I made it here right on the dot – I thought I would be early, but this building is a little confusing. Either way, they put me in a conference room and made me wait for 25 minutes before anything happened. Then I got introduced to the head of HR and the head secretary here (it is so hard to remember everyone’s names – that’s something I’ll have to work hard at so as not to offend people), and we went over little procedural things. Then Yi Yongmei, one of the partners, gave me a tour and a brief history of the firm and what we do.
Since then, I’ve had a few assignments thrown my way, including a copy of China’s patent law and a translation of a patent application to look over. Most of my work will probably be translation and communicating with clients in English, which is fine; I’ll learn a lot of law vocabulary that way.
I had lunch with three coworkers in the patent litigation department. Again, I can’t remember their names. There’s a cafeteria in the basement with good food, although a little pricey by Nanjing standards (20-30 kuai a plate). I had beef and rice (more like Korean food, very tasty) for 22 kuai, and we talked for a while. Now I’m back in the office working on reading a statement concerning a lawsuit brought against a Chinese company by a division of Huntsman in Switzerland so I can help Mr. Jiang draft an email about it later.
It is so hot in here – I’m dying…
The seats are really short, and I haven’t figured out how to put them up yet, but it doesn’t matter because the desk is so short…
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