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A translation client of mine was also interested in consulting services for expanding their business presence in Korea. I referred them to associates of mine at Korea Business Central. We met together at a hotel coffee shop in Gangnam, Seoul to discuss the opportunities.
Client question about his Japanese business card: Is it normal for the address on the Japanese side to be translated? Obviously if this address was used in Kanji the USPS would have some difficulty in delivering it. My answer: You are right that the address translated on the Japanese...
A client sent me this recently: We are trying to standardize our pricing and base everything on source words. I understand for into English documents, you usually charge based on the target English word count or based on a flat rate that is agreed upon in advance. Would you...
Take a close look at the following photo of Kim Jong-Il embracing the Chinese premier in Pyeongyang this week. Considering that the border with North Korea is just a short drive from Seoul (indeed, I used to have a view of the mountains of North Korea from my desk...
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The Korean Chuseok holiday took place this weekend to celebrate the harvest full moon. It is one of the two major Korean holidays of the year (the other being the Lunar New Year). I took this photo of the full moon early in the morning today from Nojeok Hill facing...
Neat numbering and bulleting in a document goes a long way toward creating a document that makes a great impression. Rather than using the space bar and typing out every number or bullet character, applying the proper MS Word functions for numbers and bullets give a much more polished appearance...
It’s amazing what a little formatting can do to make a great impression on a translation client. Take the following text and table for example: By applying the techniques in the above video, you can make it look like this: Clients judge a translation on more...
For some reason, Word files tend to default to a line spacing that doesn’t work well for the translations we deliver. Therefore, when preparing a translation file for the first time, or proofreading a translation, it is often necessary to do a few tweaks to the file. This video shows...
As I haven’t yet prepared detailed instructions for proofreading, the following Q&A with a proofreader is a starting point for getting these into writing: Q1: Can I put the bottom page numbers as a footer, or should I just put it at the bottom of each page using the enter...
