[KS] Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S. university presses

[Eugene Y. Park]

Dear Mike,

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.

Just to be safe, though, perhaps I should check with various university 
presses in advance about their takes on the Korean romanization.

All the best,
Gene

Eugene Y. Park
Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History
Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies
University of Pennsylvania
http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml

On 1/24/2014 10:38 AM, Robinson, Michael E. wrote:
> Dear Gene:
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> 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.
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> Mike R.
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> From: Koreanstudies [mailto:koreanstudies-bounces at koreanstudies.com] On Behalf Of Eugene Y. Park
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:05 PM
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> Subject: [KS] Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S. university presses
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> Dear all,
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> 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.
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> I look forward to your input, and thank you in advance!
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> Yours,
> Gene
>
> Eugene Y. Park
> Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies University of Pennsylvania http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/park.shtml
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