Chapter 715: USD draft fee

I can translate this novel well, and there is no more suitable translator than me. There are not many people like me who understand Chinese culture and are familiar with science fiction. Ken Louis made up his mind.
But before the translation started, there was still a problem to be solved. That was to obtain authorization from the original author of the novel. Ken Louis could not find Shen Long, but he had a correspondence address for "Science Fiction", so he immediately wrote a letter The passionate letter sent "Science Fiction and Literature" to Shen Long.
And he used this time to start translating "Happy Hunting". When he translated the full text, he also received a reply from Shen Long. Shen Long agreed to his request and was willing to hand over the novel to him for translation. And delivered to the US science fiction magazine.
Shen Long is certainly happy, can the money delivered to the door still be? You must know that the cost of American magazine manuscripts is much higher than that in China at this time. According to records, as early as 1977, the remuneration for 1,000-word manuscripts in American magazines reached US $ 500, and some famous writers could even pay two US dollars for a manuscript.
At this time, the US dollars came to the country, and the purchasing power is a drop. Although Shen Long is not short of money now, no one would think it is too much. If you can publish articles in the United States, even if you distribute some to the translator, you can still fall. Quite a lot.
More importantly, the country now highly respects foreign countries. If people are informed that their articles are fancy by foreign magazines, and they are still American magazines, when the news is sent back to the country, it will definitely cause huge repercussions. The pressure faced by science fiction has inspired more authors to participate in the creation of science fiction.
Was very encouraged to receive the reply, and immediately sent his translated English manuscript to Shen Long, asking him to correct it. After he sent it, he realized that Mr. Sun Shaoping, who wrote the novel, might not understand English.
Sun Shaoping does n’t understand English very much, but it does n’t matter. Shen Long ’s English is very familiar, and he also has Liu Yukun ’s original, compare Liu Yukun ’s original with Ken-Louis ’s translation, and then combine his own adjustments, Revised Ken's translation, he marked the revised part with a pencil and sent it back to Ken.
Not only that, he also put forward the concept of steampunk in the letter, and elaborated this concept in Chinese and English bilingually, explaining the origin and basic constituent elements of the steampunk world.
Ken was shocked again after receiving the reply. These revised words and sentences are more in line with the American reading habits and aesthetics than he is an American. What makes him more addicted is the description of the steampunk world. obsessed.
He immediately wrote back and praised Shen Long, then transcribed Shen Long ’s revised manuscript, and put it in an envelope with the article about Steampunk, and sent it back to the United States with a diplomatic pouch to entrust his own A friend posted it to his favorite magazine, Fantasy and Science Fiction.
"Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine" emerged and thrived in the 1950s, quickly changed from quarterly to bi-monthly, and then monthly, and now has become one of the most influential science fiction magazines in the United States; "In Fantasy and Science Fiction In the history of the magazine, a large number of famous science fiction writers who won the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award have been trained.
It can be said that if a science fiction writer's work can be published in "Magic and Science Fiction Magazine", then he has successfully entered the mainstream circle of European and American science fiction circles.
The letter quickly arrived in the hands of the review editor of "Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine". At the beginning of the letter, when the editor saw that this was a science fiction novel from China, he couldn't help but shook his head. He felt almost nothing. It is necessary to continue reading, but out of professional principles, he still read it patiently. New 81 Chinese network update the fastest computer terminal: https: //
Like Ken, he was attracted to this wonderful world for the first time, with magic and science coexisting, a huge steam-driven machine, and a magical difference machine. This world has a unique charm that makes editors addicted to it.
After reading the novel, and then reading the description about the steampunk world, the editor will understand better. After all, Britain is the home country of the United States. He is no stranger to the Victorian era and the Steam era.
He has to admit that this Chinese science fiction writer has created a brand new and charming world of science fiction. The steampunk world has great potential to be tapped. There will surely be more science fiction writers interested in this world, thus deriving A lot of steampunk-themed novels, like the dragon created by Wisconsin insurance salesman Gary Gigakes a few years ago and the underground city world, or the Cthulhu world created by Howard Lovecraft .
But even in order to promote the concept of steampunk, this novel should also be published in the magazine as soon as possible, and this set of explanations about the steampunk world should also be placed in front of this novel.
We can even use this novel as the key recommendation in the next issue. Please ask the editor to help write a small article to recommend this novel ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and the concept of the steampunk world.
Once they have attracted the attention of other science fiction writers, they will create new novels about the world of steampunk, and then post them to the magazine "Fantasy and Science Fiction". In this way, for a long time in the future, readers will Before the world loses interest, we do n’t have to worry about the manuscript.ァ 新 ヤ ~ ⑧ ~ 1 ~ 中文 网 ωωω.χ ~ ⒏ ~ 1zщ.còм
The editor quickly found that the editor strongly recommended "Happy Hunting" and the explanation of the setting of the steampunk world. The editor also realized the commercial value of it. Immediately decided this matter and must be the fastest time to the two The work is published, and he will write the recommended words in person.
As for the manuscript fee, although this is the work of a newcomer writer, the editor-in-chief has generously given a standard of 1,000 words and five hundred dollars. The two articles add up to a total of more than 20,000 words, and the editor-in-chief directly writes out more than 10,000 Contributions in US dollars.
Soon after, the manuscript fee of more than 10,000 dollars crossed the ocean and came to Ken. Seeing such a large amount of money, Ken was a little embarrassed. How should he give this money to Mr. Sun Shaoping?
Exchanged RMB for remittance in the past, it is estimated that he is not happy, and now the official exchange rate and the black market exchange rate can be far away, it is not known whether he is willing to change it into a foreign exchange certificate.
Simply invite him to visit the capital. Anyway, he has to buy things when he gets the money. Is there a better place to shop than the friendship store? And Ken also wants to meet this fantastic novelist.
Soon after, Ken ’s letter arrived in Shen Long ’s hands, and he readily accepted Ken ’s invitation, preparing to go to Beijing.