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Malay to English
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Arabic to English
Wot Cross-culture - Suzan Piper
award winning Indonesian translator

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Local time: 02:13 AEST (GMT+10)

Native in: English 
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Services Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Voiceover (dubbing), Subtitling, Transcription, Training, Project management
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Specializes in:
Education / PedagogyLaw (general)
Government / PoliticsJournalism
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVsGeneral / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Cinema, Film, TV, DramaPoetry & Literature
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting

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All accepted currencies Australian dollars (aud)
KudoZ activity (PRO) PRO-level points: 301, Questions answered: 161, Questions asked: 8
Company size <3 employees
Year established 1995
Currencies accepted Australian dollars (aud)
Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 3
English to Indonesian: government services
Source text - English
What do we do?

The role of the Workplace Ombudsman is to impartially assist and enforce compliance with Commonwealth workplace laws including the Workplace Relations Act 1996, the Independent Contractors Act 2006 and associated regulations.

The Workplace Ombudsman, his Office and his Inspectors provide the following services to workers and employers in Australia:

 assist workers and employers to understand their rights and obligations under federal workplace law;
 promote and monitor compliance with federal workplace law, including by providing assistance and advice and disseminating information;
 investigate complaints or suspected contraventions of federal workplace law;
 inquire into any act or practice that may be contrary to federal workplace law;
 institute proceedings to enforce federal workplace law;
 represent workers who are, or might become, a party to proceedings under the Workplace Relations Act 1996.
Translation - Indonesian
Apa yang kami lakukan?

Workplace Ombudsman mengemban peranan untuk tidak memihak mendorong dan menegakkan kepatuhan pada undang-undang tempat kerja persemakmuran, termasuk Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Undang-undang Hubungan Tempat Kerja 1966), Independent Contractors Act 2006 Undang-undang Kontraktor Independen 2006) dan peraturan-peraturan terkait.

Workplace Ombudsman, Kantor dan para Inspekturnya menyediakan layanan-layanan sebagai berikut kepada para pekerja dan pengusaha di Australia:

• membantu para pekerja dan pengusaha mengerti hak-hak dan kewajibannya sesuai dengan undang-undang kerja federal;

• mendorong dan memantau kepatuhan pada undang-undang kerja federal, termasuk dengan cara menyediakan bantuan, nasihat dan menyebarluaskan informasi;

• menyelidiki keluhan atau tindakan yang diduga melanggar undang-undang kerja federal;

• menyelidiki setiap tindakan atau praktek yang mungkin berlawanan dengan undang-undang kerja federal;

• mengawali tindakan penegakan undang-undang kerja federal;

• mewakili pekerja-pekerja yang sedang, atau mungkin akan menjadi, salah satu pihak berperkara sesuai dengan Workplace Relations Act 1966.
Indonesian to English: reportage
Source text - Indonesian
Pergantian Perdana Menteri Inggris dari Tony Blair ke Gordon Brown rupanya tak luput dari perhatian Andy Roddick. Namun petenis AS itu melihat momen tersebut sangat lucu.

Kemarin, Rabu (27/6/2007), adalah hari terakhir Blair menempati kediaman resmi PM Inggris di Downing Street 10. Televisi Inggris beramai-ramai meliput detik-detik kepergian sekutu George Walker Bush tersebut.

Roddick adalah satu dari mungkin jutaan orang di Inggris yang menyaksikan peristiwa itu. Tetapi mengapa dia malah tertawa?

"Mereka mengambil gambar van yang mulai bergerak dan mengikutinya sampai hilang di balik jalan. Saya melihatnya sangat lucu," ungkap petenis berperingkat tiga dunia itu seperti dikutip Yahoo Sports

Dikatakan oleh Roddick, liputan seperti yang dibuat media Inggris tidak pernah dilihatnya di tanah kelahirannya. "Sepertinya televisi di negeri kami harus mulai begitu juga. Itu akan sangat lucu," paparnya.

Namun Roddick rupanya hanya peduli dengan hal ringan dari peristiwa politik luar biasa di Inggris tersebut. Buktinya saat ditanya pendapatnya soal PM Inggris yang baru, mantan kekasih penyanyi Mandy Moore itu memilih tak berkomentar banyak.

"Saya tak mau berpura-pura tahu banyak soal pandangan politik Gordon Brown. Saya pikir saya memilih untuk tak memedulikannya. Tapi saya penggemar berat gambar pergerakan van," kelakarnya.

Translation - English
The changeover of British Prime Minster from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown did not apparently escape the attention of Andy Roddick. Yet, the US tennis player considered it hilarious.

Yesterday, Wednesday (27/6/2007), was Blair’s last day at the official PM residence, number 10 Downing Street. British television competed to cover the departing moments of the ally of George Walker Bush.

Roddick is one of perhaps millions of people in England who witnessed the event. But why did he laugh instead?

“They took pictures of the moving van, following it down the street until it was lost from sight. I thought it was hilarious,” said the third ranked tennis player in the world as quoted by Yahoo Sports.

Roddick said he had never seen coverage like the English media in his home country. "Maybe our television should begin doing this too. It would be very amusing”, he said.

However it seems that Roddick only cared about the lighter side of this extraordinary political event in Britain. As proven when asked his opinion of the new British PM, the former boyfriend of singer Mandy Moore chose not to say much.

"I don’t want to pretend to know much about Gordon Brown’s political views. I guess I choose not to care about them. But I am a serious fan of that moving van footage, “ he joked.
Indonesian to English: literary
Source text - Indonesian
Suami

Dua sahabat duduk di meja bundar.
Minum kopi.
Mereka berbagi cerita tentang suami masing-masing.
Yang satu bilang bilang suaminya tak tahu diri,
semakin hari semakin lupa usia,
bergaya bak orang muda.
Yang lain berkata suaminya semakin menampakkan usia.
Sudah tua. Mulai pikun. Pelupa.
Berdua mereka tertawakan suami masing-masing:
Lelaki yang sama.


Alkisah 1

Cepat, cepat, larikan aku !
Selagi suamiku berburu, bawa aku keluar hutan,
pulang kembali ke istanaku. Begitu aku meminta.
Tetapi kau mempelai kakakku, katamu.
Kepadanyalah cinta harus dicurahkan, katamu lagi.
Lalu kau pergi. Mencari kakakmu yang suamiku itu.
Aku, kau biarkan di sini, di tanah berumput,
terkurung dalam lingkaran.
Ketika raksasa itu menyambar, aku berteriak !
Ah, akhirnya aku terbebas juga dari suamiku.
Kakakmu.
Rama.
Alkisah 2

Kau jadi pemenang lomba dan putri raja itu hadiahnya.
Ketika kau menikahinya dan seluruh negeri berpesta pora,
aku bisu tujuh hari tujuh malam.
Di hutan ini, ketika kau berburu, ia merengek,
memintaku membawanya pergi. Lepas dari kau.
Tetapi tiba-tiba saja ia lenyap dari sisimu :
dilarikan raksasa. Aku menangis.
Ah, akhirnya doaku terdengar.
Kau kembali jadi milikku, Rama.


Alkisah 3

“Waktunya sudah tiba bagimu untuk menjual aku kepada mereka.
Terimalah uang yang mereka berikan sebagai bekal,
saat kau lari menuju negeri seberang. Jangan takut dan sedih,
karena yang kau lakukan adalah penggenapan dari yang sudah tersurat sejak lama.”
Ia turuti perintah itu. Tetapi mengapa hatinya tak juga tenang?
Pada pohon ara, ia putuskan semua harus selesai.
Ribuan tahun setelah hari itu, tuannya dipuja sebagai penyelamat
dan ia, Yudas, sang pengkhianat.

dari Pengantin Baru, Reda Gaudiamo

Translation - English
Husband

Two friends sitting at a round table.
Drinking coffee
They share stories about their respective husbands.
One says her husband does not know how to behave,
he’s forgetting his age more and more,
acting up like a young man.
The other says her husband is showing his age more and more.
He’s grown old. Getting senile. Forgetful.
They both laugh at their respective husbands..
The same man.

Once Upon A Time 1

Quickly, quickly, take me away!
While my husband’s hunting, take me out of the forest,
back to my palace. That’s what I asked.
But you’re my brother’s bride, you said.
Love must be showered on him, you continued.
Then you left. Looking for your brother, my husband.
Me, you left here, on the grassy ground,
imprisoned in the circle.
When the giant pounced, I yelled!
Aha, free at last from my husband.
Your brother.
Rama.
Once Upon A Time 2

You won the competition and the princess was the prize.
When you married her the entire country rejoiced,
I was dumb for seven days and nights.
In this forest, while you were hunting, she was moaning,
asking me to take her off. Away from you.
But suddenly she vanished from your side:
carried off by the ogre. I wept.
Ah, finally my prayers have been heard.
You are mine once more, Rama.



Once Upon A Time 3

“The time has come for you to sell me to them.
Take the money they give for your supplies,
as you flee to your country across the sea. Don’t be scared or sad,
for what you did accomplished what has long been destined.”
He followed that order. But why wasn’t his heart at peace?
At the fig tree he decided it must all end.
Thousands of years later his master is praised as the saviour
and, he, Judas, is the traitor.

from Pengantin Baru, Reda Gaudiamo


Glossaries Legal
Translation education Bachelor's degree - University of Sydney
Experience Years of experience: 46. Registered at ProZ.com: Aug 2005.
ProZ.com Certified PRO certificate(s) N/A
Credentials English to Indonesian (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters, verified)
Indonesian to English (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters, verified)
Memberships AUSIT
Software Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office XP, Powerpoint, Wordfast
Website http://www.wotcrossculture.com.au
Professional practices Wot Cross-culture endorses ProZ.com's Professional Guidelines (v1.0).
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Relevant Education & Qualifications
Awarded the 2009 AUSIT National Excellence Award in Translating
• B.A. (Hons Indonesian), Sydney University
• Completed interpreters’ Judicial Training Program for, Univ. Melbourne, (Asian Law Grp)
• NAATI level 3 accreditation Indonesian <> interpreter & translator

Language background
• Languages spoken are English (native), Indonesian (nearly 40 yrs exp.), intermediate Javanese, knowledge of French German
• lived & worked in Indonesia for 15 yrs

Relevant Education & Training Working Experience
• Director, English as a Foreign Language Teaching Laboratory, Jakarta
• taught Indonesian language & cultural studies at 5 Sydney universities, continued research in this field
• curriculum designer World Bank training projects, Jakarta (Indonesian Airforce, Agency for Assessment of Research & Technology, Public Works)
• co-convenor & speaker seminar, Interpreters and Legal Professionals Working Together in Courts and Tribunals, UNSW, Sydney
• trainer Refugee Review Tribunal on working with interpreters, Sydney
• interviewer, writer, editor, researcher

My translation clients include multinational agencies such as the World Bank (conflict resolution), Australian government departments/agencies such as the Australian Federal Police, Australian Broadcasting Commission and SBS (transcripts for documentaries & news stories), Worldwide Management Project Management Services (training materials Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs) and various other corporate and private clients, both local and overseas (based in UK, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and so on).

Interpreting clients include Australian tribunals, local and district courts up to the federal court level and federal government departments; visiting Indonesian judges and public prosecutors from the Indonesian local, district courts and supreme court/s; MacDonalds management trainees; an interparliamentary Indonesia Australia meeting Parliament House, Canberra and illegal Indonesian fishermen at Baxter Detention Centre, Dept. of Immigration. I interpret from the community level up to the highest government and diplomatic levels.

My literary/arts translations include poems by Rendra; Seno Gumira Ajidarma’s collection of short stories Eyewitness (Imprint Press, 1995), in collaboration with Jan Lingard and Bibi Langker, translation winner of 1997 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards - SBS Dinny O’Hearn Prize for Literary Translation and various weighty painting catalogues on Indonesian art. I have translated drama scripts, film transcripts for feature, documentary films and Australian, Indonesian dramas.

I am committed to promoting better understanding of Indonesia - not just through translation/interpreting - but also through better understanding of cross-cultural issues to enable fluent communication and understanding in business, government and people to people relations. This passion is reflected in my business Wot Cross-culture formed in 1995 to span this gap.

Translation rates depend on the level of difficulty of the source document. Please contact us for further information on translation/interpreting, rates, and cultural consulting. We offer discounted rates for not-for-profit organizations.
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