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Best wishes,
Kyoungmee Lee
President of ITIC Co., Ltd.

I take pleasure to extend my warmest regards to all of you.

Our country, the Republic of Korea, is well known to be a country that is constantly on the path of growth. The core of the growth is our culture, which is based on the human resources of ability and creativity. In Korea, despite a shortage of natural resources, our talented people have been a highly valued resource throughout our country’s history of 5000 years.

These days, the exchange between countries becomes much more frequent and deeper. As a result, we face the serious task of how to master the communication skills needed to deal with the entire world outside of our own country. I believe that interpretation and translation of quality are at the center of this task.

ITIC is a professional agency for translation and interpretation services.

Since 1999, we have been serving numerous international events, such as conferences, fairs and exhibitions. In particular, we are focusing on the convention market, which is becoming one of the most powerful and important businesses of the world.

Most of ITIC’s clients are public institutes or government offices in Korea. Therefore, ITIC has had many opportunities to be involved in distinguished convention projects, hosted by organizations such as ADB, UNESCAP, ILO, and APEC, as well as World Knowledge Forum, World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention, and Seoul World Mayors Forum, etc. The know-how we have gained through these wonderful experiences is the precious value of ITIC.

ITIC never settles with the present. With eyes and hearts wide opened, we always do our best to assist our clients, and aim to stand by the fruitful future of Korea.
Thank you.

Reliability
ITIC is reliable: For all kinds of interpretation and translation projects, ITIC has the professional skills for organizing and managing your project. However, most of all, our sincerity about each project is what sets us apart from the rest. Trust your partner – ITIC.
Transparency
ITIC is honest. The market of interpretation and translation, particularly for the international conferences occasionally requires specific consultations when dealing with our domestic clients. ITIC’s consultation is clear and truthful, always helpful in making the right choice.
Professionalism
At ITIC, we are very strict in selecting our people. There are specific paths required to be eligible for professional interpretation and translation for international conferences. ITIC hires only experts who have graduated from genuine graduate schools of interpretation and translation in Korea.
Why ITIC? – Why do you need a Professional Agency?

Rare experts, rare professionalism

As a nation, Korea’s exposure to international affairs can be said to be rather short, due to historical factors. For this reason, the culture of international conventions is still not familiar to the Korean public. Now plenty of Korean people challenge to learn English and master it at the highest level.
However, the number of genuine conference interpreters is below 60-70 in the entire country. Moreover, among them, there are only a few who have truly attained the top level.
Many of our clients have difficulties understanding the world of conference interpretation, from the high labour cost to the interpreters’ acceptance of each inquiry from the clients. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to consult with an expert agency. Please feel free to ask us anything, anytime.

What ITIC Does

We know where we stand: ITIC is well equipped to deal with cases where there is a need to discuss or adjust the projects. Our responsibility is to act as a link between our clients and the interpreters. We must correctly understand the rights and the duties of each other, and allow each project to flow efficiently.
As much as you invest: It is our duty to help our clients to save their time, energy, as well as money. Nevertheless, our experts deserve a certain a value – they are qualified professionals who have invested long time and efforts to reach such a skill in his/her profession. Depending on the project, ITIC makes a professional judgement for the total satisfaction of the client.
We know when to say “No”: Recently, there have been cases when some other agencies and free-lancers have tried to engage in unreasonable negotiation. Usually it is a careless decision without consideration for their actual ability and the actual time that a project might require. There is no doubt the final victim will always be the client. For this reason, we do not hesitate to say “No”. This only happens when we judge that the needs of our clients are not going to be met. In the end, ITIC’s professionalism certainly will make the clients say “Yes!”.

ITIC’s Services

Translation

Various topics:
I/T (Information & Technology)
Finance
Trade
Law / Politics
Culture
Literature / Arts
Medical science / Pharmacology
Architecture / Engineering
Various types: Various types of documents for international conferences
Corporate profiles / Reports
Presentation materials / manuscripts
Proceedings, Research reports
Thesis

Interpretation

Simultaneous Interpretation: Two interpreters form a team and provide simultaneous (real-time) interpretation of the speaker’s presentation in an environment where interpretation equipment is provided. Highly technical conferences may require three interpreters for one team.

Consecutive Interpretation: In principle, consecutive interpretation requires one interpreter who delivers the interpretation after the original speech. The speaker and interpreter alternate in delivering the presentation: the speaker gives a portion of the presentation and then the interpreter delivers the interpretation. Highly specialized presentations may require two interpreters.

Business Interpretation: For contract negotiation and trade consulting etc., our interpreter can participate during the one-to-one discussion, and deliver the interpretation in the form of consecutive interpretation.

Others

Escort Interpretation
Exhibition booth
In-house interpreter / translator dispatch
Shorthand Description

ITIC’s Portfolio (Key Projects)

International Organizations

ADB Annual Meeting
  • ICOLD Annual Meeting
  • APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministers Meeting
  • UITP (International Union of Public Transport) Asian-Pacific Meeting
  • ILO Asian Regional Meeting
  • UNESCAP Ministerial Conference for Environment and Development
  • Ministerial Conference on Transportation
  • FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission
  • OECD Meetings
Korean Government & Public Institutes

    Various meetings held by:

  • Ministry of Financial and Economy
  • Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
  • Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries
  • Ministry of Construction & Transportation
  • Ministry of Labour
  • Korea Food & Drug Administration
  • Seoul Metropolitan Government
  • The Province of Gangwon
  • Korea Development Institute
  • Korea National Statistical Office
  • Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training
  • Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency
  • Korea Standard Association
  • Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency
  • Korea Science Foundation
  • Korea Institute of Design Promotion
  • Korea Water Resources Corporation
  • Korea National Tourism Organization: Korea Convention Bureau
Private Enterprises
  • Samsung Electronics
  • Samsung Electrics
  • Samsung Corporation
  • LG International Corporation
  • SK Corporation
  • The Export-Import Bank of Korea
  • Kookmin Bank
  • E1
  • Asiana Airlines
  • CJ Systems
  • GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Company
  • POSCO
  • Maeil Business Newspaper: World Knowledge Forum
  • OSSTEM Implant
  • Oracle Korea
  • Renaissance Hotel
  • Moody’s Investors Service Korea
  • Motorola Korea
Others
  • KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)
  • MBC (Munwha Broadcasting Corporation)
  • COEX Convention and Exhibition
  • Busan Exhibition & Convention Center
  • Daegu Exhibition & Convention Center
  • Gwangju Kimdaejung Convention Center
  • World Culture Open
  • Preliminary Meetings for Yeosu EXPO 2012

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