From the Charcoal Sauna Room at Yesul Plaza Public Bath
It was about 60 degrees C (130-140 degrees F) here when we took these photos last night.
Category: Archives
New Podcast Series to Interview Opinion-Leaders and Newsmakers in Korean Business
Ansan, South Korea – December 11, 2009 – Korea Business Central (KoreaBusinessCentral.com [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: file:///C:/Users/sbammel/Documents/KCTS/Administration/Marketing/KBC/Tom%20Tucker%20-%20Project%20%231/koreabusinesscentral.com]), a new online community focused on business in Korea and which is sponsored by Korean Consulting & Translation Service, Inc. (KoreanConsulting.com), announces an agreement with Tucker Media Group, Inc. (www.TuckerMediaGroup.com) of Palm Springs, California...
Korean<>English Dictionary from Google
I generally go to Yahoo! Korea’s Korean<>English dictionary [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://kr.dic.yahoo.com/]for definitions when translating. It’s pretty good and has several subject-matter specialties. Korean portal sites Naver.com and Daum.net also have about the same offering but I’ve stuck with Yahoo! simply because the interface is more familiar to me. It probably doesn’t...
Business Introduction Provided in the US Military Base Field (US & Korea)
I was contacted by a US company looking for advice on doing business with the US military in Korea. Through my network at Korea Business Central, I was able to introduce him to a qualified consultant.
“Long Live Korea!” – The Legend of Hong Soo-hwan’s Comeback Win
I discussed and translated an article [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=3895261] from the Jungang Daily newspaper last week in this post of Nojeok Hill: My View from the Top. Here is the (almost) full Korean source followed by the translation. It was nice to work on a translation project where I was the...
Cargo Nets for a Chevrolet Captiva in Saudi Arabia
Uncle Bobby and Aunt Karen! We just picked up parts at the GM Daewoo Service Center here in Ansan for your Chevrolet Captiva in Saudi Arabia. We got a cargo net for going over the top of the luggage and another that holds stuff in along the back; wasn't sure...
Web 2.0 Asia :: Google Korea Unveils New Homepage
Original article: www.web20asia.com[EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.web20asia.com/411#] This is a huge departure for Google. It demonstrates yet again how the Korean market is stimulating global innovation by being a test-bed for new ideas.
Visit to a Korean Traditional Tea House
There aren't too many places with more "atmosphere" than the inside of a cozy Korean tea house on a cold day. "Bukkugi Doongji" is such a location about fifteen minutes by car from our home in Ansan. We'd driven by several times in the past, but today Myunghee and I...
A Very Helpful Explanation about Korean Grammar from Linguist Yongjoon Cho
I just posted an announcement [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: /2009/12/korean-language-skills-research-project-novices-welcome] on my Nojeok Hill blog regarding a survey of learners of Korean. Having completed the survey myself, I emailed the author, Yongjoon Cho, with a Korean grammatical question that’s been on my mind for awhile. My message to Mr. Cho: Hi...
Warning About the SDL Trados PSMA (Premium Software Maintenance Agreement)
OPENING NOTE: The following post is a little long-winded. To get the key warning, simply scroll down to the red text below. Several years ago, I signed a premium software maintenance agreement (PSMA) with SDL so that I would always have the latest version of Trados for the licenses I...
