공공기관 번역현황 설문조사 결과 및 분석

Abstract

Translation-related Problems in Government Institutions - Survey Results and Analysis Shin, Jisun(Ewha Womans University)Recent years have seen an increase in the demand for translation services in the public sector in Korea. The situation has created new challenges to ensure high-quality translation with the lack of professional translators in this field. This project was designed to diagnose the structural problems of translation services in the public sector and figure out how to address the situation. The data were gathered from a questionnaire survey on 38 local authorities. The major sectors chosen for a survey to analyze the problems are culture and tourism, arts and Korean Studies. The findings show some areas of concern that need to be addressed, such as the standards and quality of overall translation, the absence of systematic evaluation process, and the need to build national database of standardized terminology for consistent translation. The data also found few authorities go through appropriate editing process required to ensure the quality of translation. Most importantly, most of the public sectors are in dire need of truly professional translators who are capable of offering not just solid language skills but also in-depth subject knowledge. In that regard, many of those surveyed suggested the establishment of government organization to provide high quality translation services for the public sector.