Translations to English

This is a translation of an Indonesian short story originally titled "Pada Suatu Hari, Ada Ibu dan Radian", written by Avianti Armand and featured in the newspaper Kompas in 2009 (although it was originally written in 2007). You can read the original here.

This is a good one. If you've read so...

This is an English translation of an Indonesian short story titled Bagaimana Nasrul Marhaban Mati dan Dikenang which was featured in the newspaper Tempo on 15 June 2014. You can read the original here.

I'm not usually a fan of Indonesian short stories, and especially not those usually featured...

This is an English translation of a story my friend wrote, originally titled "Kala Macet Siang Itu" and written for a Writing Challenge in July. It's just a silly meandering story, but I like its tone and how it feels extremely Indonesian, extremely Bandung, extremely [name of college redacted]. It'...

This is a translation of Dukun Palsu, a short story by Pangga Rahmad published in the 22 July 2019 edition of Rakyat Sultra, a local newspaper from Southeast Sulawesi. You can read the original here.

This story is an interesting one to translate. Unlike most Indonesian newspaper short story,...

This is a translation of "Ayat Kopi", a short story by Joko Pinurbo published in the newspaper Kompas on 9 December 2018. You can read the original here. Translating is one of the few things I can do consistently even when being attacked by migraine; this one I started to translate while half-deli...

This is a translation of "Suara di Bandara" a short story by Budi Darma published in Kompas, 2 December 2018. I just felt like randomly doing an Indonesian-to-English translation, and I chose it by random. You can read the original at lakonhidup.com.  If you're anyone to do with the original write...