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Bureau of Interpreters | |
Hangul | 사역원 |
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Hanja | 司譯院 |
Revised Romanization | Sayeogwon |
McCune–Reischauer | Sayŏgwŏn |
The Bureau of Interpreters or Sayŏgwŏn was an agency of the Joseon government of Korea from 1393 to 1894 responsible for training and supplying official interpreters. Textbooks for foreign languages produced by the bureau aimed to accurately describe contemporary speech and are thus valuable sources on the history of Korean and the various foreign languages.