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An associate in my network asked me for a source of scrap IC wafers in Korea this week. I forwarded his inquiry to an associate of mine at KoreaBusinessCentral.coml who is already inquiring within the top ranks of the Korean semiconductor manufacturers and connecting buyer and seller.
I got this inquiry today: I will be moving several Korean speaking families to the Dallas area and i am interested in finding out how much you would charge to be on site as an interpreter. Some days you may need to be on site for 3-4 hours and some...
For some reason, I never really took much notice of the nationalism that pervades Korean society. I mean, Koreans are patriotic. But who isn’t? Where I come from, the US (well, Texas, actually) is the center of the world, so why should I be surprised by Koreans who think their...
I was contacted by a prospect for conference interpreting in Seoul. We don’t provide simultaneous interpreting but I referred the prospect to one of the best simultaneous interpreters in the business.
I was contacted by a US investment firm looking for information on suppliers to a large Korean multinational. Through my network at Korea Business Central, I was able to forward this firm’s request to an associate familiar with the Korean multinational who is following up and providing this high-value information.
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...
