Translators face financial challenges and policy shifts despite playing a key role in promoting Korean voices abroad
A display celebrating Han Kang, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 at a bookstore in Seoul | Image: Korea Pro (Oct. 17, 2024)
With Han Kang’s Nobel Prize in Literature, the global spotlight on the industry has intensified. However, beneath this celebration lies a complex, underfunded world of literary translation that threatens to undermine the reach of Korean voices.
MORE THAN JUST WORDS
With Han Kang’s Nobel Prize in Literature, the global spotlight on the industry has intensified. However, beneath this celebration lies a complex, underfunded world of literary translation that threatens to undermine the reach of Korean voices.
MORE THAN JUST WORDS
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