Chi-young Kim

Korean English literary translator
Chi-young Kim
Hangul
김지영
Revised RomanizationGim Jiyeong
McCune–ReischauerKim Chiyŏng

Chi-young Kim is a Korean-to-English literary translator who lives in the United States.

Originally having trained as a lawyer and translating as a hobby helping her mom, Kim became a professional literary translator after graduation, when she started working for a publishing company in New York.[1] Her work includes the English translations of the award-winning novels Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook and The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Hwang Seon-mi. Her translation of Whale by Cheon Myeong-kwan was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.

Other internationally acclaimed translated works are Your Republic is Calling You by Kim Young-ha or The Investigation by Lee Jung-myung.[2]

References

  1. ^ "An Interview with translator Chi-Young Kim (Shin Kyung-sook's "Please Look After Mom" among others) |". Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. ^ "Interview with Chi-Young Kim, translator of "The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly" |". Retrieved 2022-12-30.

Sources

  • Translator Behind Int'l Success of Korean Novels, profile in The Chosun Ilbo, 21 May 2014.
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20140524023257/http://www.englishpen.org/capturing-the-mood/

External links

  • Official website
Authority control databases: National Edit this at Wikidata
  • Israel
  • United States


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