Heonki Lee · Native Korean copywriter
Your message, rewritten to work in Korean.
I translate your English into Korean marketing copy that persuades — your exact meaning kept, taken past a word-for-word version into Korean a native actually responds to. Translation taken all the way to copy, by a native.
Word-for-word vs. natural
Accurate isn’t the same as persuasive.
Your English, a word-for-word Korean translation, and the natural version — side by side. The word-for-word one is correct; the natural one gives a Korean reader a reason to keep reading.
English
“Join thousands of happy customers.”
Word-for-word
수천 명의 행복한 고객들과 함께하세요.
Written for Koreans
이미 수천 명이 선택했습니다.
Why — Leads with the decision — “already chosen by thousands” — the way Korean social proof usually reads.
English
“The all-in-one tool for your team.”
Word-for-word
당신의 팀을 위한 올인원 도구.
Written for Koreans
팀에 필요한 모든 것, 하나로.
Why — Swaps the borrowed “all-in-one” for a phrase Korean marketing actually uses.
Illustrative examples — same meaning, rewritten to land.
The craft
Native Korean, written to be read.
- — Written by a Korean native — copy, not just word-swapping, in the Korean your readers expect marketing to sound like.
- — Your meaning and intent kept — I work from your English source, never off in my own direction.
- — Your tone carried into Korean — formal, warm, or punchy, matched to your brand.
- — Plain, current Korean, free of translationese — the way Korean B2B actually reads today, not stiff, textbook Korean.
- — Always English → Korean. Korean is my native language; I don’t write into languages I’m not native in.
Who you work with
Available for new work
One native Korean, writing your copy.
You work with me directly — no agency layer, no handoff to a stranger, no project manager in between.
I write your Korean myself — and because I design and build pages too, the copy is written to fit your layout and hierarchy, not just sit in a doc.
How it starts
See the copy before you pay.
- 1 Send me your English and the pages you want in Korean.
- 2 I send back a free sample — your text, rewritten as Korean copy, next to the English.
- 3 You judge it first — like it, and I quote the rest. Only the work itself is prepaid, by invoice.
Pricing
From $400, quoted per project.
- — The first sample is free — no commitment.
- — Projects start at $400, quoted by the pages you want in Korean.
- — What sets the price is how much each page takes to get right — Korean written from your English, or Korean you already have reworked.
- — You get one exact number for the whole project before anything is agreed.
Questions
- Is this translation or copywriting?
- Both, really. I keep your meaning but write it as Korean copy that persuades — based on your English, not a literal word-for-word translation, and not invented from scratch either.
- Do you work from any language?
- English → Korean only. Korean is my native language — that’s the one direction I write as a native. I don’t take Korean → English or other pairs.
- How much, and how fast?
- Projects start at $400, quoted up front. Send me your pages and I’ll give you one exact number based on how much each takes — the first sample is always free. Most work comes back within a few days.