Liu Yukun greedily read the contents of the magazine "Contemporary Literary World".
The first thing that caught his eye was the novel "The Three-Body Problem" serialized on the front page. After seeing this title, Liu Yukun perked up and started reading it without hesitation.
From the murder of astrophysicist Ye Wenjie's parents and relatives one after another, to Ye Wenjie being introduced to the "Red Bank Project" by the military, and finally when she launched the 147th signal into outer space, Ye Wenjia became aware of the existence of another civilization...
When seeing the appearance of nanomaterials expert Wang Miao...
When he saw Wang Miao enter the mysterious online game "Three Body" and vaguely discovered that the "disaster planet" under his feet turned out to be a real situation, Liu Yukun felt that the hair all over his body was rapidly shrinking, an idea that could almost predict the future.
Appeared in Liu Yukun's mind.
The Trisolarans from the disaster planet are about to arrive on Earth in four hundred years!
Is this real, or is it fake and non-existent?
In an instant, Liu Yukun felt his heart trembling continuously.
It wasn't until the end of the serialized part that he suddenly woke up from the illusion.
As a science fiction enthusiast, Liu Yukun not only likes to read science fiction novels, he also often writes science fiction novels himself.
Not long ago, two short science fiction articles written by him were published in "American Science", one of the largest science fiction magazines in the United States.
It was precisely because of his understanding that Liu Yukun felt the greatness of "The Three-Body Problem".
It is no exaggeration to say that Li Qing created another civilization!
This is a brand new and huge world. Coupled with the rigorous interpretation of a series of professional terms, the world of "Three-Body" looks so grand and mysterious. All of this deeply attracted Liu Yukun's attention.
Although it only has 50,000 words of content, Liu Yukun is very sure that this type of novel will definitely become popular in Europe and the United States!
Because it is not a traditional Chinese martial arts novel, there are no Chinese idioms that are difficult for foreigners to understand.
In Liu Yukun's view, this is obviously a science fiction novel designed to cater to foreign markets.
After all, compared with science fiction novels and martial arts novels, Chinese people prefer the latter.
If the author Li Qing wanted to blindly cater to the domestic market and simply write a martial arts novel, he would obviously be more recognized by Chinese readers.
As soon as he thought about this, Liu Yukun had a sudden thought.
He turned around, sat down at the computer desk, turned on the computer, and logged into an English forum called "Science Fiction World".
"Science Fiction World" is the largest gathering place for science fiction enthusiasts in the United States. It has more than 100,000 registered members and about 10,000 people online all year round. Among many similar forums, Science Fiction World's popularity is unparalleled.
Here, elite figures from all over the world will express various ideas and discuss various issues that are unbelievable to ordinary people. Some people will serialize science fiction novels here. After gaining popularity, professional publishing houses will be established.
Contact with it and then publish it all over the world.
Liu Yukun has published many novels here before, but they all ended without success due to lack of popularity.
But what if it’s Li Qing’s work?
If Li Qing's works were translated into English and posted on the Science Fiction World Forum...
Will it cause a huge response?
Liu Yukun does not want to make money from "The Three-Body Problem". He is a law major and has worked as a paralegal for three months. He has a thorough understanding of relevant copyright laws and regulations, and he knows that once the works of third-party authors are cited, there will be profit-making properties.
It will inevitably trigger relevant laws and regulations.
However, as long as you do not profit from "The Three-Body Problem" and just translate it, your behavior will not be considered illegal.
Especially in China, where relevant laws and regulations are not perfect, even if you profit from "Three-Body", domestic laws will make it difficult to prosecute yourself.
Of course, as an avid fan of Li Qing, Liu Yukun obviously has no other materialistic ideas. He simply wants Americans to know that Chinese people are not only good at writing martial arts novels, but also science fiction novels, which are equally exciting.
Just do it.
After browsing the forum, Liu Yukun rolled up his sleeves with great interest, spread "Contemporary Literary World" on his computer desk, then opened the document editing software and began a series of English translations of "The Three-Body Problem".
Relying on his proficiency and understanding of both English and Chinese, Liu Yukun encountered almost no difficulties during the translation process of the novel, and smoothly translated all the contents of "The Three-Body Problem" into English.
When the lines of English letters appeared on the screen, Liu Yukun was full of passion and his fingers were tapping rapidly on the keyboard.
Pictures appeared in his mind one by one as the words changed, and Liu Yukun immediately felt a sense of joy in his heart.
For the whole day, Liu Yukun lay in front of the computer, translating "The Three-Body Problem" into English without interruption. When he was hungry, he ate two pieces of cold bread to satisfy his hunger.
It was not until nightfall that Liu Yukun felt his fingers were sore and numb, and his brain had the illusion of being overdrawn.
And "The Three-Body Problem" with more than 50,000 words has been translated into English by Liu Yukun.
However, this does not mean that the translation work has been completed.
In fact, during the translation process, there were many places in the novel that Liu Yukun did not think carefully about.
In order for Americans to deeply understand the crystallization of Chinese wisdom, he must spend every penny and strive to restore the content of a complete "Three-Body" novel to 100% completeness and then present it in the eyes of foreigners!
It was just the day's exertion that left him extremely lacking in energy.
After correcting four chapters in a row and less than one-third of the content, Liu Yukun couldn't hold on anymore and his eyelids kept fighting.
After holding on for a while, he found that he was getting more and more sleepy, so he gave up the idea of continuing to correct.
Before going to bed, he logged into the "Science Fiction World" forum, created a topic thread with his account "lk", and then uploaded the corrected translation of the first four chapters of "The Three-Body Problem"...
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As the intern moderator of Science Fiction World, Catalina has always been extremely proud of her position.
But in the real world, Catalina is just an ordinary female magazine editor.
Her daily job is to review submissions from authors from all over the world. After screening, she will recommend some of the more exciting and outstanding articles to her supervisor. After being approved by her supervisor, they can be published in her own magazine.
Like all college students who have just graduated from a liberal university campus, Catalina is tired of her career day after day.
She is almost busy as a walking dead every day, and only when she appears in the "Science Fiction World" forum, Catalina's blue eyes will shine with a hint of color.
Although the internship moderator sounds like a small position, she has a lot of power. She can almost delete some posts that she thinks violate the rules without any scruples, and can even block the accounts of users who violate the rules.
Only during this period of time when she can control life and death will Catalina discover the value of her existence in this world.
Of course, she will not abuse her power. On the contrary, when she sees wonderful posts, she will applaud them without scruples. If possible, she will even quote these wonderful posts into her own magazine.
, giving the parties a considerable amount of royalties.
For this reason, many contributors in the forum have a good impression of Catalina, calling her the goddess of science fiction, and flattering everyone.
But the goddess of science fiction also has a bad temper. Katerina will not be happy at all about the flattery of those writers who have no ideas and no talent. She will only feel disgusted and even draw these people closer to her in her heart.
Blacklisted.
For those geniuses who have amazing talents but are buried due to lack of opportunities, Katerina is very willing to help them overcome the difficulties at this stage.
Therefore, during the year when she took over as the intern moderator of the Science Fiction World Forum, Katerina actually won over many well-known science fiction authors.
lk is an author that Katerina pays close attention to.
According to the user information on the backend, the author named lk is also a Harvard University graduate. In this way, Katerina is even more interested in lk.
Not long ago, Katerina used her authority to give lk a bit of business care, so that lk's article could appear in her own magazine "American Science".
Although lk's articles are not very new, they are highly popular and professional, and are loved and paid attention to by many readers.
So, when she saw a new thread suddenly appeared at the top of the forum, and the author of the thread was lk, Katerina clicked in without hesitation.
She thought lk had published a new science fiction short story, but when she clicked in and saw the "Chapter One" logo on the first line, Katerina's eyes widened immediately.
"Novel? Oh, my God, has he actually written a novel?"
The magazine Catalina works for is "American Science". This magazine mainly accepts short articles.
If it was a novel, even if Katerina wanted to help this top student author, she would be unable to do so.
Thinking of this, Katerina casually glanced at the topic name of the post.
""the-three-wavedy-problem""!
Katerina's brows knit together tightly, three-body problem?
She was a little confused. There seemed to be no word "three-body" in scientific terminology, but this did not hinder her reading.
"China, 1967..."
Looking at the country and year numbers appearing in the first line of the first chapter, Catalina immediately became interested.
The mysterious Eastern country has always been a very curious existence for everyone in the Western world. It has a civilization history of 5,000 years, which is much more profound than the United States, which has only 200 years of history.
There are also many strange and bizarre stories circulating there...
Immediately, Katerina maintained a high degree of concentration and began to read the article.
Because Liu Yukun himself has the cultural foundation of China and the United States, with his excellent translation, the story of "The Three-Body Problem" was completely displayed in Cortrina's mind.
"China was so dark thirty years ago!"
"Poor Ye, her parents and teachers were all killed by the dark organization. How was her soul affected at that time? It's so pitiful. If it were me, I might not be able to control myself and take revenge on society!"
"Oh my God, China actually has secret research in private! As an astronomer, Ye, with full hatred for this country, was actually introduced to the Red Bank Project!"
"The military is really trapped in a cocoon. Ye's character makes her inevitably fall into the struggle of human nature. If you want the plot to continue to develop, Ye must become the big villain!"
"Sure enough, she discovered another civilization four light years away..."
"Nanoscientist Wang Miao? Oh my god, why don't I recognize any of these professional physics words?"
"Can online games be connected through consciousness? Has China's technological development reached such an amazing stage?"
Katerina exclaimed in a low voice while continuing to read, but when she slid the mouse down, she found that the article had reached the end, leaving only the paragraph "If you want to know what happened next, please listen to the next chapter."
talk.
"Damn lk, it's so appetizing!"
Katerina was eager to know what was going to happen next in "The Three-Body Problem". She suddenly remembered the phone number she had left when she helped lk write an article in "American Science" last time. She immediately opened the drawer next to her and took out her own phone number.
The phone book, carefully looked for lk's contact information, and then picked up the phone.
But at this moment, her movements suddenly stopped.
"It's already late at night. It would be rude to disturb lk at this time. Let's wait until tomorrow!"
After thinking about it for a while, Katerina hung up the phone and came back to the computer. After reading "The Three-Body Problem" again, she opened the reply column, started editing text, and evaluated the novel:
"This is a great science fiction novel. Although I am still confused about the name of the novel, it still does not prevent me from loving this novel. Oh, even though it seems to only have a small part of the content!
The whole story takes place in mysterious China. This is a story completely different from the American perspective.
When we are used to seeing bad themes such as the Revolutionary War, Wild West, and psychedelic music in the 1960s, it is definitely an extremely happy enjoyment to occasionally appreciate this science fiction novel based on China.
This novel is different from many Chinese science fiction novels. We all know that novels written by Chinese writers have a very narrow vision. We are not even interested in reading some science fiction works based on ancient Chinese classics, but this one
"The Three-Body Problem" was different. When I read the 500th word, I was already attracted by it and completely forgot about the existence of time.
Because although the story of "The Three-Body Problem" is based on China, its grandeur and narrative aspects are always concerned about the fate of all mankind!
I believe that in the story of "The Three-Body Problem", we will have a good explanation for the questions we are curious about, such as "where did humans come from", "where are we now" and "where will we go".
Come on, lk, I will soon become a loyal reader of "The Three-Body Problem", and as long as you keep updating, I will keep following it."
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