How to Translate Medium From Korean to English (Step-by-Step)

Korean tech and culture writing on Medium is easy to find and worth reading. The catch is the same as with any language you are still learning: copy the article into a translator, or read it more slowly than you would like.

Bilingual translation avoids both. The Korean stays on the page and the English appears directly beneath it, so you can read at speed and still check the source for anything that matters.

Demo note: the screenshots below are built in a real Medium article layout to show exactly how BothLang displays a bilingual page — the original paragraph on top and the translated English directly beneath it, with an arrow pointing at the translation. The workflow is identical on Medium and most blogs because BothLang works on whatever page you are viewing.

What you need

• BothLang installed in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox — see the download page.
• The extension pinned to your toolbar.
• A Korean article open in a tab.

Step 1 — Open the Korean article

Open the Korean piece you want to read. The example translates a Korean-language essay about artificial intelligence.

Step 2 — Set English as your target

Click the BothLang icon:

• Set Translate into to English (en).
• Set Page display to Bilingual.

Step 3 — Translate in place

Click Translate Now. BothLang adds an English translation directly beneath each Korean paragraph, leaving the Korean intact. An arrow marks each translated paragraph.

The result is a bilingual page:

Step 4 — Switch reading modes

• Bilingual — source and translation together, ideal for learning.
• Translation only — fastest when you just need meaning.
• Original only — back to clean Korean.

Step 5 — Hover one paragraph

For a single hard sentence, use hover translation. Hold your shortcut (Shift, Alt, or Ctrl) and point at a paragraph. Only that passage is translated.

Korean text handling

BothLang detects Korean without configuration. Hangul source converts to English the same way as any other language, and you can change the target per page.

Why keep the Korean visible?

• Accuracy. Names, product terms, and quoted lines are easy to mistranslate. The source beside the English lets you check.
• Learning. Reading a Korean paragraph next to its English meaning builds vocabulary in context.

The short version

1. Install and pin BothLang.
2. Open a Korean article.
3. Set Translate into: English, Page display: Bilingual.
4. Click Translate Now.
5. Read the English with the Korean original underneath.

Try it on your next Korean article, newsletter, or tech post.