Hello Mimi!

Sorry for the late reply and thank you for the question.

Let’s have a look! :)

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1. "문제가 심각한 사람들" -> People with.. or People who have .. or Those who have.. ('문제가 심각한'이 '사람들'을 꾸며주도록 하고싶은데 뭐가 제일 적절할까요? 해석상 크게 차이가 있나요?)

-> There is no significant difference so it does not matter how you say it. Remember, when you translate, we are focusing more on “meaning for meaning”, rather than “word for word”

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2.  "최선을 다해 .. 혼용해볼 필요가 있다." -> '최선을 다해' 를 need to try their best라고 해야할지 아니면 위에처럼 맨 뒤에 적어야할지 헷갈려요..


-> “need to try their best” sounds fine by me.

In your sentence, “with try their best." would be a grammar mistake in fact. You would want to say either “by trying their best” or “with their best try”

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3. "두 가지 방법" -> What is the difference between "in two ways" and "two methods" 

-> In this context, ways and methods are perfectly interchangeable.

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4.. "조금씩"을 little by little으로 해야할지 아니면 전체 문맥상 생략해도 크게 상관 없는지 궁금해요
(번역을 하다보면 전체적인 뜻과 뉘앙스는 알겠는데 하나하나 최대한 한글해석에 맞게 하려니 저런 한문장을 하루종일 붙잡고 있게 돼요..ㅠㅠ
 이럴땐 뜻만 알 수 있을 정도로 하고 넘어가야할까요?)

-> Here, 조금씩 can be translated either “little by little” or “bit by bit”. I think it is great that you are spending more time thinking about how to come up with a better translation! As you know already, yes there are so many different ways of translating one language into another language. The whole process of translating is a constant battle between “delivering the meaning” while “maintaining the original tone.” It is a trade off thus you have to find a sweet spot where you believe it is delivering the meaning entirely while it is preserving the original tone as much as possible.


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I sincerely hope it helps!


Best regards,

Mason U, CMI-Korean
Business Interpretation and Translation in Korean (BIT-K) Instructor