The Age of Rebirth: Winning since the educated youth went to the countryside

After the meeting, Zhou Ziwen went to the pig farm. After staying there for a while, he went to the chicken farm.

Seeing that everything was normal, Zhou Ziwen returned home and continued to work as an interpreter.

Although the information I brought back earlier was not important, it still took a lot of time to translate.

For the next two days, Zhou Ziwen was busy translating materials.

After two days, his English proficiency has improved a lot.

【English LV3】(236/300)

According to the current progress, it will take less than two days to reach level four.

It’s noon this day.

When it was almost time to eat, Zhou Ziwen raised his head and stretched hard.

"Finally finished, this money is really not easy to earn!"

He rubbed his sore eyes, but his heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.

Zhou Ziwen stood up and stretched his stiff shoulders and neck. Long hours of concentrated work made his body a little tired.

He walked to the window, pushed it open, let the fresh air flow into the room, took a deep breath, and felt a lot more energetic.

"Brother Ziwen, it's time for dinner!" Chen Qiaoyi's voice came from the yard, accompanied by little Yueyue's cheerful laughter.

Zhou Ziwen responded, put down the translation manuscript on the table, and prepared to check it again after dinner.

After making sure there was no problem, he sent it to Li Guangwen.

On the dining table, there was simple but delicious food.

As Chen Qiaoyi served Zhou Ziwen some rice, she smiled and said, "Brother Ziwen, you've been working too hard these past two days. You need to eat more."

Zhou Ziwen looked at Chen Qiaoyi's gentle smile, his heart filled with warmth. He took the bowl and said, "Qiaoyi, you've worked hard too. It's not easy to take care of little Yueyue."

Little Yueyue was sitting in a baby chair nearby, waving her little hands and babbling, and seemed happy that her father had completed his work.

After the meal, Zhou Ziwen carefully checked the translation manuscript. After finding no problems, he sorted the manuscript out and put it into a military green satchel.

He rode his bicycle towards the county town.

Along the way, the sun shone on him and the breeze blew across his face, and he felt particularly happy.

When we arrived at the bookstore, Li Guangwen was busy inside.

When he saw Zhou Ziwen coming in, he immediately put down his work, walked up to him and said, "Ziwen, you're here. I was expecting you!"

Zhou Ziwen smiled and took out the translation manuscript from his schoolbag and handed it to Li Guangwen, saying, "Uncle Li, the translation is finished. Please take a look."

Li Guangwen took the manuscript and began to review it impatiently.

After reading for a while, Li Guangwen found that Zhou Ziwen's translation quality was very high.

Just based on the translation level, it is much higher than his.

An expression of surprise gradually appeared on Li Guangwen's face. He had originally given the translation task to Zhou Ziwen with the mentality of giving it a try, but he did not expect that this young man could complete it so well.

He read the manuscript carefully, became more and more satisfied, and nodded frequently.

"Ziwen, your translation skills really impress me!"

Li Guangwen couldn't help but exclaimed, "This is much better than I expected. Whether it's grammar, word choice, or sentence fluency, it's perfect."

"I was worried that you might encounter some difficulties, but I didn't expect that you not only completed it smoothly, but also achieved such a high level. You are really a language genius!"

Zhou Ziwen smiled modestly and said, "Uncle Li, you are too kind. I am also trying my best to do it, and it is thanks to you for giving me this opportunity."

Li Guangwen patted Zhou Ziwen on the shoulder and said, "You are not only talented, but also so humble. I believe that with your ability, you will achieve great success in the field of translation in the future."

"You have done such an excellent job in this translation task. I will definitely recommend you to my superiors. If there are more important translation tasks in the future, you will be given priority."

There is no way. Although Zhou Ziwen does not think he is that great, his translation level is too high for people of this era.

Of course, this is also because there are too few translation talents in the country.

"Thank you, Uncle Li." Zhou Ziwen thanked with a smile.

Li Guangwen smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Ziwen, you deserve this based on your own ability. Come, I will settle your royalties right away."

As he said this, he turned and walked behind the counter, took out a notebook and a pen from a drawer, and began to calculate.

Generally speaking, if you translate a magazine or journal, it costs five yuan per journal.

If the number of words translated exceeds 3,000, it will be calculated based on three blocks per thousand words.

The journal translated by Zhou Ziwen this time has a lot of words, so it is calculated based on three blocks per thousand words.

Li Guangwen calculated seriously, muttering numbers from time to time.

After a while, he raised his head and said to Zhou Ziwen with a satisfied smile: "Ziwen, your translation fee has been calculated this time."

"The journal you translated has a total of 5,1886 words. Based on the standard of 3 yuan per thousand words, the total is 17.66 yuan. I will round it up to a whole dollar and give you 18 yuan."

Zhou Ziwen was a little surprised. He didn't expect the fee would be as much as eighteen yuan.

In that era, eighteen yuan was not a small sum of money, equivalent to a month's salary for some workers.

"Uncle Li, thank you." Zhou Ziwen hurriedly thanked him.

"Haha, you deserve it." Li Guangwen waved his hand with a smile, "There are too few translators in our country. Now all walks of life in the country are learning advanced Western technology. There are a lot of documents that need to be translated every day."

"So the higher-ups have assigned corresponding translation tasks to our bookstores, and we are also looking for suitable people to help."

"Some of the people we found before either translated inaccurately or were too slow, which delayed things."

"You really helped a lot this time. It would be great if you could complete the task as quickly and well as you did in the future."

Li Guangwen said with emotion.

Zhou Ziwen quickly said, "Uncle Li, don't worry. I will take every translation task seriously."

"I am confident in the quality of your translation. Whether I can complete the task in the future depends on you." Li Guangwen patted his shoulder with a smile.

Zhou Ziwen nodded firmly and said, "Uncle Li, since you trust me so much, I will definitely do my best. I also hope to contribute to the development of the country through my own efforts."

"Okay, okay, Ziwen, I have two English journals that need to be translated. One is an introduction to new technologies in the field of mechanical manufacturing, and the other is a report on scientific research results in agriculture."

"Both of these journals are relatively important and more difficult than the one you translated before. But I believe in your ability. Do you have the time and confidence to take on these two tasks?"

As Li Guangwen spoke, he took out two periodicals from under the counter and handed them to Zhou Ziwen.

Zhou Ziwen took the journal and glanced through it.

The journal in the field of mechanical manufacturing is full of various professional terms and complex sentence structures, and the agricultural scientific research results report also involves many unfamiliar words and specific experimental data expressions.

With his current level of English, it is still very difficult.