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Could Japanese understand it?
축구협회 공문, 27개 문법 문맥상 오류.. 망신
Posted : 2012-08-17 19:02
Updated : 2012-08-17 19:02
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Cho Chung-yun
KFA president
KFA letter contains at least 27 grammatical, contextual errors


By Jung Min-ho


A brief six-paragraph letter sent by the Korea Football Association (FTA) to its Japanese counterpart regarding the brouhaha following the football match between the two countries at the London Olympics contains at least 27 mistakes.

Judging by his poor composition, it is doubtful that KFA President Cho Chung-yun intended to be as apologetic as Japanese media claimed he was on the basis of this letter.

Cho sent the letter after Korean footballer Park Jong-woo celebrated his team’s victory against Japan in the match to decide the bronze medal winner by parading a placard that reads, “Dokdo is our land.”

The letter became public when Rep. An Min-seok of the opposition Democratic United Party released it to the press Friday and was obtained by The Korea Times.

According to copyeditors whose native tongue is English and the Korean sports desk staff, even the title contains a mistake. “Unsporting celebrating activities after the Olympic football match” should have read “Unsporting celebration after the Olympic football match.”

Approximately 10 percent of the one-page, 278-word document, was littered with poor word choices, grammatical errors and erroneous capitalization, indicative of a clumsy approach on an issue that requires careful diplomatic negotiations.

The grammatical errors include a section that states “it was just happened impulsively,” when referring to Park’s celebration. According to the copyeditors, and the rules of English grammar it should have read, “it just happened impulsively.”

The letter goes on to say that Cho will “give my strong message to every single Korea national team players” and “wish both Japan and Korea women’s players have surprise world football fans that Asian football is the future of the world” in the upcoming FIFA U-20 women’s world cup.

The mistakes are highlighted in red in the photo of the edited copy of the letter.


The Korea Football Association’s letter to the Japan Football Association over footballer Park Jong-woo’s controversial celebration after winning the bronze medal match against Japan at the 2012 London Olympics. The document above shows corrections suggested by The Korea Times editors. Korea Times
Pressured by An’s constant request for the release of the document, the KFA finally released it to the public after initially refusing to do so for four days.

“Considering the sensitivity of the issue, the document should have been written under strict KFA supervision,” An said. “The mistakes show the limitation of the KFA’s administrative ability.”

An official on the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) said they were not informed of the plan, saying that the decision was made by the KFA on its own without prior communication.

“Although they might have done it with good intentions, they made some errors in picking the right words and the process of delivering them,” an KOC official said.

The KOC is waiting for the IOC and FIFA’s decision over Park’s controversial celebration. The KFA said Thursday that their delegation has finished explaining to FIFA that the 24-year-old’s action was unintentional.

Park was banned from participating in the medal ceremony based on the Olympic Charter that prohibits political statement by the athletes. FIFA also said it will open a separate investigation to discipline the player.

“Sending an apology to the Japan Football Association (JFA) was completely unnecessary. From the title, they used wrong and poor word choices to describe the situation,” said An in an interview with The Korea Times. “Looking at the past, the claim to deprive Park of the bronze medal is groundless. I don’t understand why the KFA is acting like he made a major mistake because he didn’t.”

축구협회 공문, 27개 문법 문맥상 오류.. 망신
대한축구협회가 2012 런던올림픽 남자축구 3-4위전에서 벌어진 박종우(부산)의 '독도 세리머니' 대한 사태 수습 과정에서 어설픈 행정적 대처로 국민적 비난을 자초하고 있다. 축구협회는 불필요한 '사과성' 공문을 일본축구협회에 보낸 사실이 알려져 국민적 비난을 샀다. 축구협회는 지난 13일 조중연 축구협회장의 이름으로 다이니 구니야 일본축구협회장에 '올림픽 축구 경기 직후 비스포츠적인 축하 행동(Unsporting celebrating activities after Olympic football match)'라는 제목의 공문을 발송했다. 축구협회는 박종우의 행동이 의도한 것이 아닌 즉흥적이었다는 데 초점을 맞춰 일본축구협회에 해명했다. 하지만 일본축구협회장이 일본 취재진에 "조중연 회장 명의로 '미안하다. 두 번 다시 이런 일이 일어나지 않도록 철저히 하겠다'는 사죄와 재발방지를 강조하는 내용의 이메일과 팩스를 받았다"고 밝히면서 축구협회의 저자세와 '굴욕 외교'가 도마에 올랐다. 일본 언론의 보도로 비난 여론이 일자 축구협회는 '사과(apology)'라는 단어를 쓰지 않고 '유감(regret)'이라는 말을 썼다면서 일본 언론의 오보라고 항변했다. 그러나 축구협회는 문서를 공개하라는 언론의 요청에 '비공개 원칙'을 고수하며 버텼지만 국회 문화체육관광방송통신위원회(문방위)에 제출한 공문이 언론에 유출돼 망신살을 자초했다. 특히 공문에는 '비스포츠적인 축하 행동(Unsporting celebrating activities)'이나 '진심으로 유감의 뜻을 전한다(Cordially convey my regrets and words)', '재발 방지를 위해 앞으로 공식 경기에 나서는 선수단에 강한 메시지를 전하겠다' 등 잘못을 인정하는 듯한 내용을 많이 포함해 국민적 공분을 샀다.
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