The reason for the matter is very simple, the Ministry of Commerce went abroad to negotiate with the local government in the Maldives to discuss the export of food. Originally, the Ministry of Commerce also had translators, but there were only a few major languages, such as English, French, and Russian, and as for languages like Dhivehi, which are only used by a very small number of people in the world, even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only had two standing translators, not to mention other units.

Coincidentally, there are very few opportunities to use this language, and originally two translators were enough to meet the needs, but last month, one translator was transferred to work in a foreign embassy, and the other translator was a woman.

Originally, the ministry was going to train a translator, of course, most of these small language translators are actually people who master multiple languages, and very few people only learn a partial foreign language, but they haven't had time to train it, so isn't this going to happen?

Director Shen returned to the office, called his subordinates, and began to assign work and retrieve files for screening.

"Director, there is no registration in the file that speaks Dhivehi." It didn't take long for the information to come back.

Director Shen frowned, did he really want to go to the university to find a teacher. Originally, university teachers would also enter the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but it was very troublesome to find teachers, and sometimes it would involve issues such as the secrecy of foreign affairs, and it depended on whether people had time.

Moreover, Director Shen also wanted to take this opportunity to find the talents needed by the Translation Department, which would also make it easier for him to act in the future.

"Dhivehi belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch, and all the people who can speak Hindi are transferred out, and they can be asked if they understand Dhivehi." Director Shen said.

Muyang was sorting out documents in the office, and Director Liu came over and said, "Chen Xiaoou." Muyang, you two come to my office. ”

"Director, you have something." Muyang and another colleague Chen Xiaoou walked into the director's office, and Muyang asked.

"Xiao Ou is a Hindi translator, Muyang, you also have Hindi on the file you registered, and I just received a notice from the Translation Department. It seems that the Translation Department wants to find out who can speak Dhivehi, so you can go over now and find Director Shen. Director Liu said.

"Liu, I don't know Dhivehi, there are more than 30 languages recognized in India, which is even more chaotic than our China, how can I understand them all." Chen Xiaoou is a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old woman, not tall but very crisp in speech. Admit that you won't.

"Then let's try it too, Lao Shen of the Translation Department called in person, it seems that he is in a hurry." Director Liu said.

Muyang didn't speak, and went to the translation department with Chen Xiaoou.

Finally, I found thirteen people who could speak Hindi in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and after trying them one by one, Director Shen felt that the hope was getting slimmer and slimmer, mainly because the Dhivehi language was too biased, except for the talents personally cultivated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs itself. There really aren't a lot of people who go specifically to learn this language.

Forget it, you have to finish it anyway. After that, hurry up to find a teacher outside the North Second Foreigner.

"Hello Director Shen, my name is Muyang, I am an intern in the Secretariat of the Asia Division, and I speak Dhivehi." Muyang said.

"Oh, really. You will. Director Shen asked in disbelief.

"Really." Mu Yang also checked the foreign language in his mind on the way to come just now, not to mention that the skills are strong, there are Indian languages in the skills, that is, all Indian languages, including those dialects and variants.

It's like a Chinese dialect. Foreigners learn Mandarin, but just like he can't understand Cantonese, Sichuan, and Hunan, the difference here is still quite big, but the skills are great here, and he will do it.

Director Shen suddenly found a problem, Muyang said that he would, but they would, how to assess, at that time, I just thought that it would be good to find it, and I didn't even care about how to verify it.

"Director, do you want to give Lin Fang a call?" A staff member reminded that Lin Fang was the Dhivehi translator who gave birth.

"Yes, let them talk on the phone, and let Lin Fang test his level to see if he can meet the basic requirements of translation." Mr. Chan immediately agreed to the proposal.

The phone got through, first Director Shen talked about the situation here, and then turned on the speakerphone, let Muyang and Lin Fang communicate, and the ground muttered for a long time, others didn't understand a word, and finally Lin Fang said on the phone: "Shen, where did you find a translator, this is much better than me, better than my university teachers." ”

"That's good, hard work Xiaolin." Director Shen is relaxed now.

Three days later, Muyang sorted out a suitcase, brought his passport, and went directly to the airport to meet with the people from the Ministry of Commerce, and then went to the Maldives together.

This is Muyang's first official business, and he still attaches great importance to it and dresses very formally.

At the capital airport, Muyang met with everyone from the Ministry of Commerce, the level of this negotiation was not high, but it was led by Wei Anmin, deputy director of the Ministry of Commerce, as well as Manager Ma of COFCO, Director Qian Min of the Ministry of Commerce, Section Chief Gao Xiang, and an English translator Lin Xiaona, plus Muyang, a total of six people.

After all, Muyang is young and very modest, and when he shakes hands with everyone, he shakes hands with each other, "Hello Director Wei, I am Muyang from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, just call me Xiao Mu." ”

"Thank you for coming to our Ministry of Commerce to help, your translation department said that in order to find a translator this time, they have searched the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs to find such a talent as you, which is really rare." Director Wei is about 50 years old, and he still speaks kindly.

"It just happened." Mu Yang smiled and said modestly.

It's still some time before boarding, and everyone is just chatting together. Lin Xiaona is a full-time English translator in the Ministry of Commerce, so she naturally has a close relationship with Muyang's translator, and asked, "Muyang, which school did you graduate from?" ”

Chen Xiaona speaks simply, she is a cheerful person at first glance, especially her appearance is atmospheric, how to say it, it is very in line with the aesthetics of middle-aged and elderly people, with big eyes and double eyelids, goose egg face, and plump facial features, you just think about Zhao Wei's face, in short, she is not an ugly person, but she is not a delicate kind of beauty, so Muyang positioned her as atmospheric.

"Sister Chen, I'm from Beijing Foreign University, but I haven't graduated yet, and now I'm interning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Mu Yang replied.

Chen Xiaona was a little surprised, "You specialize in learning small languages?" Will it be very out-of-the-way, if you don't get close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the future, you will suffer a little. ”

"I studied English, and now I can read French in graduate school, and I am self-taught in other languages."

"Other languages, what else will you do, how old are you, you don't look like a graduate student." Chen Xiaona became curious about this Muyang. The people next to him were chatting at the beginning, and when they heard Muyang say this, they all paid attention. (To be continued.) )