Korean language
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Korean (한국어, 韓國語, Hangugeo) is the official language of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It is also called 한국말 (Hangungmal), 조선말 (Joseonmal), and 조선어 (Joseoneo).
As Korean populations have come to live in many regions of the world, Korean is used in places all over the globe. As of early January 2016, the number of Korean speakers is estimated at about 80 million.
Regarding the genealogy of Korean, mainstream Korean academia has long accepted the theory that classifies it in the Altaic language family, together with Mongolian, Turkish, and Kazakh. On the other hand, some scholars hold that it is a language isolate with no confirmed relationship to neighboring languages, or that it belongs to an independent Koreanic language family that includes the Jeju language.
However, the language isolate theory is also of a different kind from other language isolates, and for the Koreanic family, opinions are divided on whether to include Jeju as a dialect or as a language, so the arguments are weak. The genealogy of Korean remains a much-debated topic, and research continues in historical linguistics.
완료 (wallyo) vs 완결 (wangyeol) vs 완성 (wanseong)
- 완료 (wallyo)
- done, finished.
- Generally used to mean that a task, task, task, mission, or progress has been completed. 1
- 완결 (wangyeol)
- end, conclusion.
- Used to indicate the end of books, soap, plays, and series. 2
- 완성 (wanseong)
- completion, perfection.
- Used when the result is more like structures, products, and often the ego. 3
Commonly mistaken spacing, settled once and for all
Words are written with spaces between them.
- Particles are attached to the preceding word.
- 이 (i), 가 (ga), 을 (eul), 를 (reul), 의 (ui), 에 (e), 에게 (ege), 에서 (eseo), 로 (ro), 으로 (euro), 와 (wa), 과 (gwa), 은 (eun), 는 (neun), 도 (do), 만 (man), 만큼 (mankeum), 까지 (kkaji), 이다 (ida)
- 간 (gan), 것 (geot), 내 (nae), 외 (oe), 중 (jung), 시 (si), 데 (de), 바 (ba), 대로 (daero), 만큼 (mankeum), 뿐 (ppun), 지 (ji), 채 (chae)
- 재 (jae), 미 (mi), and 비 (bi) are attached to the following word
- -하다 (-hada) and -되다 (-doeda) are attached to the preceding word
- 별 (byeol), 순 (sun), 당 (dang), and 상 (sang) are attached to the preceding word.
- Parentheses are attached to the preceding word.
- The colon (:) is attached to the preceding word and separated from the following word by a space.
Principles for clean technical writing
Technical documentation is all the documents and materials for developing and using a product. It explains how to use the product, its features, and its architecture. Some people regard "all documents written at a company, including email" as technical documentation. Technical documentation must convey technical information to users accurately and in an easy-to-understand way. Users should be able to get the information they need from it quickly and easily. This post covers things to consider in order to write technical documentation that is accurate, readable, and useful.
- Write in an everyday conversational tone instead of an overly formal one
- Read the text aloud and check whether it "sounds like something a real person would say".
- Keep in mind the users' interests, characteristics, level of education and experience, when and where they read, and their work environment.
- Select and provide the information users are likely to wonder about and the information they need.
- Consider that not every user knows the product and related technology as well as an expert.
- Even after publishing, reflect changes to terminology, usage, and features in a timely manner.
- Do not use unnecessary modifiers, particles (~을/~를, ~eul/~reul), or auxiliary predicates (~고 있다, ~go itda).
- Do not use double passive expressions.
- e.g. 잡혀지다 (japyeojida) (→ 잡히다, japida), 쓰여지다 (sseuyeojida) (→ 쓰이다, sseuida), 읽혀지다 (ilkyeojida) (→ 읽히다, ilkida), 보여지다 (boyeojida) (→ 보이다, boida), 잊혀지다 (ichyeojida) (→ 잊히다, ichida), 찢겨지다 (jjitgyeojida) (→ 찢기다, jjitgida)
- Recommended tools: Pusan National University spell checker, Daum spell checker