[KS] Joseon-era official terms

[Charles Muller]

On 12/31/2010 12:53 AM, Don Baker wrote:

> The most convenient way to find the standard translations for the titles
> of institutions and positions in pre-modern Korea is the glossary
> available on-line from the Academy of Korean Studies. The url is:
> http://www.aks.ac.kr/glossary/default.asp

A great resource!

> However, sometimes some of their translations are not the standard
> translations.

It should also be noted that there seem to be a fair amount of 
transliteration errors, at least in the McCune-Reischauer column. Of 
course, I supposed that this will only be used by Koreanists, who can 
easily make the necessary corrections...

Regards,

Chuck


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