12dz Chapter 40 Receives Confidential Translation Work
Chapter 40 Receives Confidential Translation Work
The next day, after breakfast, Zhaoyuan took all the translation materials, slung his military green shoulder bag over his shoulder, and headed to the county town.
Upon arriving in the county town, Zhaoyuan went straight to the Xinhua Bookstore compound.
Upon arriving at Director Tu's office, Tu Chenglong stood up warmly as soon as he saw Zhao Yuan.
"Brother Zhao, come in quickly, come in quickly."
As he spoke, he walked to the tea station, brewed a cup of fennel tea, and handed it to Zhaoyuan.
"This time I went to the provincial capital to take on an important mission and brought back a classified document."
He then opened the drawer under his desk and took out two file folders.
"This is a classified document that our country has spent a lot of effort to obtain. Many senior translators have translated it, but we don't know which part of the translation went wrong. We've tried repeatedly based on the translated material for several months, but we still can't produce the required material. This emergency meeting is for this very reason. We're looking for skilled translators nationwide. If you do well on this task, it will be a great opportunity for you, and I'll benefit from it too."
Director Tu said with a smile.
"This is a confidential document. After you finish translating it, put it in this bag."
As he spoke, Director Tu handed the confidential documents and bag to Zhao Yuan.
Zhao Yuan accepted the documents and file bag handed over by Director Tu.
"Brother Zhao, you can't take this document back to translate. You can only translate it in my office. Once it's translated, I'll seal it and send it to the provincial government immediately."
"Oh, there's something else I need to explain to you, and I also want to apologize. Last time I went to your house with County Chief Yang, I wasn't there to see County Chief Yang for anything. I went to your village specifically to investigate you. It was a requirement from the organization, so I hope you won't take offense and understand the organization's decision."
Director Tu continued speaking, then stood up.
"Oh, I don't mind. I understand it's organizational discipline. I can withstand any investigation. I'll start translating now and try to finish as soon as possible so you can send the document away this afternoon."
Zhao Yuan said.
"The higher-ups think highly of you and consider you a rare translation talent. They intend to assign you to translate some classified documents, so they need to thoroughly investigate your identity. I am pleased to inform you, Mr. Zhaoyuan, that you have passed the organization's assessment and are now a member of our country's classified document translation team. This is your first task as a classified translator, and I hope you will complete it successfully."
"Thank you for your trust in the organization. I will do my best to complete the mission."
After finishing his speech, Director Tu left the office and closed the door.
After finishing his sentence, Zhao Yuan sat down at his desk and began his translation work.
Because it was a confidential document, indicating its importance, the packaging bag was marked with the words "Confidential Document, Do Not Open Without Permission," and the new packaging bag also had the same words.
Zhao Yuan had never handled confidential documents in his previous life, so he was a little nervous. He picked up the document bag and weighed it in his hand; it didn't seem too bad.
Zhao Yuan looked at the file bag again; it was intact.
Zhao Yuan carefully opened the file bag, took out the document, and quickly browsed through it. It was a document on the production of a new material, rhenium. It wasn't very thick and must have come from a laboratory.
Zhao Yuan quickly got into a writing mode, hunched over his desk.
After translating for some time, he discovered that a crucial piece of data in the document had been incorrectly converted in units, causing all subsequent calculations to fail. The production process described in the document also contained several obvious logical flaws. This is why, even after several senior translators had translated this confidential document, the required materials still couldn't be produced; following the given data and steps would never achieve the desired result.
The problem isn't with the translation, but with the source material itself. The source material is incorrect.
Zhao Yuan understood that this material was hard-won; at this time, an encrypted document might have been obtained by our agents with their blood.
Zhao Yuan cannot directly deny this material.
Zhao Yuan understood the importance of the material described in this document to precision instruments and aerospace. Having spent decades in chemistry in his previous life, Zhao Yuan was very familiar with the production of this material, so he wanted to do something about it.
Although he was very familiar with this, the technology was not yet mature in any country, so he could not explain it explicitly. Instead, he cleverly incorporated the correct production steps and key points into the process. As long as the ideas translated by Zhao Yuan were followed, the task could be completed, and it could be done at the most advanced level.
After translating all the materials, Zhao Yuan carefully read them back from beginning to end and found no problems. He believed that as long as he followed his translation, he could achieve the desired effect. He considered this his contribution to the technological development of China.
After translating the confidential document, Zhao Yuan put it into the new document bag.
Director Tu's train to the provincial capital was in the afternoon, and Zhao Yuan wanted to seize the opportunity to finish all the remaining translation work.
He packed up the confidential documents and, without immediately notifying Director Tu, quickly immersed himself in writing again in the quiet environment.
After all the documents were translated, Zhao Yuan put them away and went to the next office to call Director Tu.
Zhao Yuan handed over all the translation materials to Tu Chenglong.
Tu Chenglong took the documents from Zhao Yuan, sealed the confidential document, signed his name on it first, and then asked Zhao Yuan to sign his name as well.
The two had lunch at the county-run restaurant. Tu Chenglong went to catch the train to the provincial capital, while Zhao Yuan went to the bus station.
When Zhao Yuan arrived in town, he had just gotten out of the car when he saw Liu Libo standing there looking around. When Liu Libo saw Zhao Yuan get out of the car, he quickly came to greet him.
“Brother Zhao, I’m so glad to see you. County Chief Yang called to tell you to come to the County Party Committee for a meeting at 8:30 tomorrow. I called Xinhua Bookstore and Director Tu said you had come back by car, so I came here to wait for you.”
Director Liu said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you, Director Liu. I'm always going to trouble you."
Zhao Yuan said.
"No trouble at all, no trouble at all."
Director Liu said happily.
Zhao Yuan thanked Director Liu and went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Master Lu, do you still have pig's head and pig intestines today?"
As soon as he entered the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhao Yuan headed straight for the butcher shop.
Yes, yes, yes.
When Butcher Lu saw that it was Zhao Yuan, he happily greeted him.
Although pig intestines are extremely cheap, they are smelly and fishy, so very few people buy them. Pig heads are also rarely bought. Firstly, such a large pig head has a really strong fishy smell in the brain, which is not tasty. Apart from the brain, the only edible parts are the pig ears and the meat from the pig's face, which is really not worth the price.
All the pig intestines, plus a large pig's head, cost only 5.3 yuan.
As usual, Butcher Lu helped Zhao Yuan remove the pig's brain and processed the pig's head into the small pieces Zhao Yuan wanted.
Zhao Yuan carried the things home.
Lin Fangfang was quite surprised to see that Zhaoyuan had bought so many things again.
"Brother Yuan, why did you buy so many large and small intestines and pig heads again? We haven't finished eating them at home yet."
Lin Fangfang asked.
"I'm going to a meeting in the county tomorrow, and these are the things I made to take with me there."
As he spoke, Zhao Yuan took everything into the kitchen.
Hearing Lin Fangfang and Zhao Yuan's conversation, Zhou Jiefang knew that Zhao Yuan had returned, so he stopped what he was doing and came in.
The two of them got busy again, just like the day before yesterday. This time, they worked together much better and cleaned the pig's large and small intestines much faster. The large and small intestines, pig ears, and pig face meat were quickly processed and put into the braising pot to braise.
In the office of County Head Yang, even though it was past closing time, County Head Yang, Secretary Zeng Xudong, and others were still busy preparing for tomorrow's meeting.