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한글세계화에 대한 일부의 식자층으로부터 반대의 의견이 있다. 주된 이유로 내세우는 것 은 한글이 세계어를 나타내는데 부적합한 문자라는 것과, <F, V>등의 영어발음을 한글로 는 정확하게 표현할 수 없다는 것이다. 이분들은 한글이 로마문자만큼 세계 다른 언어를 제대로 표현할 수는 없을 것이라고 생각 하고 있으나, 세계 공용문자인 로마 알파벳의 효용성에 대해서는 조금도 의문을 가져본 적이 없는 것 같다. 우리가 한글의 세계어 표현의 적합도를 알아보려면, 거꾸로 로마 알파 벳이 세계언어의 다양한 발음을 얼마나 정확히 나타내는지를 알아볼 필요가 있는 것이다. 중국어의 여러 방언과 아랍어, 동남아의 여러 언어를 표현하는데 있어서 로마 알파벳이 이들 언어를 제대로 표현할 수 있는 문자인가를 검토해 본 결과, 로마알파벳이 한글보다 더 우수한 점을 발견할 수가 없었고, 오히려 그때그때 잡다한 땜질로 로마자표현은 누더 기가 된 것을 알수 있었다. 로마자 표기법으로는..... 북경어의 경우에는 12종의 표기법, 광동어의 경우에는 13종의 표기법, 민남어의 경우에는 7종의 표기법, 아랍어의 경우에는 9종의 서로 다른 로마자 표기법이 난립하여 퍽이나 혼 란하다는 것을 알 수 있다. 이렇듯, 유럽인들의 알파벳 사용은 외국어원음 표현에 더 적합해서가 아니고, 제국주의의 식민지배와 침략, 그리고 자신 위주의 사고방식 등에 기인하는 것이며, 절대로 알파벳이 우수한 문자라서 그러한 것은 아니다. 이러한 세계적으로 보급된 로마니제이션은 당연한 상식으로 받아들이면서, 우리가 한글로 외국어를 표현하는 극히 자연스러운 시도, 즉 코리아니제이션을 궁색한 논리로 부정하여 서는 안될 것이다.

There have been oppositions by some highbrows to the globalization of Hangul (Korean Alphabet). They argue that Hangul does not fit for globalization because it does not reflect accurately each sound of foreign languages, especially for example f and v in English. They do not seem to believe that Hangul also can become a worldwide representative language as Roman alphabet. They never seemed to have doubt about efficiency of the Roman alphabet as a worldwide representative letter. Then, before we argue about the appropriateness of Hangul as a global letter, it would be better that we first check the potential of Romanization (the use of Roman alphabet for any languages). Through some researches about the adequacy of Roman alphabet in expressing the exact sound of various languages, I have come to the conclusion that Roman alphabet is no better than Hangul in such function and that Romanization has rather become tattered and ragged by improvised patches and repairs from time to time. For example, Romanization does not seem adequate especially in expressing various Chinese languages as 11 different types of Romanization have been suggested for Madarin, 12 types for Cantonese, and 6 types for Minnan Chinese. In addition, there are at least 9 different types of Romanization for Arabic language. As there have been even various Romanizations, there are usually more confusions and disorders, and even communications among different Romanizations are not possible. Romanization is thought to have become spread not as the result of its adequacy in expressing the other languages, but as the result of invasions, colonizations, and enforcement by the Europian imperialists. It cannot be allowed that one accepts faulty Romanization just as a common sense on one hand, but only despises and denies Koreanization on the other hand with no reasonable ground. Furthermore, it is our natural desire to use our own letter, Hangul as long as Hangul has functional adequacy and superiority over the Roman alphabet in expressing other foreign languages.

The purposes of the paper are (1) to evaluate translations of cultural texts that are already assigned and accepted by the public sector of Korea, using as a quality evaluation criterion the informative equivalence between the source and its translated text pairs, and subsequently (2) to question the validity/appropriateness of the existing Romanization practices prevalent in Korea in translating cultural texts. In order to do so, translations that have been both commissioned and accepted by 12 public sector organizations of Korea, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Seoul Metropolitan City, and the Korean Administration of Cultural Heritage, are collected and analyzed. As for the organization of the present paper, after a brief introduction, the second part constitutes a theoretical review of the significance of informative equivalence as a criterion with which to evaluate translation quality. The third part discusses the research design and findings in detail. By way of conclusion, the fourth part questions the appropriateness of the prevalent Romanization practices as a way of transferring the informative contents of culturemes, and a suggestion for a new Romanization convention is made.

이 연구는 외국인을 대상으로 한 한국학 교육에서 한국사 용어의 영어 표 기 방식에 대한 실증적 분석을 목적으로 한다. 최근 한국학에 대한 세계적 관심이 확산되면서, 영어를 매개로 한 한국학 교육이 활성화되고 있으나, 고 유 한국사 용어의 표기 방식에 대한 합의나 체계가 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구는 국내 A대학에서 영어로 진행된 한국학 교양수업을 기반으로, 외국인 대학생 28명을 대상으로 설문 및 심층 인터뷰를 수행하였다. 설문에 서는 한국사 용어를 그대로 로마자로 표기하는 방법과 용어가 가진 의미를 파악하여 번역한 표기 중 선호도를 파악하고 그 이유를 분석하였다. 그 결 과, 전공자와 비전공자 모두 고유 명사 기반의 로마자 표기를 더 선호하는 경향을 보였으며, 이는 역사적 정체성과 문화적 맥락을 보존하려는 의도로 해석되었다. 반면, 일반 학습자나 초기 단계 학습자의 경우에는 이해 용이성 을 이유로 설명 중심의 번역어를 선호하는 경향도 확인되었다. 결과적으로, 한국학 용어의 영어 표기는 고유 용어를 먼저 쓰고 의미를 제시한 후, 고유 용어 그대로 로마자로 표기하는 전략이 학습자의 이해도 와 몰입도를 높이는 데 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 한국학 교육 의 국제화 및 다문화 수용성을 높이기 위한 표기 체계 제안의 기초자료로 활용될 수 있다.

This study aims to empirically analyze the English transliteration and translation of Korean historical terms used in Korean history education for non-Korean learners. As global interest in Korean Studies continues to grow, English has become the primary medium for teaching Korean history abroad. However, there is currently no consensus or standardized system for representing Korean historical terms in English. Based on general education Korean history courses conducted in English at a university in Korea, this research surveyed 28 international students and conducted follow-up interviews. Participants were asked about their preferences between Romanized terms (e.g., Yangban, Seodang) and translated equivalents (e.g., Joseon noble, Primary school in Joseon) and their reasons for these choices. The findings show a general preference for Romanized Korean terms, particularly among Korean history majors, who emphasized preserving historical and cultural identity. In contrast, translated terms were preferred by some beginners and non-majors for their clarity and accessibility. Ultimately, the study suggests that a hybrid strategy combining translation with Romanization is the most effective approach for enhancing comprehension and engagement among diverse learners. This approach supports both educational clarity and cultural authenticity, and may serve as a foundational proposal for developing standardized English terminology in Korean history education.

This paper presents a summarized results of translation error analysisof the website translation from Korean to English in 23 publicorganizations including government ministries and local governments aswell as various public institutions in the fields of culture and tourism,art and Korean studies. For the purpose of analysis, ten common errortypes have been identified as a basic framework for analysis throughpreliminary data collection, re-categorization of translation errors,literature review on the criteria of translation evaluation, andbrainstorming among researchers of four different languages, English,Japanese, Chinese, and French. The results of the analysis show that,compared with the previous study(Park, 2007), the overall translationquality has improved with much reduced surface-level errors likegrammar, spelling or punctuation errors. Instead, the lack of consistencyhas been identified as the most frequent errors in English translation,stemming from the lack of standardized translation guidelines and theinconsistent application of existing translation guidelines. In translatingcultural contents, this paper suggests the need for meaning-basedtranslation in addition to simple Romanization.

This research aims to provide the guideline for systematic translation of PR materials for overseas use. For this purpose, the paper suggests aspects that require special attention when translating culture specificterm. First, a theoretical review of culture specific term translation was conducted(transliteration, semantic translation, proper nouns, andromanization). Then, after examining prevalent common practices foundin the existing guidelines and translations of PR material for theoverseas use, this paper suggests important points that need to beconsidered when setting translation guidelines in the future. One of thekey characteristic found in the translation of the current PR materialsfor overseas use which are distributed by diverse government departments is lack of consistency in the use of terminology as well asin the translation method. The same problem could be found in theguidelines prepared by diverse government departments. Also, whentranslating proper nouns, often times, Roman alphabets were used uniformly without considering uniqueness of the pronunciation systemintrinsic to each language. Of course, it is realistically not possible totranslate reflecting all the specific cases in order to secure consistentorthography. However, at least more endeavors should be devoted inorder to deliver accurate Korean pronunciation. Instead of conducting translation of PR materials by each individual government department,there should be one single primary department administering the wholetranslation process and providing uniform guidelines. Finally, in order toproperly deliver the delicacy and excellency of the Korean cultureoverseas, more efforts should be exerted getting closer cooperationamong the experts in Koreanology, linguistics, and translation studies, who have comprehensive experience and knowledge in Korean culture as well as in foreign languages.

There has been an increased need for knowledge of Korea abroad. To meet this demand what is required is to organize the achievements of Korean researchers in various areas and to help those with an interest in Korea to get a better understanding of what they wish to know. When it comes to more specific areas, the situation is different. With insufficient translations of relevant research, documents and papers, Koreans have been relatively ineffective in their response to controversial issues raised by Japan and China concerning the ancient territorial boundaries of Korea; Japan's continued territorial claim to Dokdo Island, and biased interpretations of Korean history in their textbooks. One of the key problems is the dearth of quality translations of Korean academic research. It is essential, in this regard, to have references, which are both reliable and standardized, in order to facilitate translations in the field of Korean Studies, so as to provide foreign readers with the correct information in different foreign languages. Hence, the need for a glossary of Korean studies is critical. It is also very important in the translation of the Korean classics because many academic papers refer to these sources. In translating classical Chinese documents into Korean and then into foreign languages there are always slight changes in semantics, so the author tries to identify what kind of problems occur in the process of translation and to determine how a corpus of knowledge based on the internet can be constructed. This paper proposes a method of standardizing a manual of online corpus knowledge for the translation of Korean classics.

현재 정부의 표준로마자 표기 방식인 문화관광부(2000)표기법은 도서관사회에서 대부분 이용자들은 아직 익숙치 못한 방식인 반면에, 국제적으로 학계 및 도서관이용자들에게 잘 알려져 있는 표기는 McCune-Reischauer 표기방식이라고 할 수 있다. 한글로마자표준이 전환되는 것이 정부의 방침에도 불구하고 국내외 도서관계에 그동안 변환문제가 꾸준하게 제기되고 논의되었어도 이를 구체화시키기에는 실질적으로 여러 가지 난제가 있다. 새로운 표기방식이 학계 및 정보서비스 업계에 도입되기 위해서는 표기법의 변천과정과 각 표기법의 특징, 한국서지목록작성 상의 여러 가지 문제점 등에 대한 충분한 이해가 선행되어야 함으로 이러한 사항들을 중점적으로 연구하였다.

Over sixty Korean romanization systems have introduced in the course of history since 1800, but not most of them have experienced the test of proper duration. At present two major systems are introduced and focused in the bibliographic fields: McCune-Reischauer system and Ministry of Culture & Tourism system(2000). Few libraries may be driven to the new romanization schemes, however library users require a practical and easy-to-use Korean romanization system for searching the Korean items. From the view of bibliographic control for Korean information resources, the advantage and disadvantages for converting romanization systems have been shown as the result of the research.

이 연구의 목적은 정보이용자가 한중일 언어의 음역 표기된 도서관 서지정보를 어떻게 이해하고 평가하는지를 알아보는 데 있다. 이용자조사와 실험이 각각 실행되었고, OCLC의 WorldCat시스템이 실험도구로 사용되었다. 조사결과 로마법표기에 여러 가지 문제가 있어 이용자가 음역화된 문장을 이해하기가 어려웠던 것으로 분석되었고, 심지어 음역서지목록에 익숙한 이용자도 자국어의 목록임에도 불구하고 이해하는 데 어려움을 나타냈다. 실험결과 또한 이러한 조사 결과를 입증했다. 이용자가 음역화된 자국언어로 된 자료를 찾을 경우보다 영어로 기술된 자료를 찾을 때 더 나은 검색 결과와 만족도를 보였다. 향후 번역된 서지정보와 음역화된 서지정보 중 이용자가 어느것을 더 선호하는지 비교하는 연구의 필요성을 제안하며, 한중일 로마법 표기의 서지정보에 영어번역을 병렬하는 것을 고려해야 함을 제시한다.

The purpose of this study is to investigate how individuals assess Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) transliterated bibliographic information on current library catalogs. Two separate studies, a survey and an experiment, were conducted using the WorldCat system. Users noted that Romanization has many issues which can inhibit user‘s ability to understand the transliterated bibliographic information even when it is in the person’s own native language and even when the individual had extensive experience with transliteration systems. The experimental results also supported these findings: participants had better results and satisfaction when looking for information written in English than when searching for transliterated information written in their native language. Implications for future research suggests a need to investigate user preferences for translation vs. transliteration of bibliographic information. This study proposes consideration of using English translation as a parallel link with CJK Romanization for bibliographic information.

본 연구는 전화기 한글문자자판 배열체계에 관한 것이다. 피쳐 폰의 숫자 문 입력장치에 한국어의 언어문자인 한글의 특성을 고려 4x3키패드에 한 글 24자모를 새로 배열하고 , 문자입력 장치에 필요한 보조장치를 적용하고, 입력 알고리 즘을 개발하여, 사용자가 한글입력을 쉽고 빠르고 정확하면서 편리하게 다룰 수 있게 하 였다. 또한, 스마트폰, 태블릿pc, 네비게이션, 리모콘 과 같은 정보기기에도 사용할 수 있도록 하 였다. 본 연구에서 시제품 장치를 제작하고, 한글입력을 시연하였으며, 제조사의 입력기술과 비 교 표를 제시하였다. 본 과제를 통해 정보기기 사용환경의 변화와 발전에 따른 최적의 한글입력기술과 감성적 인 사용자 인터페이스 장치의 개선이 필요함을 보여 주었다.

In this paper, Arrangement of korean character(Hangul) on telephones with 4x3 keypad(key, touch pad, multi touch). One Hand Key Board suggested, Hangul keypad layout and input methods on array of Korean character( Hangul) on telephones. Korean alphabet have 24 Ortho_Phonic Hangul Jamo characters and assigned onto the 4x3 keypad with Hangul invented principle addition to led light ,speaker sound circuits with new technology New technology is very easy exactly and convenience Character input device on mobile-base smart-phone, tablet pc, navigation, remote controller, any other device We are demonstrated new methods with prototype Hangul keypad , performance comparison And, we should know how to use Korean alphabet character input system for new technology with emotional user interface

중국에서 활동했던 예수회 선교사들은 중국 현지 문화와 언어에 대한 적응을 중시했고 이에 따라 중국어를 이해하고 배우기 위해서 부단히 노력하였다. 그들은 특히 발음 정보를 주지 않는 한자의 발음을 효과적으로 익힐 수 있도록 유럽 문자로 한자 발음을 표기하는 체계를 고안하여 사용하였다. 그러한 체계는 17세기에 간행된 문건들을 통해 확인할 수 있다. 17세기에 간행된 관련 문건으로는 《서자기적(西字奇蹟)》(1605)(Xiziqiji), 《서유이목자(西儒耳目資)》(1625)(Xiruermuzi) ,《무죄획승(無罪獲勝)》(1671)(Innocentia Victrix)이 있다. 《서자기적》에는 마테오 리치(Matteo Ricci)의 표기 체계가 반영되어 있으며 포르투갈 문자 체계를 많이 수용한 것으로 보인다. 니꼴라 트리고(Nicolas Trigault)의 《서유이목자》는 산발적으로 한자에 발음을 병기하는 방식을 넘어 모든 언어에 적용할 수 있는 일반적인 음성 표기 체계(romanization system)를 고안하고 그 바탕 위에서 중국어 음성을 체계적으로 표기하는 시스템을 보여주었다. 《무죄획승》은 《서유이목자》보다 뒤에 작성되었음에도 마테오 리치의 표기 체계를 계승하였고 그의 체계보다 일관성있는 표기를 보여 주고 있다. 이와 같은 세 문서를 통해 확립된 음성 표기 체계는 청대의 기독교 선교 금지령과 더불어 중국에서는 더 이상 영향력을 행사하지 못하게 되고 말았다. 그러나 근대 시기의 국어로마자운동 등의 언어 개혁 운동에 어떤 영향력을 주었을 가능성도 있다. 이에 대해서는 향후 치밀한 연구가 필요하다.

European Jesuit missionaries who worked in China put emphasis on getting adapted to Chinese local culture and language, so they were committed to understanding and learning Chinese. Specifically, they developed a system for transcribing Chinese words in the European alphabet in order to effectively learm Chinese, which offered no information about its pronunciation. We can find that kind of system in the texts published in the 17th century. Those texts include Xiziqiji(1605), Xiruermuzi(1625) and Innocentia Victrix(1671). Xiziqiji reflected Matteo Ricci's trascription system and it might have adopted Portugese character system. Xiruermuzi by Nicolas Trigault, instead of sporadically adding pronunciation next to Chinese characters, developed a general romanization system adaptable to all languages and on the basis of the system it showed a system to systematically transcribe Chinese phonetics. Innocentia Victrix, which was published after Xiruermuzi, succeeded Matteo Ricci's trascription system and showed a more consistent trascription than Ricci's. The Chinese romanization system established by these three texts, however, couldn't be influential anymore due to Qing Dynasty's ban on missionary works by Catholic missionaries. But it might have influenced the language innovation movements like Guoyuluomaziyundong in the modern era. About this, more thorough studies will be needed from now on.

웨이드식 표음 체계는 한어 병음의 창제 이전 가장 일반적으로 쓰인 알파벳 표음체계 로, 1867년 토마스 웨이드(Thomas Wade)가 『語言自邇集』의 편찬과 더불어 확립하였다. 토마스 웨이드의 『語言自邇集』은 당시 중국에서 가장 유행하고 영향력 있는 관화인 북 경관화를 기록한 저서로, 이 저서에 쓰인 웨이드식 표기법은 후대 중국어 교재 안의 발음 표기에 큰 영향을 미쳤다. 웨이드식 표기법은 표의 문자인 한자에 알파벳으로 표음 체계 를 부여하려한 청말 민초의 시대적 조류 안에서 탄생된 산물이며, 당시 Baller, Williams, Mateer등에 의해 다양한 표기법이 존재했다. 본고에서는 먼저 Wade의 표기법의 특징을 살펴보기 위해 이들 표기법의 차이를 살펴보았다. 그 결과, Baller의 표기법에는 ŋ성모가 존재하지 않으며, Williams의 표기법에는 ʨ, ʨ‘, ɕ가 존재하지 않았다. 운모에서는 ɿ, ʅ, a, ia, ua, ɤ, ie, ye, ən, əŋ의 표기에 차이를 보였다. 다음으로 본고에서는 웨이드식 표기법을 채택하여 북경관화를 기록한 교재 안의 표기가 어떻게 변화되었는지 그 특징을 살펴보 았다. 먼저 ŋ성모는 웨이드의 저작 안에서만 보이고 나머지 저작 안에서는 소실되었다. 그러나 蟹攝 開口 二等의 iai운모, 宕江攝의 io, yo운모는 편찬의 전후 시기와 관계없이 출현 양상이 불규칙적이었으며, 성모와의 결합관계도 각 교재가 일치하지 않았다. lyn, lyan, nun, pou와 같이 출현 양상이 출판 시기와 무관하게 나타났다. 이로보아 ŋ성모, iai 와 io운모, yo, lyn, lyan, nun, pou등은 1900년대 초반까지도 북경관화에서 소실되지 않고 사용되고 있었음을 알 수 있다.

Wade romanization is the most commonly written alphabet system prior to the creation of the Hanyu pingyin, established by Thomas Wade in 1867 with the compilation of 『語言自邇集』. Thomas Wade's 『語言自邇集』 is a book that describes Peking Dialect which is most popular and influential dialect at that time, Wade romanization had a great influence on the phonetic expression in Chinese textbooks of Late Qing Dynasty. In Late Qing dynasty, there are several romanization system made by Frederic Baller, Samuel Wells Williams, Calvin Wilson Mateer etc. There was no ŋ in Baller's notation, and there was no ʨ, ʨ, ɕ in Williams' system. Furthermore, there was a difference in the notation of ɿ, ʅ, a, ia, u, ɤ, ɤ, i, ye, ən, and əŋ. Next, we adopted wade-style notation to look at the features of how the writing in the textbook documenting Peking sound has changed. First, the initial ŋ was seen only in Wade's works and then disappeared in the rest. However, the final of 蟹 攝 開口 二等 iai, the final of 宕江攝 io and yo the appearance was irregular, and the association with the initial did not match each textbook. Appearances such as lyn, lyan, nun, pou, were shown regardless of the timing of publication. It can be seen that the ŋ, iai, io, yo, lyn, lyan, nun, pou were still in use in Beijing's official culture until the early 1900s. Wade system is a representative product of the period currents, which wanted to overcome the limitations of Chinese characters in the late Qing dynasty, and to give Chinese characters a means of phoneticization, and well reflects the phonetic system of Peking culture at that time.

This paper reviews the brief history of language policies of the Korean government on the romanization of Korean and discusses the controversial areas of both the old system (i.e., the 1984 version of the MOE system, based on the McCune-Reischauer system) and the new system, which was adopted in July, 2000. Either of the two different systems is inherently fallible for the romanization of Korean. They both have merits and drawbacks. In light of this, what should be regarded as most crucial in determining which system is preferable is not the linguistic perfection of the system, but rather the attitude of the users to the system in real life.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea formally proclaimed that Korean family names will be Romanized differently from the rest of the Korean language in its new system of Romanization for the Korean Language proclaimed on July 4, 2000. After 9 years later when the National Academy of the Korean Language publically proposed Romanization of Korean family names on June 20, 2001 according to this new system, they proposed its second system of it on June 25, 2009. The main purpose of this paper is i) to point out the problems of the second proposal for Romanization of Korean family names ii) to put forward a proposal of how to write Korean family names with Roman letters which should reflect English pronunciation and its writing system, so-called, syllable-based Englishzation, not with abstract Roman alphabets.

The purpose of this study is to identify causes for the failure to successfully implement Korean Romanization System since the National Institute of the Korean Language proclaimed the government Revised Romanization System in 2000. In reality, more confusion and inconsistencies have increased with time. The findings of this paper itemize the causes into four categories from general linguistic point of view. The first is that the system has caused confusion among users by regarding Romanization system as an English writing system. The second is that the system requires the users to understand the phonetic forms in which most of the Korean phonological rules are applied. The third is correspondence between Romanized letters and the Korean alphabet, which causes confusion among users in that the Korean alphabet is represented into diversified and complicated Roman letters. The fourth is that no balance is kept in delineating phonetic representations in terms of phonetic and phonemic transcription. To ensure the stable use of Korean Romanization System, it is critical that these four problems be raised. The problems discussed in this paper will be helpful not only to stabilize the system but also for system revision and usage

This paper concerns about linguistic problems of official Korean Romanization Systems in practical usage. The article suggests consistency in terms of transliteration. Current systems impair phonetic consistency when they are converted to Korean alphabet systems and from Korean systems. According to the discussions of the paper the systems are not Roman writing systems based on European language origins but English systems widely used as global communication tools. Thus, the systems should consider basic phonological concepts such as syllabification, differences between voiced sounds and devoicing sounds and phonetic rules for transcriptions, which are realized both in Korean and English. The usage of Korean Romanization systems are not limited to the foreigners visiting Korea but also used for the purpose of introducing ours to foreign countries in terms of writing systems in many ways. In those cases, recoverability, predictability and regularity are more important than the Korean's-emotion based phonetic representation to make the systems more convenient, reliable and practical among the users. I also indicate the urgent difficulties using Koreans personal names and propose practical ways available of Korean Romanization systems.

Chai, Myong-Hi. 2011. Presenting Korean Personal Names in International Contexts: Focusing on the Cases of Other Countries. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 36-1, 281-306. The purpose of this study is to attempt to suggest a "communicatable" way of presenting Korean personal names in various international contexts using the English alphabet. Koreans are currently using various formats of Romanized names, which can lead to confusion among non-Koreans. Considering Romanized names are needed for better communication with non-Koreans unfamiliar with Korean name formats, we argue that top priority should go to reducing possible confusion. For that purpose, we first explore various formats of world names and then examine how other countries with different name formats present their names in international contexts. Based on that examination, we suggest that the given name should be represented as one unit (as in 'Kilsun' or 'Kil-Sun'). As to the order of the names, we suggest three possible options, i.e. the 'Given name > Family name' order (as in 'Kilsun Hong'), the 'Family name, > Given name' order (as in 'Hong, Kilsun', in certain written contexts), and capitalization of the family name (as in 'HONG Kilsun' or 'Kilsun HONG', again in certain written contexts). Furthermore, we suggest that, in the case that certain conventions or rules are already set down, people should be allowed to follow them. (Chosun University College of Science & Technology)