Chapter 104: Press Conference

At two o'clock in the afternoon, after eating the lunch, Yang Guo put her daughter to sleep, the press conference is expected to last two hours, Qiqi usually sleeps for two or three hours at noon, and now she starts sleeping, three hours is enough.

Changing into a Givenchy formal dress in the dressing room, Yang Guo declined the makeup artist's suggestion to put on some light makeup, he was particularly resistant to makeup, I don't know if it was because of the shadow left by the kindergarten when he was a child. At that time, the kindergarten children performed, and every child was smeared with a thick layer of powder, and the disgusting feeling is still remembered!

The makeup artist may have seen that Yang Guo's skin and complexion were not bad, but he was very talkative, and let him go out with a smile.

After changing clothes, Yang Guo's charm value soared, and after coming out, it became the focus of the entire preparation hall, especially those young etiquette girls and female staff, as if Yang Guo had a magical magnet on his body, and their eyes couldn't be taken off as soon as they were glued!

"Who is he?" The little girls exchanged heads and twos.

"It seems to be the translator named Yang Guo." The informed one said proudly.

"He's Yang Guo? I didn't expect it to be so handsome! "There are a few little girls whose eyes are almost bent into hearts!

"That's it, do you think he's so tall!" There are a few girls who focus on Yang Guo's long legs.

"I've heard that my boyfriend is 18 centimeters taller than me and that's the perfect Prince Charming! Handsome and tall! ”

"Hey, you're more than 18 centimeters with people, right? I think I'm the right fit! Oops, I don't think I can sleep tonight! A girl said, covering her hot face.

"Xiaoyu, you perverted girl!" Everyone laughed at her.

A girl came over and grinned, "I said, don't think about it, it's not your turn, I see people holding their children!" ”

"Ahh How could it be! The women looked incredulous, "So young to have a child?" ”

After receiving the affirmative reply from their peers, the girls' hearts were broken: "Why is every handsome guy you just met famous!" ”

This was just a small episode that happened in the corner of the hall, and Yang Guo had no idea that he had become the object of discussion among those girls. After Yang Guo came out, he stood beside Zheng Yujie and listened to her arrangement.

Zheng Yujie also changed into a neat professional outfit, a white shirt with some lace trim on the neckline, and a tight black skirt, her original convex and backward figure looked even hotter under the background of the skirt!

Yang Guo is not a saint, his gaze will involuntarily drift to Zheng Yujie's buttocks, he thinks he is hidden, but women are animals with the strongest sixth sense! How could Zheng Yujie not notice Yang Guo's little move?

It's just that she didn't say anything, not only was she not annoyed, but she was also happy in her heart: "I know that you are not Yanagishita Megumi!" can be appreciated by the person she likes, Zheng Yujie's heartfelt smile at the moment is in line with the old saying: "Women are those who are pleasing to themselves!" ”

The reporters who were taken to a big dinner by the public relations department of Dongxin Publishing House at noon returned to the hall of the press conference and sat down at the location of their newspaper under the guidance of etiquette.

There is an unspoken rule in domestic news reporting, even Dongxin Publishing House is not exempt from vulgarity, those reporters who come back have their pants pockets bulging, and they charge a lot of benefits. Eat people with soft mouths, take people with soft hands, there are so many newspapers present, most of them still have a slight relationship with Dongxin Publishing House, and many people patted their chests at the time and promised that they would not embarrass Dongxin Publishing House in this matter.

So at the press conference, there was no tense atmosphere, but most people were talking and laughing, just like attending a tea party, Yang Guo watched it backstage, shook his head and felt weird.

"Don't worry," Zheng Yujie saw Yang Guo shaking his head, thinking that he was nervous, squeezed his hand and said, "It's all in accordance with the process, there won't be too difficult problems." ”

Yang Guo pulled his hand from Zheng Yujie's soft palm, touched his nose, and said with a smile: "I'm not worried!" It's just the first time I've been at a press conference, and it feels a little unreal. ”

Whether it's true or not, the press conference began at 3:30 p.m. as scheduled.

Attending the press conference, in addition to the protagonists Yang Guo and Zheng Yujie, there were also Chen Fuzong, the president of Yiyan.com, and Pang Yue, the editor-in-chief of Dongxin Publishing House.

On the rostrum is also Professor Luo Lin, a senior translator from the Chinese University outside the capital (pure fabrication, please do not delve into it), he is an older generation of translators, his most famous translations are Milton's "Paradise Lost", "Paradise Restored", "Lux Samson" and other famous works, which are also quite famous in the translation world.

In order to be more convincing to others, Dongxin Publishing House also arranged an on-site Q&A environment for Professor Luo and Yang Guo, so that professionals could give a correct evaluation, which was more useful than their painstaking explanations.

After a brief introduction, the press conference gradually got on the right track, and various newspapers reached out to ask their own questions.

At first, they asked more about Pang Yue, the biggest card on the field.

"Editor-in-Chief Pang, we and the vast majority of netizens have the same question, that is, what is the quality of the translation of the Chinese version of the biography of Jobs?" A newspaper asked a very modest question.

Pang Yue smiled slightly and said: "Originally, today's questions about the biography of Jobs should be answered by Zheng Yujie, deputy editor-in-chief Zheng of Zheng who is in charge of this project, and Yang Guo, the leader of our translation team, to answer you, but you are really asking me the right question!" Who told me that I was one of the few people who happened to have read a sample book? No way, I've been looking forward to this book for a long time! Don't blame me for being close to the water! ”

Pang Yue's witty words provoked laughter from the audience.

"I just commented from the perspective of a book friend, I think this book is really good! Really, I was fascinated by watching it at the time, and I couldn't help but call Yang Guo and ask them to translate faster, even though they were about to scold me to death at that time. There was another burst of laughter from the audience.

"I think the quality of the translation is good, but of course it doesn't mean that mine is the truth. Translation is originally a matter of opinion of the benevolent and wise, whether it is good or not, whether the readers like it or not, it is better to buy a copy and take a good look at it before you can make an evaluation. Pang Yue paused for a moment, and then added: "But the current situation is that many readers have not seen the book, and they comment that the book is not good, and we do not support this practice!" ”

"Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zheng, I have a question for you." A reporter raised his hand, stood up and asked, "We all know that at that time, there were thousands of translators in the national audition on Yiyan.com, but there were so many to choose from, why did you choose four translators who had no experience in translating long works in the end?" ”

This question is not too sharp, and it is also expected by Zheng Yujie, Zheng Yujie picked up the microphone and responded unhurriedly: "We have two criteria for selecting translators, one is the best, and the translators who can pass our three rounds of auditions are all people with extraordinary attainments in Chinese and English; ”

"The second is the most suitable, every translator can not grasp all the subject matter, for our biography of Jobs, if you want to become our translator, he must have a strong interest in electronic products, we don't need him to be a fan of Jobs, but he must be able to read the thoughts of Jobs in this book, otherwise we absolutely don't worry about him as a transmitter of information!" Zheng Yujie said calmly, she is worthy of being from a big family, even in front of so many cameras, she can look at ease, and even exude a confident momentum.

So we chose Yang Guo and three other translators who were both excellent and capable of the task. Now it seems that we made the right choice! Zheng Yujie smiled slightly.

"We've heard of the crowd-sourced translation of Steve Jobs' biography. Just, why not just one translator, why choose four translators so much? We all know that everyone has their own vocabulary habits when translating, so isn't Dongxin Publishing House afraid of four different styles in one book? A newspaper asked.

"Choosing four translators to translate together is not without success. Two years ago, Dongxin Publishing House published "The Adventures of the Little Prince" using a crowdsourcing translation model, and the market response was also good. So this time we have experience to rely on, and we are not blindly and boldly using such an important book as our testing ground. Zheng Yujie said with a smile.

"The use of four translators is actually our helplessness, and everyone knows that our book has more than 500,000 words, and it only took 30 days to translate it. In terms of time, from the beginning, there were not many foreign publishers left us, not to mention that there were all kinds of unexpected events later, and in the end, there were only 30 days left for the translation team. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Yujie remembered some interesting things that urged Yang Guo to submit the manuscript at that time, and her heart fluttered, but she didn't show it on her face.

"With such a tight amount of time, we can't hand over the book to one person to translate slowly, so we can only adopt a crowdsourcing model and gather the efforts of everyone to complete the translation of the book before the deadline." Zheng Yujie said with a smile.

"If it weren't for the efforts of Yang Guo and the four of them, we wouldn't have been able to catch up with the plan to release it globally at the same time, and maybe the book lovers who have been looking forward to this book for a long time would not have been able to get the earliest glimpse of this official autobiography designated by Jobs!"