[KS] PBS series looking for Korean translator

[Park, Eugene Y.]

Dear Young-Key (and other colleagues thinking of me for this)

For your information, I am already in touch with Ms. Pointdujour, advising her on more technical aspects of researching on Korean family histories, but I asked her to look elsewhere for someone to actually translate the documents. I have briefed her on the promises and pitfalls of using a Korean genealogy (chokpo) for this type of research—a point which the 2013 episode that covered Margaret Cho as well as interviewing me did not address at all in spite of my urgings to the produce at the time.

Cheers,
Gene

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Eugene Y. Park
Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History
Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies
University of Pennsylvania
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/ealc/people/eugene-y-park

From: Koreanstudies [mailto:koreanstudies-bounces at koreanstudies.com] On Behalf Of Young-Key Kim-Renaud
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 10:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [KS] PBS series looking for Korean translator

Dear Ms. Pointdujour,

Thanks for asking me. I hope you know this genealogy of a particular branch of the Park Family of Miryang, written on June 1, 1984, is written entirely in Chinese (except for one word explaining in Korean what a particular Chinese character means and sounds, and the name of the hospital and the city where the person was born on p. 26).

Unfortunately, I do not have the time or resources to translate the whole thing for you, but I can recommend a couple of names, who could do it if their schedule permits;

  *   Eugene Y Park at U Penn <epa at sas.upenn.edu<mailto:epa at sas.upenn.edu>>
  *   Mark Arlen Peterson at Brigham Young U <mark_peterson at byu.edu<mailto:mark_peterson at byu.edu>>
All best,

Young-Key Kim-Renaud, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Korean Language and Culture and International Affairs
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures,
The George Washington University 乔治华盛顿大学
http://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/young-key-kim-renaud
1-703-527-0115, 1-202-994-7106

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Prisca Pointdujour <p.pointdujour at ark-media.net<mailto:p.pointdujour at ark-media.net>> wrote:
Hello,

My name is Prisca Pointdujour, and I'm an associate producer for the PBS genealogy series Finding Your Roots with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. I am currently researching a Korean family with the surname Park, and I was given their family tree. As I don't speak Korean, I am seeking help to decode the document. I'm working on deadline, so I would like to find someone to translate this week.

The family tree is attached to this email. Can you please take a look and let me know if you are available to translate it? We'd be happy to compensate you for your time. Please let me know what would be amenable to you.

Best regards,

Prisca Pointdujour
Associate Producer, Finding Your Roots for PBS
770-866-5793<tel:770-866-5793>

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