Editor Lin always knew that she would submit the manuscript in advance, so he checked it over with satisfaction, asked a few questions, and nodded to approve it.
"Xiao Xue, I don't even understand this English. I can at most check the format and Chinese. You have to check the English part yourself."
Because of the incident between Liu Xing and Deputy Director Zhen last week, the director took them all to several meetings and asked everyone to strictly control the situation and not make any more mistakes.
Xue Ling nodded and said, "I'll go back and check it twice."
Editor Lin smiled happily and whispered: "I feel relieved. We are newspaper staff, and accuracy and rigor are the most important."
"I understand." Xue Ling responded with a smile.
Editor Lin smiled with satisfaction, took out two candies from under his desk and gave them to her.
"My relatives bought these when they went abroad and gave me a bag. The quantity is really small, so I can only give you two to try."
Xue Ling was too embarrassed to answer and whispered: "Editor-in-Chief, you still have a few more children at home, so let's leave it to them. I'm not a child anymore, so I don't eat sweets."
"What are you talking about!" Editor Lin laughed angrily and said, "Sister, seeing that you are obedient and well-behaved, I secretly brought this to you. There are children at home, how can I leave them out? Just take it with ease!"
Xue Ling saw that it was hard to refuse the kindness, so he had to quietly accept it and stuff it into his nylon trouser pocket.
"Thank you, Sister Lin."
Editor Lin gave her a wink and raised his chin: "Let's go have a meal together."
Xue Ling agreed, had lunch in a hurry, and then returned to the office to continue translating.
Some colleagues stayed in the canteen chatting, while others found a place to take a nap.
It wasn't until everyone started to come back that Xue Ling calmly put away the translator, walked to the corner, poured a glass of water, and brewed some tea.
There are about ten hot water kettles in the office, and the old aunt in the kitchen comes every hour or so to fetch empty bottles and fill them with water, so there is no need to worry about running out of hot water.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Director Liu asked his accountant to buy two bags of tea so that everyone could drink it when they were sleepy. He also asked everyone to consciously save some and not drink it all in a few days.
Xue Ling knew that in this era, tea was still a scarce commodity and most families could not afford to drink good tea. She understood the implication of the director's words, so she did not drink it these days.
But she didn't take a break at noon, and translating required high concentration, so she pinched a handful, put it into her cup, and poured it full of hot water.
"Xiao Xue, drinking tea again!" A lukewarm voice sounded.
Xue Ling was startled and turned around - facing the gloomy face of Master Miejie with a faint smile.
At this time, everyone had just come in. Many people had not yet sat down and were packing things and chatting. When Deputy Director Zhen shouted so loudly, almost all colleagues looked over.
Forehead?!
Xue Ling felt a little embarrassed in her gut, but after all, she was someone who had seen big scenes. She quickly calmed down and put the thermos bottle down firmly.
Then, she grinned and said, "Make some tea to drink. I'm a little sleepy. This is my first time drinking it, and I didn't know it tasted so good. Director Zhen, would you like a cup too?"
Master Miejie glared at her lightly and immediately used her most typical lecturing tone.
"Although this tea is kept here for everyone to eat and drink, it cannot be wasted. When you usually drink it, try to take as little as possible and leave it for the colleagues behind you, you know?"
Xue Ling cursed secretly, responded respectfully, then picked up the cup and left quickly.
This tea is obviously a benefit for all employees of the newspaper, but it seems like it is provided by her family for free! It is really "extinct"!
The other colleagues all knew the "Master Miejie" quite well, and they pretended not to have heard anything and went about their own business.
Deputy Director Zhen raised her head and looked around at everyone before walking to her office.
Xue Ling sat back at her desk, and Wang Qing beside her gave her a comforting smile of "I pity you."
Liu Xing, who was opposite him, rolled his eyes and whispered: "You have to show off in front of us little shrimps all day long! I can't stand it!"
Xue Ling secretly laughed, but didn't take it seriously at all.
Editor Lin asked her to check the English part again. She was not lazy. She took out the manuscript and carefully read every word twice, even the punctuation marks, before finalizing it.
Today is Saturday. According to usual practice, if the manuscript is finished in the afternoon, you can leave work early.
However, colleagues rarely leave early because most of them have to catch up on manuscripts and sometimes have to wait for the typewriter, so Xue Ling did not leave first even if the work was completed.
She took out the translation notebook, picked up another piece of paper, and started translating carefully.
She was so absorbed in what she was doing that she didn't realize anyone was talking around her until her foot was lightly kicked by Liu Xing.
Xue Ling suddenly looked up and saw Liu Xing opposite her looking behind her, seeming to be hinting at something from the corners of her eyes.
She instinctively turned her head to meet the thoughtful and probing gaze of "Master Miejie".
Xue Ling was secretly nervous, and couldn't help but squeeze the hand on the English notebook.
"...Director Zhen, do you have something?"
Deputy Director Zhen lowered her head and looked at the notebook in her hand.
"Xue Ling, what is this? What are you doing with this English book for most of the time? What? Could it be that this has something to do with your English column?"
Her tone was full of inquiry and suspicion, and the implication was obvious - she suspected that Xue Ling had not done his job well and made some mess.
Xue Ling quickly put aside her nervousness and smiled slightly.
"Yes! This is related to my English column in the next issue. In the next issue, I plan to translate some daily conversations and transfer some word meanings. When these English words are thrown together, they must be translated according to the context and cannot be separated.
environment for dialogue.”
Deputy Director Zhen didn't understand it at all. He listened to her words clearly and nodded.
"Where did this book come from? Our newspaper office seems to only have dictionaries, right?"
Xue Ling explained with a smile: "I borrowed this for my classmate. Our newspaper has a few information books, only dictionaries. I have to find some ways to get information, otherwise the pattern will always be the same, and readers will inevitably get bored."
Deputy Director Zhen said a faint "hmm", and the trainer's tone quickly came online again.
"What's wrong with a dictionary? Who can learn English without a dictionary? Your column is already small, so how can you spend a lot of resources to support a small column? You also have to know how to use it flexibly."
"Yes, yes!" Xue Ling waved the book in her hand and said with a smile: "I borrowed this for free. My classmate has a lot of foreign books. I will borrow them from her in the future so that I can keep them without wasting resources."
"Master Jiejie" nodded with satisfaction and turned around to patrol the others.
Xue Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, sat down and continued to translate.
Fortunately, she is the only one in the newspaper office who understands English, and fortunately, she is not the only one who knows English...
She persisted until the end of the day, and when she saw three or four colleagues working on manuscripts, she waved goodbye to them, then picked up her things and walked out of the newspaper office.