I am in a world where time stands still

Chapter 58
Xiao Fan stood at the back of the crowded meeting room, serving the meeting together with other waiters.

At the beginning of the conference, a master host of Shuzhou Satellite TV stepped onto the stage and began to introduce the guests of this conference.

This also caused Ami and the others to exclaim in a low voice again.

The Kepler Investment Group really paid a lot of money for this year's Science and Technology Investment Conference!

At this time, Lu Tingting next to her asked curiously: "Hey, why does everyone get a headset? Moreover, it seems that now only foreigners bring one, not Chinese people?"

Xiao Fan smiled slightly.

He has also participated in several international academic conferences at Shuzhou University, and he has seen this scene before, but he is no stranger to it.

He introduced in a low voice: "This thing is a simultaneous interpretation headset."

"Simultaneous interpretation?"

Xiao Fan raised his finger and pointed to the last few "square boxes" in the conference room.

"Look, there is a square box built there, which is the simultaneous interpreting room."

"So that's the simultaneous interpreting room!" Lu Tingting nodded again and again, "There are two people in that square box. I've been wanting to ask them what they do just now, but I haven't found a chance to ask them!"

"Well, the people in the simultaneous interpretation room are simultaneous interpreters, and there are also equipment they use." Xiao Fan showed Lu Tingting the people in the venue, "Look, now it's all foreigners who wear simultaneous interpretation headsets. Because the host is now speaking in Chinese, people here don’t need to listen to the translation, and foreigners can hear the English translated by the simultaneous interpreter through the headset in real time.”

"Oh, I see, no wonder," Lu Tingting nodded suddenly, but suddenly remembered something, "Real time? You mean that the interpreter in the square box immediately translated what the host said in English." ?”

"Yeah, at most it will be a few seconds behind the host above."

"That's too difficult!" Lu Tingting covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes widened, "I may not be able to keep up with listening alone, and I need to translate it into English in real time?! I just go to In the last four years of college, I majored in English, and I’m sure I can’t do it!”

"Hehe," Xiao Fan shook his head with a smile, "this is not something that ordinary people can do. I heard that most of the graduates majoring in English can't work as simultaneous interpreters. They still need to study simultaneous interpretation. you know?"

"Let me just say..." Lu Tingting nodded, and she had a basic idea.

She looked at the headsets for simultaneous interpretation in the venue, and said enviously, "I really want to find a headset to listen to, I'm so curious."

Amei slapped Lu Tingting on the arm, "You think you are a guest at the conference? We are serving the conference, sister!"

"Uh... I know..."

"Haha," Xiao Fan shook his head, "That's right, when our school has an open meeting next time, I'll take you to try it."

After a while, the host had already introduced the VIP representatives in the front row of the conference.

The following is the speech of the first speaker.

Xiao Fan and the others also consciously stopped chatting and focused on all aspects of the venue.

After a while, Xiao Fan noticed that many foreign representatives with headsets took off their headsets to look at them. Many of them also picked up the wire controllers and pressed the buttons, which should be adjustments.

Some foreign representatives even turned their heads to look at the simultaneous interpreters in the back row of the conference room.

Xiao Fan suddenly became vigilant, realizing that there might be something wrong with the simultaneous transmission.

He hurriedly looked in the direction of the simultaneous interpreting room, and sure enough, he saw two waiters nearby walking towards the simultaneous interpreting room at a fast pace.

Xiao Fan touched the arms of Amei and Lu Tingting, and said in a low voice, "There seems to be something wrong in the simultaneous interpreting room. Amei, come with me to have a look. Tingting, stay here and pay attention to the venue."

After finishing speaking, he led Amei to trot all the way, and rushed over lightly.

When he arrived at the simultaneous interpretation room, through the glass of the simultaneous interpretation room, Xiao Fan really saw an interpreter lying on the workbench inside, as if he was very uncomfortable.

The other translator next to her looked nervous, looked out anxiously, and reached out to wave to them.

There must be something wrong.

But fortunately, this interpreter is very professional. Even if her partner has a physical problem, she still wears her own headset and speaks non-stop into the microphone.

Originally, her partner was supposed to be the interpreter for the guest speaker, but after her partner had a physical problem, he immediately stepped forward.

At this moment, the first speaker on the stage, a heavyweight representative is speaking on the stage!

In simultaneous interpreting, as long as the speech is on stage, the interpreter has to follow along!

Xiao Fan rushed to the door of the simultaneous interpreting room, and saw that the waiter who arrived first had already helped the interpreter who had been lying on the working table before.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Fan went up to him and gave his hand, asking his colleague in a low voice.

"Suddenly fainted."

Sure enough, when Xiao Fan looked at this somewhat thin co-interpreter, his face was pale and his lips were bloodless.

Xiao Fan and his colleagues persuaded the interpreter to sit down in a spacious place outside the venue, turned around and handed her a bottle of mineral water from the venue.

"Are you ok?"

The young lady nodded weakly, but she twisted the bottle cap with her hand, but she couldn't unscrew it without any strength.

"I'll come..." Xiao Fan took back the mineral water apologetically, unscrewed the bottle cap for her, and handed it to him.

After taking a sip, the interpreter's face was still pale, she put her hand on her forehead, and she was not energetic at all.

She raised her eyes and glanced at Xiao Fan, anxious and sorry in her eyes, "I didn't have time to eat breakfast in the morning, it should be hypoglycemia, it's all my fault..."

At this time, Xiaomin also came over.

Still holding a piece of cake from the kitchen in his hand.

"Eat quickly to raise blood sugar."

The simultaneous interpreter nodded gratefully, took the cake, and took a small bite.

But just one sip, and then put it down.

The interpreter was still very anxious and wanted to stand up, but she tried several times without success.

Still too weak.

Xiao Fan comforted, "Fortunately, there is an interpreter inside. You look like this, don't force yourself, go back and rest."

"No, no, no, definitely not!" The lady interpreter became anxious, and her voice became much louder, "For this kind of meeting all day long, the simultaneous interpreter must be paired with two people, and we have to each read for half an hour, just alternately. .She can't hold on alone! But me, what should I do..."

Xiao Fan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that in the international conferences he had attended before, there were indeed two simultaneous interpreters in the simultaneous interpretation room, and there was never a situation where there was only one person.

The simultaneous interpreting lady was so anxious that tears came down, "This kind of high-intensity meeting, one person can not last long for translation, there will definitely be problems, no, no, I have to go back quickly..."

The young lady stood up with all her strength, but her physical condition was very bad, her legs gave way and she fell down.

His eyes went dark, and he fainted again.

(End of this chapter)