Transmigrating to the 1970S: I’m a Translator at a Bookshop

Chen Wei transmigrates into the 1970s as the beloved youngest daughter of her family. She doesn't have to go to the countryside and even lands a secure job at a bookstore. Putting her fluency in English, German, and Russian to work, she translates literary classics with one hand and deciphers German machine blueprints with the other. Factory directors line up to pay her. She buys courtyard homes, collects antiques, and starts a translation company. Chen Wei leads her parents to prosperity and, along the way, wins over Gu Yanqing from the Foreign Trade Bureau as her husband. Their life flourishes! This is a story about opportunity and foresight. Drawing on her modern-day knowledge and linguistic talents, Chen Wei builds up her initial capital in the planned economy era, in the form of reputation, connections, and property, then makes a dazzling transition when the market economy arrives. The story focuses on how personal fortunes rise in step with the country's development, showing how the protagonist, at a turning point in history, steadily lays her plans and moves from the security of a state-sector job into the vast world of business.