Dialogue without dialect

Z: Dai, congratulation, you are the first become a known figure, now Da catched up partially with your help.
D: ...How about you, any good news?
Z: ...I tried and failed for the international portrait competition 2 years ago. Oil painting is an arduous job.Plus other non art reasons.
You were interested in art history too.
D: Yes I talked with Prof. Shao, who said that if you think that after you studied abroad you could find a position here, you might be wrong.
Z: I am working on words now, which are the same as oil painting but I think that I have no major obstacle in terms of interest conflict, I am one of handful persons in doing this, if not say that I am the only one who has have substantial result.
D: Interersting, you might be comparable to Mors.