Top 20 Most Requested Translations: English to Korean

The Korean language has become an increasingly important language due to the powerful economic standing, geopolitical importance and trade volume of South Korea. There are over 70 million people who speak Korean around the world and Korean is the official language of both Koreas.

Korean has been classified by historical and modern linguists to be a language isolate, which means that it did not originate from any other language. The Korean alphabet, Hangul, consists of 24 letters: 14 consonants and 10 vowels.

From our research and experience translating English into Korean, we have compiled a list of the 20 most requested translations for this language pair.

Top 20 Translations:

English	Korean
Hello	안녕하세요.
Goodbye	안녕히 가십시오.
Merry Christmas	메리 크리스마스
Happy Holidays	즐거운 휴일 되십시오.
Happy Birthday	생일 축하합니다.
Happy New Year	새해 복 많이 받으십시오.
Congratulations	축하합니다.
What time is it?	지금 몇 시입니까?
Where is the bathroom?	화장실이 어디에 있습니까?
My name is…	제 이름은…
What is your name?	성함이 어떻게 되십니까?
Peace	평화
Welcome	환영합니다.
Thank you.	감사합니다.
You are welcome.	천만에요.
Where can I find a hospital?	병원은 어디에 있습니까?
Where can I find a bank?	은행은 어디에 있습니까?
Where can I find a good restaurant?	좋은 식당은 어디에 있습니까?
Where can I find a taxi?	택시를 어디에서 타면 될까요?
Where can I find an airport?	공항은 어디에 있습니까?

There are other words that are commonly translated, like numbers and months, for content that includes things like dates and time.

Months of the year:

Numbers:	숫자:
One	하나
Two	둘
Three	셋
Four	넷
Five	다섯
Six	여섯
Seven	일곱
Eight	여덟
Nine	아홉
Ten	열
Eleven	열하나
Twelve	열 둘
Thirteen	열 셋
Fourteen	열 넷
Fifteen	열 다섯
Sixteen	열 여섯
Seventeen	열 일곱
Eighteen	열 여덟
Nineteen	열 아홉
Twenty	스물:

Months of the year:

Months:	달:
January	1월
February	2월
March	3월
April	4월
May	5월
June	6월
July	7월
August	8월
September	9월
October	10월
November	11월
December	12월

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