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… walaupun Pemohon Kedua merupakan isteri pertama Pemohon Pertama.

English translation: ... even though the Second Applicant is the first wife of the First Applicant.

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Malay term or phrase:	… walaupun Pemohon Kedua merupakan isteri pertama Pemohon Pertama.
English translation:	... even though the Second Applicant is the first wife of the First Applicant.
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16:49 Oct 22, 2009

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Malay term or phrase: … walaupun Pemohon Kedua merupakan isteri pertama Pemohon Pertama.

Please help with linguistic-cultural issues here. The Respondent is complaining that the Second Applicant (a woman) has never met the child of the First Applicant (the former husband of the Respondent) and the Respondent (who are now divorced with one talaq). But the Second Applicant is now, jointly with the First Applicant, applying for custody of the child. How should I understand/translate “merupakan isteri pertama”?

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... even though the Second Applicant is the first wife of the First Applicant.

Explanation:
this is how i understand it:

1) the Second Applicant's status is that of first wife because though the Respondent was once married to the First Applicant, being divorced, her status now is that of ex/former (first) wife. In Malay this status is known as "Janda"

2) assuming the First Applicant currently has more than one wife and of all the wives, the Second Applicant is married to the First Applicant before the other wife(wives), then she now technically assumes the role of the First Applicant's first wife.

hope that makes sense.