Chapter 777
Chen Yunhua felt as if he was hit by the God of Luck, and his whole head was dizzy!
It is a very lucky thing to be able to help Zhang Chu translate "Artificial Intelligence". It can help you increase your popularity and thus receive more translation work for your works.
As a result, the translated version was handed over and sent directly to the editorial department of "The New Yorker".
Although Chen Yunhua lives in Los Angeles on the West Coast, he has been hearing about the name of this magazine on the East Coast for a long time!
Not only New York people read this magazine, but also people in other cities across the United States, and readers in other countries around the world also read it online.
This happiness comes too fast like a tornado!
He is now vaguely beginning to worry that the writing style he translated can really be recognized by "The New Yorker"?
Chen Yunhua, who is not a professional translator, feels that he has become the one who is dragging his feet. If someone who specializes in literary translator does it, it is estimated that the modification will be much better.
Who would have thought that a PhD student in an electrical laboratory would have the opportunity to publish an article in the famous New Yorker?
Even if this article is translated.
Chen Yunhua thought about it and decided to share the news with his friends.
He is certified as a book reviewer on Weibo, but his influence is not particularly great, with only 100,000 fans.
Of course, more people need to know such a commemorative moment.
If you don’t return home without wealth, it’s like walking in a night clothes with brocade!
"For the real exclusive revelation, Zhang Chu's science fiction short stories will appear in the New Yorker magazine next week, and are the ones that occupy the most space in the past two decades. Friends who like Zhang Chu can buy them and collect them."
Chen Yunhua's Weibo account is not very active. The reason they pay attention to is that Chen Yunhua usually writes book reviews from the perspective of young readers, not like those older generation book reviewers, and quotes classics.
Now after seeing this so-called exclusive revelation, only a small number of these followers were Zhang Chu's readers, and they were all a little surprised.
"This is a bit awesome. I actually got to the New Yorker!"
"I don't even know about artificial intelligence? This is a book."
"Upstairs, have you just returned from Mars?"
"It's not that easy for New Yorkers to visit. People only publish one article a week."
"It sounds like this magazine is very ordinary, it's just a magazine. Are you so surprised?"
Most people have never heard of "The New Yorker", and those who know its name are certainly aware of the difficulty.
When the news of Chen Yunhua was spread by Zhang Chu's fans, many people remained skeptical.
Things that are without warning!
For ordinary people, this is just a magazine, and it seems nothing special.
It's not about the cover of the Times magazine, it's just put it on.
Perhaps Zhang Chu's previous achievements were too outstanding and dazzling, and it was a trivial matter compared to "The New Yorker".
Compared with the calmness of domestic fans, fans on the Internet are so happy!
They have been looking forward to the English version of "Artificial Intelligence" for several weeks, and now they have finally seen a glimmer of hope!
Although I have the ability to write English, I always waited until the Chinese version was released for a long time before the English version was released.
Foreign readers are envious of the good luck of domestic readers and wish they could pass the Chinese Level 10 exam!
"I finally came out, I thought Zhang Chu had no plans to have the English version."
"New Yorker? I don't like it the most is New Yorker, I'm so pretending!"
"Don't you plan to find a magazine in the UK to publish it? New York is too far away, and you want to buy a physical magazine!"
"It seems that you can subscribe to the electronic version on Amazon or Apple Store and the New Yorker official website, so just buy this issue."
"Will the New Yorker actually publish "Artificial Intelligence"? It's a miracle."
"God! You can finally see this article. But when will "The Forest in Norway" appear? I can't wait!"
Chen Yunhua smiled while browsing the comments on Twitter. His name would not be known at all without formally meeting the public.
In most of the translated works, readers are familiar with the author of the original work and do not know who the translator is.
Chen Yunhua had long anticipated this situation. He just wanted to be a little famous in the Chinese writer circle so that he could receive more translation work!
The cost of living in the United States is very high. He only won half a prize for his doctorate, so he had to prepare a lot of tuition and living expenses himself.
Now I am almost thirty years old, so I feel very embarrassed to ask my parents for money.
So self-reliance becomes the key.
Now he looked at the balance number in the bank card and the smile on his face became even deeper!
I thought holding Zhang Chu's thigh would only increase my job opportunities, but I never thought I would make money by translating short stories.
But now I found that Zhang Chu's thighs were actually golden. No wonder he could earn 300 million yuan a year at a young age!
I have always heard that "The New Yorker" leads the American literary world, with high quality and good royalties.
Publishing articles on it is a stepping stone to become famous. Generally, if the author posts a short story, the publisher will target it and make a long article.
According to rumors, the magazine's manuscript fee is very high, and the manuscript fee for a short article is often equivalent to publishing this book.
Now Shen Yunhua finally experienced it himself, and the rumors are true!
The manuscript fee for publications in the United States is generally between $750 and $2,000 per thousand words, depending on the writer and the work.
Ordinary contributors can basically achieve the achievement of one word and one dollar, and it is not difficult to have a word and two dollars in large magazines such as Vanity Fair.
And top writers can even have five dollars and ten dollars in one word!
The basic manuscript fee for the New Yorker magazine is $1,500 per thousand words, while the manuscript fee for the negotiations in Artificial Intelligence is $3,000 per thousand words.
If it is Chen Yunhua's own original work, then he will definitely be able to get the most basic numbers.
But Zhang Chu is different. He has been tested in the market. At the same time, Random House editor Blair helped him deal with it. It is normal to get a double-digit number for the basic manuscript fee!
One word is $3, and 30,000 words are $90,000.
At a rate of 55 points, Chen Yunhua received a royalty of US$45,000.
Chen Yunhua didn't know what to say when he helped Zhang Chu translate a short story, but he was so generous!
Many full-time writers in the United States can only earn this figure in a year, but putting it here is only half the profit of short stories.
The money-making ability of top writers is indeed far beyond the public's imagination!
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Recently, Dianniang had an event, and there was a constellation cool run event of the writer Tiantuan in the client's big push position. The author Jun was fortunate to participate in the event as a member of "Taurus".
Chapter completed!