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One-Liner Quotes A Korean Literary Translator’s Pick 2022.06.07 When was the last time you read a book about environmental issues that wasn’t written by an American or a European? Calling South Korea a part of the Global South or the Global Majority would be a bit of a stretch at this point in history, but we still have a unique perspective to contribute to world environmental discourse as the first country in modern history to transition into an international donor nation. There are still millions of Koreans who remember what it was like to starve and have to prioritize economic growth over environmental sustainability. South Korea will always have something interesting to say in any economic growth discourse, and this book, a science bestseller in a nation full of scientists, is our latest hope for a consensus that will save the planet.The Earth Is Fine: It’s the Humans Who’re Doomed (Across Books) is by...

VOL.47 / 2022.06

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Korea’s Publishing Trend - The World Literature Complete Collection

Topic Korea’s Publishing Trend- The World Literature Complete Collection 2022.05.02 At the end of a recently finished drama, “Our Beloved Summer,” a book titled I Like Early Summer written by Lee Na-Eun, was shown. The book does not exist in reality since it was a prop. The name Lee Na-Eun was the name of the drama's screenwriter. The book continuously shows itself as one of the key items connecting the main characters. It revealed itself in the last episode as a gift to viewers.Many viewers would have noticed that the book is similar to Minumsa Publishing Company's World Literature Series. The upper half is filled with a drawing, and the lower half is covered with a white background and a single-colored title. The cover's structure is a symbol of Minumsa's collection. The fact that people recognized the book by its cover shows how much Koreans are familiar with the collection. In the drama, “Our Beloved Summer,” a book th...

VOL.46 / 2022.05

[INFORMATION / KOREAN TRANSLATOR]

Mi Hyun Kim

Korean Translator Mi Hyun Kim 2022.06.07 Mi Hyun Kim is a seasoned interpreter/translator with ten years of experience, specializing in literature, children’s books, military, and history.After graduating from Ewha Girls’ Foreign High School as a French major, she earned her B.A. in both English Language and Literature and Chinese Language and Literature from Korea University and her M.A. in Korean-English interpretation from Ewha Womans University Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation.She started as a Language Specialist at the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission, headquartered in South Korea, and was later promoted to the Deputy of the Language Section. After six years, she moved on to the managerial position for the NAVER V LIVE project, in full charge of all subtitle translations—both real-time and pre-recorded—for live streaming videos of K-pop and K-drama stars such as BTS.For ten y...

VOL.47 / 2022.06

[INFORMATION / KOREAN TRANSLATOR]

Jin Jin-Joo

Korean Translator Jin Jin-Joo 2022.05.02 Profile • Korean-Spanish translator • Email: jinjoo.jin@gmail.com Educational Status • Mar. 2001 – Feb. 2005, Bachelor of Psychology, Seoul National University • Mar. 2007 – June 2009, Master of Economics-Financial Engineering, Yonsei University • Mar. 2010 – Today, Ph.D. in Latin American Economics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Literary Translations ...

VOL.46 / 2022.05

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K-BOOK Import Case in Germany

Export Case K-BOOK Import Case in Germany The start of a new story 2022.04.04 In 2017, when a colleague at our publishing house came across the title The Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down (Suo Books) by Haemin Sunim and suggested we buy the German rights, no one thought that this would be the beginning of a new era. Of course, we assumed that the book would sell well – why else would we want to publish it? Nevertheless, we were surprised how quickly the first edition sold out. In the meantime, over 40,000 copies have crossed the counter and the 7th edition has just been printed. One reason for the great success in Germany was certainly Haemin Sunim's reading tour, which we organised in 2018, as well as his activity on social media, where he has millions of followers. Another is that Korean culture has become increasingly visible in Europe in recent years and interest in Korean literature has also grown in this country. ...

VOL.45 / 2022.04

[INFORMATION / KOREAN TRANSLATOR]

Gi Jang

Korean Translator Gi Jang 2022.04.04 Profile Born in China, Gi Jang is Han Chinese who has an exbert user level of Korean. She has a strong theoretical foundation as she has completed the master's and doctoral programs at the Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation (GSIT) and the General Graduate School at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, respectively. Ever since she graduated from GSIT in 2004, she has worked on numerous interpretations and translations (movie/drama translation, IT translation, novel/comics translation, etc.). And after she began to teach at a university in 2005, she has been steadily having classes (Chinese, interpretation & translation, understanding Korean culture, etc.) while carrying out research (on topics of Chinese, Chinese education, interpretation & translation) and publishing textbooks (general textbooks, authorized textbooks, materials for interpretation & translation). As ...

VOL.45 / 2022.04

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Bae Yang-Soo (裵凉秀)

Korean Translator Bae Yang-Soo (裵凉秀) 2022.03.07 Profile • Contact: +82-10-9101-8257 (+82-51-509-5360) • E-mail: baeys@bufs.ac.kr Educational Status • Feb. 1988. Vietnamese Dept. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (BA) • Oct. 1994. Dept. of Linguistics & Literature, Hanoi National Univ. of Education (MA) • Feb. 2001. Dept. of Linguistics & Literature, Hanoi National Univ. of Education (Ph.D.) Career • Mar. 1995~Present: Professor, Head of Vietnamese Dept. Busan University of Foreign Studies (since Mar. 1995) • Mar. 2018~Present: Director, Institute of Critical Foreign Languages, Busan University of Foreign S...

VOL.44 / 2022.03

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The Korean Book Importing Success Story of AST, a Russian Publisher

Export Case The Korean Book Importing Success Story of AST, a Russian Publisher The Weakest Spirit in the World by Kim Dong-sik 2022.01.03 The story behind the Russian edition of The Weakest Spirit in the World (Yodabooks) by Kim Dong-sik is not very common for a commercial publisher. Still, I hope it could help small and niche imprints that prefer building long-lasting relations with their readers to a hit-and-run strategy. Cover of The Weakest Spirit in the World, Russian edition At Lingua, we predominantly publish textbooks, dictionaries, etc., for those learning foreign languages. In late 2016, our first Korean textbook came out to test our hypothesis and became a huge success, so we devised a concise publication strategy for this language. To our great surprise, few Korean literary translations were published at the time. We decided to exert ourselves as learning the language als...

VOL.42 / 2022.01

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Sungrye Han (한성례, 韓成禮)

Korean Translator Sungrye Han (한성례, 韓成禮) 2022.02.14 PROFILE She was born in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. Translator (Japanese-Korean), Poet.She has translated many Japanese literary works into Korean and many Korean literary works into Japanese. This work includes more than 200 volumes, such as poems, novels, essays, poem anthologies, books for children, humanity books, self-enlightenment books and scientific books. In particular, she has translated many poems and books of Poetry between Korea and Japan.Korean textbooks used in Korean high schools contain several of her translations for educational purposes.She has translated and introduced Korean and Japanese poems in various literary magazines between the two countries since 1990.Then, from 1990 to 2000, she selected the poems of representative poets in Korea and Japan and published four anthologies in Korean and Japanese, respectively. She translated all ...

VOL.43 / 2022.02

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Writer Yun Jung-Eun

Korean Authors Writer Yun Jung-Eun A Writer that Delivers “Happiness That Will Eventually Come” 2024.04.01 In 2023, one news thrilled Korean literature fans at home and abroad. It was that Marigold Mind Laundry (Book Romance), a bestseller in Korea recognized as a “healing fantasy novel,” has signed a high advance contract with a major international publisher. For Korean fans, it was a moment of excitement to feel the power of K-literature again, and for international fans, it was a moment of anticipation to read K-literature in their own language. The book’s writer, Yun Jung-Eun, said in an interview that she hopes readers will find their comfort and happiness through reading her books. From that short answer, it was clear that even people who live across borders and speak different languages are connected by a thin but strong thread somewhere in their hearts. Following is an interview with writer Yun, who shares the joy of life with t...

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