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Posted : 2021-08-04 13:43 New York-based literary agent Barbara Zitwer / Courtesy of Barbara Zitwer New York-based literary agent recently inked a flurry of deals with big Western publishers to release Korean novels globally By Kang Hyun-kyung Exporting Korean novels is a delicate and time-consuming job that requires network with big Western publishers as well as a significant level of knowhow in pitching translated books to them. Adding to the complexity, several different groups of people become heavily involved in the pre-publication process before the translated books eventually go on sale in local bookstores. Literary translators are the first batch of specialists taking part in the pre-publication process. Unlike other translators who convert Korean into foreign languages verbatim, literary translators are given some room to modify original texts to help readers of target languages easily understand the context of the novel.

Han kangSouth korea generalSouth koreaUnited statesUnited kingdomLiza darntonYun ko eunKang hyun kyungBarbara zitwerSean lin halbertHwang sun mi leafieLee jung myungLiterature translation institute of koreaBarbaraj zitwer agencyNew york basedKorea times