english to bahasa indonesia translation

22/01/202121/01/2021

Membership to an association (Association of Indonesian Translators) better known as HPI

For translators or interpreters like myself, in the language pair English to Indonesian, belonging to an association is an important part of our integrity as professionals in the language services industry.

An association is:

Definition of association – Penerjemah Indonesia

So if we look over to the American Translators Association (ATA) website, the Association for interpreters and translator in the US, we can see that it was founded:

“to advance the translation and interpreting professions and foster the professional development of individual translators and interpreters. Its over 10,000 members in more than 103 countries include translators, interpreters, teachers, project managers, web and software developers, language company owners, hospitals, universities, and government agencies.“

As for the Association of Indonesian Translators or Himpunan Penerjemah Indonesia it was founded to help members acquire work, which later shifted to enhance the quality of translators and interpreters as we can see from this, in the About section:

As members of this Association we are provided membership card.

This is my membership card.

As so happens, if we are a member of HPI, we are also part of a larger family.

FIT (Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs / International Federation of Translators)

Yes, we are part of FIT.

So if you are planning your career on this path, and or still not sure what career you want to be, be a part of this large family. Look around or browse, and research more on this career. And, you will be on your way to becoming a translator or an interpreter. For more details, if you are in Indonesia, go to this website.

If you have any question about this article, or anything related to being a translator or interpreter in the language pair English to Indonesian, drop me an email, I’ll be happy to help you in any way I can. But, be smart with your queries.

Have a productive day.

04/12/202012/01/2021

Korean Drama: Start-Up – Exquisite

Damn. In a good sense. Drakor: Korean Drama.

It’s so cool.

I’ve been pushed or rather persuaded to see/watch “Start-Up” on a streaming service by my wife and her nieces, (I am a subscriber to two services: Netflix and Disney HotStar) even my brother-in-law (who prefers western shows) is in the process of watching.

And with that trigger, before, I had been inclined to see it, but, nevertheless, I am watching it. Two days straight. Some would say that this binge watch is not good, but who’s complaining.

Anyway, as translator and interpreter in the language pair English to Indonesian, I’ve been intrigued with shows on this streaming services that has a non-English source as a drive to watch more of these shows, I grew up seeing and watching Hollywood and western ones. But non-English movies now are my choice. But of course, I am not ditching the English ones.

I’m on my 11th episode on this series now, and it has sparked me to write this article. I will also point out several reason why I am writing this:

One, there’s this scene, where there is translation, I mean interpreters’ booth: shown here from my screenshot (hope Netflix don’t mind, if they do please let me know).

Booths for interpreters are on the left hand side of this picture.

Details:

Interpreters in action… remember Nicole Kidman in The Interpreter?

Two, (I’ve always had a passion for technologies, my work, the translation and interpreter projects I do mostly revolve around this) from this episode I totally follow this. Especially during the part where the main characters are in the DemoDay session.

Three, I like the idea of this part… My son whose background is in Computer Science has this on one of his projects: Raspberry. Please see this photo: (RASPBERRY)

Four, I just love to share this, as Gary Vee once state: sharing is caring. Or was it some other person?

Well… if you are curious and you want to see this Korean Drama go ahead…I dare you. And I encourage you to see it. Of course, you can be the judge of this.

That’s it from me…Ta…ta…

04/07/201507/06/2020

Cari jasa penerjemah via Google Search

Di era modern yang semua serba internet, mudah melakukan pencarian. Misalnya kita ingin cari jasa penerjemah. Tinggal cari di Google Search, dan mesin pencari ini akan menelusuri pencarian penerjemah yang dicari.

Kata kunci yang kita perlukan mungkin seperti ini:

“Cari jasa penerjemah” lalu kata-kata tersebut dimasukkan ke dalam Google Search, lalu mesin pencari ini akan memudahkan Anda untuk menemukan jasa penerjemah yang diinginkan.

Atau ada kata lain misalnya: “Cari penterjemah bahasa inggris”. Atau kata lain yang ada kata-kata yang berhubungan dengan penerjemahan bahasa inggris, misalnya selain penterjemah bahasa inggris, bisa juga digunakan penerjemah bahasa inggris.

Yang penting buat kita adalah mencari dengan kata-kata yang ada dalam benak kita.

Selamat mencari.

29/07/201218/01/2021

Interpreters’ Booth in Simultaneous Interpreting

As an interpreter most of the time during simultaneous interpreting, a booth for the interpreting process is needed. The typical interpreting booth has a large clear glass screen in the front. This is important, as it will help the interpreter see the speaker and will help interpreters have a better visual of what is going on outside the booth.

In the booth, an interpreting system equipped with a microphone, a headset, a control console, and sometimes, a monitor is present. This will allow the interpreter to have a closer look at the speaker. The interpreting system has, usually, a mute button that will help the interpreter to block any unwanted sound or noises when he or she needs to converse with other interpreters.

During the interpreting process inside the booth, the interpreter via headsets, listens to the speaker or speakers and simultaneously interprets into a microphone. The participants of the event or the audience can only hear the interpretation via the headsets which are provided before the event begins. This helps minimize disturbance whether for the interpreter or the audience.

26/02/201218/01/2021

Translation Rates

Rates or in this case translation price is always a challenge for me. Deciding on the best rate for the translation activity that I provide is not always easy and it is always and should be based on projects.

It may seem tedious to always provide potential client rates or price. I mean, I may easily print that on some price list and upload on one page. But I don’t do that. One rule that I always say to myself that translation or interpreting is not a mass produce product. It is a product on a mass scale if we decide to i.e. we use machine translation. If this is the case the quality will be in question.

Again on the subject of price or quotation I may be contacted based on each project that comes to my email. It is understandable that this service may be unreasonable for some but again translation is not a product that we make or produce but it is our passion as translators to provide the best and for that we are giving a reasonable rate.

Hopefully, with experience and the types of translation that translator has on their resumé, the rates will hopefully be lower as the learning curve and the time to do research has decline.

Go to Proz.com to check any further references.

28/09/201020/12/2011