lecture 1-facts about bahasa

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LECTURE 1

SOME FACTS OFHOW BAHASAINDONESIA IS

TRANSLATED INTOENGLISH

Lecture on Indonesian-English Translating

English Department-Faculty of Language and Science

Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya University


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Translation is not an

easy work. It needs

a serious attention

and concentration. It

can be said that the

core of translation is

a transfer ofmessage. The

translator should be

careful in replacing

the meaning fromSource Language

(SL) to Target

Language (TL).


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The translator must keep the mission in the Source Language

then transfer them to target one. If the translator can translate well

semantically but can not move the closest mission, the result of

translation is unsatisfied.

Therefore, to solve this problem the translator should master not

only linguistics and the materials that will be translated but also

theory of translation and the right context of discourse.


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THE TRANSLATOR

Linguistics the materials

theory of translation and

the right context of

discourse


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What about translating from

Bahasa Indonesia into English?


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In general,

Indonesian

or BahasaIndonesia is

used freely

by its users

both in oraland written

form.

This means that the use of the language is in

practice deviates or misleads from what is

prescribed by the Tata bahasa Indonesia Baku.


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This violation also occurs inwritten form, where the

language used must

actually be formal.

This deviation applies in a

word choice, word

collocation, sentencepattern and discourse

pattern.


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Even if the

use follows

the rules,

there are still

other

problems,

one of which

is ambiguity.


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How can you translate

the following phrase?

Cucu laki-laki presiden yang kaya itu ...

The rich grandson of president ....

The grandson of rich president ....

OR


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Dia sangat membencinya.

This sentence can betranslated into:

1. He hates him very much.

2. He hates her very much.

3. She hates her very much.

4. She hates him very much.


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Lets see

someother

facts!


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Funny but Saddening

BAHASA INDONESIA

Saya ingin berkonsultasi

dengan anda.

Mengandung vitamin

Rumah-rumah di Jakarta

Bagus-bagus

ENGLISH

I want consultation with

you

Pregnant vitamin

Houses in Jakarta are

handsome


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Commonly, most of the students

translate even when they speak and

write. This means that they write in

Indonesia first what they want to say

in English. Then they translate it.

This of course produces problems intheir translation as their Indonesian

is itself still bad.

How do EFL learners translate from

Bahasa Indonesia into English?


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How is

Bahasa

Indonesiaused by its

users?


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1) Guru bahasa Indonesia mengingatkan kepada muridnya agar rajin

membaca. (the word kepada is unnecessary).

2) Dia sudah saling memaafkan. (it is not clear with whom they bothforgive each other)

3) Di antara kedua sahabatnya itu memiliki sifat yang berbeda. (the

phrase di antara is unnecessary)

4) Bagi generasi muda Indonesia tidak sepatutnya menulis dalambahasa Alay. (the preposition of bagi is unnecessary).

One can easily see how badly the sentence isconstructed in Indonesian in the first place,

this resulting in the translation being also

wrong.


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1. Do you think you have practised using Bahasa Indonesia

quite well so far?

2. Have you tried translating from Bahasa Indonesia into

English? Did you experience the similar things described in

this lecture? Please share your experience by giving an

example.

3. What do you need as a translator when you have to

translate from Bahasa Indonesia into English?

4. Do you think it will be even more difficult for you to translate

from Bahasa Indonesia into English? Please give some

reasons.

5. What will happen when you realize that your knowledge

about English language is not that enough for such

translation?


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Lecture on Indonesian-English Translating

English Department-Faculty of Language and Science

Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya University

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