Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 249 Translating Work of Master and Apprentice

   After eating and resting for a while, Sarah and Eve went to check the gold transportation channel. And Veraker and Keating have some preliminary ideas on how to get the Dunman government to cancel the unreasonable and unequal new conscription law. They believe that no matter what to do, the awakening of the people is an important foundation.

Therefore, the two decided to seize the time during this period to produce Dunmanian versions of "On Equality", "Internationale", "Women's Declaration" and other works, and then print them into volumes, radiating outward from the center of the old South African Convention, helping The people of Dunman awakened their consciousness, and finally worked hard to overthrow the new conscription law, fired the first shot of equality in Dunman, and laid a good foundation for the upcoming establishment of the Dunman sub-station.

  Actually, they put the gold down, and one of the two tasks of this journey was completed. However, Verak felt that as a member of the Equality Society, there was no reason to watch this kind of thing, so he planned to settle the matter after the gold and go to Pruman to find the one who wrote "The Internationale". Perhaps there are many people and organizations who have created many advanced and subversive works.

Although Verac usually listened to Keating, Keating did not influence Verac's thinking because of this. On the contrary, he was acquiescing and 'indulging' Verac's actions, and he became more and more stingy in giving Give your opinion. In his eyes, after all, Verak has to take charge of his own affairs and be a leader who will not leave anything to chance.

   What he can help is to let go slowly and give Verak as many opportunities to exercise as possible.

   In the afternoon, the two worked together, with Keating translating "On Equality" and "Women's Declaration", and Veracre translating "The Internationale".

  Verak, who is not even fluent in Dunman, participated in the translation work, which was also one of Keating's training methods. He hopes that Verak can master multiple languages ​​and cultures proficiently, which will help him coordinate and integrate multiple forces and fight in the old world in the future.

  In order to retain the initial and most abundant power of "The Internationale", with a content of hundreds of words, Virak looked up the dictionary, looked up materials, studied word by word, and made a translation carefully.

  Before dinner, he showed Keating the Dunmanian version of "The Internationale" that he was about to translate. Keating took the translated version, with a happy smile on his face, and carefully read the content.

"Very good, there are some things I haven't taught you that you can avoid mistakes." Verac still did not disappoint Keating, his care is rare in the impetuous and eager era, "But, There is still a little problem, the culture of Dunman is different from that of Brisey and Pluman, and some vocabulary needs to be changed to be more in line with the cognition of Dunman people, such as here..."

   "Okay, I'll write it down." After Keating finished reading, Veraker hurriedly corrected the mistakes and finished the translation of the last paragraph by the way.

   After working all afternoon, Keating, whose eyes were a little sore, took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose, then looked at Verak's back.

  For a moment, he felt as if they were back in Daymans Prison. At that time, Verak didn't have much room for movement. He was not as busy as he is now, and he was always learning with an open mind.

   Keating, who lived a more exciting and magnificent life than anyone else in the first half of his life, was slowly infected by Veraker, and was driven to be young and energetic again, and finally he was willing to continue what he knew and gained to Veraker without reservation.

   Half an hour later, Veraker finally finished the translation work. He turned and walked towards Keating, only to find that Keating had been looking at him: "Teacher? What's wrong?"

   "It's nothing." Keating looked at the tall and straight, not-so-strong Veraker with an unbeatable tenacity, "Is the translation ready?"

   "Well, look." Verac handed over the translation to Keating.

Keating was surprised by Veraker's results, and he was full of praise after reading it: "To be honest, you can translate the Internationale so well beyond my expectations. You know, you haven't learned Dunman for long, and you just Translated for an afternoon."

  Villac smiled modestly: "My foundation is indeed weak, but when it comes to understanding the Internationale, few people have a better understanding of the Internationale than me. The most important thing is that not everyone has a teacher like you around them."

   "Haha... now I have learned how to flatter." Keating put the result on the table, patted Verak, "Go, prepare dinner."

   "Okay." Verak quickly walked out of the room.

   After about twenty minutes, Veraker brought back two meals that were still hot, and started eating with Keating.

   "Sarah, Yves and the others haven't come back yet?" Verak said.

"The transportation channel of gold is very important. Of course, the investigation work must be meticulous. They probably won't be able to come back in the past few days." Keating swallowed a mouthful of food and said, "It's the same for us these days. Hurry up and translate these things. Three days later There is no time for gold transportation, setting up sub-stations in Quinn’s Tavern, and helping them negotiate cooperation with Sea Rat.”

   "Understood." Verak silently speeded up his meal.

  After dinner, Keating handed over part of the translation of "Theory of Equality" to Verac.

   "On Equality" Keating has already translated once before, and the re-translation speed will be greatly accelerated. He chose to give it to Verac to try first, and translate Piaf's "Women's Declaration" about women's equality demands.

  Late at night, with the lights on in the room, Keating read the "Women's Declaration" unhurriedly while writing the corresponding Dunman language neatly on the manuscript paper. On the other side of the desk, Verak kept his head buried in flipping through the materials, and the translation on the manuscript paper was revised and revised, trying to express the most complete original meaning in every word and sentence.

  The next day, February 9th.

  The two who are both used to getting up early wake up before dawn.

   Keating commented on Veraker's results last night, and then he didn't stay in the room all the time. Instead, he let Veraker study and correct the mistakes by himself, and went out to pack breakfast himself.

   After eating, they continued to translate.

   At the end of the day, half of the translation of the "Women's Declaration" was completed, and about one-twentieth of Verac's "On Equality" was completed.

  The reason for the difference is that Verac’s translation speed is slow and the error rate is high, and the second is that the length of "On Equality" is much longer than that of "Women's Declaration".

   On the evening of February 10th, Keating finished the translation of the "Women's Declaration" and conducted two inspections to ensure that there were no omissions or mistakes. Verac's side has made remarkable progress in two days, and the translation speed has been much faster. The translation volume of No. 10 is more than three times that of No. 9.

  This shows that Verac's mind is really good, and he keeps applying what he has learned while translating, and quickly shows the gains.

  On February 11th, because he was younger, Veracer, who was more motivated than Keating, finished translating the first half of "Equality", and Keating finished the second half. So far, the three-day translation work has been successfully completed.

   "...No problem." Keating read the first half of the Dunmanian version of "On Equality" that Veraker changed again and again. "Just arrange someone to contact the printing factory for printing tomorrow."

   "Huh..." Verak heaved a sigh of relief.

  In the past few days, he has been writing so much that his fingers can barely straighten up, and those few books in Dunman language were almost smashed by him.

  Fortunately, he paid off in the end. It is related to the smooth completion of the translation work related to the awakening of the Dunman nation. His own understanding and use of the Dunman language is much stronger.

"Tomorrow you go to Manchester City to meet Monroe and finalize the cooperation. They will probably make an appointment with us to formally meet and discuss in detail. We can set the time on the 13th, which is the day after tomorrow." Keating started planning for tomorrow , "I went to the Quinn Tavern to complete the handover work, set up our substation, and arrange the transportation of gold."

   "Okay." Verac had no objection. He bound the translated manuscripts separately, "Where is Willow? Do you think he will really join the Equality Society?"

"I know you admire him very much." Keating could see that Verac is looking forward to Willow joining in. "I personally feel that the result will be good, and he will join us. If he joins, we will carry out various tasks in the sub-station. It will be much easier.”

  Villac finished binding the manuscript paper, and wandered around the room, his body stiff from sitting for too long: "Is it because of the Blood Knife Gang?"

"Well, this is a natural advantage. With the support of local gangs, many things will be much easier to do. And if Willowken joins, deeply infected by the theory of equality, I think Xin and those under him will also agree sooner or later. We work together," Keating said.

   "That would be great, gather everyone's strength." Verak waved his arms.

  Watching Verak stretch his body, Keating smiled and said, "Aren't you a little reluctant to cooperate with gangs?"

"If I really want to say it, I don't mean to be reluctant, but I just feel that dealing with them is a bit of a headache." Verak shrugged and clarified his exact attitude, "And what you said before is very reasonable, we have to catch the big and let go of the small , clearly distinguish the difference and severity of the contradictions between the enemy and ourselves, and the contradictions among the people."

   "It's good if it's like this." Keating was very relieved of Verak, who was easy to understand.

   After a while, Sarah and Eve came back with dinner before they finished eating.

   "Are you back? How is the inspection going?" Verak took the food from the two of them and placed it on the table.

   "Yves and I checked twice separately, and confirmed that there is nothing wrong with it. When the Quinn Tavern is fully controlled tomorrow, we can start the transportation work immediately." Sarah rubbed her frozen red hands.

   Keating got up and poured two cups of hot water to Sarah and Eve: "It's fine."

   "Gulu... Huh..." Eve took a sip of water to warm up, "How is your side?"

   "In the past few days, Veraker and I have completed the translation of Equality and other books, and we are about to hand them over to you. Print them out as soon as possible, and spread the Dunmanian version of the works." Keating motioned the two to sit down and rest.

   "Yes." Verak took the manuscript paper.

  Yve didn't understand Dunman, so he glanced at it and handed it to Sara.

  Sara conducted a brief review: "Comrade Verak also participated in the translation work?"

   "Yes, he helped me share a lot of work." Keating said.

   "Being able to be a translator is very powerful. I can only communicate, but I can't do this kind of work at all." Sara admires Verak quite a lot. She knows that Verak was a commoner living in a small border town half a year ago.

  Yves spread his hands even more: "I can't even speak Dunman."

   "Since you want to work here, as one of the persons in charge, you must hurry up and learn the Dunman language." Keating reminded.

   "Understood, Comrade Keating." Eve straightened up.

"I have some notes, you may need them." Verak originally wanted to sit down, but after hearing this, he went to the desk beside him and handed over the notes he had been carrying with him since he picked up the study of Dunman again. Gave it to Yves.

  Yve accepted Verac's study notes, and found that the contents were clear and easy to understand, and they were listed neatly. He thanked Verac several times.

   "Okay, the meal is getting cold, let's talk while eating." It was getting late, and Keating urged them to finish their meal first.

  Sara and Yves put the translation paper and study notes aside, and ate with Verac and Keating.

"Then I'll go to the printing factory tomorrow to settle the book issue. Yves will follow you, set up a branch station as soon as possible, and start our transportation channel." After learning about the situation, Sara based on Keating's original arrangement , planned the mission for himself and Eve.

   "Yes." Keating agreed.

Verak continued: "I'm going to Manchester City tomorrow to confirm the cooperation with Monroe, and then make an appointment for a formal meeting. So it won't be long, the round trip will take up to three hours, and I can come back at noon. Where are you? Let me know if someone is missing, and I will go over to help when the time comes."

"it is good."

   "Then contact me tomorrow."

   "Hurry up and eat, and go to bed early after eating."

  —

  February 12

   The three days left for Boss Xin to move out of Quinn’s Tavern, Monroe and the other two bosses to discuss whether to cooperate have come.

  Early in the morning, Keating and Yves took people to Quinn's Tavern, Sarah went to find the printing factory, and Verac, who needed to travel a long way, requisitioned a car again and rushed to Manchester City.

  At nine o'clock in the morning, Verac came to the door of Mink's Tavern.

   Monroe's car is also there, presumably waiting for him. Verac got out of the car and walked into the tavern, and found that the tavern was empty today, only Monroe was sitting in his old seat and reading a book.

   When he got closer, he realized that what Monroe was reading was "Equality".

   "Here we come." The first time Monroe met Veraker without saying hello, Veraker took the initiative to say it and sat down in front of Monroe.

"Let's talk later." Monroe focused on the book that he called obscure and worthless a few days ago. After more than ten minutes, he may have finished reading a chapter, and he quickly Blinking slowly, he came back to his senses, closed the book and looked at Verak.

  Verak pursed his lips and smiled.

   "This book is quite interesting." Monroe didn't feel embarrassed at all, and boasted of "Equality" with a thick face.

   "Is there any result in the cooperation?" Verak went straight to the point.

"Yes, Lao Jin and Ruffalo are very willing to cooperate with the Equal Society." The result is no surprise, Monroe and the others are eager to have a strong ally, "In addition, you should prepare a few more copies of these books, I think they also need .”

  Verak readily agreed: "The book is easy to talk about. What I care more about is what feelings and thoughts do you have after reading it?"

  (end of this chapter)