Inside New Office at Dong Suh Core Center (Half-Furnished)
Monthly Archive: March 2010
A Difficult Job: Some E>K Mistranslations Along with the Corrections
Some files are just like that; they come with a disproportionate number of confusing phrasings that are easy to misunderstand. We had a job like this last week and when I went back to check my team’s work, I came across error after error and ended up re-proofing the entire...
Inside New Office at Dong Suh Core Center (Before)
Gotta love that flooring!
On Becoming a GyeongGi Province Foreign Investment Attraction Advisor, Part 2
The advisor meeting on Friday, February 19, 2010 was held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Suweon. As this was my first time to hold an official title in Korea and I didn’t have any idea what to expect in advance, I was apprehensive before the meeting. In particular, I...
Business Introduction Provided to Korean Business Culture Trainers (US)
I was contacted by a leading US multinational looking for Korean business culture training for a team being dispatched to a site in Korea. I was able to refer her to two excellent associates of mine at Korea Business Central (KoreaBusinessCentral.com) who have deep knowledge of Korean business and culture,...
Toyota’s Despicable Contempt for Korean Consumers
The Koreans are thrilled silly about the Toyota quality problems. They’re trying not to gloat but their glee is barely concealed, especially as Hyundai and Kia auto sales increase so rapidly in the US. But this isn’t really what my post is about today and I’m going to depart a...
