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This study aims to determine professional backgrounds of Korean translation scholars. A survey of 80 Korean translation scholars shows that 38.8 percent of respondents are in their 40s and 37.2 percent of them were learning interpretation and translation in their mid-20s. Most of them are women (85 percent), and 57.6 percent have stayed in foreign countries for less than 3 years. 84 percent have translated or interpreted in various forms. 45 percent of them have a Masters Degree in translation or interpretation studies, and 78.2 percent of respondents have published less than 10 articles. And more than 50 percent (57.5 percent) think that the scholarly work and the translation activity have a major relationship.