Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Gu Zhan took the manuscript from Li Yuquan's hand and began to frown from the first page until the last page.

When Gu Zhan's eyes shifted away from the last page of paper, Li Yuquan asked nervously, "Xiao Gu, what do you think? These two are both college students!"

When Li Yuquan said this, he felt guilty, but these two were indeed college students, but their English level was indeed not as good as Gu Zhan's.

Gu Zhan thought to himself: It turns out that the two staff members hired later were both college students. It’s just that the English level of college students of this era is not as good as that of high school students in later generations.

As for how the translation of this manuscript is, Gu Zhan can only describe it with four words: it's hard to describe.

The first problem is that the sentences are incoherent and the order of words is random, with no regard for whether the translated sentences are smooth.

The second issue is grammar. I don't fully understand the various grammatical parts of speech, and I use them mechanically, which ultimately leads to deviations from the original meaning. There's also the translation of special words...

Gu Zhan found it difficult to read. If the students he taught in his previous life had translated the manuscript like this, he would have to repeat the grade or go back to high school to study again.

Gu Zhan couldn't find a suitable word to describe it, and finally said helplessly: "There is still a lot of room for improvement."

Li Yuquan is a smart man, so he naturally understands what Gu Zhan means.

He reluctantly picked up the manuscript that Gu Zhan had placed on the table and had to continue thinking about how to improve the capabilities of the two people he had hired.

After reading the manuscript, Gu Zhan took out the manuscript he had translated and the books he had brought back from his bag. He placed them neatly on the table in front of him and said to Li Yuquan, "Director Li, please take a look."

Li Yuquan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. This boy wasn't asking for his approval at all, he was clearly testing him at school.

He picked up the manuscript translated by Gu Zhan on the table and read it carefully. He saw that the handwriting was neat and beautiful, the sentences were fluent, and there were some professional terms that he didn't even understand, but this kid actually translated them.

Speaking of geniuses, who else is there besides Gu Zhan?

Li Yuquan put the manuscript back to its original place, sat down next to Gu Zhan, patted Gu Zhan on the shoulder, and said with great emotion: "You kid, you are really amazing."

Li Yuquan didn't know how the future would develop, but he knew that once he got the chance, this kid would definitely be someone he could not easily defeat.

"Do you think this is okay, Xiao Gu? Can you temporarily act as a teacher and guide those two staff members?"

Gu Zhan thought for a moment and asked, "I can probably spare two days here. Is that okay with you?"

"Okay, okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Li Yuquan was so happy that he called Yu Gang and said, "Xiao Yu, go find the two translators first and tell them that Xiao Gu will give them a lecture this afternoon. Also, tell the cafeteria to have the chef prepare two delicious dishes for lunch. Let's treat Xiao Gu well."

Yu Gang met Gu Zhan again and was surprised at the growth rate of this young man.

The person in front of him was wearing an ordinary navy blue suit, but he managed to make it look cool and elegant. His expression was naturally calm, but there was a hint of nobility in it that was hard to ignore.

What made Yu Gang even more uncomfortable was that when he stood in front of this young man, he only felt ashamed of himself.

In an instant, Yu Gang's previous dissatisfaction with Gu Zhan's presiding over the grading of the papers disappeared.

Once a person meets someone who is equally powerful as himself, he will always feel jealous. However, if he meets someone who is much more powerful than himself, the desire to compare will disappear, and only envy and admiration will remain.

"Okay, Director."

Yu Gang received the order and immediately turned around and left.

Hearing that Li Yuquan was going to arrange dinner, Gu Zhan hurriedly stood up to stop him: "Director, there's no need to eat. I can just eat outside."

Li Yuquan disagreed: "Xiao Gu, this won't do. Since you've come here, you have to let me be the host."

Gu Zhan had no choice but to tell Li Yuquan the truth: "Director, it's really not necessary. I also brought my wife with me, so it's really inconvenient."

After hearing what Gu Zhan said, Li Yuquan understood. After thinking about it for a while, he asked Gu Zhan, "How about this? Let's eat, and you can take it back to your wife after you finish eating."

Gu Zhan was about to refuse, but Li Yuquan waved his hand and said, "It's settled!"

Unable to refuse, Gu Zhan had no choice but to agree: "Okay, thank you Director Li."

"Look at you, you're still so polite to me."

Yu Gang walked to the door of the two translators and saw that they were concentrating on their work, so he coughed.

Two staff members stood up and quickly invited Yu Gang to come in and sit down.

Yu Gang didn't refuse and strode in.

He cleared his throat and said, "Director Li said your translation might not be up to par. It just so happens that another translator is due to submit his manuscript today, and Director Li wants him to give you a lecture to help improve our translation skills."

The two translators, Liu Weibing and Li Yang, were shocked after hearing this.

How could their translation be wrong? They translated it literally according to the dictionary, and how could it be wrong?

And another translator was giving them a lecture? What was going on?

Although they heard when they first arrived that a total of three translators were hired this time, the other one had never been seen by the other one. How could he suddenly appear and have to give lectures to the two of them?

One of the translators, Li Yang, felt even more uncomfortable. They were all staff members, so why should the other party give him a lecture?

After Yu Gang left, Li Yang angrily threw his pen on the table, lit a cigarette, took a long drag, and said to Liu Weibing, "Weibing, what's going on? How come he has a higher status than us brothers as soon as he arrives?"

Liu Weibing was flipping through a dictionary when he heard Li Yang's words. He looked up from the dictionary and said with a smile, "Isn't this normal? You know what our level is? We basically rely on the dictionary to translate a sentence. If someone is better at English than us, isn't that normal?"

Li Yang snorted, thinking that this Liu Weibing really liked to put on airs.

He straightened his face, put away his previous angry expression, and followed Liu Weibing's words: "You are right, it's just right, by the way, let us brothers listen, what kind of teacher are you, give us a lecture?"

Liu Weibing smiled and said, "You shouldn't doubt it. They say they're very good. I heard they even reviewed our papers."

Liu Weibing's news came suddenly. Li Yang heard it for the first time today. "Really? How come I didn't know about it?"

"I heard that the leaders in the bureau didn't allow us to talk about this matter."

"So that's it?"

Li Yang paused for a moment as he picked up the pen again, then sat back in his seat and began to look up the dictionary, translating the manuscript word by word.