00:53:27I want you to take it.
00:53:30What is the salary?
00:53:33$200,000.
00:53:34Okay.
00:53:35And 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
00:53:47to the people in the translation department.
00:53:51I know many of you have questions about me.
00:53:56Why does someone who hid for three years suddenly get to become director?
00:53:59I am not going to explain.
00:54:01From today on, results will do the talking.
00:54:03I will personally proofread everyone's translation drafts.
00:54:06I have only one standard, accuracy.
00:54:08If you cannot do it, I will teach you.
00:54:10If you still cannot do it after that, you will be with his.
00:54:13That's 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.
00:54:27Hello?
00:54:27Director Smith, congratulations on the promotion.
00:54:30$200,000?
00:54:32Mm-hmm.
00:54:32I offered $400,000 before.
00:54:34I know.
00:54:35Still not considering it?
00:54:36Not 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.
00:54:45Are you free this weekend?
00:54:46For what?
00:54:48Dinner.
00:54:49No work, no projects.
00:54:51Okay.
00:54:52He 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.
00:55:02It only has eight seats.
00:55:04You're paying?
00:55:06Obviously.
00:55:07This place has the best sashimi in the whole city.
00:55:10How do you know?
00:55:11I've tried every Japanese restaurant in the city.
00:55:15This man.
00:55:17Annie, 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?
00:55:33Too direct.
00:55:33You don't like it?
00:55:34I didn't say I didn't like it.
00:55:39That night, he drove me home.
00:55:41Downstairs, he said-
00:55:42I'm flying to South Korea for a business trip tomorrow.
00:55:45How long?
00:55:46A week.
00:55:47Okay.
00:55:48Will you miss me?
00:55:49No.
00:55:51Liar.
00:55:52Maybe a little.
00:56:02Over 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 faced had its mass tariff 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.
00:56:40Her problem with German honoratis had finally been exposed on a bigger stage.
00:56:45When 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.
00:56:54Everyone has to take responsibility for their own choices.
00:57:06Hello?
00:57:06Annie?
00:57:07It's Uncle George, your father's old colleague.
00:57:11Uncle George?
00:57:12I saw you on TV.
00:57:13Translation consultant in five languages.
00:57:15Annie, your parents must be so proud of you in heaven.
00:57:18Uncle George, how did you see-
00:57:19You look exactly like Michael.
00:57:21And your Arabic, that Cairo accent of your father's, I recognized it the moment I heard it.
00:57:25Annie, before your father passed away, he said something to me.
00:57:29What did he say?
00:57:30Annie will become a better bridge than I ever was.
00:57:33That night, Louie Anderson came back from South Korea and went straight to my building.
00:57:39Come out.
00:57:40For what?
00:57:41I want to take a walk with you.
00:57:46The street was cold, and the street lights stretched our shadows long across the pavement.
00:57:51I watched the documentary.
00:57:53How was it?
00:57:55Not 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.
00:58:01You weren't just translating in the interview, you were carrying the emotion across.
00:58:05My father once said, if you understand someone's mother tongue, you can understand their heart.
00:58:10You did that.
00:58:12We walked for a long time until we reached a river.
00:58:15Annie.
00:58:17Yeah?
00:58:17Crownwell is setting up an international cultural exchange department next year.
00:58:20We'll focus on cross-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.
00:58:33Translation is a tool, and you should use that tool to do something bigger.
00:58:36Your 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?
00:58:42Name 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?
00:58:48Be 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.
00:58:58The street light fell across his face, softening cold lines he usually carried.
00:59:05Two days later, I gave him my answer.
00:59:07I said yes to both.
00:59:09Brian White personally locked me to the entrance.
00:59:12Annie, 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?
00:59:26You understood it back then, didn't you?
00:59:28I did.
00:59:30Then why didn't you...
00:59:30Forget it.
00:59:31I wish you all the best.
00:59:35Three years.
00:59:36A $24,000 salary.
00:59:38A junior level position.
00:59:40I had repaid what needed to be repaid.
00:59:42It was time to struggle over.
00:59:49Crownwell'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.
00:59:58The core exhibits are the 40 Blubber antiques my father collected from around the world.
01:00:05The exhibition will open simultaneously in five cities.
01:00:08Berlin, Cairo, Istanbul, Paris, and New York.
01:00:12I'll personally translate the narration for each city into the local language.
01:00:17On 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.
01:00:29Michael, your daughter made it.
01:00:35Annie, how about turning this exhibition into a second season of the documentary?
01:00:41We can talk about it.
01:00:42I told you.
01:00:43You 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.
01:00:55That look in his eyes.
01:00:55You are someone I didn't want to miss.
01:01:04Mrs. Smith, you are fluent in eight languages, but I heard you spent three years as a junior translator at
01:01:09a trading company, making only $24,000 a year?
01:01:13Yes.
01:01:15Why 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.
01:01:26But later I realized that languages do not disappear just because you refuse to speak them.
01:01:30They stay in your blood, waiting for you to speak.
01:01:32What finally made you decide to speak up?
01:01:36A letter.
01:01:37My father wrote it.
01:01:38He said if I have the ability to make a difference, I should use it.
01:01:42On the second day of the exhibition, someone unexpected showed up.
01:01:47Scarlet.
01:01:49What are you doing here?
01:01:51I saw it on the news.
01:01:53Your father collected these?
01:01:54Yes.
01:01:56They are beautiful.
01:01:58Annie, I owe you an apology.
01:02:01You do not have to.
01:02:02Let 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?
01:02:16Yes.
01:02:17And then I paid the price.
01:02:18After I left White Global, that German contract at the translation company, you heard about it, right?
01:02:23I did.
01:02:24Because you used to correct my work, I never knew what my real level was.
01:02:27Once you were not there anymore, I finally realized-
01:02:29Scarlet, 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?
01:02:36No.
01:02:37The four screenshots are in the past now.
01:02:41You really are different from before.
01:02:42Back then, I could not even face myself.
01:02:45The exhibition is wonderful.
01:02:47Your father must be very happy.
01:02:52The exhibition ran for two months across five cities, with more than 120,000 visitors in total.
01:03:07After the closing ceremony, Louis Anderson found me on the Hotel Terrace.
01:03:11Tired?
01:03:13A little.
01:03:14Five cities, two months.
01:03:16You handled all the narration translation work across every language by yourself.
01:03:20I am used to it.
01:03:21Do not get used to carrying everything alone.
01:03:25This 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-
01:03:35There is a line engraved on the bridge.
01:03:37It has the word bridge engraved in nine languages.
01:03:41The ninth language is Russian.
01:03:43I studied for three months just to learn one word.
01:03:45The Cairo night wind swept across the terrace.
01:03:48In the distance, the banks of the Nile were bright with lights.
01:03:53Louis Anderson, you really are-
01:03:55What?
01:03:58Too good at this.
01:04:01Only with you.
01:04:08Five years later, Crownwell's international cultural exchange department could become an industry Denmark.
01:04:13It ran more than 20 cross-cultural projects every year, with revenue exceeding 200 million.
01:04:18Revenue is up another 30% this year.
01:04:21Your salary should be adjusted this year.
01:04:23To how much?
01:04:25Can you tell me?
01:04:27One dollar.
01:04:29Seriously?
01:04:31Put the rest into a scholarship to support young people studying languages.
01:04:34Name it after my parents.
01:04:36The Michael Smith and Evelyn Chen language scholarship.
01:04:39How 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.
01:04:47It 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.
01:05:00I 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.
01:05:09It took me a long time to understand that.
01:05:12But luckily, I did it.
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