Lord of Arcane

"It has been confirmed. There are twelve people in the first batch, two stewards, four chefs, and six waiters. These people are ready to leave and can leave at any time. But the problem now is that there are still few translators. I really Can’t recruit.”

When Leiden reported the situation, he also talked about the current difficulties. Xia Duo nodded calmly after hearing this. He knew that he was really embarrassing Leiden with the translation issue.

As for the Tower of Time, which mage who is proficient in Elvish would not want to stay in the Tower of Time to further his studies. The last time he went to Everesca was just for a short period of time as a temporary translator. Now this kind of long-term translator may not be just a mere Lingsi. Network permissions are enough.

As for finding people from outside, it is not easy. These days, apart from businessmen who specialize in trading with elves, the most proficient in Elvish language are mages.

People in the Tower of Time can accept being translators for ordinary people, and even obey the commands of ordinary people, but mages outside may not be able to accept it.

Businessmen who are proficient in Elvish basically have their own jobs, and there are no shortage of such professional talents anywhere.

However, as long as you search patiently, you can always find it. Thinking of this, Sha Duo couldn't help but ask Leiden: "Have you ever gone to Savileland to look for it?"

"Of course I have, but at present the most serious obstacle to the integration of the two places is the Chamber of Commerce. I asked someone to ask, and their reply was - the Chamber of Commerce has arrangements with the Chamber of Commerce, and it is really impossible to spare extra people."

"Have you asked the Liaton Chamber of Commerce, or the Silver Leaf Family?" Sha Duo asked again.

If nothing else, the chamber of commerce that Leiden is looking for should be the official chamber of commerce in the Savile Territory. However, in addition to the official chamber of commerce, the Savile Territory also has other chambers of commerce that deal with elves. Even foreign chambers of commerce are basically aimed at the city of Conifera in the east. Go.

"Mrs. Patty of the Liaton Chamber of Commerce is focused on taking care of her children at home and no longer cares about the Chamber of Commerce's affairs, so I sent someone to ask. As for the Silverleaf family, all the members of their family who understand Nese language are in Austria. Chief Rips’ men are not at home.”

"What about foreign chambers of commerce?"

"There are people from foreign chambers of commerce who understand Elvish, but they either don't want to let him go easily, or they ask for an extremely high price. Considering that he might be hired for a long time, I didn't agree."

"That's it!"

Xia Duo thought for a moment and finally made a decision, "I will let Oripus give you two elves who understand Nese language, but you don't expect them to stay in the Friendship Tower as translators and recruit a group of translator apprentices from the territory. This time, they were sent to Everriska together, and they were asked to work as waiters, learn Elvish in their free time, and go to the civilian community of Everriska to send warmth when they had time. On the one hand, they managed the image of the territory, and on the other hand, they also practiced Elvish."

In fact, the cost of using elves as translators is much higher than recruiting human translators from outside at high prices. The salary offered by Sha Duo to the elf employees of Oripus is completely based on the standards of the elf country, which is almost 4 to 5 times that of human employees of the same level.

Not to mention the temporary call bonus and subsidies from human leaders this time, the actual price paid may be ten times.

So Xia Duo also wants free training. Since he paid a high price, he should make good use of it. Elves don't mind teaching humans Elvish, but their attitude may not be very good during the teaching process.

But if a human translator teaches other people, it means ruining his own job. I am afraid that even if he pays ten times the hiring fee, the human translator is not willing to teach, and in fact he may not be able to teach him clearly.

Not everyone can study Elvish like a mage. It is enough for a businessman to know some basic conversations and understand some sentences for bargaining.

For mages, for example, the Elvish language elective course in the Tower of Time will teach systematically from syllables, grammar, etymology, etc. The most direct purpose is not to communicate with the elves, but to understand the Elvish literature.

The purposes are different, and the teaching methods and effects are also different.

Using elves who understand Nese language to teach is actually closer to the natural learning process. As long as the purpose of communication is achieved, those with outstanding talents should be able to learn it in a few months.

You can just study on your own later, in the Elvish environment anyway.    …

With Sha Duo's decision, Leiden naturally had no objections. Of course, he should recruit local translation apprentices, and Sha Duo also gave requirements and deadlines——

"Finish the candidates before the end of the month, and try to select adults with better language talents. There should be many such people among the people born in Langas and Mulan. People born in Nese can also be good as long as they are talented. The first batch Let’s pick ten people first!”

There won't be much pressure for an elf to lead five apprentices. If he has to do a hundred or ten at one time, should he hire someone to be a translator or a teacher?

If you really want to let people do two jobs, you will have to pay double the salary. Taking into account the previous bonus, it will require nearly twenty times the expenses of similar human employees.

Xia Duo is not short of money, but he will not waste it carelessly.

"If there are only ten people in the first batch, they can be found within two days!"

"Two days are too little. It's better to finish it before the end of the month as I just said. However, the first batch of translation apprentices should be selected from the best as possible, learn basic Elvish conversation as soon as possible, and acquire the subsequent self-study ability."

Sha Duo also made demands on these apprentices and made arrangements for their follow-up, "After that, we will use them as Elvish teachers to teach the newcomers. These are very important seeds. You have to choose more carefully to select the real ones." Language genius.”

There are currently more than 500,000 people in the Daxia Territory. Xia Duo believes that there must be language geniuses among them. During the process of the previous preparatory territory citizens becoming regular citizens, a considerable number of language geniuses emerged. They can learn to be patient in a short period of time. Color language, even Nese words.

Elvish is also a language. There is one kind of language talent, and there is a high probability that there will be a second, third, or even more. Is language talent still divided into languages?

……

After confirming the dispatch of Everesca personnel, the atmosphere in the office suddenly became much more relaxed, and Shado chatted with Leiden about the daily life of the territory.

For example, in the cooking competition that just ended a few days ago, Xia Duo actually paid attention to it during the process, but he didn't understand it as comprehensively as Leiden.

After listening to Layton’s detailed introduction this time, especially the enthusiasm of the residents for participating in the cooking competition, Sha Duo felt that it was necessary to turn this temporary Friendship Tower Restaurant chef recruitment event into a regular cooking competition to enrich the residents. spare time life.

Leiden also agreed with Chateau's proposal, and even went a step further, saying, "In addition to cooking competitions, we can also hold some vocational skills competitions, such as carpentry, forging, planting, etc., and hold more competitions with many participants. Large-scale events are also conducive to accelerating the integration of the north and the south."

"Yes, it's called a professional skill rating competition!"

For a moment, inspiration burst out in Xia Duo's mind, and he continued: "In addition, in order to increase everyone's enthusiasm for participation, the Government Affairs Department can also issue a certain amount of subsidies to the winners of the competition every month.

“The higher the skill rating, the higher the subsidy amount. We encourage everyone to continuously improve their skills! When the total number of winners reaches a certain number, a higher level rating competition can be held.

"There is a snow melting competition in Severton, so we will have a small snow melting competition of our own. In addition to the traditional professional skills competition, we can also hold an arcane competition."

Xia Duo has actually wanted to hold an arcane competition for a long time, but it is rare for Tower of Time mages to become high-level mages. Now it seems that he can hold an arcane competition in the territory in the name of the territory, which can also make ordinary people more accustomed to it. The existence of the mage also makes the caster more adaptable to the identity of ordinary citizens.

When the competition becomes bigger in the future, it won’t be too late to accept registrations from outsiders.