Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 247 Translation Talents
On Monday morning, Duan Yun was called to the office by the secretary as soon as he arrived at the unit.

However, unlike before, when he came to the secretary's office today, Zhao Dongsheng was very polite to him, and even got up to give him a cup of tea, which made Duan Yun feel a little flattered.

In fact, since Duan Yun was admitted to Ye University, not only the secretary, but also other people in the factory have begun to look at him differently. Although he is only a small technician in the technical department, many people in the organization will greet him when they see him .

It is obvious that Duan Yun is doomed to have a foundation for success in the future with his university education, and the technician is just a transitional position for him.

"Secretary, I'll come!" Seeing Zhao Dongsheng hand over the brewed tea, Duan Yun quickly got up and took it.

"Xiao Duan, have you gotten used to working in the technical department recently?" Zhao Dongsheng asked with a smile.

"It's okay to adapt, but it's just too leisurely." Duan Yun said with a curled lip.

"Hehe, it's good that you can't be idle and refuse to dawdle." Zhao Dongsheng smiled when he heard this, and said, "Actually, there are many ways to work in an agency, and some jobs are indeed leisurely, but if the time is long, it is easy to be useless. ..."

"Secretary, you are right." Duan Yun nodded, and continued: "It is easy for people to become lazy after a long time at ease, but I am not idle, and the preliminary design for the new technological transformation project has already been prepared. I have a plan, and it won't take long for me to finish it all."

Duan Yun knew that Zhao Dongsheng actually wanted to remind himself by saying this, so that he would not forget to study new technological reforms.

Although Duan Yun's situation in the factory has changed a lot since Duan Yun was admitted to university, he also knows that he is only a student studying at night at school. His biggest backer, besides, Zhao Dongsheng has always been very kind to him. At the beginning, the technical reform bonus, the number of model workers, and the promotion of house allocation were all fueled by Zhao Dongsheng, so Duan Yun still has to maintain a humble attitude on Zhao Dongsheng's side. There is no problem with that.

"Well, as long as you understand what you should do, in fact, I remind you occasionally, it is also for your future future." Hearing this, Zhao Dongsheng nodded in satisfaction, pondered for a while and said: "Recently, your repair business is still busy. Is it?"

"It's okay." Duan Yun responded, and asked in surprise: "Secretary, how did you know that I was doing repairs..."

"Hehe, the factory is only that big. Besides, you are a celebrity in the factory now, and many eyes are looking at you. Someone told me about you before..."

"What did you say about me?" Duan Yun asked.

"You don't need to be nervous. They just say that you are a talented person with high skills in repairing electrical appliances. This is not speculation. I won't care about you." Zhao Dongsheng paused, and then said: "I just want to prevent you from delaying the business That's all..."

Obviously, Zhao Dongsheng has never taken Duan Yun's electrical repair business seriously. There are many people in the factory doing private work outside to do small business, but the work in the factory is the real business. You can't lose the watermelon and pick sesame seeds. It was also something Zhao Dongsheng wanted Duan Yun to understand.

What Zhao Dongsheng didn't expect was that Duan Yun is now the 'richest man' in the whole factory, and his net worth has exceeded [-]!

"Secretary Zhao, don't worry, I know that well." Duan Yun replied.

"Well, I know you have a high level of comprehension, and I didn't misunderstand you." Zhao Dongsheng sat back at his desk and said, "There is a meeting in the Light Industry Bureau in the afternoon. Come with me."

"You let me attend the meeting in the bureau?" Duan Yun was surprised when he heard this.

During the National Day Model Worker Commendation Meeting last time, Duan Yun met Ruiyang, the director of the Municipal Bureau of Light Industry. You can take Duan Yun with you to participate.

But Duan Yun never took the polite words of the leader on the stage seriously, so Duan Yun was somewhat surprised when he heard that he was going to attend the bureau's meeting this time.

"This is Director Rui's request. Let our factory and brother units bring employees and cadres who are good at English to the Municipal Bureau for a meeting in the afternoon and say that there is a task to be entrusted to you. I consider that you can be admitted to Ye University, but there must be no English. problem, so I talked to the factory manager and decided to take you and Cheng Qingyan to a meeting."

"That's it." Duan Yun nodded upon hearing the words, and said, "Aren't our factory's deputy factory director Yu and Chief Engineer Cheng also college students, will they also attend the meeting?"

"Their college students' English proficiency is not high, and they mainly learn Russian." Zhao Dongsheng said.

"Uh." Duan Yun suddenly realized when he heard the words.

In the first half of the 20s, English was considered an "imperialist language", and a situation of "leaning to one side" of Russian was formed in China.The Russian School occupies the entire East School of the BJ School of Foreign Languages, while English is included in the ranks of "minor languages".

The reason why I chose to major in Russian was related to the general environment at that time.

At that time, the Communist International was in Moscow. There were 12 socialist countries in the world, and the Soviet Union was the big brother.

In the 60s, the Soviet Union provided all-round assistance to China. There were Soviets everywhere in factories and villages, and ordinary Chinese and Soviet citizens had non-governmental exchanges.

The most important thing is that the industrial technology back then was provided by the Soviet Union, and the standards were also Soviet standards. Therefore, regardless of the international environment in which China was located at that time or the needs of domestic technical jobs, it was a matter of course to use Russian as the first foreign language.

It was not until 1964 that the Ministry of Education listed English as the first foreign language in the form of "red-headed documents". After that, the country entered a decade-long era of turmoil, so that in the early 80s, English translation There is an extreme shortage of talents, and even an ordinary prefecture-level city cannot find a few high-level translation talents!

"How is your English?" Zhao Dongsheng asked Duan Yun.

"General." Duan Yun replied very simply.

In fact, in Duan Yun’s previous life, his English level was pretty good, and he had already passed CET-[-]. In addition, during his doctoral training, Duan Yun also translated and checked a lot of materials in foreign languages ​​in order to write a thesis, and he often communicated with foreign students at the same school. , so there is no problem in speaking.

"Yeah." Zhao Dongsheng nodded and said, "I guess some English-speaking people may be needed to translate something in this bureau. If you feel that you are not capable enough, don't slap your face and pretend to be fat. If the translation job comes up If you make a mistake, you will be held accountable!"

Zhao Dongsheng obviously felt that Duan Yun's English level would not be very high, so he gave Duan Yun some warnings in advance so that he could play by ear...

(End of this chapter)