Packed with the trial and error and know-how gained from translating many books over a long career! This wonderful bright-red book can be bought for 34,200 won. Considering the author’s extraordinary effort and time invested, honestly, the book is far too inexpensive!

A few years ago, I read The World Until Yesterday in English and found parts of it awkward and unsatisfying to understand. I found this book before reading it again and bought it right away. I don’t work in translation now, but I studied it, so I was delighted to find this book and found it very helpful. Even if you’re not studying translation, I think anyone who reads a lot of English should read it at least once.

This book is fun, first of all. It’s called Translation Methodology, but I don’t know if this is the author’s personality; the writing is brisk and easy to read. The author cites essential English-language classics and pinpoints the parts that really sting, so it’s clearly a book that people with intellectual curiosity will enjoy. The secrets of the complex, subtle treasure hunt the author has pursued while translating so many books—finding the same meaning in English and Korean and

I’m not a professional translator, but I bought this book because I’ve worked for a foreign company for many years and sometimes translate writing related to business management. As I turned the pages, I felt that I was exploring with the author not only the grammar but also the precise meanings English words and phrases have in real sentences. It was like having a kind teacher right beside me, generously sharing their know-how using actual English sentences. I believe this will be a valuable

I had read many books the author translated, but this was the first book I encountered that they had written themselves. I think it will be a great help even to people who don’t aspire to become professional translators but want to read English-language books on their own instead of in translation. The book may feel daunting at first because it is thick, but once you read the first chapter, you’ll soon be immersed in it. I think it can help not only aspiring translators but also adult English

I felt something was off while reading books in English, and the title appealed to me, so I bought and read this one. Instead of just reading according to my original impressions, I felt relieved as I worked through the book and saw “when” rendered as “even if” and “one set” paraphrased as “some.” Anyone who has read or translated will understand. There’s a page of original text. First, try reading and translating it yourself; then read the author’s translation, read the detailed additional

I’m still reading it, but I think I can get more out of the book if I translate the original on my own before looking at the author’s translation. Of course, it’s difficult without the surrounding context, but even trying a little on my own makes the explanations later on sink in better. When the book covers a paragraph’s translation, it doesn’t explain every element at once. It sets one kind of lesson goal at a time—pronouns, tense, and so on—so the explanations don’t feel complicated. I also

The book’s density and size are overwhelming at first. But the layout is spacious and clear, so I think I’ll be able to keep turning the pages. These days, even a book over 400 pages feels long, so publishing one over 700 pages must mean the author has a lot to say. I’m not a translator, but as someone who dreams of freedom from English and freedom within English, I’ll read and listen to the teaching of a master.

I’m not a professional translator, but I encountered this book while constantly feeling the difficulty and importance of “translation” in my work translating compliance, HR, and other materials for a foreign company. I want to translate well, but it’s hard to study it as an academic subject in real life. And it’s a book about translation written by translator Kang Ju-heon! Of course, you need a certain level of English to begin with, but I think this book can shift the way you think about how