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I came to Korea too late. It's just that simple. I came as soon as I could, of course, which was straight after university graduation in the US, but I missed out on seeing the "old Korea". It was the Korea of anti-Americanism, the Korea of poverty, the Korea of...
Introduced a fellow member at Korea Business Central to two associates in Korea, each working for provincial governments in the area of attracting foreign investment to Korea. My associate has an incredibly strong background in this field throughout East Asia and is currently looking for a new position.
This is an actual email I received this week. It was broadcast out to me and 30-40 other translators at the same time: Hi. We urgently need help. Have any of you ever done translations that are billed in gigabytes? If so, how is this done? How much does it cost...
This was an exciting week at Korea Business Central (KoreaBusinessCentral.com), where we hosted the first interview in our Korea Business Interview Series. Tom Coyner, author of Mastering Business in Korea, was kind enough to give us some of his time and wisdom. Here are the links to the interview: Part...
I was just asked this week when the ATA is going to offer a certification exam in Korean. While it's been discussed in the ATA's Korean Language Division, I don't think much has been done to move the process forward and my guess is that it won't happen soon. Apparently...
A member at Korea Business Central expressed an interest in hiring a sales rep in Korea for her work supporting small to medium-sized companies in international trade. I shared this information with my network and one associate in Korea (also a member of Korea Business Central) was interested in this...
I was contacted by a US company looking to expand their business in Korea. They asked what services I could provide them. While my team’s core competency is in Korean translation right now, I forwarded this US company’s information to a recent guest in the Korea Business Interview Series at...
As previously introduced here on Korean Translation Perspective, D. Bannon is probably the best Korean translator of literary works today. His latest project was to translate the subtitles for The Great Queen Seondeok, the blockbuster drama by Korean broadcaster MBC. To purchase the DVD set on Amazon: The Great Queen...
A long-time associate in Korea asked me to help him find contacts in the US gaming industry as he is representing two Korean manufacturers of casino games. Not only did I get him full contact details for purchasing managers at five casinos in Oklahoma, but associates of mine at Korea...
The is my first blog post in about a month, having focused my "content creation" juices on other projects lately, in particular a 25-page university term paper in Korean last month and then some pretty intense site development at Korea Business Central and elsewhere. As of a few days ago,...
