A South Korean translator says his 30,000 hours of volunteer translating should be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.
The Korea Times reports that volunteer translator Lee Hay-young has translated 30,000 hours in the past 30 years and will register his name with Guinness.
Most of Hay-young's 30,000 hours has been confirmed by the Korea Record Institute.
Hay-young has volunteered for foreign guests as well as for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup.
Hay-young says he's got at least 10 years of volunteering in him still.
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