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Chapter 49 Intermediate Translator

Sun Guosheng took Su Nuannuan's test paper and began grading it.

After grading the basic questions, he found no mistakes. He then turned his attention to the translation questions.

Sun Guosheng discovered that Su Nuannuan's translation was not only grammatically correct but also fully expressed the emotions, making it a very accurate translation.

After he finished grading the papers, he found only one typo in the last essay, which resulted in a one-point deduction.

Sun Guosheng's eyes lit up when he looked at Su Nuannuan again.

"Comrade Su Nuannuan, your English is very good."

Su Nuannuan smiled shyly at Sun Guosheng's undisguised praise, but inwardly she was already proudly standing with her hands on her hips.

Sun Guosheng looked at the girl in front of him, his eyes flickered, and he asked.

"Comrade Su Nuannuan, I think with your level, you can pass the intermediate translation exam. Would you like to take it?"

"Intermediate translation exam?"

Su Nuannuan was somewhat surprised. She didn't know the difficulty level of the translation exams in this era. She originally thought that obtaining the basic translation certificate would be enough, but she didn't expect Sun Guosheng to think that she could pass the intermediate translation exam.

Sun Guosheng assumed Su Nuannuan wasn't interested, so he started trying to persuade her.

"Intermediate translators are paid much better than junior translators. Junior translators only get 20 yuan per thousand words, while intermediate translators get 45 yuan per thousand words. Moreover, as long as you pass the intermediate translator exam, we will also give you a subsidy of 10 yuan per month."

Actually, this ten-yuan subsidy didn't exist before. However, the country is currently short of foreign language talent, especially English majors. To encourage everyone to learn foreign languages, this year a ten-yuan subsidy was introduced for intermediate-level translators.

Su Nuannuan's eyes lit up when she heard this.

Her purpose in coming to Xinhua Library was to earn money. Ten yuan wasn't much, but with that money, she would have more reasons to send things to her family.

Without any hesitation, Su Nuannuan agreed to continue taking the intermediate translator exam.

Sun Guosheng was delighted. The better Su Nuannuan's English, the more documents she could translate. How could he, as the head of the library, not be happy?

He immediately took out another file bag from the cabinet, took out an exam paper from it, and handed it to Su Nuannuan.

The intermediate translation exam is much more difficult than the beginner exam. There are no basic questions; it only covers the translation of sentences of varying lengths. In addition, there are two more articles on the back that need to be translated.

Given two hours to answer the questions, Su Nuannuan glanced at the test paper and, feeling confident she could manage, began answering them.

Because there were quite a few words to write this time, Su Nuannuan sped up her answering speed. However, it still took her an hour and a half to finish the test paper.

However, unlike last time, Su Nuannuan did not hand the test paper directly to Sun Guosheng this time. Instead, she checked it twice.

Even though Su Nuannuan's English was excellent, she wasn't a professional translator, and some proper nouns were still unfamiliar to her. She could only rely on context and guess the translations.

Seeing Su Nuannuan carefully checking the test paper, Sun Guosheng felt a surge of satisfaction, thinking that Su Nuannuan would be cautious and reliable. It seemed the previous test paper was too easy, which was why Su Nuannuan handed it in without checking it.

Feeling that there were no problems, Su Nuannuan handed the test paper to Sun Guosheng. At this time, there were still fifteen minutes left in the two-hour period.

Sun Guosheng was eagerly anticipating Su Nuannuan's performance on the test. So, as soon as she handed in her paper, he couldn't wait to begin reading it.

He picked up a red pen and began to mark up her test paper. There were no errors in the translation of the long and short sentences at the beginning, and Sun Guosheng nodded in satisfaction.

As expected of a student from Peking University, her English level is almost catching up with his. Sun Guosheng was very satisfied with the previous parts and continued to correct the translations of the later articles.

The following articles took Sun Guosheng quite a while to read; half an hour had passed by the time he finished. His eyes were tired; he took off his glasses and rubbed his sore eyes.

However, Sun Guosheng was in a good mood. Although a few proper nouns in the later articles were not translated very accurately, the general meaning was correct. He immediately realized that Su Nuannuan had guessed this from the context.

Aside from that, all the articles were translated perfectly. Sun Guowen was very pleased that Su Nuannuan's English was so good.

"You lost 4 points. You got 96 points on the intermediate translation exam, which is excellent. Congratulations, Comrade Su Nuannuan, on passing the intermediate translation exam."

Although Su Nuannuan was confident, she couldn't help but feel happy when she heard that she had passed the exam.

"Thank you, Teacher Sun."

Su Nuannuan felt she could consider taking the advanced translation certificate exam. However, she didn't think it was necessary. The higher the level, the more difficult the documents to translate. She wasn't worried about the difficulty of the translations, but rather that the time required would increase with the difficulty.

Su Nuannuan didn't want to spend her time on translation. She wanted to improve her surgical skills. Although she hadn't forgotten the knowledge she had learned in her previous life, with a different body, she still needed to start practicing some basic suturing skills from scratch.

Sun Guowen did not want Su Nuannuan to take the advanced translation exam; he felt that Su Nuannuan needed more practice.

"The translation certificate needs a photo attached and a seal stamped on it. Give me a small photo of yourself."

Su Nuannuan knew that although the current translation certificates were handwritten, they still had anti-counterfeiting features. To prevent misuse, a photo of the translator was also affixed.

Hong Xiu had told her about it before she came. So, she had prepared small photos in advance and handed them to Sun Guosheng.

"Come pick up your translation certificate tomorrow, and also pick up the translated documents while you're at it."

"it is good."

Su Nuannuan obediently agreed.

When the two came out, they found Hong Xiu looking over at them with a worried expression.

"Nuan Nuan, you're finally out. Why did it take you so long?"

Because they had taken two exams, Su Nuannuan and Sun Guosheng stayed in the archives room for quite a while. Hong Xiu waited outside for Su Nuannuan to come out, and she became a little anxious.

Before Su Nuannuan could speak, Sun Guosheng offered his explanation.

"Don't worry, girl. Your classmate is amazing. She not only passed the beginner translation exam, but also the intermediate translation exam. She's already an intermediate translator."

"what!"

Hong Xiu stared at Su Nuannuan in shock. She hadn't expected Su Nuannuan to be so capable. Back when she was preparing for her entry-level translation certificate exam, she had spent half a year preparing, but failed twice in a row. It wasn't until her third attempt that she finally passed.

It's easy to imagine how difficult the beginner translation exam is. Surprisingly, Su Nuannuan passed both the beginner and intermediate translation exams on her first try and even became an intermediate translator.

After the initial shock came envy and admiration.

"Nuan Nuan, you're amazing!"

Hong Xiu thought to herself: I'm not as good as Nuan Nuan, it must be because I haven't read enough books!

Su Nuannuan felt that Hong Xiu's eyes were practically shining when he looked at her, so she smiled shyly.

(End of this chapter)