Translations in Korea Theory and Practice /

• Main Author: Kim, Wook-Dong (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Literature-Translations.; Translation and interpretation.; Korea-History.; Religion-History.; Translation Studies.; Translation.; History of Korea.; History of Religion.

This book explores practical and theoretical approaches to translation in Korea from the 16th century onwards, examining a variety of translations done in Korea from a diachronic perspective. Offering a discussion of the methodology for translating the Xiaoxue (Lesser or Elementary Learning), a prim...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Two Korean Translations of the Xiaoxue
• 2. The Term Question in Korean Bible Translations
• 3. James Scarth Gale as a Translator
• 4. Three English Translations of the Declaration of Korean Independence
• 5. Cross-Cultural Barriers in the Translations of Modern Korean Literature
• 6. The "Creative" English Translation of The Vegetarian by Han Kang
• 7. (Mis)translations of Foreign Film Titles in South Korea.