Native Name: Korean (한국어/조선말)
Number of Speakers: 78 million
Official language of: North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian (People’s Republic of China)
Script used: Mixture of Hangul and Hanja (Chinese characters) or Cyrillic alphabet.
Sample of Korean
Engineering Website Translated into Korean & Chinese (Mandarin)
In 1446 a national writing system was commissioned by Sejong the Great to replace the Chinese system which had been in use up to that date. This is the writing system now known as called Hangul. The Koreans borrowed a huge number of Chinese words, gave Korean readings or meanings to some of the Chinese characters and also invented about 150 new characters, most of which are rare or used mainly for personal or place names. A number of Chinese characters are still taught in South Korea but the Chinese system was abolished in North Korea.
Korean Translation & Typesetting sample
Because of the prevalence of English in modern Korean culture and society, it is not rare to find instances where one would mix both English and Korean in the same sentence. The vocabulary of the Korean language is roughly 5% loanwords; therefore, people often use English words and end up switching between the two languages without even realizing it. This is referred to as “Konglish”.
Korean Translation, Typesetting, Websites, Voice-Overs and Subtitles
Adelphi Translations Ltd. work translating Korean to English and English to Korean. We also produce voice recordings and subtitles for video in Korean as well as translation and localization of web sites into Korean. We are based in Sheffield, UK and handle language projects for local clients in commercial centres such as Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and
London but also have many International clients from around the world.
