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I recently sent out the latest edition of my Korean Handbook for Translation Agencies to many of my agency clients. In "[II] Korean Translation Style Guide" of the Handbook, there's a section on punctuation and spacing. In it, I mention that spacing around parentheses in Korean does not follow the...
A couple months ago, an African-American teacher in Korea got into a fight with an elderly Korean on a bus. More specifically, the American thought the Korean had used racist speech against him and he hit the Korean, which another passenger managed to get on video: [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://youtu.be/Nyw1aCbgm8g]...
In April I posted my Certificate of Translation Competence, Grade II. I went back for the Grade I test last month and just got notification online that I passed. Until I receive the official certificate by mail, this screenshot from the Korean Society of Translators will have to suffice as evidence...
I took the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) last month and I passed at the top level, which is Level 6. This test is the leading Korean counterpart to the various standardized tests non-English speakers take to prove their ability in English, such as the TOEFL and TOEIC tests....
I made the following video in response to a KBC member’s question about learning Korean vocabulary. Click here to visit the discussion on this topic.[EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcgroup/koreanlanguagelearners/forum/topics/how-where-do-you-actually] It’s also a contribution to the KBC Community Soapbox.[EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/the-kbc-community-soapbox-lear] [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.youtube.com/embed/eMprmKxQGRE?rel=0]
I've got a colleague here in Korea, Dong-Hyuk Kim (pictured at right), who always closes his emails with the most creative and charming expressions. I'm collecting some of them here for safekeeping: 달콤한 휴식을 즐기는행복한 저녁 보내세요. 가을의 정취와 더불어즐거운 하루 보내세요. 맑고 향기로운 하루 보내세요. 상쾌한 하루 보내세요. 좋은...
A member on Korea Business Central seems to be losing enthusiasm for studying Korean and posted a discussion question this week asking what he’s really going to get out of the effort if he just wants to work in Korea. Seeing as how Koreans in business generally want to learn...
I Ruffled Some Feathers Back in June, I posted an article here about learning Korean and asserted that I’ve only mastered about 15% of the language even after spending over 15 years as a Korean language learner. I even went so far as to use this number as a key theme...
What Doesn’t Help as Much As I Wish It Would Having a Korean Wife Many Koreans who have been impressed with my Korean ability thought it only natural that I’d be improving my Korean thanks to Myunghee’s help. But frankly, I feel that the language learning benefits have been relatively...
I Force Myself Into Korean-Language Situations One of my primary goals in studying for a masters degree at Hanyang University in Ansan (see photo below of me in front of the Business Administration Building) is to improve my Korean. This purpose almost comes in at a higher priority than the...
