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Tip #1: A Korean-Language Google Translation Error and Best Practices for Handling Your Korean Projects Tip #2: Is the Standard Korean Greeting a Question or Not? Tip #3 : A Quirk of Punctuation Usage in Korean Tip #4: This Week’s Episode of “Steven’s Believe It or Not!” Tip #5: Greetings...
By now (if you've been reading my past tips here, here and here!), you should know that Korean punctuation doesn’t always match English punctuation. Another aspect of Korean writing that doesn’t jive with English is CAPITALIZATION. In fact, Korean has no concept of capitalization whatsoever. It’s no more possible to capitalize a Korean...
I frequently translate Korean emails and other documents to be used in litigation. These generally come to me during the discovery phase before trial while the attorneys for the non-Korean side are preparing their case using materials obtained from the opposing Korean party. In these situations, the attorneys are interested...
Over the last couple years, I’ve watched three Korean TV series set mainly in the 1970s. Light and Shadows (빛과 그림자 [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%9B%EA%B3%BC_%EA%B7%B8%EB%A6%BC%EC%9E%90_(MBC_%EB%93%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%88)], MBC) (64 episodes at 70 minutes each) Samsaengi (삼생이, KBS) (120 episodes at 35 minutes each) Eun-Hee (은희 [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED:https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%80%ED%9D%AC], KBS) (140 episodes at 35...
As we get started on another set of brand new Korean translation tips (see Sets #1, #2, and #3 [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: /2013/12/eight-more-tips-this-is-set-3-for-helping-you-handle-your-korean-translation-projects-properly]), I’ve got a series of three related tips to introduce to you… This is Part I. It really surprises me how often my team and I get...
I was just awarded this certificate for completing an online course on ethics in research by the Korea Institute of Resource Development [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.kird.re.kr/front/portal/main/Main.jsp](or something like that. The actual name of the institute is 국가과학기술인력개발원 but the only English they provide for this is the acronym “KIRD”). Not...
Christmas is a national holiday in Korea and the many Korean Christians do celebrate the day. In addition, the holiday season comes to stores across the nation, just as in the West, though shopping for gifts surely does not reach the frenzied level you'll find in places like the US....
Korea is known as the Land of the Morning Calm, and indeed, Koreans are the epitome of the yin and yang, deep meditation over a cup of tea and all things mellow. They don’t work hard, they take long naps in the afternoon, spend lots of time reflecting on the...
It’s extremely easy to become a millionaire in Korea. In fact, nearly everyone earns over a million every month… I’m talking about Korean won, of course, and with an exchange rate a bit more than W1,000 per US$1, it’s easy to see that $1,000 is more than one million won!...
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a former client asking how to market his ESL website to Korean consumers. He’s tried various online approaches which haven’t worked and my previous article discussed that in detail, including some concise tips at Korea Business Central) In addition to the online...
