Era: 1979 From mountain man to richest man

Chapter 52 The way to make money is right before your eyes
"It ranges from seven cents per thousand words to three yuan per thousand words." Cao Wei took out all the English publications she wanted to translate and placed them in front of Song Chaoyang.

Song Chaoyang looked at the publications in front of him and asked curiously:
"The price difference is so big?"

"Are they classified according to the difficulty of translation of different contents?"

Cao Wei nodded:

"Yeah, that's right."

"The higher the professionalism, the higher the price, and the management type is the lowest, followed by newspapers, speeches, scientific journals, and finally professional brochures."

"If you are translating the most difficult professional instruction manual, 10,000 words will cost you thirty yuan. Of course, you can also exchange it for notes."

"I just want some money and some tickets. If it's all converted into money, it would be more."

Song Chaoyang's heart beat faster when he heard the price, and he praised:
"I didn't expect it to be so high."

1 words is 30 yuan, and 10 words is 300 yuan.

The entire translation of such a manual costs at least five to six hundred yuan.

In other words, as long as I translate the entire manual, I will have enough money to buy land and bricks.

If you translate a few more books, you can earn a steady stream of money from cement, river sand, and manual subsequent decoration.

He was good at English in his previous life. Didn't this opportunity come to him immediately?
Seeing Song Chaoyang's happy expression, Cao Wei reminded:

"But this is very difficult. The translation accuracy must reach 98% to be considered qualified."

"The documents I translate need to be sent to the post office and sent to the province, and then they will check and verify that they meet the standards before the money is remitted."

"If it doesn't meet the standards, it will be in vain."

Song Chaoyang was startled. Ninety-eight percent is considered qualified. You can make 200 mistakes out of 10,000 words, and even less when it comes to phrases. This is quite strict.

Kong Yun also said at this moment:

"And these documents require a deposit."

"It costs ten dollars a copy."

"So expensive?" Song Chaoyang also looked at Cao Wei in surprise.

Cao Wei nodded and confirmed:
"Well, it is indeed a bit expensive, but it is not easy to get these things back from abroad. If you don't pay the deposit and get dirty or lost, it will be a big loss."

Song Chaoyang looked at the things on the table, then made a rough calculation and asked:

"Then don't you get a hundred dollars here?"

"Yeah." Cao Wei nodded and said:
"Most people don't take so many from me. They basically take one. I don't want the trouble of running back and forth, so I got so many at once."

"The deposit was over 100 yuan."

After saying this, she paused for a moment, and then added:

"And that's not all. When I first wanted to take on a job, I could only take the lowest job, which was a thousand words and seven cents."

"Only when there are no mistakes in consecutive translations can you be eligible to apply for a higher unit price."

Song Chaoyang frowned slightly when he heard this. The deposit was really high.

Generally, a book now only costs a few cents, up to one or two yuan. Whether it is a newspaper, magazine or manual, there is a deposit of ten yuan.

The price is almost ten times that of domestic books.

Of course it is understandable, after all, it was brought back from abroad.

After Cao Wei saw Song Chaoyang hesitate, she said again:
"To put it into perspective, if you translate a project with the lowest unit price in the early stage, you have to invest a deposit of ten yuan, and then spend more energy to ensure that it is good. If you translate continuously for more than half a month, you can earn a few yuan or ten yuan. .”

"We have to ensure both accuracy and efficiency. This translation is not an easy job."

Song Chaoyang nodded, no wonder other educated youth didn't do this.

Not to mention the low fault tolerance rate, the difficulty is still high and it takes a long time.

People without two brushes really can't do this.

Of course, it can also be understood that the above is done deliberately for accuracy.

At the same time, it can also filter out some people who plan to make up for their mistakes.

After seeing Song Chaoyang hesitate, Kong Yun said to him:
"Chaoyang, not many people can do this job. You'd better study hard."

After hearing this, Song Chaoyang came back to his senses and said:
"I'd like to try it."

Kong Yun and Cao Wei were both stunned when they heard this. They thought Song Chaoyang would give up just now, but they didn't expect that he actually said he wanted to give it a try.

Then Song Chaoyang looked at Cao Wei and asked:

"You just accept the job at the commune post and telecommunications office, right?"

Cao Wei was startled and nodded:

"Yes, just go to the post and telecommunications office and ask for a job as a translator."

Song Chaoyang thought that he could go to the commune tomorrow, and then go to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell half a basket of dried Gastrodia elata, and then go to the post and telecommunications office.

Wei Hongbing happens to be over there, so things should be relatively simple to handle.

And I also have to submit an anonymous report letter and go to the post and telecommunications office.

But just as Song Chaoyang was silently planning in his heart, Cao Wei suddenly stopped him:
"Song Chaoyang, why don't you just take a copy from me and translate it? If yours can really be translated without errors, I will just use my name to take over the work for you."

"It also saves you a trip to the post office."

After hearing this, Kong Yun also said without waiting for Song Chaoyang's reply:
"Yes, there are so many things here in Chaoyang Cao Wei, and I can't finish them all in a short while anyway."

"Just take the job from her, it's not a bad idea to give it a try." Song Chaoyang glanced at the two of them, and then his eyes fell on the instruction manual on the table. He nodded and said:

"This is a good idea, so I can directly get the translation of a thousand words and three yuan."

"Huh? You want to translate a thousand-character three-yuan one?" Cao Wei asked in surprise when he heard that he wanted to translate the most difficult thing.

Song Chaoyang nodded:
"Yes, they are all translations, why not translate the expensive ones?"

Cao Wei shook her head:
"The level of difficulty is different. Many professional terms need to be found in dictionaries, and some cannot be found at all."

"If you want to translate this, it will take a lot of time. If it is not 98% correct, it will be in vain."

Kong Yun also helped:

"That's right, Chaoyang, you'd better translate the simple translation first."

Cao Wei looked at Song Chaoyang and immediately thought that the educated youths next door were just like him, wanting to translate the most difficult things as soon as they arrived.

As a result, they couldn't translate even the simplest words well.

However, it was not easy to say it directly at this time. Cao Wei just reminded:
"When you translate it, you will know how difficult it is."

"This money doesn't look so easy to earn."

"It's still a bit difficult for me to do it myself."

After hearing this, Song Chaoyang thought for a moment that he could actually try the low difficulty level first to see if it could stump him.

So he picked up a newspaper and said:

"Then... let me try with a newspaper."

"I wonder how much this thousand words cost?"

"One yuan." Cao Wei took a look and said.

Song Chaoyang nodded:
"Okay, that's it."

"I'll take it back and try it first. I'll come over and give you a look later."

After hearing that Song Chaoyang wanted to bring it over to show her the translation results in the evening, Cao Wei reminded her helplessly:

"There's no need to be so anxious. This newspaper is a science and business newspaper, and it's not that easy to translate."

At this moment, she felt that Song Chaoyang had not yet seen the difficulty of translation.

He wanted to translate it all afternoon, he really dared to think!
Thinking of this, Cao Wei took another notebook and handed it to Song Chaoyang:

"Here are some notes I made. Above are some professional terms I listed. If you don't know the words, just look at them. Maybe there will be ones I have written."

Song Chaoyang nodded and accepted it politely.

In any case, this is someone's intention. In addition, the professional terminology these days may not be used in my time, so maybe it can be used if you carry it with you.

"Chaoyang, please take my English dictionary as well."

"This is the latest one from last year." Kong Yun also took out a thick English dictionary from her box.

Of course Song Chaoyang was not polite, he also took over, and then said to them:

"Okay, I'll go then, thank you."

"Okay, I wish you success!"

Kong Yunxiao's eyes curled into crescents, cheering for Song Chaoyang.

……

Then after watching him leave, he turned to Cao Wei and asked:

"Xiaowei, do you think he is okay?"

"You care about him so much, do you really like him?" Cao Wei directly tortured Kong Yun's soul.

Kong Yun's face immediately turned red and she hurriedly said:

"No way... I just think that when he saw such a way to make money, he rushed in hastily. If he found out that he couldn't do it, would it affect his self-confidence?"

Seeing Kong Yun like this, Cao Wei shook her head helplessly and reminded:

"You still have time to care about others, so study hard."

"The most important thing now is next year's college entrance examination. You're just trying to tease cats and dogs, but be careful not to pass!"

"Oh, you are so long-winded, just like my mother." Kong Yunyou glanced outside and found that Song Chaoyang had already disappeared.

Cao Wei said to Kong Yun:

"I'm thinking about you. Don't make any mistakes at this critical moment in the last year."

"Otherwise your parents..."

Kong Yun put her hands together and bowed repeatedly:

"Okay, okay, Elder Cao, please stop reading it!"

Cao Wei had no choice but to give up.

Then he glanced at the direction Song Chaoyang left.

Thinking about what Song Chaoyang would look like when he went back and started translating later, he was probably scratching his head and not knowing how to start.

(End of this chapter)