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English to Indonesian: Deserts: Arid, But Full of Life General field: Science Detailed field: Geography
Source text - English Deserts
Arid, But Full of Life
Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet's last remaining areas of total wilderness. Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions.
Deserts cover more than one fifth of the Earth's land, and they are found on every continent. A place that receives less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain per year is considered a desert. Deserts are part of a wider classification of regions called "drylands." These areas exist under a moisture deficit, which means they can frequently lose more moisture through evaporation than they receive from annual precipitation.
And despite the common conceptions of deserts as dry and hot, there are cold deserts as well. The largest hot desert in the world, northern Africa's Sahara, reaches temperatures of up to 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius) during the day. But some deserts are always cold, like the Gobi desert in Asia and the desert on the continent of Antarctica. Others are mountainous. Only about 10 percent of deserts are covered by sand dunes. The driest deserts get less than half an inch (one centimeter) of precipitation each year, and that is from condensed fog not rain.
Desert animals have adapted ways to help them keep cool and use less water. Camels, for example, can go for days without food and water. Many desert animals are nocturnal, coming out only when the brutal sun has descended to hunt. Some animals, like the desert tortoise in the southwestern United States, spend much of their time underground. Most desert birds are nomadic, crisscrossing the skies in search of food. Because of their very special adaptations, desert animals are extremely vulnerable to introduced predators and changes to their habitat.
Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants, such as cacti, have special means of storing and conserving water. Many desert plants can live to be hundreds of years old.
Some of the world's semi-arid regions are turning into desert at an alarming rate. This process, known as "desertification," is not caused by drought, but usually arises from the demands of human populations that settle on the semi-arid lands to grow crops and graze animals. The pounding of the soil by the hooves of livestock may degrade the soil and encourage erosion by wind and water.
Global warming also threatens to change the ecology of desert. Higher temperatures may produce an increasing number of wildfires that alter desert landscapes by eliminating slow-growing trees and shrubs and replacing them with fast-growing grasses.
Translation - Indonesian Gurun
Gersang, Namun Penuh Kehidupan
Jauh dari menjadi padang tandus, gurun adalah habitat yang secara biologis kaya dengan berbagai satwa dan tumbuhan yang telah beradaptasi dengan keadaan keras di sana. Beberapa gurun merupakan wilayah terakhir yang tersisa dari seluruh alam liar di dunia. Belum lagi lebih dari satu milyar orang, satu per enam populasi bumi, sesungguhnya tinggal di wilayah gurun.
Gurun meliputi lebih dari seperlima daratan bumi, dan mereka ditemukan di setiap benua. Sebuah tempat yang menerima kurang dari 10 inci (25 sentimeter) hujan per tahun dianggap sebagai gurun. Gurun adalah bagian dari klasifikasi wilayah yang lebih luas yang disebut "tanah kering". Wilayah ini berada pada kelembaban yang sangat kecil, yang artinya mereka dapat kehilangan lebih banyak kelembaban secara berkala melalui evaporasi daripada mereka menerima penyerapan air tiap tahunnya.
Dan walaupun gambaran umum tentang gurun adalah kering dan panas, ada juga gurun yang dingin. Gurun terbesar di dunia, Sahara di utara Afrika, mencapai suhu hingga 122 derajat Fahrenheit (50 derajat celsius) pada siang hari. Tetapi beberapa gurun lainnya selalu dingin, seperti gurun Gobi di Asia dan gurun di benua Antartika. Yang lainnya berupa pegunungan. Hanya sekitar 10 persen gurun yang diliputi oleh bukit pasir. Gurun terkering mendapatkan kurang dari setengah inci (satu sentimeter) penyerapan air setiap tahun, dan merupakan hasil kondensasi kabut, bukan hujan.
Satwa gurun memiliki cara beradaptasi untuk menolong mereka tetap dingin dan menggunakan sedikit air. Contohnya unta, dapat berjalan berhari-hari tanpa makanan dan air. Sebagian besar satwa gurun adalah nokturnal, hanya pergi berburu ketika sinar matahari yang ganas telah terbenam. Beberapa satwa, seperti kura-kura gurun di barat daya Amerika Serikat, menghabiskan banyak waktu di dalam tanah. Kebanyakan burung gurun adalah pengembara, terbang berselang-seling di langit untuk mencari makanan. Karena adaptasi mereka yang sangat khusus, satwa gurun sangat rentan untuk dimangsa predator dan terhadap perubahan pada habitatnya.
Tumbuhan gurun dapat bertahan tanpa air segar bertahun-tahun lamanya. Beberapa tumbuhan telah beradaptasi pada iklim gersang dengan menumbuhkan akar panjang yang mampu menangkap air jauh dari dalam tanah. Tumbuhan lainnya, seperti kaktus, memiliki cara lain yaitu dengan menyimpan dan memelihara air. Banyak tumbuhan gurun yang dapat hidup hingga berumur ratusan tahun.
Sebagian wilayah setengah gersang di dunia berubah menjadi gurun pada tingkat yang mengkhawatirkan. Proses ini, dikenal sebagai "desertifikasi," yang bukan disebabkan karena kekeringan tetapi biasanya timbul karena kebutuhan populasi manusia yang mendiami daratan setengah gersang untuk bercocok tanam dan beternak. Hentakan tanah oleh langkah kaki hewan ternak dapat menurunkan tanah dan mendorong erosi oleh angin dan air.
Pemanasan global juga mengancam untuk mengubah ekologi gurun. Suhu yang tinggi dapat menghasilkan semakin banyaknya jumlah kebakaran yang mengubah daratan gurun dengan menghilangkan pohon yang tumbuh lambat dan semak-semak dan mengganti mereka dengan rumput yang cepat tumbuh.
English to Sundanese: Kacapi Suling General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Source text - English Kacapi suling is a form of Sundanese music from West Java. It is essentially tembang Sunda minus vocals, and also at interludes between songs at a typical Tembang Sunda performance. The higher pitched kacapi rincik, the lower pitched kacapi indung and the suling flute are the instruments used for kacapi suling. Kacapi suling has instrumental pieces performed in two different scales; the first four in laras pelog convey a light mood, the last four, in laras sorog are more slow and grave. The change to laras sorog usually takes place at midnight and lasts til sunrise.
Many hotels in Indonesia, especially in Bali, and other parts of the world like in Shenzhen China play this Sundanese music genre in their lobbies. Malaysia itself invited Sundanese Kacapi Suling experts from the Province of West Java to teach their expertise in Malaysia.
Translation - Sundanese Kacapi suling nyaéta salah sahiji wangun karawitan Sunda ti Jawa Kulon. Ari dasarna mah nyaéta gending tembang Sunda tanpa haleuang, jeung gelenyu di antara haleuang dina pidangan Tembang Sunda. Anu nadana leuwih luhur nyaéta kacapi rincik, anu nadana leuwih handap disebu kacapi indung, dibarung ku suling nyaéta waditra-waditra nu dipaké dina pidangan kacapi suling. Kacapi suling dipidangkeun dina dua laras anu béda; nu kahiji nyaéta laras pélog anu ngagambarkeun suasana anu hampang, ari anu kadua, dina laras sorong ngagambarkeun suasana anu alum sarta pikasediheun. Robahna kana laras sorog biasana mimiti dina suasana peuting nepi ka medal panonpoé.
Réa hotel di Indonesia, hususna Bali, jeung tempat lain di dunya saperti di Shenzhen Cina midangkeun jinis musik ieu di lobina. Malaysia kungsi ngondang ahli Kacapi Suling Sunda ti Provinisi Jawa Kulon pikeun ngajarkeun kaahlianana di Malaysia.
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I am native Indonesian and Sundanese (Western Javanese language). My academic field works are linguistics and philology. Music and rural tradition are the other things that I concern enough. My articles have been published on local newspapers and magazines since 2012. I'm also an administrator and active contributor of Sundanese Wikipedia.
My three years experience in copy editing and proofreading the Sundanese language in a book publisher has made me understand more about this skill. I've translated 3 books (about 100.000 words) from Sundanese to Indonesian, 4 short stories from English to Indonesian, and 2 short stories from English to Sundanese.
Here are several services I can do for you: 1. General translation *English-Sundanese, *Sundanese-Indonesian.
2. Voice transcription (Indonesian & Sundanese).
3. Text editing, correcting and proofreading. I'm using latest standard of Palanggeran Ejahan Basa Sunda or 'Sundanese Spelling Guidance" published by Indonesia University of Education. Also using dictionaries: Kamus Basa Sunda by R.A Danadibrata, Kamus Basa Sunda by R. Satjadibrata, Sundanese-English Dictionary by R. Hardjadibrata, A Dictionary of the Sunda Language by Jonathan Rigg, and Kamus Umum Basa Sunda by LBSS (Lembaga Basa jeung Sastra Sunda).
4. Voice over
5. Analyzing Sundanese words, phrases, sentences, numeric, etc. I have analyzed Indonesian numeral words from more than 30.000 sentence tokens.
Other Sundanese related projects are open to be discussed.
I am looking forward to have a cooperation with you and wishes to serve you in a way that suits your needs. I sincerely hope you'll eventually consider me as the right fit to help you get your precious projects done.
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