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I talked about acronyms awhile ago in connection with plurals and explained that the “s” should be removed from the end of an English acronym when translated to Korean. The reason for this is that plurals in Korean aren’t quite the same as they are for us in English. It’s...
** Visit the related discussion on Korea Business Central [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/korea-business-tip-what-does-face-have-to-do-with-effectiveness-i] One of the appeals of the Far East to many Westerners is the mysteriousness of these cultures that we are told have been around for so long and developed independently of Western influences. With all the yin-yang...
In my last tip, I told you that sometimes you have to change the font color when translating Korean in order to avoid offending a Korean readership. This time, I’m here to tell you that you might also need to modify the names of places during the Korean localization process....
** Visit the related discussion on Korea Business Central. Learning Korean is tough; there are no two ways about it. When I first came to Korea, I planned to conquer Korean in two years and then do the same with Chinese and Japanese after that. I figured that would make...
Sometimes we’re asked to handle a translation into Korean of text that’s not in black font. And every once in awhile, that color is red. And once in a blue moon, the text includes the names of individuals written in red font… Well, you’d better not leave those names in red in your...
Once again, I have the privilege of sharing feedback from Rich DeBourke, principal consultant at SBF Consulting, about a lesson in the Korean Business Etiquette Guide (back when it was the Business Culture Fundamentals Specialization of the KBC Professional Certification Program). Rich's comments and questions about the materials give me...
It’s hard to believe I’ve already written sixteen tips to help clients and other readers improve their Korean translations. Anyway, here are the last eight tips in one place: Why I'll Never Be Able to Translate to English All the Implied Respect in a Korean Document What It Means...
When doing Korean-language layout on English-to-Korean translation [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: http://uz9.25e.myftpupload.com/english-to-korean-translation/] projects, there are two cardinal rules to follow. (Mostly) like Japanese and Chinese, each Korean character is a syllable. But unlike Japanese and Chinese, Korean is made up of words separated by spaces. When left/right-justifying the text, it’s OK...
—- On Korea Business Central, we receive a lot of questions about getting a job in Korea. The problem is that the answers aren’t so easy. In a posting just a few weeks ago, [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/advice-needed] one young professional from Romania asked how she could find a job....
About Korean search-and-replace Nobody uses the search-and-replace function in Word more often than translators. Search-and-replace in Korean is a common task in the Korean translation workflow. When I’m working on a Korean-to-English translation [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: http://uz9.25e.myftpupload.com/korean-to-english-translation/] project, I’ll get started using a certain term and later, with more context, decide...
