The 2021 Annual Report Release Conference Of Huawei: Ms. Meng Wanzhou’s Personal Feelings

At the 2021 Annual Report Release Conference of Huawei, when asked about her personal feelings after being illegally detained abroad for three years, the spokesperson Ms. Meng Wanzhou expressed her feelings with an ancient Chinese proverb to describe the great changes in the world during the three years. It is difficult to accurately translate this ancient sentence in a limited time. However, the main purpose of the conference was to introduce the company’s operational results and financial status, as well as its future development strategy, and Ms. Meng’s personal situation was not the focus of the conference. Therefore, the translator adopted a strategy of abbreviation here, briefly expressing the central meaning of the source language, which is a successful example of the application of the principle of translation purpose.