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OPINION
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InterviewwithProf.ofGraduateSchoolofInterpretationandTranslation,ChoiJung-wha(F-74)
Editorial
Continuouseffortsbearfruits
KimJong-ilregime
awakenfromdaydream
O
nly few years ago, most people
communicate with each other on their
supposedthataninterpreterisaguide
subjects. That is, an interpreter must
forforeigners.However,thereisChoiJung-
perfectly understand technical terms related
wha, a professor of Graduate School of
to the conference in advance of the
T
heJapan-NorthKoreasummitmeetingwasheldinPyeongyangafewdaysago.
Interpretation and Translation in HUFS,
conference.Inaddition,Prof.
The realization of the summit meeting is enough to attract the public attention.
whohadchangedthisprejudice.Duetoher
Now, she works as an interpreter in
ActuallybilateralrelationsbetweenTokyoandPyeongyanginthemeantimehadbeen
effortandfameasaninterpreter,nowmany
international conference such as
in a tight box as the South and North were in the past. Such facts, of course, were
people notice that an interpreter is a
ASEM(ASIA-EUROPE MEETING). Her
unfavorable to our government. But the rough relationship has begun to look getting
professional job that specializes in
most impressive conference is the ASEM,
betterduetothevisittotheNorthbyJapan’sPrimeMinister,JunichiroKoizumi.
interpretation for international issues and
where the summits of 25 countries
Whentwocountriesfeelthenecessityforanimprovementoftheirrelationship,this
conferences.
participate.Thereare3interpretersforeach
summitmeetingwasaccomplished.RestoringtheNorth’srelationswithJapanwasan
From 1980, she started to work as an
language in ASEM conference. The reason
importantissueinsomeaspectsfromtheNorthKoreanleaderKimJong-il.Oneisto
interpreter over 1,500 international
shechoosesASEMistheprideofbeingpart
succeedintheremedyofthemanagementofdomesticeconomy.Unlessthestepsdon’t
conferences on political, economic,
of history. She said she could read the
fail,becauseofashortageofmaterialsandtremendousinflationliketheSovietUnion
scientific, technological and cultural issues
current times by living as an interpreter. In
andEasternEurope,itisnecessarytocooperatewiththedevelopedcountriesincluding
etc. Recently, she also was elected as a
other words, she faces with upcoming
Japan. Another is to improve relations with the U.S. It is interpreted that President
director of Asia-Pacific part of
phenomena through the international
Bush’snegativeviewforNorthKoreamakesChairmanKimsendoutalovecalltothe
AIIC(Association of Internationale des
conferences.
U.S.ThepublicestimatethatPyeongyangdeclarationsignedbyMr.Kimisnoneother
InterpretesdeConference).Thereare2,500
Forinstance,thedaysshewerebusywith
than a dialogue proposal toward the U.S. also lets us surmise the North’s friendly
members in AIIC and only 8 members are
many conferences were the time of
ChoHyun-min/TheArgus
attitude.
Korean. Therefore, her assignment itself is
beginningofKorea’seconomicgrowth.For
Mr. Koizumi also visited Pyeongyang with his own tasks. The current issue Japan
fully meaningful. She’s found a quite
this reason, she described interpreter as a
insisted on solving first was the kidnapping case of Japanese. He had to obtain good
comfortable niche for herself at the top of
then, she started to study French very hard.
interpreters have to understand the meaning
very attractive job because she has to study
result at the problem on suspicion of the kidnapping Japanese so that his visit to the
AIIC.Whatmakesherhavethesehonors?
Her daily schedule went on hard working.
and context of a speech communicated
upcomingphenomenaandcurrentproblems
Northwillreceiveasuccessfulevaluation.Inaddition,hehadadutytoconveytoKim
She heard French for the first time in the
She woke up before dawn to study French
during the conference, and then they can
intermsofjob.
Jong-il the U.S. worries on weapons of mass destruction. Consequently, the summit
elevator on her way to her sister’s office
and went to bed late. She read English and
translate the meaning of the language.
The recent research shows over 80% of
meetingseemstoplayalargeroleinscratchingtwocountries’itchyspots.TheNorth
whenshewasamiddleschoolstudent.She
Frenchnewspaperalot,listenedtotheradio
Therefore, interpreters have to prepare in
thestudentswhomajorinforeignlanguages
Korea admitted the kidnapping case, which they have denied consistently for a long
said,“Itwasthemostbeautifullanguagethat
and watched TV everyday. Once she even
advancetomakeascriptonhisorherown
want to go to graduate schools majoring in
time, and even officially made an apology. And they expressed repeatedly that they
I’ve ever heard.” Finally, she decided to
hadanightmareaboutthecomingexam.She
before he/she appears on the stage for
interpretation and translation. That means a
werereadytotalkwiththeU.S.AlsoJapanprofesseddeepapologyforitspastcolonial
learnthisattractivelanguagesomeday.Asa
foundherdailyliferathermonotonoussuch
interpretation. She insisted on having a
career as a interpreter is favored by many
ruleonthepeninsula,whichtheNorthhadrequiredasapreconditionofnormalization
result,shechoseFrenchasaSecondForeign
asgoingandreturningonlybetweenschool
nimble mind’ as an interpreter’s essential
people and interpretation business is very
ofthediplomaticrelations.
Language in high school and majored in
and home. The only exercise she had was
abilitytothosewhowanttobeaninterpreter.
promising. Korea is now leading the
ButtheyhaveonlytakenasteptowardstheNortheastAsia’speace.PrimeMinister
Frenchatuniversity.
her finger exercise for writing.
That’s why an interpretation is like live
interpreting field in Asia. Yet, Prof. Choi
Junichiro Koizumi has to put a boiling Japanese people to sleep to form a friendly
Prof.ChoihadbeenstudyingFrenchwith
Consequently, she gained weight a lot. She
broadcasting.Forexample,interpretershave
asked us that we should not stop here. It is
relationshipwiththeNorth.Nowtheyareindignantatseveralpeople’sdeathabducted
all her might. Her passion for learning
describedherselfasa“Littlepig”.Shemade
toprepareunexpectedsituationswhichcould
required that government have to set up a
by North Korean spies. Kim Dae-jung’s government must also pay attention to the
Frenchgrewmuchbiggerwhenshestudied
a rule to study 15 hours a day and usually
possibly happen all the time. The ability to
proper organization more and more to keep
issue.Becauseitissaidthatthegovernmenthastakenalukewarmattitudetotheissue
abroad,atParisUniversityIIIinFrance-for
exhausted from overwork. However, the
handle a difficult situation effectively is
the leading role of interpretation and
oftheKoreanskidnappedtotheNorthKorea.AlsoimmediatereopeningoftheNorth-
Ph.D. in Interpretation and Translation.
fruitsofherhardworkwereassweetaswe
regardedasawit.Therefore,itisrequiredto
translationinAsia.Sheendedtheinterview
U.S. dialogue is not yet to be known. It is reported that the Bush administration will
However, unfortunately, she encountered a
expected. These blood-and-tears endeavors
have both nimbleness and wit to be a good
by giving a word to students who aim to
observe the North reducing weapons of mass destruction and accepting a special
lot of difficulty in France at first. She
gaveherasuccessasaninterpreter.
interpreter. Besides, “Intellectual curiosity”
haveacareerasaninterpreter.“Youneedto
InternationalAtomicEnergyAgencyinspectionofitsnuclearfacilities.
supposedthattherewasnobigdifferencein
Shecommentedaboutherjobasfollows;
is another key of being an interpreter. She
bequalified.Don’tstopstudying.”
Anywaythesummitmeetingisimportantenoughtochangethesecuritysurroundings
French ability between native students and
aninterpretationisnotonlyputtinglanguage
addedthatinterpretershavetohaveinterests
oftheNortheastAsia.Ourgovernmentwelcomedtheaccomplishmentofthemeeting
herself. She was full of pride in her French
into the words of another language by
and basic understanding about all kinds of
BySeoEun-jin
under the judgment that it would contribute to peace and stability on the Korean
ability.Incontrast,therewasabigdifference
talking but also re-creation work. She
fieldsbecauseofthefactthataninterpreteris
ReporterofNewsSection
Peninsula.Theythinkthattheimprovementoftherelationsbetweenthetwocountries
between native speaker and herself. From
explained this as follows: First of all,
a person who enables experts to
willhaveanaffirmativeeffectonexchangeandcooperationworksbetweentheNorth
and South by helping resuscitation of the North’s economy. For all that, Kim’s
governmentshouldnotonlylookonwithfoldedarms.ItisobviousthatJapan’svoice
FromtheFacultyLounge
for the Korean Peninsula will be also loud as the relations improve. That is, the
governmentoughttoleadMr.Koizumiandhiscabinettodiscusspriorconsultationwith
our government on all contacts with the North. The North Korean authorities should
I
also keep in mind not to get genuine reliance of international society until they are
t was undesirable but not surprising that
askedtoassumegovernmentpositions.
confirming him as a prime minister even if
parliamentaryconfirmationhearings?Chang
cautiouslestheroismofanintelligenceagencyhauntagain.
two nominees for prime minister were
Chang Dae-whan, President Kim’s
some people thought he would be
Sang and Chang Dae-whan had complaints
rejectedbytheNationalAssembly.Unlikein
anotherappointmentforprimeminister,also
acceptable. When he was introduced as a
aboutbeingtreatedaspeoplelikecriminals.
the past, we now have parliamentary
suffered from the suspicions raleted to his
prime minister designate, we expected his
Itistruethattherearesomelimitationsinthe
confirmation hearings for prime minister
assets, education, and business. The first
dynamic leadership with managerial skills
wayofconductingthehearings.
nominees. The nation has watched their
suspicion was concerned with questions of
and reform minds. However, he failed to
However,manypeoplethinkthehearings
qualifications for prime minister position
shouldbeextendedtoothercabinetmembers
throughthehearingsprocess.
and officialdom. The parliamentary
LeeSang-hwan
ThequestionsChangSang,PresidentKim
confirmationhearingsareverymeaningfulin
Dae-jung’s appointment for prim minister,
that the process provides clear and strict
faced in the National Assembly’s approval
ethical standards for the average leaders in
EthicalStandards
had been almost about her moral character
oursocietywiththetwo-facednature.
such issues as the forfeiting of Korean
Fromnowon,peoplewhohavesuspicious
citizenship of her eldest son, the unjust
academic and military service records, and
processofamassmentofherassets,andthe
accumulatewealthinunjustwayscannotand
forPrimeMinister
falsestatementofheracademicbackground.
should not seek public office. Now, I am
Intwodaysofconfirmationhearings,prime
wondering whether you can have a clear
ministerdesignateChangSangnevercleared
conscience to the following questions: Did
up the suspicions concerned with her
youfinishyourmilitaryserviceobligationin
morality.
whether there were wrongdoings in the
pass the confirmation process. The second
just ways? Don’t you have any troubles in
Shetriedtoshifttheresponsibilityforthe
process of amassing his assets and of
rejection produced a question of how many
yourandyourchildren’scitizenship?Ifyou
issues of her son’s citizenship, assets, and
receiving a loan of 3.8 billion won from a
leadersinoursocietywouldbeabletopass
don’thaveanyproblemsinansweringtothe
educationontotheMinistryofJustice,and
bank. The second was related to his illegal
the confirmation hearings under the current
questions, you have good qualifications for
her mother-in-law and secretary,
change of address for his children and
standardsforprimeministerposition.
our public office in ethical standards.
respectively. The hearings showed us
unordinaryprocessofreceivingaPh.D.from
President Kim Dae-jung nominated Kim
Unfortunately, it is difficult to find people
considerableproblemsinherethicsandlaw-
New York University. Finally, people
Suk-soo, head of the national government’s
who pass the ethical standards among our
abidingspirit.Despitethehighexpectations
wonderedabouthisspecialrelationshipwith
ethics commission, as his third prime
societyleaders.
forthecountry’sfirstfemaleprimeminister,
current Korean government in managing a
ministerdesignateintwomonths.KimSuk-
the National Assembly voted against
news media company as the president. The
soo is preparing a two-day confirmation
confirmingChangSangfortheposition.The
twodaysofconfirmationhearingsforChang
hearing under the guidance of 13-member
Thewriterisaprofessorof
rejection produced serious doubts about the
Dae-whan exposed his shortcomings, and
specialparliamentarycommittee.
thedepartmentofDiplomaticPolitics
HanSe-jung/CartoonistofTheArgus
wayofpriorexaminationofpeoplewhoare
the National Assembly voted against
How can we evaluate current
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Schoolauthoritiesshouldopen
NeedMoreProfessors?
moreartclasses
ESTABLISHED1954
M
any students in HUFS study more
aconversationclass,itishardtoexpectthe
PublishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandforstudentsofHankukUniversityof
than 1 language or the various
outcome of quality. Of course it is
A
ForeignStudies.TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
sastudentoftheGermanDepartment,
up grades, but as a means of providing
cultures and societies. Many of them study
understandable that in the condition of
higheststandardofcampusjournalism.
I would like to request the school
motivationforthestudents.
foreign languages for their majors and of
HUFS’shortageofplaces(likelectureroom
administrationformoreartclasses.BeforeI
When students learn about other cultures
course to know the ropes of a nation’s
or something), those problems seem
?President,Publisher
AhnByong-man
entered HUFS, I hoped that there would be
throughmusicandart,itwouldbeeasierfor
cultures and social systems, mastering its
inevitable. Because to lower the ratio of a
?Editor-in-Chief
KimJae-hyuk
manyartclasses,buttomydisappointment,
themtolearnforeignlanguagesaswell.
languageisnecessary.
professortostudents,morelectureroomsare
?Editorialconsultant
thereweren’tenoughofthem.
Because our school is a liberal arts
Althoughtherearesomedifferencesupon
needed. But once the authorities concerned
OhDong-chun
Great scholars and artists don’t get
university, it is obvious to see that most of
the departments, usually the language
has decided to give the admissions to as
?Editor
LeeJoo-hyun
motivated solely from their fields of study.
our classes focus on the fields of literature
departments have curriculums which are
manystudentstheuniversitycanacceptand
?AssociateEditor
KimYu-kyung
Forexample,Einsteinwasagreatbiologist,
andforeignlanguage.
composed of composition, grammar,
if the authorities concerned thought that
?Reporters
ParkMin-shik,KimSo-won,ParkJi-yeon,SeoEun-jin,
and religious scholar Paul Marshall was a
However other fields can help us in our
reading, speaking etc. as fundamental steps
HUFScangivegoodqualityofeducationto
YooHa-na,KimMin-suk,ChoHyun-min,LeeEun-kyung,HoeJae-sung
geologist,andthepianist,YukiKuramoto,is
studies. It is sad to see that our school has
to be fluent in a certain language. But
every single students who attend now, they
currently a doctor in physics. Many of the
relatively less subjects and classes dealing
probably most of the students feel the
shouldfeeltheresponsibility.
?ProfessorEditor
SungKyung-jun
classicalphilosopherswereatthesametime
with arts and sciences when compared to
shortage of the professors. I mean “the
In conclusion, now the expansion of
?EnglishAdvisors
RheeSeong-ha,ShinMyoung-sup
great musicians and physicians as well as
other universities. I hope HUFS could take
professors”, not “the instructors”. For
equipments and more professor are needed
scientistsandartists.
chargeofatleastinthesubjectsofartsand
exampleintheDepartmentofSpanish,there
to meet the original purpose of the
Therefore, it is reasonable to say that
sciences.
aresome10professors.Ifweconsiderhow
establishmentofHUFS.
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many students are there in the department
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