Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 249 Translation Task
Young people in later generations may not have heard much about Daxing's automobile factory, but in fact, Daxing did have an automobile factory in the 90s, and it was still famous at that time.

Founded in 1956, Daxing Automobile Factory is a national designated light vehicle factory, a member factory of China FAW Group, and a member factory of China Highway Machinery Corporation. Designated production plant.At that time, the advertising slogan of Yungang Automobile was: "Yungang Automobile, the choice of connoisseurs".

At that time, no matter where you went, the words "Made in Daxing" seemed to carry a halo invisibly.In the 90s, on the north side of the exit of Daxing Railway Station, there were two giant billboards, which were "Yungang Automobile" of Daxing Automobile Factory and "Saibeijian" of Daxing General Staff Automobile Factory. In the era of ordinary people's homes, this place used to be a window that made Daxing people proud, and it was also a window that attracted tourists from other places.

But in the end, the good times didn’t last long. Before Daxing’s car could catch up with the development climax of China’s auto industry, it suddenly died down. There was no business. Because there was no market, the central government also tightened the management of car production licenses, and it closed down early.

And this time Ruiyang intends to negotiate with West Germany to purchase a set of automobile production line equipment that they have eliminated.

It is said to be a production line, but it is actually just a few key equipment on the production line.

Although this set of equipment is somewhat backward in technology, it is still very advanced in China. At that time, the main automobiles in China were still at the level of the 40s, and the technology from the Soviet Union was introduced. Due to historical reasons, the technology was basically standing still and there was no progress. This shows how big the gap between domestic and international automobile manufacturing was in the 80s.

As for not importing the latest foreign automobile manufacturing technology and production lines, on the one hand, the reason is because of the technological blockade of domestic developed countries in the West; , The high price is not affordable by the country.

China and West Germany established diplomatic relations in 1971, and West Germany is also one of the western countries with the best relations with China in this era. The price of the obsolete automobile production line that is going to be sold this time is very cheap, and relevant technical information is also provided, so several When Ruiyang went abroad for inspection a month ago, he was very interested in this automobile production line, and immediately made a report with the Ministry. After the report was approved, Ruiyang got the equipment drawings from West Germany, and planned to translate them for the Daxing Automobile Factory conducts discussion and research, and finally formulates the most suitable purchase plan.

"Director Rui, translating this is really beyond my English level." At this time, a middle-aged man in his 40s glanced at the English documents piled up on the top, and said with a frown, "If something goes wrong, I'm not helping you..."

"This is not a hard task. If you feel that you are not capable enough, you don't need to take this task." Ruiyang pondered for a while, then smiled and said to everyone: "But if anyone of you can translate these foreign language materials well, there will be people in the bureau. Rewarded..."

"Director Rui, what's the reward? Can you tell us about it?" At this moment, a courageous middle-aged woman asked Ruiyang with a smile on her face.

"If the level of translation is high and the spoken language is good...it is possible to go abroad to negotiate with foreign businessmen." Ruiyang said after a moment of pondering.

As soon as Ruiyang's words fell, the scene suddenly became restless.

For people in this era, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to go abroad, but it is definitely a great honor and opportunity to go abroad at public expense.

"Our Bureau of Light Industry currently does not have specialized translators. Originally, I could apply with the Ministry, but it would take too long for the approval, so I wanted to find such a master translator in Daxing. If you really have such a If you are capable, I can also transfer you to work in the bureau to solve the cadre establishment!" Ruiyang said with a raised brow.

Hearing this, everyone at the scene was moved again.

In fact, most of the people who came today have a technical secondary school degree or above, and they are all cadres in the factory. They don't need Ruiyang to be promoted, but the Light Industry Bureau is a higher-level unit. They are transferred from state-owned enterprises to public institutions. At the same level, the title and salary will also be improved, at least half a level, and the job of translation is quite popular, and you can still follow the leader to go abroad frequently in the future, so this reward given by Ruiyang is indeed very attractive .

"If you don't quit, it's hard work for everyone." Seeing that everyone had no intention of quitting, Ruiyang winked at the staff around him, and the latter immediately distributed the copies of the drawings and materials that had been sorted out to those present everyone.

"Pay attention to the proper preservation of the materials." Ruiyang settled down, then waved his hand and said: "After you get the materials, you can go back."

After hearing the words, everyone left with the information.

In fact, many people were planning to retreat just now, but they all changed their minds after hearing that Ruiyang offered such a generous reward.

Just being able to go abroad at public expense is enough to make people excited.

As for the low level of translation, if you check the English-Chinese dictionary diligently, you can barely complete the translation. Many people are also planning to try it with this idea.

Duan Yun also got a file bag containing materials. On the bag was written 'Punching Machine B-No. 5'. When he opened it, he found that there were at least a hundred pages of drawings and materials inside.

"How is your English?" Cheng Qingyan asked Duan Yun after walking out of the office building of the Light Industry Bureau.

"Enough." Duan Yun replied with a smile.

"I might almost..." Cheng Qingyan sighed softly, and said, "It would be great if I had the opportunity to go abroad, but unfortunately our school didn't teach much English at the time, so it's still unknown whether we can translate these materials."

"If you find it troublesome, I can help you translate." Duan Yun said.

"Can you translate so many drawings and documents by yourself?" Cheng Qingyan shook her head when she heard the words, and then said: "The translation of these documents is not enough to know a few words, some things need some related mechanical foundation to translate in place."

Cheng Qingyan's family has a lot of foreign information books, which were brought back from abroad by her father. Cheng Qingyan also read some foreign language materials in order to study the powerful shot blasting machine some time ago, but these materials are mainly in Russian, and there are also English ones. , but Cheng Qingyan didn’t take English classes for a long time when she was in school, so her English level is average, and it’s quite difficult to translate. She can only translate slowly by looking up the English dictionary and squeezing toothpaste...

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