novelraw Chapter 1482 City Translation Competition
Chapter 1482 City Translation Competition
The next day.
The morning sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Qiao Sang got up, admired the scenery outside, then went to the bathroom to wash up quickly, sat cross-legged on the bed, closed her eyes, and began to meditate.
Suddenly, the sound of typing on a keyboard reached my ears.
Qiao Sang opened her eyes, got out of bed and went to the living room.
Little Treasure was on the sofa, wearing headphones, its paws flying across the laptop keyboard, typing so fast that its short toes seemed to leave afterimages.
"What are you doing?" Qiao Sang walked over, looked at the words that kept appearing on the screen, and asked.
Little Treasure Hunter ignored him and continued typing away on the keyboard.
Qiao Sang reached out and took off Xiao Xunbao's headphones, asking again, "What are you doing?"
"Looking around~"
Little Treasure stopped typing, looked up, grinned, and responded, indicating that he was practicing his listening and typing skills.
Qiao Sang raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why are you practicing this?"
"Looking around~"
"Looking around~"
Little Treasure barked twice, indicating that it was preparing for a translation competition. It originally planned to use its phone to type and translate, but after looking at some translation competitions, it found that the speed of the contestants who used their phones to type was not as fast as those who used their computers. So it decided to practice and then use its computer to compete.
Qiao Sang wasn't surprised that Xiao Xunbao was going to participate in the translation competition; she had learned about it after her meditation last night.
She glanced at Little Treasure Hunter's overly short fingers and asked, "Why don't you just use your telekinesis to control the keyboard and type? That way you might be even faster."
Upon hearing this, Little Treasure Hunter was first taken aback, then suddenly realized what was happening, and with a look of surprise, exclaimed:
"Search!"
How could it not have thought of that!
After speaking, his eyes gleamed blue as he looked at the keyboard.
The next second, the keyboard was controlled by an invisible force to type.
At first, the words on the screen appeared haltingly, giving the impression that they were difficult to understand. But soon, the speed at which the words appeared on the screen increased dramatically, and in just a short while, three full lines of words appeared.
"Search!"
Seeing this, the blue light in Little Treasure's eyes faded, and it came to its Beastmaster's side, happily rubbing its cheek against hers.
You are so smart!
"If I hadn't seen how short your claws are, I wouldn't have thought of this," Qiao Sang thought to herself, but smiled and said, "It's mainly because your telekinetic control of the keyboard is accurate and fast enough, otherwise it wouldn't be faster than the claws."
"Looking around~"
Little Treasure grinned, revealing a rather proud expression.
Then it seemed to remember something and cried out:
"Looking around~"
It will continue to practice.
After speaking, he went to the computer, put his headphones back on, his eyes glowing blue, and listened to the content while typing on the keyboard.
Seeing this, Qiao Sang sat down on the sofa and began meditating cross-legged.
Time passed slowly, and after an unknown amount of time, Ya Bao and the others gradually emerged.
"Qingqing?"
Qingbao came to Xiaoxunbao's side and called out, indicating what he was doing.
Little Treasure, wearing headphones, didn't answer and continued to use his telekinesis to control the keyboard and type.
Qingbao's face fell, and a gust of wind blew up.
However, before the wind could develop into a gale, Qiao Sang opened her eyes and helped explain, "Isn't Little Treasure Hunt about to participate in a translation competition? It's practicing using its telekinesis to control the computer to type and translate, saying that it's faster that way."
"Qingqing."
Seeing his beast tamer open his eyes and look at him, Qingbao quickly composed himself and gave an "Oh, I see" look.
At the same time, the sudden gust of wind around us subsided.
"Tingting?"
At this moment, Tingbao barked, as if to indicate whether it wanted to practice translating.
Josang looked at it and said, "If you want to do well in the translation competition, then practice."
To be honest, Xiao Xunbao participated in this competition to increase his popularity so that he could absorb white energy on Tianyuan Star in the future. Whether Tingbao practices or not is irrelevant. However, Tianyuan Star has a diverse culture, and Tingbao has been training and competing almost all the time since birth. It would be good for him to experience other things as well.
Upon hearing this, Tingbao inexplicably recalled what his boss had told him yesterday.
"Looking around~"
Come with me, boss, and we'll participate together. I'll be the champion, and you'll be the runner-up.
"Tingting".
The runner-up is the second place. If I don't practice, I probably won't be able to get the runner-up. Thinking of this, Tingbao barked, indicating that it should practice.
After saying that, he stared at his own beast tamer.
One second, two seconds
Qiao Sang: "???"
“You practice, why are you watching me?” Qiao Sang asked.
Tingbao opened his mouth and spoke in human language: "Practice, learn".
When Qiao Sang heard Tingbao speak human language, which she hadn't heard in a long time, her eyes lit up instinctively, and then she suddenly realized:
"You want to practice translating by using my words?"
Tingbao nodded and said, "Practice."
This time, its words flowed smoothly without any hesitation.
"Great, you're getting better and better at it," Qiao Sang praised.
“Smooth, unobstructed,” Tingbao said.
Qiao Sang became interested in teaching and said with a smile, "Come on, read my whole sentence aloud, my name is Tingbao."
Tingbao uttered each word carefully: "Come, learn, from, me, in, a, whole, sentence."
It paused here.
I just want you to learn the last four words. Qiao Sang thought to herself, but patiently repeated the rest of the sentence: "Say it all out loud."
Tingbao learned very quickly: "Words, all, pronounce, out, say, I, name, Ting, Bao."
"Amazing!" Qiao Sang exclaimed in genuine admiration, "You learned so many characters in one go!"
Tingbao continued learning: "Awesome!"
Qingbao watched this scene from the side, then quietly came over and started imitating it:
"Qing, Qing, Qing"
Unfortunately, after studying for half a day, he still couldn't pronounce a single human character.
"Search?"
Suddenly, Xiao Xunbao took off his headphones, looked at Qingbao, stared at him for a few seconds, then looked puzzled and called out, "What are you saying? Why can't you speak clearly?"
Qingbao shut his mouth expressionlessly, as a strong wind blew around him.
Xia Lala was suddenly blown up.
Qiao Sang reacted quickly, scooped it up, and held it in her arms.
"Search!"
Little Treasure was startled and quickly picked up the laptop that was almost blown away. It floated to its Beastmaster's side and called out to indicate that it hadn't said anything.
"Gurgle."
Just then, Ya Bao's stomach suddenly rumbled.
"Teeth!"
Ya Bao barked once, indicating that it was hungry and asking when it would eat.
Upon hearing this, Qingbao also felt a bit hungry. The wind stopped, and she looked at her beast tamer. Qiao Sang smiled and said, "Let's do it now."
The next day, at 1 p.m.
Inside the technologically advanced venue, a bipedal grass-type pet dressed in a formal suit shouted into the microphone, "Luo Luo! Luo Luo!"
The Provincial and Municipal Translation Competition for Medicinal Herbs is about to begin! Next, please welcome our first contestant!
As it finished speaking, a bear-like pet wearing a skirt and only about one meter tall waved and came onto the stage.
Meanwhile, hotel suites.
The television in the living room was playing related footage.
"Teeth?"
Ya Bao sat on the sofa and called out, indicating why we weren't going to the scene.
"There are no tickets left," Qiao Sang said. "Watching this competition is the same as watching the Beast Taming Battle; you need to buy a ticket to get in."
"Teeth?"
Ya Bao called out again, indicating when Xiao Xun Bao and Ting Bao would appear.
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said, "It should be later, since they registered relatively late."
"Teeth."
Upon hearing this, Ya Bao immediately lost interest in watching the translation competition. It barked, indicating that it would wait until Xiao Xun Bao and Ting Bao came out before watching.
After saying that, he focused intently on controlling the clones in the distance to carry out their training.
Just then, Lu Bao jumped onto the sofa and flicked its head with its tail.
"Teeth?"
Ya Bao looked at it.
"Ice Saint".
Lu Bao called out calmly.
Accompany me during training.
"Teeth!"
Ya Bao jumped off the sofa with a cheerful shout.
go!
After saying that, he walked towards the door.
Lu Bao jumped off the sofa and followed him.
Qiao Sang: "."
You just said that when it was Xiao Xunbao and Tingbao's turn, I would tell you that training was more important. Qiao Sang withdrew her gaze from Ya Bao and Lu Bao and looked at the TV.
At that moment, a pet's voice came through the loudspeaker throughout the arena: "Can, can, can."
After speaking for about ten seconds, the grass-like pet, dressed in formal attire, said, "Luo Luo."
Contestant number one, please begin translating.
The bear-like pet wearing a skirt picked up the microphone and said in broken Chinese, "Everyone, the human personality that is least suitable for contracts is... yes, yes."
It stopped.
The large screen behind me was counting down, and soon the countdown ended.
"Luo Luo," said the grass-like pet dressed in formal attire.
Translation failed, please exit.
The bear pet walked off the stage looking dejected.
"Fall down."
Let's welcome contestant number two.
A short while later, a young man wearing glasses, who looked to be around twenty years old, came up.
"Can, can, can." The voice of the same pet still came from the loudspeaker.
When the sound stopped, the grass-like pet dressed in formal attire said, "Luo Luo."
Contestant number two, please begin translating.
The young man picked up the microphone and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I can only translate the language of the Little Lightbug race. Could you let the Little Lightbugs give me some test questions?"
Unlike pets, humans can directly understand the languages of all races and translate them, while humans can only practice with one race at a time.
The grass-like pet, dressed in formal attire, seemed to have anticipated this scene and let out a cry:
"Fall down."
Contestant number two is eliminated.
If all the contestants were like this, wouldn't I be able to win the championship in no time if I participated in the competition? Qiao Sang looked at the scene on TV and affirmed his confidence.
Gangbao glanced silently at his own beast tamer.
Michaela, who was applying a face mask and drinking coffee, said, "Participating in this type of competition, unless you win the championship with an amazing performance, you won't gain much popularity."
"Why?" Qiao Sang asked cooperatively.
“The translation competition is a small-scale event, and there won’t be many people or pets paying attention to it,” Michaela explained calmly. “Besides, Little Treasure is participating in a competition in the Medicine Kingdom. Even if it’s on TV, it will only be broadcast within the Medicine Kingdom, and there will be even fewer people and pets watching. Even if it wins the championship, once we leave the Medicine Kingdom, basically no one will know that Little Treasure participated in this competition.”
"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Qiao Sang thought to herself, but said with a good attitude, "It's okay. After this competition, we will stay in the Medicine Kingdom for about five days. Five days should be enough time for Little Treasure Hunt to absorb some white energy."
Michaela took a sip of his coffee and said, "But only if it wins the championship."
Qiao Sang recalled the performances of contestants number one and two and said, "Little Treasure Hunter has a pretty good chance of winning the championship."
Michaela laughed and said, "If Tingbao hadn't gone, it would have been quite a big chance, but since Tingbao also participated in the competition, Xiao Xunbao's chances of winning weren't so great."
Yesterday and this morning, she heard Tingbao practicing human language the whole time.
"No way," Qiao Sang said. "Tingbao still stumbles a bit when he imitates what I say, but Xiao Xunbao types very fast and never makes a mistake."
Michaela looked at the image on the television and slowly said:
"The most important thing about this type of translation competition is to translate with language. No matter how accurate and fast you type, it is still not as good as speaking directly and translating with language in the minds of the audience."
"After all, most pets don't know how to read. If translation is needed, even if the translation is wrong, most pets won't know. Ordinary people can easily be kept in the dark and have to let the translator who typed the text decide. In this respect, language is not as good."
"Most importantly, there was a pet contestant who used a computer to type and translate during a competition. Just as the results were about to be announced, it was discovered that a mechanical pet had sneaked into the computer and was helping with the typing and translation."
"Since then, contestants who use computers or mobile phones to type translations have rarely won translation competitions. Even if they do win, many viewers will question whether they cheated."
"Then Xiao Xunbao's participation in the competition was for nothing," Qiao Sang sighed inwardly, recalling how hard Xiao Xunbao had been practicing typing for the translation competition these past two days.
“No, that won’t happen,” Michaela said. “As long as you get into the top five in a translation competition of this scale, Little Treasure Hunter can become an E-level translator and then participate in competitions on a larger translation stage.”
“If Little Treasure can’t win a competition of this scale, it probably won’t be able to win in larger translation competitions either. I think Little Treasure probably won’t participate in any more translation competitions,” Qiao Sang said.
The ultimate goal of Little Treasure Hunting is to accumulate popularity and gain more white energy. Only the champion can achieve this goal the fastest. Since he can't win the championship, there is naturally no need to participate in this kind of competition anymore.
Michaela drank his coffee without saying a word, which was taken as agreement.
Time passed slowly.
In the technologically advanced venue, the little treasure hunt finally made its appearance.
"Looking around~"
Little Treasure, holding a laptop, enthusiastically waved to the audience.
"Can, can, can." The pet's voice came from the loudspeaker.
Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Xunbao's eyes lit up with blue light, and he quickly controlled the keyboard to type.
The content on the computer is synchronized to the giant virtual screen behind it.
Meanwhile, in the last row of the audience, a pet stared blankly at the little treasure hunter on stage. Suddenly, it seemed to remember something, its expression excited. It pulled out its phone, turned on the camera, zoomed in, and aimed at the little treasure hunter to record a video. (End of Chapter)