2012, Vol.25, No.

DONAM OHMUNHAK 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.67

pISSN : 1229-2117
https://journal.kci.go.kr/donam

This article is a part of the work which is for assessment of the width and deviation of mutual comprehension among main agents of culture through the reinterpreted literature as the results of translation. For the work, two materials which corresponded to early English version of Korean classical tales were studied and the view and way, intention of understanding of Korean culture of translators were analyzed. Korean literature began to become known to the West when Horace N. Allen translated Korean Tales into English first in the later years of the 19th century. Following that, Korean folk tales that James S. Gale translated was also published. These two translations were published with the purpose of introducing Korean culture with the same title of 'Korean Tales'. This article attempted to recall the image of Joseon which Westerners who came across Korean language and culture for the first time understood targeting these two English version. Allen's Korean Tales translated to the effect of conveying stories which were drew from popular materials that were narrated by the common people and were enjoyed in the real world. On the other hand, Gale's Korean folk tales was the result of trying to show the world of oriental spirit by picking out eccentric things from the category of Pilgi and Yadam. The view of translator was divided depending on this, while Korean Tales tried to convey tales and classic novels which was being narrated and passed down in non-official circles with the objective eyes, Korean folk tales translated odd stories like Cheonyerok which were being enjoyed in the upper class by restructuring them to the image of mystery of the inner world. The image of Joseon of the time could be separated by three aspects of women, custom, the inner world through the view of translator reflected in the following translation. The active and devotional, honorable images of women, custom of Joseon as the different culture, the mysterious and magical world of oriental spirit were able to be abstracted as the figure of Joseon which was showed in both English translations. These two books published in the early period of Korean literature translation are worthy of notice in the way that they were the first English version of our classical narrative and quite contributed to make the outside world understand private ownership and culture mechanism of Joseon.

In this age of globalization, translation works as very important medium to help communication between countries which use different languages. Exchanges in literature via translation are becoming powerful measures to help disseminating and understanding one country's culture to the other effectively. Korean's juvenile literature also introduced many translated languages, but still imported books have taken up a lot of space compared to exported books. This thesis is started with the concept that we should study status and character of exported books first, for the more energetic exportation in Korean's juvenile literature. Consequently, in Englishspeaking countries, the fantasy based created children's books and picture books which reflect the Korean culture and spirit are translated. In Francophone countries, 『School for cats』gained sensational popularity with readers. It was definitely remarkable in exported created children's book. Thank you for the popularity of 『School for cats』, Francophone countries are starting to get interest in Korean's book. As a result many korean atmosphere books are translated. In Japan, they are interested in picture books at first, but started to get interest in created children's books later. Because of their own environment, particular kind of books are translated which have a story of one character who gets through all the difficulties and finally has a successful life. Distinctively, exported Korean juvenile literature reflects Korean's culture and spirit. But still, compared to imported books, the percentage of exported books is really inadequate. Thus it's really urgent to translate the various writers’ diverse stories, but we should not be obsessed with the concept that we always have to write the story based on Korean culture. In the end, to get our books exported actively, we have to consider Korean characteristics identity and other country's taste.

The Korean wave started its proliferation in Greater China Region and Asia in the 1990s. Since the midst of the first decade of the 21st century, it becomes global contents in Europe, South America, and the United States, practically around the world. The main cultural contents of the Korean Wave include entertainment products such as music, cinema, drama, and other elements. Among all these elements, Korean drama has always been the most outstanding one, which has long since established its popularity in Asia and keeps on driving the Korean Wave in all parts of the world as the leading force. In short, Korean drama with its achievements and significance can be well recognized as "the power center of the Korean Wave" which shall not be overlooked. The present thesis starts with the recognition of Korean drama as the power center of the Korean Wave and explicates the setout, the development and the grounds of its popularity in Taiwan. Furthermore, the thesis analyses the variety of themes in Korean drama series and the transformation of theirs contents during the past two decades along with an explication of the practice of their Chinese translation, pointing out onsite translation difficulties from Korean to Chinese, and a discussion of imminent tasks of Korean-to-Chinese translators in Taiwan. The thesis also proposes ways to foster competent translators for Korean drama series and measures to improve their working conditions. Finally, the thesis urges Korean government to initiate certain measures in cooperating and collaborating with the import countries of the Korean Wave as well as producing more competitive cultural contents, in order to keep up the permeation and further development of the Korean Wave.