Chapter 449: A Trap Hidden in the Words

After chatting about Liu Xinjian's postgraduate entrance examination, the atmosphere was relieved.

Seeing that it was still early, Liu Xinyu simply pulled Liu Xinjian into the translation army.

With the addition of Zhang Hongliang and Liu Xinjian, two engineering students, the speed and accuracy of translation have been greatly improved.

Liu Xinyu only brought the folder with the fewest pages today, and when Liu Xinjian came back, she and Zhang Hongliang translated English and German, and had already translated the first five pages of the opening chapter, and the two were checking the original text.

Two pages have been checked and are just handed over to Liu Xinjian for transcription.

Liu Xinyu assigned Liu Xinjian a task, and continued to check with Zhang Hongliang, and when the two checked to the fifth page, the problem appeared.

"There's a problem here. Translating in German terms should be compensation, not compensation. However, although this English also has the meaning of compensation, because the lack of 'for' is more inclined to compensation. Through the comparison of German and English, Liu Xinyu pinpointed the problem.

Zhang Hongliang once went to the United States as an exchange student for a year, and his English level is not bad, but there is a considerable gap compared with Liu Xinyu, especially when encountering this kind of sentence formation that needs to be accurately grasped, the gap between him and Liu Xinyu is even more obvious.

However, Liu Xinyu reminded him of this, and after savoring it carefully, Zhang Hongliang instantly understood that this was most likely a trap set by the German side for the Chinese side.

If it is only an English translator, and not a translator like Liu Xinyu who understands both German and English, I am afraid that it is really possible to be directly led into the language trap by the German side, which will cause losses.

The difference between compensation and compensation is very likely to be in the tens of millions in the tens of millions of dollars in such a multi-billion dollar deal.

Zhang Hongliang's back couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, Liu Xinyu not only understands German, but also does her best to her work, even if it is this kind of German-English bilingual documents, she does not covet convenience and ease, and insists on bilingual translation.

If Liu Xinyu really only translates the English version as he suggested at the beginning, he will really step into a trap.

With this discovery, Liu Xinyu devoted herself even more, insisting on mainly German, supplemented by English, and translating between German and English, and after finishing the fifth page of the translation, she even went through the previous translation again, and the result really made her find a similar trap in the translation that had already passed.

The next day, Liu Xinyu came to the minister's office with the translated documents.

The problems found during the translation last night made her clearly realize that in order to translate these documents and materials, she must have an understanding of the project, and only by understanding the basic situation of the project can she better avoid the traps hidden in the documents and materials.

The minister was of course very surprised when he asked about the situation, and the Germans have always been known for their rigor, so it would not be possible to ask such a question.

But since Liu Xinyu has discovered the problem, he should pay attention to it.

Of course, it was not possible to make a conclusion to the German side by listening to Liu Xinyu's words alone, and had to consult with all parties before proceeding with the follow-up process, so Liu Xinyu was asked to go back to the translation room first to continue working.

After careful consideration, the Minister invited senior translators in German and English, who had previously worked with him, to translate them separately.

If Liu Xinyu hadn't been careful and insisted on bilingual translation, these problems would have caused the Chinese side to be passive in the negotiations, and could even cause heavy losses.

Since there is indeed a problem, of course Liu Xinyu's request must be met.

In the afternoon, the person in charge of the project came to the translation room, who not only patiently introduced several keys to the project to Liu Xinyu, but also brought relevant materials according to Liu Xinyu's requirements.

Although it took a lot of time to listen to the project introduction and read the project materials, it was better to sharpen the knife and understand the basic situation of the project, which can more effectively avoid the text trap, which is of great benefit to the subsequent translation work.

The whole afternoon was spent almost entirely on getting to know the basics of the project, so I didn't finish my scheduled translation assignment before I left work.

Because I took it home to work overtime last night, the amount of translation scheduled to be completed today is not much, and I made an appointment to go to a restaurant in advance today, so Liu Xinyu did not plan to take her work home again, so Yang Shuyun started overtime mode on the first day of work at the translation agency.

However, the overtime work today was not long, and the scheduled work was completed at half past six.

"Alright, pack up and get off work. By the way, you're coming to pick you up today, right? Liu Xinyu checked the translation transcribed by Yang Shuyun and made sure that there were no errors, and asked casually while putting the translation away and storing it in the cabinet.

Yang Shuyun grinned and said, "Okay, come and pick me up after work." It's almost there. Are you coming to pick it up? ”

Liu Xinyu nodded: "I said I would drive to pick me up." If you didn't come to pick you up, I was going to send you home, and since your partner came, I wouldn't bother you. ”

Yang Shuyun said with annoyance: "Oh, I knew that I could take a ride, so I didn't let him pick him up!" ”

Liu Xinyu knew that Yang Shuyun's chagrin was fake, and she was just joking.

When the two came out of the compound, Yang Shuyun's object was already standing outside the compound on a bicycle, and the old jeep had also stopped on the side of the road outside the compound.

Seeing Liu Xinyu come out, Zhang Hongliang gently honked the horn, got out of the car, and went around to the passenger seat to open the door for Liu Xinyu.

"I thought I'd have to wait for you to come out for a while, but I didn't expect you to come so early." After Liu Xinyu got into the car, he waved his hand at Yang Shuyun and the object, asking them to hurry home, and said to Zhang Hongliang in his mouth.

Zhang Hongliang started the car and slid to the middle of the road, and replied with a smile: "You didn't have much to translate yesterday for today, and I thought you would get off work on time, so I arrived at six o'clock." ”

Liu Xinyu explained the reason for getting off work late, and Zhang Hongliang nodded understandingly.

No matter what kind of work it is, Liu Xinyu has always been serious and rigorous.

For such a large investment project, the accuracy of the translation is particularly important, and Liu Xinyu must pay more attention than ever, not to mention that he only made him wait for half an hour, even if he waited for a long time.

"Xinyu is here, you're hungry, sit here quickly, let your master serve you food." As soon as Liu Xinyu walked into the restaurant, Chen Zhaodi pointed to the only empty table on the side of the counter for Liu Xinyu to sit down, and then shouted to the kitchen: "Old man, hurry up and bring the dishes up." Xinyu is coming! ”

How could Liu Xinyu sit still, handed the bag on her back to Chen Zhaodi and went into the kitchen.

The business of the restaurant is good, and the empty table is needless to say that it is specially reserved for Liu Xinyu, in order to let Liu Xinyu have a hot meal when he comes, and even prepare the dishes in advance.

No, as soon as Liu Xinyu entered the kitchen, he saw that there were already two plates of prepared dishes on the tray in front of Liu Houxing, and one plate was the new dish that Liu Xinjian said yesterday.