Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 715 He's Showing off His Skills
Parker has been working in Huaxia for a month. In addition to making a video in Huaxia, he also works part-time as an English teacher in a primary school.

Although he has only formally learned English for two years, Parker's English level is already very good, at least his Chinese level is among the best among all foreign teachers.

During this period of time, because his mother was not in good health, and Christmas was coming soon, he planned to return to the United States to stay for a while, and come back after finishing the affairs there.

He deliberately scheduled the itinerary for the afternoon of December [-]th, just to be able to buy a new book by pz in Huaxia before going back.

After buying the book, I ran to catch the plane before I had time to read it.

After the plane flew smoothly, he took out the "Lord of the Flies" he just bought today and prepared to read it at a high altitude.

He even regrets that the book is too thin, it seems to be only 10,000+ words.

I am afraid that this amount of space can only kill a few hours. If it can be thicker, then his time on the plane will not be boring.

Sure enough, Parker had finished reading "Lord of the Flies" before halfway through the trip.

Rubbing his sore eyes, Parker looked out through the porthole.

Because of the flight time and route planning of this plane, it will basically be daytime along the way, so it is still bright outside at this moment.

When flying, reading a novel about an air crash is not a good choice.Even though there are not many descriptions of air crashes in "Lord of the Flies", Parker can't help but think of the scenes in the book when he looks at the scenery outside.

He straightened his waist, looked down, and tried to find out if there was an isolated island, but the result disappointed him, except for the land that could be seen faintly in the distance, he didn't see any islands.

But this is also good news, at least if an accident occurs, the plane can make an emergency landing towards the land.

"What am I thinking?" Parker shook his head, he felt that his thoughts were really strange.

After adjusting his mood, Parker began to rest with his eyes closed.

……

After arriving in the United States, Parker found a bookstore on the way back and bought another copy of Lord of the Flies.

Although he speaks Chinese well and can understand "Lord of the Flies", English is his mother tongue after all, so he plans to read the English version of "Lord of the Flies" again. Maybe there are some things in the Chinese version that he didn't notice. Available in English version.

But when he opened the English version of "Lord of the Flies", he froze.

"Didn't I buy a pirated copy?" Parker said to himself.

Because the version of "Lord of the Flies" in his hand is different from what he saw.

"Piracy, what do you mean?"

The friend who came to pick him up looked at Parker through the rearview mirror of the car and asked strangely.

Parker held up the book in his hand and said, "I find this book a bit strange."

"What's strange? Haven't you seen it?" The friend said with a smile, "I've seen it too, it's quite dark."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Parker shook his head and looked at the book in his hand again.

The title of the book, the name of the author, the preface, he read these things over and over several times, and there was nothing wrong with them.

But the contents of the book made him puzzled.

The scene description at the beginning and the names of the characters are different.

If it is said that the language style and character names will change with the translation, Parker can understand these, but the descriptions of the scenery and the details are too different.

After watching it patiently for a while, Parker was sure that he definitely hadn't bought a pirated version, because the story in it was roughly the same as the Huaxia version.

However, in the English version, all the names of the people were changed to English names, and the background of these children was also changed to British.

Of course, the difference between the two versions is not limited to this. Parker found that the structure and language style of the English version are quite different from the Chinese version.

Is this a special edition written so that readers in the English-speaking area can be more adaptable?

Everyone knows that pz's English level is very high, which can be seen from his previous works, and many of his works are his own translations.

Perhaps the translation is not quite correct. Some people have speculated before that some of his works were actually written in English first, and then in Chinese.

Although this statement has not been confirmed by pz himself, many people firmly believe in this statement.

Parker also felt that this statement had its credibility. After all, he had also read the Chinese version of PZ's novels, and the language style of some works was indeed closer to the language habits expressed in English.

What a rare and caring pz, he said that someone complained that Zhang Zhong looked down on readers in the English-speaking area, and he was wronged.

Seeing Parker frowning for a while and showing his face for a while, the friend asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Parker said with a smile, "Did you know? The English and Chinese versions of the book "Lord of the Flies" are different."

"Different? Isn't it telling a story?"

"That's not true. The stories are probably the same, but the writing techniques and the background of the stories are different."

The friend was surprised, "Really? Is pz not afraid of trouble at all? Do you think the English version is better, or the Chinese version?"

"It's hard to say, because I've only scratched the surface of my Chinese language."

The friend laughed, "It seems that during the time you went to China, you learned their humility."

……

There are not many people who discovered the difference between the English version and the Chinese version as quickly as Parker. After all, most people would not deliberately buy two copies and read them back.

Even if there is this idea, there are very few such conditions.

However, Zhang Zhong has such a large readership base that some people have discovered this problem.

This matter quickly aroused heated discussions on the Internet.

Some people didn't express it clearly, which made many fans think that the English version and the Huaxia version told different stories, so many people were asking what the other version told. The language area went to ask the English area.

This is not over yet, and they have not let go of other languages, and some people have developed a strange idea: Zhang Zhong will not play the big one this time, and dozens of language versions have different content, which is equivalent to silence Dozens of books were published quietly.

Of course, such conjectures are more of a joke. No one really thinks that Zhang Zhong will use this method to distribute dozens of books at once. Even if he has this ability, he will not be so stupid.

Later, everyone also knew the specific situation. It turns out that the story in the English version and the Chinese version are still the same. The only difference is the background and writing techniques of the story.

In the end, people came to a conclusion that the reason for such a situation was entirely because Zhang Zhong was showing off his skills.

(End of this chapter)