After the conference call ended, Yu Dong got up and prepared to go back to school, but was stopped by Yuliang.
"Boss, you're here, let's go and have a look at the translation team."
As he said this, Yiliang had already come up to pull Yu Dong's arm.
Because there are so many translation services, Deep Space Company has long established a department specifically responsible for translation matters.
In the past, there were not many people in this department, less than ten people. The main work content was to contact translators for business docking.
But the later translation department was very different. In addition to the staff who were responsible for connecting translators before, two more studios were established. One was the English Science Fiction Studio, which was responsible for translating excellent domestic science fiction novels into English.
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This is the first studio of the Deep Space Translation Department. The famous translation scholar Guo Jianzhong serves as the director of the studio. However, he has another main business and is not permanent. He only stays in the studio six days a month.
The other is a French workshop on realist literature.
The name of this studio sounds like it is specialized in translating realist works, but in fact this studio is not limited to realist works, they are responsible for general traditional literary works.
During this period, Yiliang told Yu Dong from time to time that he should come to the company to visit the translation department, but Yu Dong never went.
The reason why Yu Dong has to pass the remaining amount is because during this time, the translation department established a studio called "Yu Dong's Works Translation Studio".
The establishment of this studio was not only because of the boss's benefits, but also because of the book "The Da Vinci Code" that Yu Dong had dumped on them.
The book "The Da Vinci Code" involves too much cryptography, semiotics and religious content, which is very difficult to translate. More importantly, Yu Dong also used a lot of Chinese and English puns and English
Anagrams can be really confusing if you don't study them carefully.
Because translation was so difficult, the translators wanted to form a temporary team. Later, someone suggested that they simply set up a special studio for the boss, so that they could study the boss's works exclusively, and it would be easier to translate in the future.
Otherwise, every time Yu Dong threw a book over, they would have to start researching it all over again, which was a waste of time. In the end, their translation speed could not keep up with Yu Dong's writing speed.
Yu Dong was dragged to the studio by Yu Yi, originally thinking that if they encountered any difficulties, they would discuss it together, but what he didn't expect was that this group of people had already studied "The Da Vinci Code" very deeply.
When it comes to semiotics, they all speak clearly and logically.
After asking about it, I found out that the people in the translation studio had not translated even a word in the past few months and had been studying semiotics.
They read the book "Holy Blood and Holy Grail" over and over again so many times that it was almost torn.
Seeing how hard they worked, Yu Dong also lamented that this was indeed not easy.
Translation is a very important thing. If they don't understand semiotics and religion, the translated things will definitely not be relevant, and it may also greatly reduce the sales of the book "The Da Vinci Code" abroad.
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However, this also reminds Yu Dong that the training of translators cannot be ignored.
He has understood the importance of translation a long time ago. He knows that whether a country's literary works can become famous internationally, translation is a very important part.
But before, Yu Dong always thought about finding well-known translators to translate, but he never thought about training his own translators, preferably those with special talents.
For example, the people in Yu Dong's translation studio in front of me, after this experience, next time there are books related to semiotics that need to be translated by them, they will be familiar with the process.
Once such a studio is completed, it will not only serve the book sector, but also the film and television industry.
This time "Love Across Time and Space" has been translated into many languages ​​and has become popular throughout Asia. However, there are still many problems in the translation. Problems can be clearly seen in many vocabulary words in many languages. Many people have also reported on these problems.
It's just that this TV series is too novel and too attractive, so the audience ignores these problems.
The audience ignored the issue of translation because of the exciting plot, but Yu Dong had to pay attention to this issue.
Later, if Deep Space Company reaches a cooperation with Disney on the mythological universe, then the company will need a large number of translators to translate the works in the mythical universe into other languages.
This amount is very large, but we can’t be careless, so we need to start planning now.
After chatting with the people at the studio, Yu Dong pulled Yiliang aside and said, "Yuliang, you organize a translation studio for mythological works. Before we reached a formal cooperation with Disney, this studio was mainly focused on research and preparation.
Lord, when we reach a formal cooperation, the studio can get started."
Yuliang nodded, "Well, I have thought about this issue. In fact, my idea is that even if no cooperation is reached, we can let the studio translate some less important mythological works, so that they can not only practice their skills, but also
You can export your works and build momentum for the mythical universe in advance."
"Well, your idea is not bad, you can do it this way. In addition, if you want to continue to output, the works in the mythical universe must continue to be enriched, and the background lines must be as perfect as possible."
The mythical universe of Deep Space is already very different from some folk myths.
There is no way around this, because if you want to put these mythical characters into a system, many of the original mythological stories will have to be changed.
Yu Dong is very supportive of this change. Anyway, folk myths and stories are not always accurate, and there are different versions in different places. It is better to let the Deep Space Company create a brand new version to string together these stories, otherwise
If this is the case, the IP of fairy tales will not be able to develop at all.
"Okay, I'll talk to Jiang Jie about this matter later."
Yu Dong nodded, suddenly remembered someone, and asked: "Has the serialization of "The End of the Great Wall" of Crossing Thousand Mountains been finished? I have been busy recently, and I have not followed up on this novel."
"Well, it's early. Now he updates basically once a week, which is quite stable. But this is quite strange. The results of the first issue of the essay award have come out, and "The End of the Great Wall" is the first place.
Our people contacted him, but he has not responded for a long time. It has been half a month. He did not reply whether it was information on the site or email."
Yu Dongrao smiled with interest: "Really? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be. Since he has participated in this essay competition, it means that he takes it very seriously. Now that he has won the award, he will naturally be happy, but he regards what you sent him as
The news is nothing. Have you been in contact with me before?"
"No, although this guy doesn't reply to our messages, he usually replies to other readers' comments and is quite active in the comment area."
"It's quite interesting." Yu Dong smiled, "I suddenly thought of him, and I also think what this guy wrote is quite interesting. Maybe I can invite him to add some stories to the mythical universe."
"But... should I let Jiang Jie provide it..."
Before Yu Liang could finish speaking, Yu Dong raised his hand and interrupted him, "That's not necessary. He may have his own reasons for not replying to messages. Please contact him again a few times. If it doesn't work, just send a message on the website.
Announcement, if he doesn’t reply after seeing the announcement, then the award will be forfeited to him.”
This essay award is inherently time-limited.
Because these works are all unsigned, now that "The End of the Great Wall" has won the award, Deep Space Company will not only provide the author with essay prize money, but will also sign a contract with the other party.
But if the other party never responds, a quota will be occupied in vain. This is naturally not allowed. No matter how much Deep Space Company values ​​works, it is not a charity and will let a book that has not been signed for a long time win the essay award.
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Zhao Yan had actually seen the message sent to him by the Deep Space Chinese Network a long time ago, but the reason why he had not responded was very special and childish, and it was related to a remark made out of anger.
In order to write "The End of the Great Wall", he quit his job and went to the Great Wall to experience it for a long time.
For several months after returning, Zhao Yan stayed in the house every day.
He spends most of the time reading and writing books, and the rest of the time he spends chatting with his readers.
As time passed, his parents began to have opinions, and his father had already talked to him about this matter several times.
The first time, the conversation went well, and his father didn't say much and just let him make his own decisions. But by the second and third time, his father had already begun to get a little angry. At that time, Zhao Yan made some wild remarks and said
If the number of likes on his book does not exceed one million, he will stop writing books and will not let people know who he is.
When I said this, "The End of the Great Wall" only had 100,000 likes.
But even if it is only 100,000, it is already the highest among all the essays.
Speaking of likes, I have to mention the ingenuity of Deep Space Company. In order to increase user interactivity, Deep Space Company added a "like" function to the website. There is a "Reply" in the lower right corner of each reply.
"like".
The like icon is very simple, just a thumbs up, which is very vivid. Even netizens who enter the Deep Space Chinese website for the first time can roughly guess the meaning of this icon.
It is said that this icon is based on Yu Dong’s thumb, but I don’t know whether it is true or not.
Likes can very well reflect the popularity of a work, because an account can only give one like to the same work.
And precisely because an account can only approve a work once at most, Zhao Yan's goal of one million likes seems extremely outrageous.
Nowadays, there are only more than 3 million Internet users in China, not even 4 million. Even if these people all go to the Deep Space Chinese website, and each of them registers two accounts, there will only be 6 to 7 million likes.
If Zhao Yan wants to get one million likes, he needs one-sixth of the accounts to like him.
In practice, it is even more difficult to reach one million likes.
According to statistics, there are a total of eight million accounts on the Deep Space Chinese Network, but a large part of them are small accounts created by netizens, which are usually dead accounts.
There are only 5 million active accounts in a month, and only 2 million active accounts in a week.
Anyway, from the time Zhao Yan put down his cruel words to now, his "The End of the Great Wall" has gone through a long period of struggle, but the number of likes is stuck at 910,000, and it has been difficult to increase. Even though he shouts "let's go" every day
Readers like him, but the number of likes only increases by one or two hundred per day. At this rate, it may take two or three years to get the remaining 90,000 likes.
But at that time, his book had been finished. Will anyone continue to read his book?
To be honest, Zhao Yan regrets it now, but every time when he wants to give up, when he thinks of his father's disbelieving look, he chooses to continue.
If he doesn't eat steamed buns to fight for his reputation, he will spend all these one million likes even if it's hard work.
In fact, the number one million is not something Zhao Yan just said casually. Before him, he has already had works with over a million likes, such as "Sky Ax Sand Palace" strongly recommended by the Deep Space Chinese website, and "Falling Water"
The article "Falling to Mars" written by Yu Dong together, a total of seven or eight articles have exceeded one million likes in a very short period of time.
But the novel "The End of the Great Wall" quickly became popular, with more likes and comments every day, so Zhao Yan felt that one million likes was nothing.
If Yu Dong knew that it was Zhao Yan who had crossed Qianshan, and the reason why Zhao Yan didn't reply to Shen Kong's message was to gain publicity, he would probably want to give Zhao Yan a big mouth.
In Yu Dong's view, something like millions of likes is illusory and should not be considered by an ambitious writer like Zhao Yan.
In other words, it is easy to get one million likes by contacting Shen Kong and confirming the contract.
After signing the contract, Deep Space will immediately put up a banner on the website to announce that "The End of the Great Wall" won the essay award, and will also put the book in any corner of the website so that everyone can see it.
He would even send the news to Dongdong.
After such publicity by Shen Kong, one million likes is naturally light.
But Yu Dong didn't know about this at all. Not only did he not know about it, but even Zhao Yan's biological father, Zhao Changtian, didn't know about it.
That day, Zhao Yan put down his cruel words and said that he would show up after one million likes. In fact, Zhao Changtian didn't care at all and had even forgotten about it. He just saw his son staying in the room every day with a frown on his face, which made him very uncomfortable.
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About a week after Yu Dong and Yu Liang had inquired about Qianshan, Zhao Changtian couldn't help but call Yu Dong.
Yu Dong was quite surprised when he received the call from Zhao Changtian.
Zhao Changtian rarely calls Yu Dong directly. Although the two have a personal relationship, Zhao Changtian is a very particular person. He usually contacts Yu Dong's agency Shen Kong for everything.
Normally, Zhao Chang would make Yu Dong's personal phone calls only during the Chinese New Year or when Yu Dong has a new work.
"Editor Zhao, this is out of season. I was quite surprised to receive your call." Yu Dong laughed.
Zhao Changtian said with some embarrassment: "Yu Dong, I'm calling because I want to ask you something personal."
"What personal matter?"
"Has Zhao Yan contacted you?"
"Zhao Yan, no, what's wrong? Speaking of which, I haven't seen this kid for a long time."
"No..." Zhao Changtian muttered to himself.
He didn't know much about Zhao Yan's novels. He only knew that he had participated in the essay competition on the Deep Space Chinese Network.
Chapter completed!