Interpretation, Translation Association Launched
Korean translation
By Park Si-soo
A group of professional interpreters and translators launched Thursday the nation's first association to help upgrade interpretation and translation work and services.
The Korean Association of Translation and Interpretation (KATI) held an inaugural ceremony at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul with the 100 selected members present. KATI is the first officially recognized organization in the field.
``I have frequently received complaints from the government and foreign clients about poor interpretation and translation services. It is because they used less skilled and unqualified interpreters and translators. In other words, there was no institute offering information about competent, high-experienced and qualified language experts,'' Kim Ji-myung, chief director of KATI, told The Korea Times.