CHAPTER XIII
The summit forum was held at 9 a.m. this morning at the Beijing Hotel.
However, the interpreter has to arrive an hour in advance, not only to adjust the equipment, but also to see the latest version of the speech PPT provided by the organizer.
This type of meeting often encounters a big change in the presentation presentation. In this case, the translator should quickly re-prepare the relevant vocabulary according to the changes in the PPT.
As soon as he arrived at the hotel, the organizer had already sent someone to wait there and welcomed Lin Qin into the large conference room.
A glass cabin for two people has been installed at the entrance of the meeting room.
Later, two interpreters will sit in this small glass room to translate the speaker's words, and the interpreter's translation will also be transmitted to the audience's ears through the headphones worn by the audience.
Before the other interpreter arrived, Lin Qin sat in the hut to debug the translation equipment, and after confirming that there was no problem with the equipment, he took out the latest materials provided by the organizer and prepared them.
While reviewing the relevant vocabulary, I took out eggs and milk and ate them.
I went out in a hurry and took some breakfast casually.
Simultaneous interpretation is not only mental work, but also physical work. So be sure to store your energy well in advance.
After a while, another translator came. As soon as she saw Lin Qin, her face was full of excitement, "Teacher Lin, hello." I'm An Xin. ”
Lin Qin looked up in surprise, did he know her?
His face smiled politely in return, "Hello." ”
"I've seen your journalistic consecutive interpretations before, and it's amazing. I really didn't expect to do a meeting with you one day. An Xin looked surprised.
Consecutive interpreting, also known as consecutive interpretation, refers to the speaker pausing after a passage and the interpreter immediately interprets the passage. This translation process is also a great test of the translator's professional skills.
Lin Qin's eyebrows curled: "Thank you." ”
Anyway, it's a pleasure to be liked, and he stretched out his hand and shook her hand, "Then let's work together to make this meeting a good one today." ”
An Xin nodded desperately, she must not lose face in front of her idol.
In fact, she was pulled on the spot to make up the numbers, because an interpreter originally scheduled by the organizer could not come temporarily.
By chance, the organizers decided to use themselves. Otherwise, such a forum would not have its turn.
Thinking of this, An Xin opened the information a little nervously.
Lin Qin noticed it and comforted her: "Don't be nervous, calm down." First, check whether the machine is normal. "Take her through the relevant preparations. An Xin really relaxed a lot.
The people in the audience entered the venue one after another, and many people filled their seats. There were even a few people standing in the aisles. There were also several audience members in front of the glass house, so that Lin Qin and the others couldn't see the podium.
The staff helped clear the people in front of the glass house, but soon someone else was standing in front of them.
Without waiting for the staff to clear the staff again, the speech began.
As soon as 9 o'clock arrived, the moderator stood on the podium and began to speak.
Lin Qin saw that An Xin was nervous, so he translated the opening speech first. After the moderator finished speaking, he invited Mr. Smith to speak, and the venue burst into warm applause.
This time, most of the audience are industry elites and have a foundation in English, but they can't understand some professional terms. At this time, the pleasant female voice from the headphones eliminated their hearing difficulties.
Qi Renjun, who was sitting in the front row, covered his headphones and whispered in Gu Yuan's ear: "This girl translates well." ”
Gu Yuan didn't speak, but he felt that this voice was a little familiar in his heart, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a while.
After a while, the voice in the headphones switched to another female voice, and Gu Yuan frowned without moving. Others didn't hear it, but he heard it, and this person's skills were obviously a lot worse than just now.
Smith's hour-long presentation and Q&A ended quickly. It's halftime for a coffee break.
An Xin breathed a sigh of relief and slumped on the chair: "It's finally over." Then he became nervous again, "Teacher Lin, did I use a few words incorrectly just now?" ”
"Don't worry, you've translated well." Lin Qin found that An Xin had a few mistakes, but at this time he could only encourage her more. There is still more than half a day ahead, and if the mentality jumps, it is easier to make mistakes.
An Xin was very happy to hear this, and ran to the venue with great interest to get a plate of desserts and fruits for Lin Qin to eat, "Teacher Lin, do you know, just now I saw the legendary Gu Yuan of M Technology, he is really tall and handsome, it turns out that he is not the legendary bald." ”
Lin Qin didn't like desserts, so he forked a piece of apple and ate it, and when he heard the name Gu Yuan, he suddenly thought of his nominal husband, but there are more people with the same name in this world, and it is not unusual, "Why do you say that he is bald?" ”
"That's what the Internet said. said that he was so young and so successful, but he never showed his face, for fear that he was either ugly or bald. There are also people on the Internet who have seen Gu Yuan, but he is bald. But I just saw that they are not only handsome, but also have thick hair. It can be seen that rumors are harmful. ”
"I heard that Mr. Gu is still single, oh my God, if such a young, promising, handsome and handsome man is placed in the blind date corner of Fairview Park, he must not be surrounded by uncles and aunts." An Xin said while reminiscing about Gu Yuan who had just seen from afar.
"President Gu Da will be angry if he hears that you associate him with the blind date corner and the aunts and uncles." Lin Qin looked at An Xin with some amusement.
"That's right, a superb man like him is only suitable for appearing in novels and TV series. It's too far away from our lives. An Xin turned her head as she spoke, just looking at Lin Qin's side face, she was a little stunned: "Teacher Lin, I think you and Mr. Gu are quite compatible, why don't you go and meet by chance later?" ”
Lin Qin wiped the table with a tissue, and laughed when she heard this, it was not easy to say that she was married, after all, she and An Xin were still strangers, and they didn't want to talk too much about their privacy, "You should be here for a blind date." And how can an ordinary person like me deserve such a legendary figure. We're going to get back to reality and start translating. Lin Qin nodded to the podium in front of him as he spoke.
An Xin immediately sat up straight, but quickly added: "He is a legend, and you are also the goddess in the hearts of our fellow interpreters." The goddess is a legend, made in heaven. ”
The coffee break was over and the second presentation began. The two did not continue to gossip and began to devote themselves to the translation work.
The second session happened to be Gu Yuan's speech. Lin Qin and the others are going to translate from Chinese to English.
Lin Qin felt that this voice was a little familiar, and looked in the direction of the podium, but found that a few girls standing in front of the glass house blocked the view.
It seems that Mr. Gu of M Technology is more popular than Mr. Smith.
The morning session ended.
The organizer prepared a buffet for the participants and staff on site.
Lin Qin and An Xin finished taking the food and were about to walk to the table by the gate, when they saw a huge group of people walking around Mr. Smith.