About Me

Professional Summary

I am an En-Ko/Ko-En linguist with 17 years of experience providing extensive localization-related services in games, IT, automobile, energy, and more. Leveraging my experience with some of the world's leading brands, I assist clients in reaching their full potential aligned with both technical and creative agendas.

My job is to support brands that seek a tailored approach to their markets and add real value to their content. This often extends to quality assessment, identifying weaknesses, uncovering new opportunities, and offering linguistic and cultural insights to inform decision-making.

I also help with the effective utilization of AI-assisted localization, which depends on controlling the feed loop and optimizing the results outside the machine to fix hidden issues that became increasingly tricky to spot in seemingly decent results.

I do not accept jobs promoting religious belief, violence, hate, misinformation

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Skills

Brand Identity Writing

Critical Thinking Communication

Industry Standard Localization System/Processing

MS Office SDL Trados MemoQ

Work Experience

2017-2020

IN-HOUSE TRANSLATOR & REVIEWER

AST

Translation and review of internal documentation, training courses, brochures, video subtitles, public relations messaging, speech

Main translator for the Busan Eco Delta Smart City Project

Clients include: Samsung, Hyundai, Siemens, K-water

2014-2020

TRANSLATION QUALITY INSPECTOR (consultant)

Glyph Language Services, Lionbridge, Zero Founders, E-global

Language assessment and reporting for internal quality control, client acquisition/retainment, recruit evaluation, style guide preparations, glossary selection/ management

2014

IN-HOUSE TRANSLATOR

IKEA

Localization of product descriptions and catalogs before the launch of the first IKEA store in Korea

2008-Present

FREELANCE TRANSLATOR

Provided services as an independent contractor for some of the largest names in the IT and gaming industries: Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Blackberry, HP, Lenovo, eBay, Nike, Dota 2, Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn the Web Series, Minecraft

Interests

I care about the planet and all that live on it. I look for ways to live responsibly so that my footprint has a positive impact. Through life and work, I learn about, practice, share, and appreciate innovative technology, great philosophy, mindfulness, arts, green thinking, house planting, creativity, and cooking.

It is my dream to make a meaningful contribution to connecting communities and making knowledge more available.