Turning point in life
Here is the story about Yu, a translator from a publisher.
Yu was major in bio-pharmacy in college. After graduation, she started working as a sales representative in a bio-technology company. Three years later, she got promotion to sales manager. She performed excellent and got well paid.
Most people around her said Yu had had a successful career. But she always felt lost at her work. Because she loved English more than biopharmacy and wanted to be a translator. For a person who didn't major in English, it seems there is a long way to go to be a professional translator. Yu never gave up, and she spared no effort to learn English. Above all, she required herself translating at least one article once a week on a website which helps translation lover make better progress.
One day when Yu browse the website as usual, she found someone left her a letter. She read and burst into a cry. It was a request from a publish house, asking if she wanted a job as a translator.
Excited and happy, she accepted the offer. Now she has translated many books and essays, and most of them have been published and sold.
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Turning point in life
Here is the story about Yu, a translator from with a publisher.
Yu was majored in bio-pharmacy in college. After graduation, she started work ('working' is ok, but 'work' is better) as a sales representative in a bio-technology company. Three years later, she got promotion was promoted to sales manager. She performed excellent and got was ('got' is very casual here. Better to say 'was' ) well paid.
Most people around her said Yu had had a successful career. But she always felt lost at her work, because she loved English more than biopharmacy and wanted to be a translator. For a person who didn't major in English, it seemed there is a long way to go to be a professional translator. Yu never gave up, and she spared no effort to learn English. Above all, she required set herself to translating at least one article once a week on a website which that ('which' works, but 'that' is better) helps translation lovers make better progress.
One day when Yu was browsing the website as usual, she found someone had left her a letter. She read it and burst into a cry tears. It was a request from a publishing house, asking if she wanted a job as a translator.
Excited and happy, she accepted the offer. Now she has translated many books and essays, and most of them have been published and sold.
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