Why Words Translation Crowdsourcing Isn't a Good Idea!

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For anyone that don't understand, crowdsourcing is the process regarding outsourcing jobs to a large, loosely outlined community through an open phone. Commonly, crowdsouricing calls are performed on-line through social networks such as crowdspring.com, bootb.com or perhaps elance.com. The actual members within a "crowd" answer an open call ask for to work over a project. Those within the audience are responsible for working together with one another to complete the project. The crowd measurement varies in proportions and the people within the audience may or may not be aware of other members they're working with.

On many occasions, crowdsourcing projects can be a low-cost and successful method for various tasks which need a large amount of man-hours along with very outlined and easily possible goals. However in some cases including crowdsourcing language translations, crowdsourcing merely doesn't cut it.

The problem which is seen while crowdsourcing a language translation projects would be the fact languages change greatly via region to region. Actually English in america has understated, but notable differences in distinct regions. This holds true for virtually every been vocal language on earth.

One major example of in which crowdsourcing language translations have not deals with your king regarding social networking; Facebook.

Facebook may be aggressively increasing all over the world and requirements thousands of man-hours for you to translate their site into a large number of languages. Rather than hiring a professional language language translation firm to control the quality of translations, Facebook has searched to their member list to have these crowdsource the language translation of the website for free.

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Gangjin's Sunghwa College, Suncheon's Myungshin University "lousy schools", may close this fall.

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Last month we learned about corruption and embezzlement at two small post-secondary schools in Jeollanam-do, Sunghwa College and Myungshin University. This month we read in the Korea JoongAng Daily that they're likely to close.

In line with its no-tolerance policy for lousy schools, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ordered two universities in South Jeolla to shut down if they don’t make immediate changes the ministry has demanded.

The two schools, Myungshin University and Sunghwa College, are expected to close as both of the schools have been accused of corrupt practices such as giving grades and attendance records to thousands of students who never bothered going to classes, trying to boost their reputations.

“We expect the schools’ closings to be finished by early next year,” said Kim Dae-sung, an official at the Education Ministry.

Myungshin University has until September 27th to repay the embezzled funds, while Sunghwa College's deadline is October 1st.

The Korea Times writes that government subsidies to these 43 "lousy" schools will end "as part of a set of measures to weed out poorly-managed higher education establishments."

The government will also restrict loans for students attending 17 of the 43 schools. Loans to students at the worst four schools — Kundong University in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province; Myungshin University in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province; Holy People University in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province; and Sunghwa College in Gangjin, South Jeolla Province — will be limited to only 30 percent of tuition fees next year.

At least Sunghwa College has a neat campus.

The Korea JoongAng Daily embedded a list of the 43 "lousy" schools, typed after the jump:

The four-year colleges:

Chodang University
Chugye University for the Arts
Daebul University
Daejeon University
Far East University
Gyeongju University
Holy People University
Hyupsung University
Incheon Catholic University
International University
Joongbu University
Korea Christian University
Koshin University
Kundong University
Kwangdong University
Kyungdong University
Kyungnam University
Kyungsung University
Luther University
Mokwon University
Myungshin University
Pyeongtaek University
Sangmyung University
Seonam University
Seoul Christian University
Seowon University
Wonkwang University
Youngdong University

And the junior colleges:

Busan Arts College
Busan College of Information Technology
Byuksung College
Dongju College
Dong-U College
Jeonbuk Science College
Juseong University
Kimpo College
Kookje College
Saekyung University
Sohae College
Sorabol College
Sunghwa College
Woongji Accounting and Tax College
Yeongnam Foreign Language College

Naver gives us the list in Korean:

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아이고, fire at Suncheon's Drama Set.

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From No Cut News.

Earlier this month there was a fire at Suncheon's Drama Set (순천드�마세트장 or 드�마촬�장), used to film TV dramas like "Love and Ambition" (사랑과야�) and "East of Eden" (��� �쪽). According to the latest update on October 7th, a few hours after the fire spread through the recreations of mid-century Korea the night before, three buildings were destroyed: one theater and two hanok houses.


I think this is the theater they're talking about, but after a good bit of time comparing the fire footage with pictures of the theaters and the "town" layouts, I can't be sure. Just one disadvantage of blogging on Suncheon from half-a-world away.






The set is located in Jorye-dong and is a fairly well-kept secret I always enjoyed visiting. Even three buildings down it's worth a trip to see the mock-up of an anachronistically-named 60s-era Suncheon-eup (Suncheon was designated a city in the 40s), a 70s-era slum, and an 80s-era Seoul. Here's a September 2008 Korea Times article about it and the then-recent activity there, here's a Flickr gallery from 2007, and here's my second-ever blog post. Walk to it from New Downtown, take city bus #777, or catch it on the Suncheon City Tour. If you're interested in these sorts of displays and artifacts there are a couple other drama sets throughout the country that cover similar time periods. There's also a Daldongnae Museum (수�국산 달�네박물관, Sudoguksan Museum of Living and Housing) in Incheon.

November 3rd, Students' Day.

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Gwangju politicians at the memorial tower on the campus of Gwangju Jeil High School mark Students' Day (학��날) , which was designated to commemorate the start of the Gwangju Students' Independence Movement (광주학�항�운�) of 1929. It was, says a now-defunct page on the Gwangju Student Independence Movement Memorial Hall website:

a typical national resistance movement against the cruel rule of Japanese colonialism. Its size, the influence it exerted and its historical significance were comparable with that of the huge "Samil Independence Movement".

Gwangju's tourism webpage said in 2009:

In 1953, the government designated Nov. 3rd as "Student Day"in commemoration of the Gwangju Students'Independence Movement and a memorial monument was established in Gwangju Seo Middle School and Il High School in 1954. The day was at one point abolished by the autocratic government before finally being named as "Students'Independence Memorial Day"and elevated to a nationwide memorial day in 2006.

From the 1954 dedication ceremony, via this site.

Gwangju subway's second line coming! In 2022.

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Hard to read map, via Newsis.

The Jeonnam Ilbo and Gwangju Ilbo have the latest news on the long-proposed second subway line in Gwangju (광주지하철2호선). Construction will begin after the 2015 Universiade, will proceed in three phases, and is expected to be completed by 2022. Specifics on the second line haven't been finalized yet, but the Jeonnam Ilbo shows roughly what it will look like:

ë�„시철ë�„ 2호선ì�˜ 당초 노선ì�€ 효천역~백운광장~남광주역~서방사거리~광주역~ë�™ìš´ê³ ê°€~종합터미ë„�~시청신청사~í’�암지구~백운광장ì�´ì—ˆì§€ë§Œ 변경 고시를 통해 시청~운천역~금호지구~월드컵경기장~백운광장(~효천역)~남광주역~광주역~전남대~첨단지구~수완지구~시청 구간 확대 순환선으로 바뀌었다. 정거장 정차시간ì�„ í�¬í•¨í•œ 2호선ì�˜ ì†�ë�„는 38.8㎞/hrë¡œ 첨단ì—�ì„œ 백운광장까지 약 30분ì�´ë‚´ì—� ë�„ì°©í•  수 있으며, 1호선과ì�˜ 연계를 위한 환승역ì�€ 운천역과 남광주역으로 계íš�ë�¼ 있다.

For as long as I have been looking at Gwangju subway maps, I've read about plans for additional lines. The subway website even used to have a map showing lines two and three, but it reflected neither reality nor the plans announced in February 2010.

Line 1 opened in August 1996, and the Naver encyclopedia entry says that before the "IMF Crisis"---the Asian Financial Crisis---there were five lines planned for Gwangju, but by 2000 they whittled it down to plans for just two more. The Korean Wikipedia page tells us where those five lines would've gone:

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* 1호선(20.60㎞) : ë�™êµ¬ 소태ë�™ ~ 금남로 ~ ìƒ�무신ë�„ì‹œ ~ 광주공항 ~ 광주송정역 ~ í�‰ë�™ì‚°ì—…단지 (1996ë…„ ì°©ê³µ 후 2003ë…„ 개통 계íš�)
* 2호선(13.70㎞) : 남구 효천역 - 송암공단 - 백운광장 - 금남로 4ê°€ - ë§�바우시장 - ë¶�구 문화ë�™ (2004ë…„ ì°©ê³µ 후 2009ë…„ 개통 계íš�)
* 3호선(24.00km) : 장성군 월정리 - 광산구 첨단지구 - 양산지구 - 국립광주박물관 - 광주문화예술회관 - 유스퀘어 - �성 - 백운광장 - 남광주역 - 광주역
* 4호선(28.15㎞) : 광주역 - 전남대학êµ� - ë¶�구 오치ë�™ - ì�¼ê³¡ì§€êµ¬ - 양산지구 - 보훈병ì›� - 광주시청 - ìƒ�무 - 서구 금호지구 - 월드컵경기장 - 금남로 5ê°€ - 광주역
* 5호선(16.60㎞) : 장성군 월정리 - 하남공단 - 광산구 ìš°ì‚°ë�™ - 유스퀘어 - 금남로 5ê°€

Because I love subways that would've been awesome, but excessive. And nowadays the buses do cover a lot of this ground, above-ground.

First subway in Gwangju, by 양광삼 기�.

Food I've Eaten in the Past Two Weeks

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It's hard to stay on top of updates when I'm not in the land of kimchi. However, I do try to maintain a connection to Korea with my life here back home. For example, you saw my post about the locally fermented kimchi. When I am teaching, I always give a short intro about myself. I tell students where I'm from and that I taught English in Korea for a year. I then ask if anyone is from Korea.

85% of the time, I have at least 1-3 kids say "me!"...then I like to drop an 안녕하세요 bomb on them and you should see the look on their faces! I've come to the conclusion that Koreans are everywhere...secretly hiding in places where you least suspect them to be. They're taking over...the world! In this one school, one student labeled a Korean student "kimchi boy". Of course, I made the kid apologize to "kimchi boy". Some students have picked up English super quick, while others are still trying to master the language. One student told me "I've been here 5 years, but my English still sucks." Hmm...maybe you should stop hanging out with fellow Koreans so you can practice English!

Anyways, to finish off this week I thought it'd be nice to take a look at some of the grub I've consumed over the past couple weeks. These are completely random and pictures were taken with my iPhone. Enjoy!

Curry seafood fried rice in a dim sum restaurant...


Pasta and ice cream from Boston Pizza...


Veal Parmigiana on my sister's birthday...


Craving pasta during last week, I made some homemade pasta (no kimchi was used)...


Flavorless Chinese food from the local mom and pop Chinese restaurant...


Fresh pomegranate and frozen yogurt...


...and Thursday night's dinner: Salt and pepper prawns, beef flank, and gai lan with oyster sauce:


That's it...hope you had a good week. Live long, and prosper!

Review: Phnom Penh Restaurant in Vancouver's Chinatown

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Another week of work gone by, and more encounters with Korean students at work! I taught at a high school on the westside this week, and two ESL social studies classes consisted of 50% Korean students. When I mentioned to the class that I had previously taught English in Korea for a year, their immediate reaction was "WOW (throw in a few golf claps)! Do you like Korea?"

Ahhh, the joys of teaching Korean students once again. My answer to their question was "I love all countries," haha. Most of them where here studying and living with homestays, some were here with their mothers (which they are still scared to death of) while their "salary-man" fathers are back in the motherland, and some have been living in Vancouver for quite a while. What I find humorous is how these students come over here to learn English, but they end up hanging out with other Koreans, which impedes their ability to practice English 24/7! I even caught a few of them dropping some "18's aka shee-pal's" in class, which I told them not to say. It was interesting to practice some of my limited Korean though!

Anyways, enough about the work recap, let's get onto the food. Last weekend I ate at Phnom Penh, a Cambodian/Vietnamese restaurant located in Chinatown. Named after the capital city of Cambodia, this restaurant is notorious for its famous chicken wings and "butter beef" dish, to recall a few. The last time I dined at this place was years back--so I was eager to get my eat on there once again!

With its location in Chinatown, get ready to wait in line for a seat at Phnom Penh. The place is always jam packed during the week, but since we went on a Sunday afternoon, we were lucky to avoid the lunch rush:


The menu at Phnom Penh is massive. There are over 100 items. Some of their popular dishes are their Cambodian dry egg noodles. Check out the one I ordered below, served with slices of pork, prawns, and liver. It comes served with soup, which you can add it, but by itself tasted very fresh and was deeeeelicous:


Here comes the moment you've been waiting for...Phnom Penh's famous chicken wings. These are seriously the best wings I've ever eaten in my life. They are seasoned to perfection and deep fried till crispy, yet not chewy at all. It comes topped with stir fried garlic, jalapeno peppers, cilantro, and a lime-pepper dipping sauce---hot diggity!


Alrighty...you're probably wondering what the heck "butter beef" is. According to their menu description, it's "Thin[ly] sliced specially prepared (medium rare) beef on a bed of brown garlic, cilantro, served with our special sauce" and butter! It's one of those dishes where you just have to taste it to really experience it, minus the looks. The beef is so tender it literally melts in your mouth--my mouth is watering!


So we finished the wings, butter beef, and my noodle dish. What's next? Another order of wings of course! There were 5 of us total, so we had to order another plate of chicken wings. The funny thing is, their consistency is not the same when it comes to portion sizes. Compare this picture below of our second order, to the first order above--what gives?!


Phnom Penh is one of those restaurants where you know whatever you order, it will be consistent every single time. That equals repeat business. Throw in efficient customer service and you'll have a recipe for success. The restaurant is located on 244 E Georgia St, Vancouver...Telephone: 604 682-5777. By the way, I'm heading back there tonight for dinner! This time I'll bring my SLR and get some real action shots!

To Hell & Back at Hell's Kitchen

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This has been the longest period of time between blog posts! Anyways, I haven't had much time (same old story) to post stuff, so when all else fails why not just post about the meals I've eaten?

This time around our brunch took place at Hell's Kitchen--no, not that Hell's Kitchen but the one located in Kitsilano in Vancouver. We went there with my brother and his wife and this place is known for its decent grub. However on this day, I have to say they definitely had an off day...

For starters, the place was extremely understaffed (we had to wait a long time for drinks to come, and sugar packets were hard to find for our coffee). Service was not great and the cleanliness of the restaurant (we sat on the patio) was not the greatest. I've worked as a server before and in restaurants all my life--so I'm well aware of the hardships sometimes faced by servers.

On this day I felt like eating a burger so I went with that choice. Now, I know that Hell is supposed to be flaming hot, but who would've thought they would focus this to their burger patties?! When my burger arrived it looked extremely well done. I'm talking dark, charred grill marks. I love my burgers so I decided to take a bite anyways--bad decision! The entire mouthful of beef was bitter because the underside of the patty was just charred black--ouch!

See those "black strips" extending out from my burger? In the words of Ralph Wiggum, "it tastes like burning"...


Honestly though, just what the hell (no pun intended) are kitchen chefs/cooks thinking when they overcook a burger? "Hmm...it looks really black and will taste bitter...I think I'll just flip it over and try to hide it. That was easy (think of the Staples button)!"

So anyways, I let one of the servers know and they ended up making me a brand new burger with some "surprise" fixins'. After watching everyone else eat their meals (which included cold hashbrowns), I finally got my burger. It was good but nothing special. There is a positive side of this story. Hell's Kitchen did apologize for my burnt burger and took care of it on my bill (who would want to pay for a charred black burger?) which was nice.

The replacement burger 20 minutes later...yes, there is a patty underneath...


So that's my story...talk about going to hell and eating brunch with the devil. To top it off, our server's gang of girlfriends decided to occupy the patio and express their nightclub adventures from the night before out loud (quite entertaining). Ahh, the joys of eating in hell...

Happy April Fools' Day, Hello Kitty!

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Hey everyone, you're probably surprised that you're reading a new post on The Daily Kimchi! No, this is not some sort of dirty April Fools' joke--but it's going to be close enough. A lot has been happening lately in our lives, we both are working full time and we recently just purchased our own home! How exciting!

Anyways, just here to wish everyone a happy April Fools' Day. But in particular, a Happy April Fools' day to the following mango dessert I recently devoured from dim sum on the weekend. The following sequence of pictures is dedicated to all those creepy Hello Kitty fanatics out there! Enjoy...

Gee, here I am naked without syrup...

What is this stuff you're dousing me with?

Noo, not of all things, my jugular...ahhh!

haha...if that wasn't good enough for you, please check out the following clip of me at work:

You've been RICK ROLL'D!