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Steven S. Bammel
Steven S. Bammel
President

A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington (College of Business Administration), Steven S. Bammel worked in Seoul for nearly five years as an employee within the LG Group of South Korea. During that time, he learned about Korean business practices from the inside as the only non-Korean member of a team handling international trade support work for LG International, Corp. Steven also promoted overseas sales for several Korean companies and edited/translated hundreds of documents.

Steven returned to the US in 1999 and founded Korean Consulting & Translation Service, Inc. in mid-2000. During the first several years of building the business, Steven, his wife Myunghee and two children Treasure and Cauvery, shared their time between Irving, Texas and the company’s corporate apartment near Seoul, Korea. Thanks to a perfectionist mindset and deep understanding of the requirements of translation clients, not to mention high-level Korean skills, Steven and his team have successfully handled thousands of Korean translation projects, mainly for US-based companies and agencies, but also for individuals and companies around the world.

In early 2008, the Bammels returned to Korean indefinitely so that Steven could study at the Graduate School of Business Administration at Hanyang University to further develop his unique Korean business perspective and to improve his language skills in an immersive Korean learning environment. In February 2011, he was awarded a master in science degree with a major in strategy.

Steven is an official GyeongGi Province Foreign Direct Investment Advisor, as well as an advisor to the GyeongGi Association of Foreign-Invested Companies. He is also the founder and head administrator of Korea Business Central, an online community focused on business in Korea, and the author of the Korean business weblog, Nojeok Hill: My View from the Top.

Hongil KimHongil Kim
Project Management and Translation

Hongil Kim attended Hallym University in Chooncheon, Korea, earning a B.A. in Korean Literature, which he then supplemented with extensive travels throughout East Asia and to North America. Working his way up from an entry-level in-house translator job for a translation agency in Seoul, he later managed computer and Internet-related projects for clients throughout Korea and around the world.

Almost since moving into his current position in 1998, Hongil has worked closely with Steven to oversee one of the most professional translation teams in Korea, with expertise in diverse areas. Over 5,000 translation projects of Korean Consulting & Translation Service, Inc. have been handled directly under Hongil’s careful supervision.

Dong-Hyeok KimDong-Hyeok Kim
Project Management and Translation

A true world traveler and English-language scholar, Dong-Hyeok Kim holds a B.A. in English Education from the prestigious Korea Foreign Language University in Seoul. Throughout the 1980s, Mr. Kim worked in the Middle East for Daewoo Corp. in their Overseas Business Department, returning to Korea only in 1990. He was employed for four years in Seoul at Litton Korea Corp. (a subsidiary of Litton Industries of the USA, later acquired by Raytheon) in their legal department and then a couple more years in international trading with Yeong-Sang Trading, also in Seoul.

Since entering the translation field in 1997, Dong-Hyeok Kim has positioned his team at the technical end of the market, delivering impeccable translations of the most difficult types of documents, including legal, scientific, engineering and financial, including translations of documents between Korean and languages other than English. Furthermore, he regularly handles patents to be directly submitted to the Korea Intellectual Property Office and the US Patent Office.

With his diverse background, incredible work ethic and unbelievable technical resources, he ensures that every project he manages is delivered on-time with the highest quality.


Jinho Park
Jinho Park
Business Consultant

After graduating in 1995 from Hanyang University in Ansan, Korea, Jinho spent two years in the Overseas Business Part of Daesung Industries Co, Ltd, a subsidiary of one of Korea’s large business groups. Following this, his decade in management at Dongsan Church (the largest church in Ansan City with current weekly attendance of 15,000 people) eventually saw him overseeing the day-to-day operations of the entire church and as a result, he enjoys wide contacts and relationships deep within the Korean Christian community, as well as the business world.

Currently finishing up his doctoral degree in the Graduate School of Business Administration at Hanyang University, Jinho has been consulting on a variety of projects, including work in missions, marketing, education, publishing and large event planning. He is also a director of GHT, a new concept in service, tourism and medical care.

A long-time associate of Steven Bammel, Jinho's passions include leadership, vision networking, social organizations and holistic healing.


Zeng Xiang-Wen Zeng Xiang-Wen

A desktop publishing and translation process expert with over six years’ experience in a multinational localization agency and another seven years working independently and with us, Zeng Xiang-Wen and his team in Shenzhen, China have produced successful localization products for some of the most reputed companies worldwide, including HP, Dell, Compaq, Nokia, GE and many others. His comprehensive computer application knowledge, combined with proven problem-solving skills, ensure that professionally-prepared client documents come out perfectly at the printer even when working with less-than-ideal source files. You can’t go wrong with Xiang’s workmanship and attention to detail.
Harada Toshihiko

Our man in Japan, Toshihiiko Harada, knows his stuff…  both in Japanese and Korean! This is clear from the amazing feedback we’ve gotten from clients ordering the hundreds of business cards and other translations he’s handled for us over the years. He graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, where he became fluent in English and Korean. And he lived right next door to us in Fort Worth, Texas – as well as in Minnesota – several years ago, giving him a special international perspective for business.
Joseph Chen Joseph Chen

Through most of our work is in Korean, we often handle translations for our clients in Chinese too, and when we do, Joseph is our go-to guy. His experiences living and studying abroad (M.S. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA) make him uniquely suited to handling the nuances of business translation. Currently based out of Shenzhen, his team includes Simplified and Traditional Chinese linguists in China and Taiwan specializing in technical documents in various fields, as well as marketing materials. We are fortunate to work with such a resource.

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  • USA: PO Box 154773, Irving, TX 75015
    Tel: (972) 255-4808, Fax: (214) 853-5374
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    Sangrok-Gu, Ansan-Si, GyeongGi-Do 426-768
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