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How do you create a good translation of responses to surveys and questionnaires? With smooth target-language sentences and phrases that convey the rough meanings of the source? Or with translations that accurately and consistently represent the way the original writers expressed themselves, including as many nuances as possible between terms...
I'm seeing a steady increase in the number of software and online translation projects we handle for the English to Korean language pair. At the same time, I've noticed that client and translator expectations about budgets, processes and client-vendor involvement are not always in sync with the difficulties these projects...
We've just reached yet another milestone! That’s right… I've posted three sets of Korean translation tips (eight each), and so I’d like to celebrate by summarizing the latest batch for you here: You Can’t Write Names of People in Red in Korean Localize Place Names for Koreans Unless You Want...
Translations from English to Korean must be done by a native Korean speaker. Otherwise, the Korean writing style will not sound natural. However, sometimes only a native English speaker can fully grasp the nuances of a source text or "smell out" oddities with the source that need to be fixed....
어느덧 또 한 해가 마무리되는군요! 2013년은 제게 참 다사다난했던 한 해였습니다. 제게 많은 도움을 주신 사장님께 깊은 감사를 드립니다. 내일부터 시작되는 새해에도 사장님과 가족 모두 늘 행복하고 건강하시기를 기원합니다. Translation: We're already finishing up another year! 2013 was a really eventful year for me. I'd...
Translation is a funny business… I've been working in this field now for about fifteen years, and I enjoy translating from Korean to English. However, I avoid, at almost all cost, proofreading, editing and performing other quality-assurance tasks of Korean to English translations done by others. (BTW, this does not...
Do you remember the video I showed you last time? If you didn’t see it, please watch it here in order to be ready for this week’s tip. Unbelievably, it seems that some folks still aren’t convinced that it’s bad practice to break English sentences up and translate phrase by...
By now (if you've been reading my past tips here, here and here!), you should know that Korean punctuation doesn’t always match English punctuation. Another aspect of Korean writing that doesn’t jive with English is CAPITALIZATION. In fact, Korean has no concept of capitalization whatsoever. It’s no more possible to capitalize a Korean...
I frequently translate Korean emails and other documents to be used in litigation. These generally come to me during the discovery phase before trial while the attorneys for the non-Korean side are preparing their case using materials obtained from the opposing Korean party. In these situations, the attorneys are interested...
As we get started on another set of brand new Korean translation tips (see Sets #1, #2, and #3 [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: /2013/12/eight-more-tips-this-is-set-3-for-helping-you-handle-your-korean-translation-projects-properly]), I’ve got a series of three related tips to introduce to you… This is Part I. It really surprises me how often my team and I get...
