Avenue Secret

Chapter 4 Customers
Liu Li couldn't believe it at all.

How could the client ask the company to let him directly connect with the translator!

If you think about it, you know that this is impossible, and the company itself will avoid this from happening.

Because in the final analysis, a translation company is an intermediary platform!
If the client finds the translator directly, can the intermediary platform be discarded and the transaction be done directly?
This is beneficial to both the client and the translator. As long as any party wants to get rid of the middleman, the company will be very difficult to do so.

Therefore, the client cannot communicate directly with the translator. If the client insists, the company usually asks the project manager, Ding Yanhong, to call herself an "interpreter" to communicate with the client on behalf of the translator.

This is the industry rule!

Liu Li swallowed, and said, "Teacher Ding, isn't this in compliance with the rules?"

His brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about why this happened, what was the logic behind it, and more importantly, was there any supernatural force involved?

The project manager asked the interpreter if he would like to see the client, which is as abnormal as if his myopia was cured after waking up from sleep.

Organisms may be mutated by radiation, but it is impossible for the company to poach itself without making money!

Ding Yanhong said on the phone: "Things are more complicated. One is that the customer has already paid for the entire project, and she has a lot of money. The other is that the customer has some personal relationship with our boss. The boss told me this request."

"At first I wanted to say that I was an interpreter, but after she asked me two questions, she decided that I was definitely not an interpreter."

Liu Li let out a "tsk".

Based on the fact that the other party asked a translation company to translate the scriptures, it can be inferred that the other party is not strong enough. Even "cultivators" should belong to the bottom class, without their own background and influence.

But Liu Li miscalculated, even the "lower level" is also the lower level of supernatural power. It is normal for the other party to use this to accumulate some contacts and capital for ordinary people who are born with dimensionality reduction!
Take it easy, take it easy, take it easy.Liu Li told himself that he just handed in a translation, and that client probably didn't regard him as an enemy.

Liu Li tried to stay calm. He thought he was the kind of person who would never change his face when the mountains collapsed. He used to play all kinds of werewolf killing games, and he could always control his speech when lying, but now he knows that reality has nothing to do with the game. What a difference.

Playing games with friends was seen through, at least everyone laughed for a while, if in front of humans who have mastered supernatural power... it is very likely that they will encounter unimaginable crises!
"Mr. Ding, I want to know why the client insists on seeing me?"

Liu Li quickly asked questions and began to test Ding Yanhong to get more information.

In the final analysis, there is a huge gap in this game. The customer knows that he is just a translator, and taking orders online to make money proves that he has no background and influence. Know nothing.

Liu Li needed information, and he was eager to reverse the intelligence gap.

Is it because of what?Is it still a problem of my own translation, because I have comprehended the Tao rhyme of the Wuming Taoist scripture, so it is inevitable to show it in the translation?

This is the only reasonable guess.

Ding Yanhong said: "Ms. Liu, after seeing all the translations, the client thinks your translation is the best, and hopes to have a private communication with you on the translation content."

Sure enough...

Hearing this, Liu Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the matter has not gotten out of control yet.

"If it's all the price of my translation of this order." Liu Li said: "It's okay to take a few more orders, but it's unnecessary to meet with customers, right?"

Liu Li couldn't wait to eat all the orders, let alone the money, just the full text of the Wuming Daojing made him look forward to it very much.

Ding Yanhong said: "The customer is very persistent, Mr. Liu, why don't you think about it and exchange contact information first."

Liu Li said directly: "Then what if the client discusses with me alone and needs to make other orders, what should the company do?"

He directly punctured this key intersecting point of interests, wanting to see Ding Yanhong's reaction.

Ding Yanhong said: "I asked the boss, but he doesn't care."

The corner of Liu Li's mouth twitched.

This proves that the relationship between this client and the boss of the company is very close, and it is by no means the level of ordinary friends.

very bad!
Although Liu Li is an interpreter who accepts orders online and basically does not meet people in the company, the problem is that he has signed a contract with the company.

On the contract, there is a copy of his ID card and the contact information of him and his family!

In order to be able to send the contract, the company also knew his address!
At present, although the client's willingness to contact him is very strong, the way the client requests to contact him is still soft and not tough. Information!

Liu Li's mind was in a mess, but his thoughts were in a flash, and he had already got the answer.

Take the initiative to contact customers!Take the initiative!
Liu Li said: "It's no problem to exchange contact information. I'm still curious about what the customer wants to communicate with me. You can give him my contact information."

"Okay, then I will." Ding Yanhong said.

Liu Li felt uneasy, he was about to come into contact with an existence suspected of possessing supernatural powers, he didn't know the good or evil of the other party, and he didn't know the other party's abilities!

He felt restless, and his mind was full of random thoughts, such as whether the other party might be able to read minds through online chat.

Suddenly there was a mark shaking at the bottom right of the computer screen.

Someone added him as a friend.

Liu Li clicked on it. The profile picture was a two-dimensional young lady with purple hair and purple eyes. She was wearing a nightcap. Her nickname was a word made up of two English letters. ".

"From account search, female, 127 years old."

"Additional information is that Sirius Translation Company, yes, she is the client."

Liu Li clicked on her profile picture and saw further information.

"Birthday is April 4, two moons and three stars..."

This information can't explain anything. If you take it seriously, this client must be a 127-year-old hag, but this is obviously unlikely... Uh, it seems impossible to say.

Liu Li took a deep breath, clicked Agree, and noted the client.

He then messaged the client first.

"Hello, I am a translator from Sirius Translation Company."

The other party sent it in Chinese, very polite.

"Are you Teacher Liu?"

"I am, what can you do for me?"

"I want to entrust you to undertake other translations, and I also want to communicate with you about the translation of some proper nouns."

Liu Li's inner vigilance was pulled to the extreme, and he did not relax at all because of the other party's two-dimensional avatar and polite tone. Instead, he was aware that the other party's Chinese was good, and he typed fluently and at a fast speed.

Liu Li typed.

Spring Lightning: "You ask."

Customer: "You translated the word 'hair feather' into 'flying bird', and the word 'scale' into 'beetle'. Is there any basis for this?"

Liu Li thought, what is the basis for this, these two words should be translated like this!
After thinking for a moment, he found the reference materials he collected during translation, copied them, and typed:

"Strictly speaking, the scales should be the ancestors of fishes. "Huainanzi·Qing Xingxun" said: "The scales give birth to dragons, and dragons give birth to kun, kuns give birth to Jianxie, and Jianxie give birth to common fish; those with ordinary scales are born in Shuyu.', which means that the scales are the most primitive ancestors of fish. In the current Chinese dictionary, the scale insects and scale insects are considered by the ancients to be the ancestors of fish. For the sake of neatness, I translate them into beetles."

Customer: "Thank you, Jielin, I understand that humans and many creatures on land also evolved from fish. But I still don't understand the feathers. Why don't you translate it into 'butterfly moth'?"

This question is inexplicable.

Liu Li replied:

"From the meaning of the word, the literal translation of hair feather is animal hair and bird feather, and it can also refer to wings, but it has nothing to do with 'butterfly moth' anyway."

When mentioning "butterfly moth", Liu Li associated legends such as Zhuangzi's dream of a butterfly and moths flying into flames.

The client was silent for a long time, and when Liu Li almost thought that the consultation was over, he sent another message.

Client: "Mr. Liu, I can see from your communication that you are very responsible for your work. Regarding the other contents of the original text, I would like to meet and discuss with you in real life."

Liu Li's face changed slightly.

"That's not necessary."

"A lot of things can only be explained clearly during the interview." The customer said: "If you find it troublesome, I can come to the city where you are. You are in Star City, right?"

Liu Li felt a lot of pressure. He wanted to refuse, but he was afraid that after the rejection, the customer could still get his detailed information from the company, which would be even worse.

"That's too much trouble for you." Liu Li replied.

"It doesn't matter, I'll come to Star City right now, let's make an appointment to meet next week."

Coming to Star City to find someone to meet is like going out for a walk, which proves that the other party's financial conditions are not bad.Liu Li thought about it.

When things come to an end, there is no other way, but soldiers can only come to cover up the water and soil.Liu Li thought: "At least I have more initiative than I refuse. I can take the initiative to initiate contact, decide the time and place of contact, and make sufficient preparations."

"It's just that I will be face-to-face with the customer next week, and the time is very tight."

(End of this chapter)