Chapter 45 Chapter nine

The above chapter is called a flashback in the novel technique, or an upside-down pen.Next, we continue to record the seventh chapter. The next day, Hans took off his suit and put on the overalls prepared for him by the factory to start working. The WC machine has been transported to the mine by a large truck and a crane. The first two days were unpacking and transportation, and the translator of college student Feng Liangcai was able to handle it.When it came to the installation stage, Feng Liangcai felt more and more difficult as an interpreter, and Hans' anger was also exposed.I don't know if Hans's personality is like this, or because he is not happy because the translator is not Zhao Xinshu, or because he wants to finish his work early and go to Jiangnan as soon as possible.The two often have little conflicts that only the two of them know about.

Once, Hans took two workers to lie on their backs under the machine, and asked Feng Liangcai who was standing beside him to bring a "Kugel". The word "Kugel" was learned by Feng Liangcai, which means "bullet".He also wondered why Hans who was under the machine wanted a bullet at this time, but he was afraid that Hans would get angry if he asked too much, so he asked a small worker to look for the bullet.This little worker was an apprentice who had just entered the factory and knew nothing. He thought, "I will do whatever you tell me to do." Of course there were no bullets on the construction site, so the little worker ran to the militia headquarters.The person in charge of weapons and ammunition also asked him to go to the leader to approve a note.Running around, when the little worker ran back to the construction site with a rifle bullet, Hans had already crawled out from under the machine, and while wiping his hands with cotton gauze, he lost his temper at Feng Liangcai. "Kugel! Kugel!" Hans pointed to a pile of steel balls next to the machine, and shouted at Feng Liangcai with his eyes wide open.He also babbled a lot of words, but the workers around him couldn't understand them, so they didn't think they were praising him anyway.

In front of many workers, Feng Liangcai was determined to uphold his dignity, blushing and talking back to Hans.The two gesticulated and chattered for a long time before Hans told him that the word "Kugel" in German not only refers to bullets, but also refers to metal balls and rolling balls on bearings. "You can't!" Hans waved his hand straight, "You can't be an interpreter! You are far worse than Mr. Zhao. Please go tell your leader and transfer Mr. Zhao Xinshu back. Aren't all your Chinese enterprises state-owned? Is it easier to transfer personnel than ours in the West? Go! Please go and tell the government officials that this is my request. Didn’t that Mr. Wu say that I can make any request?”

After lunch, Feng Liangcai ran to Deputy Director Zheng's house angrily.He is the youngest son in the family. He has been spoiled since he was a child, and his family has not been impacted during the "Cultural Revolution". How could he have suffered such grievances?Moreover, after graduation, seeing other students who stayed in school, and some were assigned to big cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but he, a student of German, was assigned to the Northwest. Stay here. "Deputy Director Zheng," Feng Liangcai said with a straight face, "that Hans asked you to bring back the engineer surnamed Zhao to serve as his interpreter."

"What?" Deputy Factory Manager Zheng brought him a cup of tea, put it on the coffee table, and pointed to the sofa next to him, "Sit down first. Are you having any difficulties in translation? Talk slowly." Is it difficult——" Feng Liangcai turned his mind: he still can't admit that there is any difficulty.In the college, his test scores were not bad, and now he is also fluent in general oral translation, how can he say that he is not good?So he said: "There is nothing difficult about difficulties. It's just that, you know, people who speak foreign languages ​​should cooperate and cooperate with translators. If the two people cooperate and cooperate well, no matter how good the translator is, it will not work! I think that Hans The engineer surnamed Zhao will definitely be able to cooperate; probably Engineer Zhao has also touched Hans’s way of speaking and gained experience. It will also be beneficial for the work to transfer Engineer Zhao back to work as an interpreter for him.”

Deputy factory manager Zheng is an experienced leader.He already knew it clearly in his stomach.But Feng Liangcai himself did not want to admit that there were difficulties, and it was inconvenient for him to expose the problem. "Then you should work hard to cooperate and cooperate with Hans. He is a foreign guest, and we invited him here. Xiao Feng, you can't play childish temper! Foreigners are not like us Chinese. When it comes to work, he is not It’s about friendship. Sometimes, you will be wronged. That’s okay! Young man, it’s good for you to temper yourself.” “I’m not afraid of being wronged. In fact, Hans has nothing against me.” Although he was furious, he still wanted to cover up the friction between him and Hans.If the leader knows that Hans is dissatisfied with him, he must think it is his fault. "I just think that if Engineer Zhao is to be transferred back to him as an interpreter, the two of them will lose their temper, and the work will go smoothly. Besides, this is also a request made by Hans himself." After a pause, he asked again, " Where has Engineer Zhao been transferred? Is there any difficulty in transferring him?"

Deputy factory manager Zheng took a sip of tea, pondered for a while, and suddenly said in an emotional tone: "Oh! There is no difficulty in transferring him, and there is no difficulty at all. Humph! Mr. Zhao didn't go anywhere, he was in our factory, But right now the leaders can't let him get in touch with Hans." "Ah!" Feng Liangcai was startled, and asked in surprise, "Then why?" "Why? I don't know why." Deputy Director Zheng turned sideways and faced him. "Xiao Feng, don't ask 'why'. In short, we believe in you." Deputy Director Zheng put the emphasis on the word "you". "In the future, you will know that it is the most difficult thing to gain the trust of others. You should continue to be an interpreter. If there are any difficulties, try to overcome them. Don't underestimate being an interpreter here for ten days. Send Hans away, you After finishing the work, we will write an appraisal and thank you letter to your Academy of Social Sciences in the name of the bureau. This will be very useful for your future promotion and evaluation of professional titles. You work hard, and we will not treat you badly."

Feng Liangcai didn't understand the secret of keeping the engineer surnamed Zhao from contacting Hans, but based on his experience, he thought there must be some kind of conspiracy between this Chinese and that foreigner.Otherwise, why did Hans insist that the surname Zhao follow him?At the same time, he understood that being a temporary translator here would be good for his future, so he had to hold back his temper and continue to follow Hans. One afternoon all was well.The next day, during the installation work, Feng Liangcai came across a technical term, which Feng Liangcai mistranslated into something else, and the workers brought it to Hans. When Hans saw it, he lost his temper again.

"Mr. Feng, you can't engage in technical translation!" Hans pointed at Feng Liangcai bluntly. "Technical translation is different from general translation. Did you mention the request I asked you to do? Why didn't you call Mr. Zhao?" Feng Liangcai was not a humble person, and he was easily impulsive. Facing Hans, he said neither humble nor overbearing: "I have already conveyed your request to the factory leaders, but they have not agreed. Mr. Hans, as far as I know, Mr. Zhao Mr. has not been transferred, but is still in this factory." It means, just make do with it, and they won't let that guy surnamed Zhao get in touch with you; you should know what you two are up to!

"Oh?" Hans stared at his blue eyes suspiciously. "Is he still in this factory? He hasn't been transferred? Then why didn't he be sent to work with me? Go! Please take me to meet the person in charge of your factory, and I will make a request in person." Feng Liangcai did not expect Hans to do this.Seeing Hans' unashamed and righteous expression, he had no choice but to go. But he couldn't take Hans to find Deputy Factory Manager Zheng, because the factory manager revealed to him the secret that Zhao Xinshu hadn't transferred, and if there was a trouble, he would put him in his pocket.So he took Hans to find Li Renzhong.

In the factory manager's office, Li Renzhong received them politely.After sitting down, Hans said a few words, Feng Liangcai translated in this way: "Director Li, I heard from others that Zhao Xinshu has not been transferred, I hope you can let him work with me." Hans's original words It is "listen to this gentleman", Feng Liangcai translated it into "listen to others". Li Renzhong asked Hans directly in English: "Mr. Hans, does this Mr. Feng have any difficulties in translation, which makes you unsatisfied. Ah, you can answer me in German." Hans glanced at Feng Liangcai, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Ask Mr. Feng." There is no need to translate these words, and it can be seen from Hans' expression.Seeing that Li Renzhong's English is very good and he is also a technician, Feng Liangcai said frankly: "Director Li, you are a technician and you know foreign languages. You also know that scientific translation is not the same as ordinary translation. There are many special terms in it; there are many cases of polysemy in German. I am not a professional in your field. I never read this professional textbook when I was studying German in college. I only translated a few philosophical and sociological materials in German. So I personally think it would be better to have an expert to work with Hans." Li Renzhong pursed his lips, thought for a while, and said to Feng Liangcai: "I have known this for a long time. It is of course much more suitable for Chinese experts to work with foreign experts than for you to be an interpreter. However, Comrade Zhao Xinshu still has a lot of things at hand. It's not over, you can't take him out immediately. You explain to Hans like this, saying that once the business with Xinshu Zhao is over, you will be transferred to work with him immediately. Xiao Feng, please be careful these days, in foreign countries Be open-minded in front of people, at least their German is much better than yours, if you don’t understand something, you can ask them twice, this is also an opportunity to learn, okay?” "I -- I don't have any 'good or bad'." Feng Liangcai lowered his eyes and tilted his head and said, "It's just that Hans has such a request, and he has asked it several times. It has been asked since the beginning. How can I explain it to Hans? At one point they said that Mr. Zhao had been transferred, and at another they said that Mr. Zhao had not been transferred, but that he had other jobs. Director Li, if Mr. Zhao has any problems and he can’t be allowed to get close to foreigners, just tell Hans. That’s it. It can also make him stop that idea and cooperate with me better." "Hey! You can't say that like Hans," Li Renzhong said hastily, "Mr. Zhao has nothing wrong with him! There is nothing that prevents him from getting close to foreigners. Of course, we can't lie to foreigners either. He is busy with other work now. Xiao Feng, if you have any difficulties in technical translation, you can directly contact me and we will study together. Sigh! After leaving the factory manager, I am busy with corporate reorganization, meetings and study all day long, so I will work with you and touch this WC machine. But...you see, I am so busy all day long that I have time to read some technical documents. None. Really..." The two Chinese spoke in monosyllabic Chinese with ups and downs for a long time. Hans couldn't understand it, but it was obvious from the expressions that the two Chinese were very embarrassed.In the end, Feng Liangcai told him that Mr. Zhao Xinshu was indeed not transferred and was still in the factory, but he was taking on other work now, and he would come to work as an interpreter for him as soon as that work was over.Hans had nothing to say, stood up and said goodbye. "Mr. Hans," Li Renzhong sent Hans out, and said to him in English, "This Mr. Feng has just graduated from university, and he doesn't understand our major, so please explain more to him in terminology." He is a young man, if there is anything wrong, please forgive him..." Hans nodded, "Yeah, yeah" agreed.However, he always felt in his heart that behind the politeness of the Chinese people, there was something hidden from him.