Chapter 431 Newspaper Work
“I use it for translation. It used to be a long way there, but people heard that I came here to study, so they recommended a nearby place.”
"This..."
Tang Mei also understood.
This letter of recommendation is a favor.
If it is lost or damaged, they can only blame them for confiscating it themselves, and there is no possibility of asking anyone to get it again.
Things made Lu Miao a little annoyed.
But the letter is gone, and there is no use venting my emotions in front of people close to me.
It will only hurt people and feelings.
Covering his face with his hands and taking deep breaths several times, Lu Miao wiped away her tears, her nose was red and tried to calm down:
"Forget it, it's nothing. Auntie, go and do your work."
"Your dad also knows some people. How about asking your dad about this? See if he can help?" ”
Tang Mei is worried.
"Relationships must be used wisely. What are the real connections?"
Lu Miao shook her head stubbornly.
"Let's take it one step at a time. If there are any difficulties, I will talk to my father."
A letter of recommendation is a shortcut.
Talent is scarce right now. If she is willing to put in some effort, she can still find a job that meets her expectations without any shortcuts.
Lu Miao looked firm and made up her mind.
Tang Mei was still a little worried when she saw her calming down again.
It was only two o'clock in the afternoon, still very early.
Lu Miao made up her mind to go out for a walk.
When people are in a bad mood, they seem to be prone to bad luck.
Just after counting the money and getting ready to get off the kang, Lu Miao's stomach felt swollen. She felt bad and went to the toilet to see that her little day had indeed come early.
She was in a hurry and didn't have time to clean up, so she changed into clean clothes, soaked the dirty clothes in a small basin and put them behind the door of the room, planning to wash them when she came back later.
There is a Guoguang Bookstore in the department store next to Junbei University.
Lu Miao went directly there.
The state does release some relevant recruitment information through bookstores, but not every bookstore does this.
There is no Guoguang Bookstore on the West Second Ring Road.
However, when settling the bill with the book, Lu Miao still found some useful information.
A few stops east by bus, there is a newspaper and publishing house that needs translators.
There is also a place called "National Kumon English Society" that is also recruiting relevant talents.
This place sounded strange, so Lu Miao asked a few questions in a casual manner and learned about the National Kumon English Society, or Guoying Society for short.
There is also a common name, called the National News Agency.
Responsible for serving as the country’s mouthpiece, eyes and ears, think tank and information hub, it is not an ordinary public institution.
It is not easy to get into this kind of unit in this era.
College students from prestigious universities are of some standard, but she is still in her freshman year, and they probably wouldn't have hired her in the past.
Lu Miao has a steelyard in her heart.
After thinking about it, I passed Guoyingshe directly.
Thanking his comrades from the bookstore, Lu Miao bought a ticket and got on the bus to the newspaper office and publishing house.
At this stage, there is a big gap in English translation, so it is quite advantageous to engage in it.
Lu Miao went to Sitong Newspaper Agency first.
The comrade at the reception heard her asking about translation-related work and directly called her boss, the president.
Liu Shouyi, the president of the newspaper, brought several people over.
“Just her? Can you translate English?”
Some people saw that Lu Miao was young and a little girl. They immediately shook their heads and sneered:
"Little comrade, are you in the wrong place? Do you know where this place is? Do you know what the English translation means? ”
Lu Miao frowned slightly.
Someone pulled the person just now and said disapprovingly:
"Old Zhou, please keep it tight...just in case!"
"Even if we are short of people, we can't waste time like this! I still have a lot of work there." The middle-aged man named Lao Zhou shook his head, snorted and left.
Lu Miao took a deep breath.
No one will be happy if you are looked down upon.
But I don’t know what is happening with the other publishing house.
If there was a vacancy here, she wanted to try to leave an escape route.
The other people were a little embarrassed. You looked at me and I looked at you. I didn’t know what to say.
Lu Miao shook his head gently, "It doesn't matter."
Turns around to look at the middle-aged man wearing a Chinese tunic suit, who has the highest position and says:
"I used to I have done translation work at Chongwen Translation Center, and I don’t have anything to prove at the moment... But it doesn’t matter, you can test me on anything.”
Probably at this stage, talent was really scarce to the extreme, so Liu Shouyi did not underestimate the girl in front of him.
He casually pulled out a stack of newspapers from the table next to him, shook them out and looked at them. Liu Shouyi marked a place and handed them to Lu Miao.
Lu Miao took the newspaper and took a look.
It is the literal propaganda of the Communist Youth League.
English-Chinese translation requires a strong foundation in Chinese.
Translating from Chinese to English has higher requirements on English vocabulary.
You also need to be familiar with the use of various long and short sentence patterns.
Everyone looked at Lu Miao.
Lu Miao silently read the entire slogan, her lips moved slightly with her heart sinking, and after a brief summary in her heart, she spoke:
"Some people say, Reconizing meiseasy atmoments of life and death."
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Some people say that it is easy to recognize me before the blood and fire life and death.
“Because Iamtheonewhofollowstheflagandchargesahead…”
I am the one who follows the flag and rushes to the front…
Lu Miao responded quickly and recited a large paragraph of content smoothly. .
People who know her stuff think she is awesome.
People who don’t know how to do it...
Also think she is awesome!
The old guys before me were exposed to English when they were in high school ten years ago.
But the embarrassing thing is that most of them are only at the stage of understanding something superficial.
Many of the English words Lu Miao spoke were unfamiliar to them. Some of them could understand them, but they didn't know how to spell them.
Liu Shouyi is a little better, and he also does some English translation manuscripts on a daily basis.
But because of my location in the newspaper office, I was busy with things and couldn’t handle too much at the same time, so I was in a hurry to find someone.
Lu Miao responded quickly and spoke well.
Liu Shouyi's eyes lit up after listening to her interpretation, and he quickly pulled out a chair and asked her to sit down:
"You are still a student now, right?"
"Yes, I am an English major student at the Military Region University."
"Military Region University! English major!"
The people next to me looked at each other and said:
"That's Famous school! No wonder!"
Liu Shouyi nodded, looking at Lu Miao with even more intense eyes, and truthfully stated the current situation:
"The newspaper is currently recruiting translators. The work involves translation from English to Chinese and from Chinese to English. The main thing is English to Chinese..."
"The content of the section will be screened and sent to individuals. Generally, the length will not be too large. .”
He took the newspaper and roughly marked out the sections for Lu Miao to read.
It was almost one of the many sections that Lu Miao had when he was translating in the translation library.
Each article is about three to five hundred words.
"The remuneration depends on the content. If it is less than five lines, it will be two yuan. If it is more than five lines, it will be five yuan. If it is more than ten lines, it will be eight yuan."
Including foreign content and expanding the audience is one of the directions.
On the other hand, the audience direction has greatly increased, and the income has naturally increased.
Newspaper offices also need money to operate.