Chapter five hundred and eighty sixth translation error
The world of children is simple. One ice cream can make Yan Yan smile and follow the two of them happily into the school.
Rehearsals are boring, and bringing Yan Yan with them is undoubtedly the right choice.
Peking University has many activities every year, and the "January and 9th" song meeting is quite influential. More than 20 teams participate in the competition every year, and each team has a total of around 100 people. The scale is very large if you calculate it carefully.
Yan Xiaoqin's Yuanpei Experimental Class was too few, so he naturally could not organize it. He could only establish a department junta with the Department of Art, Chenghuan and Guoguan.
There is a separate rehearsal hall on the top floor of Building 5 of Science. Since the school has not been built separately, except for the art garden, this is the only teaching venue in the art department, so it is most suitable for rehearsals.
In the eyes of Chen Qiaoshan, an outsider, except for a few people, most of the choir members were almost the background board, and they couldn't hear it when they sang together.
Yan Xiaoqin's voice is in average and she has not received professional training. She will definitely not be able to get high notes and can only be assigned to the asterisk.
The female high school and male high school are the eternal protagonists of the choir. In contrast, the other parts seem a bit insignificant, but Yan Xiaoqin doesn't care at all. She is very happy to get the seat in the female low-pitched part.
Chen Qiaoshan has read Yan Xiaoqin's score. Not only does it have no melody, but the rhythm is also quite chaotic, but it sounds like the scene that the overall effect is still good.
After all, it is a newly formed choir, and there will always be problems of one kind or another. If you sing it once, it is said that the instructors invited from Tsinghua University will have to be corrected for a long time.
Chen Qiao couldn't help but sigh that there were really hidden dragons next door, and it was no wonder that so many well-known singers had appeared.
After watching for a while, Chen Qiaoshan felt a little bored.
Fortunately, Yan Yan accompanied him, this girl looked very cute and cute, which attracted many girls to come over.
Chen Qiaoshan has discovered that taking care of the baby and walking the dog has the same effect. He always meets young and beautiful girls who take the initiative to chat about their children's age, name, and talk about the weather for a few words. Of course, meeting an aunt is a different matter.
Fortunately, it’s a campus here. Girls who can come to the art department are generally above the level, so time is easy to pass.
After the rehearsal, the two of them sent Yan Yan back to the courtyard safely, and then talked to Professor Yan about the progress of the paper before returning home.
Chen Qiaoshan originally wanted to take a break early today, but Yan Xiaoqin handed over a stack of manuscripts. He looked through them and found that it was a translation of Schiller's book "Irrational Prosperity".
"All have been translated?" Chen Qiaoshan couldn't help but ask. This book has 300,000 words. In the era when the Internet was popular, it didn't seem to be a lot. Perhaps it was just a monthly update by a high-yield online writer, but a book of Three Kingdoms only has 640,000 words, which is quite thick for a monograph on economics.
"You have a look first and give me some advice." Although Yan Xiaoqin's tone was calm, Chen Qiaoshan did not take it seriously. This was clearly a surprise.
The translation is not simply a copy of the book. Chen Qiaoshan knew very well that Yan Xiaoqin had put in a lot of effort to translate this book.
Yan Fu once said that as long as you have faith, understanding and elegance are enough, but the simple word "faith" for a person is the most difficult part, especially the technical term in economics.
The Tianjin Treaty that treasoned the country back then had a clause of "open doors and equal benefits", which was simply eight words, but it made the meaning clear.
The translator at that time was Li Taiguo. This guy was a British man. He served as the first customs chief in the Qing Dynasty. It can be said that he controlled the economic lifeline of the Qing Dynasty. Regardless of private morality or translation level, this ghost man was still quite good.
Seeing that Chen Qiaoshan was just turning around slowly and not talking, Yan Xiaoqin couldn't help but worry.
Since he learned that Chen Qiaoshan would be involved in finance in the future, Yan Xiaoqin has become concerned about this.
She is not very interested in economics, but as Chen Qiaoshan's girlfriend, she thinks that she still needs to have a basic understanding, and translating "Irrational Prosperity" is a good choice.
It was originally said that the two of them would complete the cooperation, but with the start of their career, Chen Qiaoshan became busier and busier. This matter had been thrown behind him, and Yan Xiaoqin was not upset. She had not stopped for more than a year.
Yan Xiaoqin obviously took some thought to translate the manuscript.
Not only did she get Guanghua's boring finance English, she also consulted relevant professors for some professional issues, saying that it was the first draft, but in fact she has changed the draft a few times. She is still quite confident about the quality of the draft.
Seeing that Chen Qiaoshan never said anything, Yan Xiaoqin was also a little anxious, "What's going on? Are you going to give me an evaluation?"
Chen Qiaoshan said: "Do you want to hear the truth or the lies?"
Yan Xiaoqin gave him a blank look and said angrily: "What do you think I am a three-year-old child, right? Just say it if you have something to say."
After pinching the thickness of the manuscript, Chen Qiaoshan was also a little surprised. He didn't notice that Yan Xiaoqin would do his homework in private.
After reading through it, some off-the-scenes professional vocabulary are relatively accurate, which is enough for economics works, but this does not mean that this manuscript is fine.
Chen Qiaoshan said: "To be honest, it's generally OK."
Hearing this, Yan Xiaoqin showed joy on her face and couldn't help but feel a little proud.
Although there are many top students at Peking University and many top students are everywhere, Yan Xiaoqin is still very confident in Chen Qiaoshan's English level.
Looking at the entire Tsinghua University, Chen Qiaoshan is definitely a unique existence for getting the FECT advanced certificate during his undergraduate studies. He was obviously surprised by his recognition.
Seeing her happy face, Chen Qiaoshan changed the subject and suddenly smiled: "Don't be too happy too early. At the amateur level, you are a beginner, but it's still far from the requirements for publishing."
Yan Xiaoqin was very dissatisfied, "You can't finish your words? Do you have to breathe a lot?"
After all, she tried her best to do it, so Chen Qiaoshan was not too good. He comforted him with kindness: "At your current level, it is already very good. You can sign up for the next financial English level test, and maybe you can get a junior certificate."
"Really?" Yan Xiaoqin was delighted. She could still get a bonus when she got a certificate. Just think about it and know the weight of the EECT certificate. Although she didn't care about that little money, she thought it was worth a try. She taught herself the whole set of financial English and could prove that she was also good.
After thinking about it, Yan Xiaoqin found that Chen Qiaoshan had changed the subject, and she was a little dissatisfied, "You have no evidence, why do you say I am just an introduction? There must be a reason, right?"
Chen Qiaoshan smiled, turned out a page casually, pointed to a place and said, "Look here, the word reciprocal, you translated it into reciprocal, which is an obvious mistake."
Yan Xiaoqin looked at the manuscript and then looked at Chen Qiaoshan, and couldn't help but feel suspicious, "You are not fooling me, Reciprocal and mutual advantages, this is one of the basic principles of the WTO. The official translation is mutual benefit. Even an outsider, I, know, how could there be any mistakes?"
"Yes, you even know mutual benefit." Chen Qiaoshan was also a little surprised. This was a relatively unpopular economic term. Unexpectedly, Yan Xiaoqin came out as soon as she spoke. It seems that she really put in the effort.
"Of course." Yan Xiaoqin was also a little proud. She was still quite interested in refuting Chen Qiaoshan's strengths.
It would be fine to say something else. In terms of mutual benefit, Chen Qiaoshan is very sure that this is a wrong translation.
Now, there will definitely be no problem, but in another ten years, there will be problems.
The word Reciprocal, no matter which version of financial English, is translated as reciprocal, which is actually a mistake. Strictly speaking, this word should be translated as equivalence.
Reciprocity is the benefit of quantification, while reciprocity emphasizes the conditions for market entry and competition policies. These are two completely different concepts.
It is because of this difference that there was a misunderstanding in international trade negotiations.
Before the end of the 15-year special buffer period, China and the EU began a long-term dispute in order to determine the status of the "market economy".
In one round of negotiations, the EU emphasized the principle of "reciprocity", but China has been translating it according to "reciprocity". The result is that Europeans think that the Chinese are too arrogant, and China takes it for granted, and the final result is that the negotiations must have collapsed.
Things are not the end. Even when Trump provoked a trade war, he mentioned "equality" and explained it in a key way.
It is precisely because of these jokes that "mutual benefit", one of the basic principles of the WTO, has gradually been replaced by "mutual benefit".
Of course, all this is changing quietly. If you don’t look at the latest version of the Financial English Dictionary, you will not know the changes.
Of course, this cannot be explained to Yan Xiaoqin. After thinking about it, Chen Qiaoshan said: "If you can translate it according to the mutual benefit, don't you think the terms formulated by foreigners are very redundant? This is the General Agreement on Global Trade Tariffs. Each clause has been considered by countless legal and economists. How could such a problem occur?"
Although Yan Xiaoqin was not very convinced, she also felt that what Chen Qiaoshan said was very reasonable and couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Chen Qiaoshan felt that this was an opportunity. It would never be wrong to expose the problem in advance, and it would not be possible to make jokes in the future. Moreover, it could also be explained by Professor Yan. At least it would be considered a gain, so as not to say that he was not doing his job properly.
"Hey, what are you thinking?" Yan Xiaoqin reminded him and asked again: "What other problems are there besides reciprocal?"
Chen Qiaoshan packed the manuscript first, and then said, "Don't worry about the others. We will complete the translation of this book together. Now you have done most of the work, and leave the rest to me."
After hearing what he said, Yan Xiaoqin was also full of joy.
She didn't have much interest in finance, she just wanted to follow Chen Qiaoshan's footsteps and didn't want to fall too far. The two of them published a book together. Even if they just thought about it, she thought it was an extremely romantic thing, so she spent a lot of effort on this book.
Yan Xiaoqin was also a little worried. Chen Qiaoshan was not only the boss of several companies, but also had a large investment in Hong Kong. He couldn't take care of anything when he was busy. For this reason, he had even finished his studies and asked him to do an interpreter, which was obviously a bit unrealistic.
After hesitating for a moment, she finally asked, "You are so busy, do you have time to proofread?"
When she got home, Yan Xiaoqin had taken off her coat. She was wearing only a light yellow slim cashmere sweater on her upper body. Her chest was slightly large and formed smooth lines with her slender waist, making her look concave and concave.
Staring at her increasingly distinct figure, Chen Qiaoshan said: "Time is like that, and there will always be something to squeeze."
In private, I had heard Chen Qiaoshan say a joke about squeezing time, and Yan Xiaoqin couldn't help but blush. She gave Chen Qiaoshan a blank look and said, "I'll tell you the serious business, don't be serious."
Chen Qiaoshan smiled and said, "I'm talking about squeezing toothpaste. You can't blame me if you think wrongly, right?"
Chapter completed!