Linguistic Matters

Korean Translation & Language Solutions

Linguistic Matters is a Korean-English Language Service Provider. We deliver high-quality solutions to break down the language and cultural barriers experienced by English and Korean speakers in cross-lingual and cross-cultural communications.

Based in Silicon Valley, we specialize in Korean into English, English into Korean Translation with a strong emphasis on Clarity, Accuracy, Effectiveness, and Cultural Appropriateness. Also, we offer Korean Language & Cultural Training to companies and individuals for business purposes or personal interest.

Our translation and language services are provided by a seasoned professional Korean-English linguist with strong linguistic and educational background and extensive experience in translation and language teaching.

Meet Our Linguist

Jinah Park

Founder / CEO

Korean English Language Specialist

Jinah was born and raised in South Korea and finished her undergraduate study (Bachelor of Arts) in English Language and Literature at Yonsei University, Seoul and worked for a global hotel franchise company. Thereafter, she moved to US to pursue her graduate study at Teachers College of Columbia University in the City of New York, where she received the Master of Arts in TESOL (Teaching English to the Speakers of Other Languages). After a number of years of experience in a high tech industry, she started her translation career at LG Silicon Valley Lab of LG Electronics as an in-house translator from 2013 to 2019 providing technical and business translation service for the whole organization. There she also offered Korean language/culture training sessions for the non-Korean employees who wanted to learn Korean language and culture in order to facilitate communications with HQ in South Korea.

With strong knowledge and experience and firm confidence as Korean-English translator, she founded Linguistic Matters LLC in 2019 aiming to provide the most accurate, clear, audience/reader-centric Korean-English translation in a culturally appropriate manner. In addition, with great enthusiasm and comprehensive knowledge on language teaching, she is always eager to teach Korean language and culture to foreigners who want to learn Korean language and properly understand Korean people and culture. Therefore, Jinah also offers the Business Korean and general Korean language instruction/tutoring along with cultural consultation to the companies/individuals who want to learn Korean language and culture.

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Why Linguistic Matters

Culture Matters

We deeply understand Korean and American cultures, not only the languages. Language mirrors culture, and each language has its unique tones and styles that make a message effectively understood based on the culture. We apply our knowledge of the two different cultures to our language services in order to successfully deliver original messages in a culturally appropriate way.

Audience Matters

A great original, but awkward, incomprehensible translation - that's a tragedy. We believe that well-done translation should always be effortlessly and clearly understood by the audience/readers without ambiguity while accurately capturing the original message. We care about the audience. This philosophy is deeply ingrained in every work produced by Linguistic Matters.

Responsibility Matters

Unlike multi-language translation providers, we focus on Korean-English only. Our linguist, Jinah Park takes the ownership to sincerely provide high-quality translation and language services that are meticulously tailored to different individual contexts. By providing consistent, reliable, satisfying services, we aim to build a trustful long-term relationship with every client of us.

Confidentiality Matters

Your confidentiality significantly matters to us. Our linguist has demonstrated a strong work ethic as a professional translator dealing with highly confidential and sensitive documents with great care. From the first moment of requesting a quote, we will send you the NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) form to be signed before viewing the documents to get a quote.