In 1943, Chang entered Keijō Imperial University (경성제국대학) as a humanities major and enrolled in its English literature degree program.
[2] After graduating, Chang worked as a manager in the Translation and Interpretation department of the Far East Air Force (United States) (미극동공군) for three years.
[2] He became an assistant professor in the education department at Seoul National University in 1955, but soon left school temporarily to study in the United States.
In addition to producing extensive publications on the topic, Chang pursued further to create grounds for academic discussions, organizing and attaining multiple roles in English literature associations.
[6] Chang actively interacted with American writers such as Pearl S. Buck, Henry Miller, and John Updike to discuss literary texts and provide advanced translations to audiences.
Chang also wrote Migrating Birds on the Charles River (1984), a 360-page book comprising twelve short stories, three plays, and four essays in English.
Chang's landmark publications include classic texts such as Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and The Moon and Sixpence by William Somerset Maugham.
Chang's translative attempts were an effort to depict accurate form of the cultural inheritance and history as well as bring out the texts' full meaning.
Chang believed that providing translated versions of foreign literature to South Korean readers was crucial in expanding the nation's philosophical and theoretical knowledge.
By incisively noting the inherent disparity between the syntax and lexicon of English and Korean language, he proposed a moderate distancing from the strict replacement of words to better capture the essence of the text.
Interactions with Pearl Buck, Henry Miller, and John Updike provided Korean readers with a brief insight into American ideology.
Chang's contact with Jerome E. Breunig, the head of the English literature department at Sogang University, finally allowed her the opportunity that began her academic career.
Sexus (섹서스, 1969) Buck, Pearl S. The Three Daughters of Madame Liang (양마담의 세딸, 1969) Mulgan, John and Dan Davin.
An Introduction to English Literature (영문학사, 1971) Spiller, Robert E. Literary History of the United States (미국 문화사, 1973) Mitchell, Margaret.
The Scarlet Letter (1982) Turning Back Upon the Road (가던 길 멈추어 서서: 장왕록 에세이, 1989) Migrating Birds on the Charles River (1984)