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Short Story: A Ming alias Mintono

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short story by Caroline Wong | translation by Dalih Sembiring | original Indonesian can be read here In the coolness of dawn, Mamak would appear in her kitchen. She would […]

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Art/Literature, Language/Translation

Spirits in the Night: A Guide to Jakarta’s Ghosts

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Dalih Sembiring & Lisa Siregar | Jakarta Globe, August 14, 2009 Indonesians have a weakness for ghosts. Parents tell their children to stay inside after dusk, or risk being snatched by […]

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Jakarta Globe, Published, Travel/Leisure

North Sumatra’s Medicine Men

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by Labodalih Sembiring | originally published in the Jakarta Globe in January 2011 | salvaged and back-translated from this blog The dirt path meandered up and down, cutting through small […]

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Food/Medicine, Jakarta Globe, Published

Short Story: Pumpkinella

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short story by Caroline Wong | translation by Dalih Sembiring | original Indonesian “Upik Labu” was published in Jawa Pos I HATED that woman, who always wore that pumpkin-yellow dress with […]

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Short Story: The Bailiff

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short story by Caroline Wong | translation by Dalih Sembiring | original Indonesian “Juru Sita Cinta” can be read here The rumbles! From holding it all back. From shutting up all […]

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Short Story: When Sarce Disappeared

December 3, 2020by Dalih 1 Comment

short story by Caroline Wong | translation by Dalih Sembiring | original Indonesian “Sarce, Pergi dan Menghilang” can be read here MY SKIN is the color of lustrous ivory, with […]

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Translation Postcards: Sewon, Indonesia

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by Andrew Morris Originally published on go.proz.com; download the PDF here. The facts are enough to make your mind boggle. Indonesia is a vast archipelago in Southeast Asia, made up […]

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Language/Translation, Published

My Man Booker International Q&A

September 29, 2020by Dalih Leave a comment

On Twitter, I was recently reminded of this short interview in April 2016 with Eric M. B. Becker of Words Without Borders. It’s related to my nomination for Man Booker […]

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Meremehkan (Tarif) Penerjemah

September 6, 2020by Dalih Leave a comment

“Malapetaka” macam apa yang harus dialami klien agar tak lagi meremehkan fungsi seorang penerjemah? Contoh yang akan saya sampaikan di sini mungkin tak terlalu parah untuk bisa disebut suatu petaka. […]

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Kata-kata dan Makna yang Dibebankan kepada Mereka

September 2, 2020by Dalih Leave a comment

Stephen King dalam sebuah wawancara berkata bahwa salah satu hal yang selalu menemaninya ketika menulis adalah tesaurus. Tentu, Pak King tak sendiri, hanya saja kebetulan dia pernah mengutarakan hal itu, […]

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Bekabuluh is Dalih Sembiring, the only Indonesian translator to have been nominated for a Man Booker Int'l Prize (2016). Also a creative writer and journalist, he has been a translator for more than 15 years.

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