Arcane Linguist

Chapter 163 Cultural Confidence and the Recommendation of Master Watson

"This……"

Roland showed surprise on his face.

After a while, it was confirmed that this was indeed a strange achievement with magical meaning.

"The dross is also useful. The garbage in the cultural background, as long as it is not enjoyed by oneself, it is excellent..."

In an instant, he realized that he had learned by analogy and grasped the meaning contained in this art!
But he looked up the source of this ugly book and found that it was a "new achievement" made by the Autodox school, and he also looked weird.

……

Soon after, in the library.

The bright lights shone on the clean ground, reflecting the glow like gems. Rows of bookshelves towered several floors, and each one was like a huge monument.

Several figures stood chatting at the service desk under one of the bookshelves.

That was Roland and Scudder, Yiwen and others who came here.

"This, what are these things?"

Seeing the ugly book at first glance, Scudder was also taken aback.

The ugly book created by Gallo completely broke the glyph structure of the Siris characters, and it looks like letters...

No, it looks like a drawing made up of earthworm or dog paw prints.

"It's ugly, isn't it? When Sister Cuihua kidnapped, the handwriting left behind was not so exaggerated!"

Roland laughed and complained.

"It's the work of the Autodox gang."

"Scared?" Scudder was speechless.

Yiwen pushed her glasses and reminded: "Don't be careless, this thing is just like the phonetic alphabet scheme of Naos, it is a foreign thing that intentionally erodes the foundation of the school."

Roland said: "You are right, from a linguistic point of view, vocabulary and idioms are very easily influenced by foreign cultures, including the language of Aterine, which also has many words from other worlds.

But as long as the foundation of a language is solid enough and its historical and cultural heritage is deep enough, it will have enough spare power to absorb the influence of these foreign things. "

Roland spoke the Atlasian language, but in fact, he thought of his mother tongue in his previous life.

According to the translation method, such words can be divided into transliteration, half-tone and half-literal translation, free translation, borrowed words and so on.

Extensive reference to foreign cultures and the addition of imported words are actually an inevitable phenomenon in the modern era of globalization.

Before that, there was a period of large-scale mutual reference and cultural confrontation, that is, Buddhism was introduced to China, a large number of classics were translated from Sanskrit, and Taoist classics were borrowed from each other, and many terms changed.

But what happened later, as you can see, is the indigenization of Buddhism.

Whether it is the transliteration of "Buddha", the translation of "Magic", the free translation of "Nun", the "merit" with a new meaning, etc. vocabulary).

They have all been integrated into the soil of Chinese civilization.

The reason is very simple, just like a basin of clear water, it is easily stained by ink.

However, a tank of water, a pool of water, and even rivers and lakes, the vast ocean, will not be easily stained.

In the language and culture of Seris, especially since modern times, a large number of imported words and Westernized things have been added.

There was even a dark period when they advocated comprehensive westernization and completely abandoned the past history and culture.

But the times have proved that all this will eventually pass.

No need to bother and shake.

Roland's attitude towards these ugly books is also tolerant and calm.

……

After getting off work, Roland returned to his residence and dealt with the mail from Nieves.

Now Senior Sister Froya has gone there to preside over the establishment of the General Assembly.

In a place like Nieves, land is very expensive, even if you spend more than 100 million gold coins in cash, you may not be able to buy a large park.

Fortunately, this matter has received strong support from the Cowrens family. Mr. Leon is planning to subsidize some venues and funds to assist the Selis Language Joint Research Association to establish an event venue.

Roland asked about the progress of the matter, then continued to read other emails, and found that the teacher had replied to him.

"The editorial department of "Rune" welcomes you, but according to the process, the support of the three archmages may not be safe, because the seniors of the Autodox School expressed their opposition to this.

Those old masters who were active in the world of Rune School rejected you on the grounds that you were too young and lacked work experience..."

Roland frowned.

"If one more archmage can be recommended, this matter will be stable."

Orvisto told him a clear goal.

"Then I don't know any great mages, so I still have to rely on you, Teacher, to take care of this matter."

Roland decisively handed over the high-level activities to the teacher.

However, after finishing the communication, he suddenly thought of a person.

"Archmage? Strictly speaking, I still have a little friendship with a certain archmage, but I don't know what he thinks about my wanting to be promoted to a senior lecturer and entering "Rune"."

The person he thought of at this moment was naturally Archmage Watson who had communicated with him because of the "wish technique".

Roland's impression of this person is quite complicated. On the one hand, the communication on arcane arts has indeed improved, and he deeply admires his profound knowledge and spirit of sharing, but on the other hand, he feels a headache about his poisonous tongue. , During the discussion, he was ridiculed from time to time, and even sprayed wildly.

But these are trivial matters, and what really makes him afraid is the identity of the Autodox school.

Roland felt that this person was a bit duplicitous. He had exchanges and discussions with him on the surface, but he was playing tricks behind the scenes, blocking the manuscript review process and limiting funds.

If he hadn't won the Morning Star Award, he might have suffered the same as other school members.

"Speaking of which, it's thanks to this person that I won the Morning Star Award. Do you want to have a frank and honest talk with him, maybe there is some misunderstanding?"

Roland struggled for a long time.

After all, I still prefer to talk about it.

At least try to find out what his attitude towards the Siris School is.

So, after thinking about it for a long time, Roland sent an email.

……

Nevis City, in the private laboratory of Archmage Watson.

An old man with a white beard and fluffy hair, messed up like a disturbed bird's nest, scratched his head desperately, knocking painfully from time to time.

"These runes... No, it shouldn't be expressed like this...

Make... wish... come true..."

He was studying the spell model of "Prayer", and the manuscript paper was filled with all kinds of magic runes and natural languages, and among them, there seemed to be a lot of words written by Siris.

Ding!Mr. Rowland sent you a new email.

Suddenly, the voice of Ta Ling from the laboratory pulled him back from his hard thinking.

Master Watson frowned, and suddenly realized that all the communications that could reach his ears at this moment were communications that he had set a whitelist for.

There is no way for those insignificant people and insignificant things to disturb yourself.

So he opened the email and looked at it.

"School dispute?"

Roland's letter was not long, and the narration was very direct. Master Watson read it quickly, but then fell into deep thought.

After regaining consciousness, Master Watson snapped his fingers, and the magic quill floated up from the table, and he began to write quickly.

"Minks!"

After finishing writing, he cast the "message technique" and called his disciples in.

"Teacher, what are your orders?"

"This letter of recommendation, you send it to the Arcane Committee."

Minks took the letter and looked at it, with a look of surprise on his face.

Because this letter of recommendation was actually written for Roland.

Teacher, he recommended Roland to enter "Runes"!
……

"There are enough recommended candidates. Your promotion to senior lecturer and entry into the editorial department of "Rune" will be finalized soon."

Soon, Roland learned the good news from his teacher.

"It's inconceivable that you were able to convince Master Watson.

I originally planned to start with other archmages other than the Rune School, to see if I could break the restrictions of the academic world, recruit you in an exceptional way, or choose to try out in other journals..."

Orvisto also expressed his surprise at this matter, he did not expect such a turnaround.

"I didn't think so either."

Roland sighed secretly.

Could it be that I really misunderstood Archmage Watson?
But no matter what, going to Nieves and taking charge of manuscript review and funding approval is the dream of arcanists.

If one school wants to develop, it must also have its own people in key positions.

You can't leave your fate in the hands of others, and let outsiders control yourself.

And all of this starts with taking charge of "Runes".

There is a reason why Roland chose this journal as his new base, because it belongs to the first-line journals in the country of Arterine, second only to "Arcane".

In the arcane world of Arterine, "Arcane" is the only top journal, and it is the preferred publishing platform that countless arcanists dream of.

For ordinary arcanists, being able to publish top journals in their lifetime is already a life-long comfort. Even if they have no other arcane achievements, they are also worthy of the title of senior lecturer.

Some mage towers and public research institutes directly linked it to the rank of the sixth-level arcanist, which shows its authority.

The next best choice is "Magic", which can be said to be the most high-end choice besides the top magazine.

It is the top among the first-class journals, the uncrowned king of the seven schools.

In addition, there are first-line mainstream journals, places where high-level mages often publish their own arcane achievements, and one or more published articles can also be used as the selection criteria for advanced lecturers.

They are closely related to various schools, namely "Looking at the Starry Sky", "Runes", "Witchcraft", "Alchemy Monthly", "The Age of Magic", and "Elements".

Under this, there are professional journals of branches derived from these schools, for example, second-tier journals such as "Word" and "Letter" under the name of "Run", or some journals related to various universities. faction field, but the professionalism is not that high, and the level of arcane arts is only on the middle and low-level platforms.

In addition to this, there are also small periodicals sponsored by the major mage towers or schools under their own names, which can be said to be third- and fourth-tier journals.

Now inside the Seris School, the newly joined Lei has developed a strong interest in Seris calligraphy, and is planning to set up a calligraphy association and set up a "Calligraphy Monthly".

If this "Calligraphy Monthly" can be achieved, it will regularly collect and publish calligraphy works and related research by people from all walks of life.

This kind of thing that is not popular but related to the arcane world may also develop into a formal publication within the school and gradually become arcane.

Even after becoming bigger, it was gradually recognized by the outside world, gradually absorbed into it, and became a public journal.

The professional nature of these journals determines that they must be managed by people from relevant schools of thought.

This is also the easiest place to exert force in the process of the rise of the school.

For the Rune School, the position of reviewer and editor-in-chief is a battleground, while the position of editor-in-chief or other person in charge who can determine the development direction of this journal is not so important.

Because they cannot be responsible for the professionalism, and they are often not responsible for the specific business content.

At this moment, Roland is focusing on the special reviewers and the future editor-in-chief. They have the right to intervene in the process of preliminary review, review and even final review of a related paper, and make important decisions.

……

The Arcane Committee, the management departments of the major arcane periodicals, and the office floor of the periodical management office, a mage in his 40s expressionlessly pressed the switch to receive faxes. There are new documents that have just arrived.

He took out these documents, flipped through them briefly, and suddenly, his gaze narrowed slightly, and he fixed on one of them.

That was a special recruitment order issued by the Arcane Council.

"Nowadays the rise of the Seris School, and the rapid increase in the number of arcane papers in related fields, it is necessary to add the title of Seris language expert and establish a corresponding expert review system.

We hereby recruit Mr. Roland, the founder of the Sailis school, the chief authoritative expert of Sailis language, and senior lecturer, to join the editorial department as a special reviewer...

Annual salary, overtime allowance, work benefits, etc. are shown in Annex [-];

See Appendix [-] for the duty list, review scope, review authority, etc.;
Referee’s comments, and the committee’s comments are shown in Appendix [-];
......"

"Roland wants to enter "Runes"?"

As an official school, the Autodox School has its own members in various fields of Alterain.

Although there is no direct personal attachment relationship between them, their tendencies are obvious no matter in terms of emotion or personal connections.

The staff immediately told their friends in the school what they saw.

But tell Gui to tell, how to deal with the file or how to deal with it.

Art Rhine has its own laws and regulations, and if they withhold these privately, they are just making fun of their own future.

Besides, apart from delaying the process for a few days, the detainment of documents will not have any substantial hindrance.

Naturally, this school member would not be stupid.

Similarly, after he distributed this document, the officers under him performed their duties conscientiously and did not dare to do anything here.

Because they were all apprentices or first-order mages, there was no need to get involved in the battles between these schools.

The affairs officer is a tool man without school!
Soon, Gallo also learned about it.

"He really succeeded."

Gallo was well aware of Roland's plans.

But even he himself was surprised that after learning the news, his heart was at peace.

Since Roland won the Morning Star Award and founded a school, he became a figure destined to become an archmage in the eyes of everyone. It is not surprising that he was recruited by the committee and became a special reviewer.

Even he himself never thought of being able to stop this matter.

All we can do is delay...

No, why is it so easy and smooth?

Gallo suddenly reacted, and sent a few emails with a little dignifiedness, trying to find out the inside story.

The results shocked him.

"The recommender... Archmage Watson..."

Looking at the emails secretly sent to him by the internal staff, Gallo froze in front of the desk as if struck by lightning.

……

A few days later, in the Orvisto Mage Tower, Roland's residence.

Al held a summary report in his hand, stood in front of Roland, and said to him: "Master, the new dividend day is coming. In the past six months, all businesses have increased. I have calculated it. The specific The numbers are as follows.

A total of 230000 gold coins from the related equity sharing income of the Hilt Consortium;

For the Iser royal family, the income related to the Selis phonetic alphabet is 3500 gold coins;

Katona Company's income is 32000 gold coins;

350000 gold coins will be shared by the Cowrens Consortium;

The above items total 615500 gold coins (6.155 million)! "

At this time, it was already December 12st, and the new dividend account period came, and the income under the name increased significantly.

"Is it spreading through channels in another world, and is it continuing to make profits?"

Roland thought about it.

"Yes, the local market is limited, but the market in the other world is almost unlimited. These incomes are spread along the channels that have been opened in the past, and there will be even greater growth.

In addition, your teacher, Your Excellency Orvisto's dividends have also been taken, and the settlement process is about to begin.

This means that starting from the next period, the amount of his dividend will no longer be calculated. The dividend distributed to you by the Hilt Consortium is estimated to be more than 50 gold coins, which is an annual income of one million! "

The income of Hilt and Cullens will become the bulk, which has been expected before.

But the sudden increase to more than one million annual income really made Roland and Al feel a little bit emotional.

Knowledge is wealth, Art Rhine is sincere!

Many things can be done with money.

This doesn't mean that Roland wants to use his income to support the school, but that the sum of money he earns is actually just related royalties, accounting for more than ten percent.

From such a sum of money, it can be estimated that relevant interest groups such as the Hilt Company and the Cowrens family have achieved an annual output of tens of millions of gold coins in related industries.

This is the sum including Cyris and related derivatives.

Although those companies have to pay a lot of costs for this, the net profit is still considerable.

This means that many people have begun to rely on the Seris School to make a living, working hard for these emerging industries and interests.

"I heard that the Coulence family is planning to launch some calligraphy training classes in the Kingdom of Lena, and the Katona family is also planning to launch similar teaching classes in the Iser area..."

Sure enough, what Al told Roland reflected this.

"Driven by interests, more and more people will learn Seris language and understand the Seris School...

In this magical world, it is also the economic base that determines the superstructure! "

Roland sighed with a smile.

He is happy to see such a situation, of course, the premise is healthy, orderly and sustainable development.

"As usual, help me exchange a batch of gems for backup, and then donate a sum of money to the Church of Light and the Church of Silver Moon... Well, this time, we will each donate 1."

For various other complicated personnel matters, Al has already made a list and reported them one by one.

Roland gave instructions on the spot.

At this time, maybe it was the end of the year, and all parties were rushing to spend money in order to formulate a budget for the coming year. Lunifuss also sent him an invitation for a winter vacation, wanting to spend the New Year with him.

Roland pondered for a while, but declined the proposal.

Because he planned to go to Nieves and take over the new job at "Rune" as soon as possible.

"I'm very sorry, Nisi, just yesterday, I just received a notice that I will go to "Rune" for a one-month induction training, and from then on, I will take over the papers about the Seris School as a special reviewer.

This is a major event for the development of the school, and it is also related to the interests of many people.

As the founder of the school, I have high hopes from everyone, and I must not abolish the public for personal reasons..."

Although Lunephth's proposal was very tempting, and the goblins and all kinds of goblins in Snow Castle were also nostalgic, but Roland still made such a decision resolutely.

At this moment, in the study room of Iser's Mage Tower.

Luneves opened Roland's reply letter and read it, a trace of sadness appeared on her glamorous face.

"It's hard to have a holiday at the end of the year, what should I do?"

As an archmage, she held formal positions in both the Arcane Council and the Iser Mage Tower, and also had her own career and responsibilities. It was impossible for her to be clinging to her lover all day long.

In addition, she is still the royal family of Iser, so pay attention to the influence of the family and school.

Although they can communicate with each other on the Monet every day, but they haven't seen each other offline for more than half a year, but the enthusiasm she has accumulated has reached an unprecedented height.

Of course, Luneves would not be content with this.

At this moment, she suddenly thought of something, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"Honey, work is the most important thing, I support your decision..."

How could it be so easy to be persuaded?
When Roland saw it, he couldn't tell whether he was relieved or disappointed.

Surprised, he quickly interrupted these hypocritical thoughts.

"A wise man does not fall in love...

The archmage, the big man, in a sense, is no longer a natural person like himself.

It's still business. "

He had heard that the godhood is shaped by the believers' spiritual beliefs, and divinity and priesthood are often closely related to the wishes of the believers.

In the human world, the same is true for various professional status relationships in society.

He is now the leader of the school, and in a sense, he has also been shaped into a "godhead" and has a "clergymanship".

You should go to Nieves City, business is the most important thing.

(End of this chapter)