Monday, October 20, 2025
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Would you consider taking a job editing Korean to English translations (mostly subtitles of dramas and movies)?
ReplyDeleteThis is kind of off-topic from the post (send me an email!), but sure, I'd consider it. Saying yes is another matter: When does the job start? How much does it pay? What are the hours? How long is the contract term? Is there a work-from-home option (I'm only curious; I'd have no problem working in an office since I'm basically a domesticated office creature after ten years at my previous job)? What's the job site like (I'm thinking open plan, fairly quiet, with low-walled cubicles and lots of computers)? Would the job involve weekend work? Is there also a chance to do Korean-to-French work (I bet they prefer native speakers; I saw that at KBS when I asked about work years ago)? How flexible are vacations? What's the 퇴직금 scheme? I'm on national insurance right now; would I have to change back to some kind of company insurance? Would I have to relocate? Those basic questions and more are thronging in my head.
DeleteMost important of all: is this just a hypothetical question or a serious, real-world query? Do you know a guy who knows a guy? When would the job start? Would the bosses be Korean? Would I need to wear a suit (or at least slacks and a tie) for an interview? (I've been warned not to say "pants" in front of British people. Filthy Americanism. And my previous job involved a bunch of creatives, so we were very informal about dress code.) What about after the interview, assuming I got hired? Is it a punch-clock culture (e.g., if you're one minute late, you're docked 15 minutes' pay)?
Please email me with specifics if this is a real thing. If not, well, sure, hypothetically, I'd consider such work even though it's not the sort of work I'd been doing for a decade. What I'm doing now on Substack is, in many ways, an extension of what I used to do at my previous job. It's just that I do it for almost zero pay at the moment, at least until subscribers start rolling in. They say it takes a few months to get traction.
I know it's off topic, but I swear half the emails I sent you never get through. Anyhow, I emailed you, so let me know if you don't get it.
DeleteI did get your email and replied. In my reply, I promised to update a CV tonight and send it off Tuesday morning or afternoon. I'll include a cover letter, a photo, and a writing sample. Something non-nasty, like a movie review. Probably not the one for "Parasite" since I accused the director of being a Marxist. Maybe the long one for "Doctor Strange." Or maybe one of my exciting blog posts on grammar.
DeleteUpdate: for my writing sample, I'm sending the first three or four paragraphs of my review of "KPop Demon Hunters." Plus a sexy photo of me with my shirt unbuttoned halfway down and my gut pushing out. Mmmm.
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