@article{ART003383725},
author={YOUN KYUNGAE},
title={Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —},
journal={The Journal of Translation Studies},
issn={1229-795X},
year={2026},
volume={27},
number={3},
pages={399-437},
doi={10.15749/jts.2026.27.3.013}
TY - JOUR
AU - YOUN KYUNGAE
TI - Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —
JO - The Journal of Translation Studies
PY - 2026
VL - 27
IS - 3
PB - The Korean Association for Translation Studies
SP - 399
EP - 437
SN - 1229-795X
AB - This article constructs a database of 150 translation items, representing 121 distinct works, found in the 85 extant issues of Buin (Woman, 1922–1923) and Sinyeoseong (New Woman, 1923–1934), two women's magazines issued by Gaebyeoksa. The items are analyzed in terms of translator gender, author gender, genre, period, page placement, and paratext. The study asks two overarching questions: who translated and who was translated. It conceptualizes the "gendered structure" of the translation pages as an uneven distribution of gender across three dimensions: visibility, naming practices, and textual form. Women translators account for only 9.3 percent of the corpus (14 items), although their share rises to 26.8 percent in poetry (11 items). These 14 items fall into three types: an established writer (Kim Myeong-sun), a staff reporter (Heo Jeong-suk), and college students (the one-off "Ewha Poetry Album" of 1932). Their participation was largely enabled by editorially organized features, and some translations appeared under pen names that obscured the translator's gender. Works by women authors reached 20.0 percent in the middle period and declined to 3.8 percent after publication resumed; moreover, 60.0 percent of these works were translated by men. The contrasting translations of Sarojini Naidu by Kim Eok and Heo Jeong-suk in September 1925 further show how professional status, editorial authority, and translational form could shape different paratextual representations of the same woman author. Restricting its claims to cases that can be securely verified from the surviving issues, the article argues that these translation pages functioned as a mediating space in which women's voices and representations of women were selectively presented, organized, and recontextualized.
KW - Sinyeoseong;Buin;women translators;women source authors;gender and translation;Kim Myeong-sun;Heo Jeong-suk;Sarojini Naidu
DO - 10.15749/jts.2026.27.3.013
ER -
YOUN KYUNGAE. (2026). Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —. The Journal of Translation Studies, 27(3), 399-437.
YOUN KYUNGAE. 2026, "Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —", The Journal of Translation Studies, vol.27, no.3 pp.399-437. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2026.27.3.013
YOUN KYUNGAE "Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —" The Journal of Translation Studies 27.3 pp.399-437 (2026) : 399.
YOUN KYUNGAE. Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —. 2026; 27(3), 399-437. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2026.27.3.013
YOUN KYUNGAE. "Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —" The Journal of Translation Studies 27, no.3 (2026) : 399-437.doi: 10.15749/jts.2026.27.3.013
YOUN KYUNGAE. Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —. The Journal of Translation Studies, 27(3), 399-437. doi: 10.15749/jts.2026.27.3.013
YOUN KYUNGAE. Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —. The Journal of Translation Studies. 2026; 27(3) 399-437. doi: 10.15749/jts.2026.27.3.013
YOUN KYUNGAE. Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —. 2026; 27(3), 399-437. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2026.27.3.013
YOUN KYUNGAE. "Translating women and translated women — The gendered structure of translation practice in Buin and Sinyeoseong —" The Journal of Translation Studies 27, no.3 (2026) : 399-437.doi: 10.15749/jts.2026.27.3.013
