I am a native Korean freelance translator and reviewer with over six years of professional experience in English-to-Korean and Korean-to-English translation, review, editing, MTPE, and linguistic QA.

I work across medical and life sciences, legal and intellectual property, technical and industrial content, cybersecurity and SaaS, corporate training and e-learning, marketing, and game localization. My work ranges from translation to revision and linguistic QA, with particular attention to subject-matter accuracy, terminology consistency, natural target-language style, client requirements, and usability in the final context.

• KO→EN: translation and review of clinical and medical records, including operative, anesthesia, nursing, diagnostic, laboratory, pathology, and other inpatient/outpatient documentation
• EN→KO: translation, review, and linguistic QA of patient education, informed consent, healthcare-plan and insurance materials, surveys, medication-related content, and other patient-facing healthcare materials
• Medical-device IFUs, user manuals, and product documentation covering medical, dental, airway-management, oxygen-therapy, and other healthcare equipment
• Revision, linguistic QA, and evaluation of clinical software and Knowledge Base content

• Certified KO↔EN translation of civil registry records, identification documents, banking and payroll records, apostilles, affidavits, notarial documents, real-estate documents, and other official or administrative records
• Editable Word reconstruction and source-faithful DTP for certified and official-document translations when required
• Translation, MTPE, and review of patent specifications, claims, technical R&D materials, and documentation used in IP-related and litigation contexts
• Experience with patents and technical materials in automotive, electronics, medical, chemical, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and related fields

• Service bulletins, operator and service manuals, technical specifications, product updates, maintenance procedures, and training materials
• Construction equipment, excavators, commercial vehicles, electronics, industrial products, and industrial software
• Technical content involving engines and PTO systems, hydraulic and electrical systems, safety and load indicators, diagnostics, software/firmware updates, and industrial metrology

• Ongoing Korean localization, editing, and linguistic QA of VPN, digital privacy, cybersecurity, scam and data-leak protection, SaaS, eSIM, remote-access, and other software-related content
• Web pages, Help Center articles, UI strings, browser-extension content, product and release updates, PR and campaign content, SEO/metadata, and legal/privacy materials
• Contextual review based on client glossaries, style guides, reviewer feedback, visual references, screenshots, and live-page context, with emphasis on natural Korean copy and terminology consistency

• Translation and review of Code of Conduct and compliance materials, leadership content, operational excellence, Lean/Kaizen, problem-solving, strategic-review, and commercial-growth materials
• Corporate training and e-learning content, including learner materials, facilitator guides and notes, presentations, course UI, and structured training modules
• Additional experience with annual reports, financial statements, corporate disclosures, investor communications, and other corporate materials

• EN→KO translation, revision, MTPE, and linguistic QA of game dialogue, narrative and character content, UI/tutorial strings, gameplay content, instructions, and promotional materials
• Experience with terminology- and reference-driven localization, including consistency across dialogue, UI, game mechanics, tags, placeholders, and related assets

• Localization and transcreation of public-facing web and campaign content across travel, consumer electronics, hospitality, cosmetics, food and beverage, mobile applications, surveys, and other consumer-facing content
• Additional experience with public-health, public-transportation, relocation guidance, public-safety communications, citizen-facing information, and telephone/IVR content

• Translation and localization
• Editing and proofreading
• Revision and linguistic QA
• MT post-editing
• Software and website localization
• Transcreation
• Terminology and glossary management
• Certified and official-document translation

RWS Trados Studio 2024 · MultiTerm · memoQ · Phrase TMS · XTM · Smartcat · Crowdin · Wordbee · Xbench · Microsoft 365 · Adobe Acrobat

RWS Trados Studio 2024 Certification — Levels 1, 2 & 3 (English)
Passed all three RWS Certification Exams in July 2026.

• EN→KO: approximately 4,000 source words per day
• KO→EN: approximately 3,000 source words per day

Capacity may vary depending on subject matter, complexity, file format, and the level of review or QA required.

• Translation: USD 0.08 per source word
• Review / Proofreading: USD 0.04 per source word

• Translation: USD 0.03 per source character
• Review / Proofreading: USD 0.015 per source character

Rates may vary depending on the subject matter, complexity, volume, turnaround time, file format, and required level of QA.

Gyeongnam Provincial Government
Civil Servant, Audit Committee
Aug. 2022 – Sep. 2024

Conducted document-based audits and reviewed official administrative records, developing strong expertise in regulatory language, official documentation, accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance.

Hongik University
B.A. in English Language and Literature

Gimhae Foreign Language High School
Department of English