Monthly Archive: August 2021

Korean Translation Style and Formatting Guide

This article provides useful tips for creating professional-level Korean translations. TABLE OF CONTENTS Dimensions Line breaks Capitalization Dialects Fonts Measurements Dates Numbers Punctuation and spacing Companies, brands, and other corporate proper nouns Names of people Technical words Addresses Job titles Words written in Chinese characters Dimensions Korean does not generally...

Basics of Korean Writing

This article won’t teach you Korean, but it will give you a framework for understanding the Korean writing system. TABLE OF CONTENTS Letters are the building blocks Letters make characters Characters make words Words make sentences Sentence styles vary depending About hangul and hanja Korean, Japanese and Chinese Letters are...

Korean Translation Services Buyer’s Guide

You are preparing to pay someone to translate your document, web site or other written materials and have set aside a budget for the work. This in-depth Buyer’s Guide presents a framework for achieving a good translation experience. Over the years, I have seen well-meaning clients and prospects choose the...