[KS] Korean War (other terms)
Charles Armstrong
cra10 at columbia.edu
Thu Nov 17 11:20:47 EST 2005
As far as I know DPRK official translation is "Fatherland." I suppose a
more literal translation might be "Grandfatherland" or "Ancestral
Country," which wouldn't work too well in Western languages. But
Fatherland does have unfortunate Nazi connotations, of which the North
Koreans seem unaware.
Charles Armstrong
jrpking wrote:
>This is a minor point, but interesting nonetheless for those pursuing metaphors of nation and such:
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>>North Koreans generally use Liberation War for Motherland(Joguk haebang jeonjaeng) and War for Protection of Motherland(Joguk bowui jeonjaeng).
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>Don't the North Koreans actually translate cokwuk as "fatherland" in English and not _mother_-land?
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>--
>Ross King
>Associate Professor of Korean, University of British Columbia
>and
>Dean, Korean Language Village, Concordia Language Villages
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