<div dir="ltr"><div>Good News for a Happy New Year!</div><div>Try this<font size="4"> <strong>new converter btn the Revised Romanization system <-&-> the McCune-Reischauer system</strong></font><strong>.</strong></div>
<div> </div><div><strong>Enter <a href="http://urimal.cs.pusan.ac.kr/urimal_new/">http://urimal.cs.pusan.ac.kr/urimal_new/</a> and the second, green menu '로마자 변환기' and choose English</strong>, please.</div><div> </div>
<div>Since the National Institute of the Korean Language in the Korean government is occupied by silly novices who cannot handle</div><div>the Romanization business in English, they did not respond to my urge to make a converter between RR and MR in the last year.</div>
<div> </div><div>Thus I asked Professor Hyeok-Cheol Kwon in Busan University who is well versed in linguistic matters as computer engineer</div><div>to develop a workable converter. It is under construction in overdue schudule but I decide to open it to the Koreanstudies Digest</div>
<div>to get some feedback in advance.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-01-28 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:koreanstudies-request@koreanstudies.com" target="_blank">koreanstudies-request@koreanstudies.com</a>></span><br>
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1. Re: Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S.<br>
university presses (Eugene Y. Park)<br>
2. Re: Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S.<br>
university presses (Charles Muller)<br>
3. Re: Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S.<br>
university presses (Katsiaficas, George)<br>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:51:12 -0500<br>
From: "Eugene Y. Park" <<a href="mailto:epa@sas.upenn.edu">epa@sas.upenn.edu</a>><br>
To: "Robinson, Michael E." <<a href="mailto:robime@indiana.edu">robime@indiana.edu</a>>, Korean Studies<br>
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Subject: Re: [KS] Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S.<br>
university presses<br>
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Dear Mike,<br>
<br>
Many thanks for your insights. I've learned while working with my<br>
publishers that in the end, it is indeed up to the author to check<br>
everything as thoroughly as possible--including the romanization.<br>
<br>
Just to be safe, though, perhaps I should check with various university<br>
presses in advance about their takes on the Korean romanization.<br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
Gene<br>
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Eugene Y. Park<br>
Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History<br>
Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies<br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>
<a href="http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml</a><br>
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On 1/24/2014 10:38 AM, Robinson, Michael E. wrote:<br>
> Dear Gene:<br>
><br>
> My understanding is the RR is accepted as is McCune-Reischauer....it's more up to the author. More importantly, it's up to the author to monitor the use and consistency of any system used. The Presses just don't know how to nor can they sometimes recognize or care about sloppy, unsystematic, idiosyncratic, made-up usage.<br>
><br>
> Mike R.<br>
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> From: Koreanstudies [mailto:<a href="mailto:koreanstudies-bounces@koreanstudies.com">koreanstudies-bounces@koreanstudies.com</a>] On Behalf Of Eugene Y. Park<br>
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:05 PM<br>
> To: Korean Studies Discussion List<br>
> Subject: [KS] Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S. university presses<br>
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> Dear all,<br>
><br>
> By no means advocating a particular romanization system, I would like to know whether American university presses now publish books on Korea using the Revised Romanization system rather than the McCune-Reischauer system. About ten years ago, an American colleague of mine attempted in vain to submit a manuscript using RR, but I wonder if things have changed since then. I would like to have an idea as I'm getting started with a new book project.<br>
><br>
> I look forward to your input, and thank you in advance!<br>
><br>
> Yours,<br>
> Gene<br>
><br>
> Eugene Y. Park<br>
> Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies University of Pennsylvania <a href="http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml</a><br>
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Message: 2<br>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:20:37 +0900<br>
From: Charles Muller <<a href="mailto:acmuller@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp">acmuller@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp</a>><br>
To: Korean Studies Discussion List <<a href="mailto:koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com">koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [KS] Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S.<br>
university presses<br>
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On 2014?01?25? 00:38, Robinson, Michael E. wrote:<br>
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> My understanding is the RR is accepted as is<br>
> McCune-Reischauer....it's more up to the author. More<br>
> importantly, it's up to the author to monitor the use and<br>
> consistency of any system used. The Presses just don't know how<br>
> to nor can they sometimes recognize or care about sloppy,<br>
> unsystematic, idiosyncratic, made-up usage.<br>
<br>
I recently made an agreement to publish a book with a major<br>
university press. As a user of RR, I wanted to confirm in advance<br>
that I would be able to use my manuscript as-is. I was told that as<br>
long as I use an officially-documented system consistently and<br>
accurately, it wouldn't matter.<br>
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This is, of course, the way it should be. I mean, when it comes to<br>
the transcription of Sanskrit, Tibetan, and other languages, what<br>
the publishers care most about is consistency--not adherence to any<br>
particular system.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Chuck<br>
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Message: 3<br>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:57:15 +0000<br>
From: "Katsiaficas, George" <<a href="mailto:katsiaficasg@wit.edu">katsiaficasg@wit.edu</a>><br>
To: "<<a href="mailto:epa@sas.upenn.edu">epa@sas.upenn.edu</a>>" <<a href="mailto:epa@sas.upenn.edu">epa@sas.upenn.edu</a>>, Korean Studies<br>
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Subject: Re: [KS] Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S.<br>
university presses<br>
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Dear Eugene,<br>
Have you considered simply using Hangul (with English translation in parentheses), especially since Korean is now easily inserted in English documents?<br>
Yours,<br>
George<br>
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Sent from my iPhone<br>
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> On Jan 27, 2014, at 1:06 PM, "Eugene Y. Park" <<a href="mailto:epa@sas.upenn.edu">epa@sas.upenn.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear Mike,<br>
><br>
> Many thanks for your insights. I've learned while working with my publishers that in the end, it is indeed up to the author to check everything as thoroughly as possible--including the romanization.<br>
><br>
> Just to be safe, though, perhaps I should check with various university presses in advance about their takes on the Korean romanization.<br>
><br>
> All the best,<br>
> Gene<br>
><br>
> Eugene Y. Park<br>
> Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History<br>
> Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies<br>
> University of Pennsylvania<br>
> <a href="http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml</a><br>
><br>
>> On 1/24/2014 10:38 AM, Robinson, Michael E. wrote:<br>
>> Dear Gene:<br>
>><br>
>> My understanding is the RR is accepted as is McCune-Reischauer....it's more up to the author. More importantly, it's up to the author to monitor the use and consistency of any system used. The Presses just don't know how to nor can they sometimes recognize or care about sloppy, unsystematic, idiosyncratic, made-up usage.<br>
>><br>
>> Mike R.<br>
>><br>
>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: Koreanstudies [mailto:<a href="mailto:koreanstudies-bounces@koreanstudies.com">koreanstudies-bounces@koreanstudies.com</a>] On Behalf Of Eugene Y. Park<br>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:05 PM<br>
>> To: Korean Studies Discussion List<br>
>> Subject: [KS] Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S. university presses<br>
>><br>
>> Dear all,<br>
>><br>
>> By no means advocating a particular romanization system, I would like to know whether American university presses now publish books on Korea using the Revised Romanization system rather than the McCune-Reischauer system. About ten years ago, an American colleague of mine attempted in vain to submit a manuscript using RR, but I wonder if things have changed since then. I would like to have an idea as I'm getting started with a new book project.<br>
>><br>
>> I look forward to your input, and thank you in advance!<br>
>><br>
>> Yours,<br>
>> Gene<br>
>><br>
>> Eugene Y. Park<br>
>> Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies University of Pennsylvania <a href="http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml</a><br>
><br>
><br>
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