Jan 23, 2014 10:54
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Mr Woo Dong
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Hi all
I'm a translator working in another language pair and have a long document with various names in, one of which is Korean. The full name is given first, thereafter "Mr X" is used.
Am I correct in understanding that Woo Dong would be correctly referred to as Mr Woo? The original document refers to him as Mr Dong.
many thanks
I'm a translator working in another language pair and have a long document with various names in, one of which is Korean. The full name is given first, thereafter "Mr X" is used.
Am I correct in understanding that Woo Dong would be correctly referred to as Mr Woo? The original document refers to him as Mr Dong.
many thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | Mr. Dong, Woo |
Seung Won Goh
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Seung Won Goh
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Works in: English to Korean, Korean to English
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Mr. Dong, Woo
This is a tricky question.
Basically, "Woo Dong" indicates "Woo" is first name and "Dong" is family name because many Koreans follow Western naming order. However, these days, Korean governments and English newspapers follow Eastern naming order. I think the document was likely to follow Western order.
If the original document is reliable, his/her last name is Dong. So, you can indicate Woo Dong. However, Dong is a very rare family name.
Another possibility is Dong Woo. If this is correct, the name is 우동 in Korean. As this refers to Japan originated noodle, who could name one's child 우동?
So, there is a possibility that the last name is missing because "동우"(Woo Dong) is one of common names in Korea.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-01-23 11:57:23 GMT)
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With the limited information, "Woo Dong" is recommended. In other words, his family name is "Dong".
Basically, "Woo Dong" indicates "Woo" is first name and "Dong" is family name because many Koreans follow Western naming order. However, these days, Korean governments and English newspapers follow Eastern naming order. I think the document was likely to follow Western order.
If the original document is reliable, his/her last name is Dong. So, you can indicate Woo Dong. However, Dong is a very rare family name.
Another possibility is Dong Woo. If this is correct, the name is 우동 in Korean. As this refers to Japan originated noodle, who could name one's child 우동?
So, there is a possibility that the last name is missing because "동우"(Woo Dong) is one of common names in Korea.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-01-23 11:57:23 GMT)
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With the limited information, "Woo Dong" is recommended. In other words, his family name is "Dong".
Note from asker:
| thank you, that's very helpful! I will refer to him as Mr Dong, in that case :) |
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Comment: "thanks Kortrans"
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