林勳

English translation: Hoon Lim

21:48 Apr 22, 2008

Korean to English translations [PRO]
Names (personal, company)

Korean term or phrase: 林勳

I need the English transliteration of this person's name. He (she?) is in management at the Incheon International Airport Corp., if that helps.

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Local time: 05:33

English translation:Hoon Lim

Explanation:
According to Romanization (http://164.125.36.48/romanWebDll/klpl_romanweb.asp), 林勳 (임훈) is Im Hun.
But some Korean persons do not know about the rule "Romanization". Although some persons know the rule, they do not follow it because of several reasons.

As you see in the following web site, the e-mail address of 林勳 (임훈) who works for Incheon International Airport Corp. (인천국제공항공사) is [email protected].
http://apsl.inha.ac.kr/center/board/view.jsp?boardNum=100&l_...

Some Korean persons use the word order "Family Name + First Name" which is a Korean name style, and others use the word order "First Name + Family Name" which is a American name style.
Therefore his English name might be Lim Hoon or Hoon Lim. Either is acceptable. And you may use either of them. But it is better for you to ask to him what English name he uses.

Selected response from:

Purple Kim
South Korea
Local time: 18:33

Grading comment

I want to thank everyone for the great answers. This one had the most information, and actually found the definitive answer, complete with URL.

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

Lim Hoon

Kwang Park, PhD

Lim, hoon

TNT TRANSLATION

Im-Hoon

Joon Oh

Hoon Lim

Purple Kim

Answers

8 mins confidence:

Lim Hoon

Explanation:
Lim is last name and Hoon is first. Very likely to be a boy's name.

Kwang Park, PhD
United States
Local time: 02:33
Native speaker of:

Korean
PRO pts in category: 4

15 mins confidence:

Lim, hoon

Explanation:
His first name is "Hoon" and the last name is "Lim" Hope this helps. Just in case, his name in Korean is "임훈" (Lim, Hoon)

TNT TRANSLATION
United States
Local time: 04:33
Native speaker of:

Korean,

English

17 hrs confidence:

Im-Hoon

Explanation:
In case of the first syllable in Korean it`s usual to read like "Im" instead of "Lim or Rim".

Joon Oh
Brazil
Local time: 06:33
Native speaker of:

Korean,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you. If Hoon is the first name, though, wouldn't it come first in an English transliteration?

18 hrs confidence:

Hoon Lim

Purple Kim
South Korea
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of:

Korean
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

I want to thank everyone for the great answers. This one had the most information, and actually found the definitive answer, complete with URL.

Notes to answerer

Asker: This is a newspaper clipping that the end client is having translated to see what the Japanese press is saying about it, so asking wouldn't help. However, English language Web pages of other related Korean sites are using the English style, so I'll use that to keep all the names consistent.

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