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eBook: Korea Business Etiquette Course
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Korean Translation Tip: Don’t Just Use a Dictionary to Translate Job Titles into Korean
If you’re translating English business cards into Korean, work with a professional who understands the intricacies of the task and asks enough questions to be able to translate job titles correctly. For example, here are many (but not all) of the possibilities for translating “director” and its variants: 이사 전무...
What You Need to Know About Korean Holiday Greetings and Gatherings
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....
“One of our investment professionals will be traveling to South Korea for a meeting and would like to make a few general opening remarks in Korean.”
*** Visit the related tip on Korea Business Central. I received the following two questions last week, and as these aren’t the first inquiries I’ve gotten on the subject, I figure’d I’d post some thoughts on the topic here. The Questions #1 – “One of our investment professionals will be...
Expanding on the Korean Business Etiquette Guide, Chapter 1 – “Understanding and Correctly Using Names and Titles in Korean Business”
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...
Expanding on the KBC Professional Certification Program, Module 4 – “Gift-Giving in Korea”
I wrote the Business Culture Fundamentals Specialization of the KBC Professional Certification Program to help non-Koreans make sense of Korean business culture and be more effective in Korean business. To date, we’ve had dozens of students sign up, with many of them having graduated. But one person who doesn’t need...
Answers to Questions about Korean Company Hierarchy
The following snippet is now part of the ebook Korean Business Etiquette Guide: Take an Essential Step Toward Your Business Goals in Korea! Purchase and download on Amazon. [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Bammel/e/B00T6BEEY2/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=korcontraseri-20&linkId=CVTDBYDSJBICQN2B] From the extra reading in Chapter 1 of Korean Business Etiquette Guide: Take an Essential Step Toward Your Business Goals...
Q&A with American Businessperson about Gift-Giving in Korea
Having published my executive report “The Top Ten Gifts to Give in Korea to Make a Great Impression”, I get a steady flow of questions asking me for advice in specific gift-giving situations. Here’s a question I received recently: “I am an American businessman meeting with a Korean company Chungbuk...
Email Interview with Reporter from the Donga Ilbo Newspaper
I much prefer email interviews to verbal ones; that’s because I can keep and post my exact answers here even if the reporter ends up using only bits and pieces of what I provide. This is from an interview with the Donga Ilbo. <스티븐씨의 소개> Q. 동아일보 독자들에게 스티븐씨에 대한 간단한...
