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With the increase in the number and size of in-house translator/interpreter teams in Korean companies, research on in-house translation is growing in its importance. This paper, in this vein, aims to conduct an analysis of the studies conducted so far on in-house translation in Korea by applying Pierre Bourdieu's sociological concepts and propose a future direction to lay a foundation for in-depth research into in-house translation. Bourdieu's sociology is especially relevant to in-house translation in that it described a dialectic relationship between individual and structure, which offers a comprehensive perspective to construe complex dynamics between individual translators and the organizations they belong to. According to the analysis, the research in this realm can be further deepened in a way that denotes the interrelation between different tiers of habitus of in-house translators as well as the two-way interaction between in-house translators and their organizations. Furthermore, the interplay among in-house translators can be examined in detail by investigating in-house translators' collective efforts or conflicts to gain symbolic or social capital within the same field.