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| Wisnu Kisworo
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I am currently finishing my final year undergraduate education majoring in english literature. | | Freelancer | | Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Website localization, Software localization, Subtitling, Transcription, Desktop publishing | | Specializes in: | | Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | Idioms / Maxims / Sayings |
| | PRO-level points: 12, Questions answered: 6 | Sample translations submitted: 1 | Indonesian to English: Printed Tabloid | Source text - Indonesian
Penggundulan hutan mencapai sekitar 20 persen dari emisi gas rumah kaca sedunia. Indonesia dan Brasil merupakan penghasil emisi terbesar ketiga dan keempat terbesar di dunia yang sebagian besar diakibatkan oleh pembabatan hutan. Untuk mencegah perubahan iklim yang berbahaya, pembabatan hutan harus dihentikan di seluruh dunia dalam sepuluh tahun ke depan.
Di Indonesia, laju kerusakan hutan mencapai 3,8 juta hektar per tahun. Ini berarti semenit 7,2 hektar hutan yang rusak. Dari tutupan hutan Indonesia seluas 130 juta hektar, menurut World Reseach Institute, 72 persen hutan asli Indonesia telah hilang. Berarti hutan Indonesia tinggal 28 persen.
Kondisi semacam ini apabila tidak disikapi dengan arif dan segera dilakukan upaya-upaya penyelamatan oleh pemerintah dan seluruh warga negara Indonesia, maka dalam jangka waktu dua dasawarsa yang mendatang ini Indonesia sudah tidak akan memiliki hutan lagi.
Penebangan hutan secara berlebihan tidak hanya mengakibatkan berkurangnnya daerah resapan air, abrasi, dan bencana alam seperti erosi dan banjir tetapi juga mengakibatkan hilangnya pusat sirkulasi dan pembentukan gas karbon dioksida (CO2) dan oksigen O2 yang diperlukan manusia untuk kelangsungan hidupnya.
Hal ini terjadi karena miskinnya keperdulian dan kesadaran terhadap lingkungan dari penduduk Indonesia itu sendiri. Hutan di Indonesia ini tidak akan pernah bisa menjadi baik apabila kesadaran akan lingkungan ini tidak di tingkatkan melalui informasi maupun pendidikan.
Tidak bisa dipungkiri bahwa hanya sebagian kecil dari penduduk Indonesia bisa menikmati arusnya informasi melalui internet, sebab mereka belum memiliki pengetahuan komputer disamping itu biaya internet masih belum terjangkau bagi kebanyak rakyat kecil.
Hal inilah yang mendorong KabarIndonesia untuk menerbitkan tabloid cetak untuk dibagikan secara cuma-cuma kepada mereka yang membutuhkannya. Melalui tabloid cetak ini selain memberikan informasi yang akurat juga dapat memberikan penyuluhan bagi para pembacanya untuk meningkatkan kesadaran mereka akan lingkungan hidup. Dengan demikian mereka bisa turut berpartisipasi secara aktif untuk melindungi hutan. Tanpa adanya kerjasama maupun bantuan dari penduduk setempat segala usaha perlindungan hutan tidak akan bisa berhasil. | Translation - English
Deforestation has reached approximately 20 percent of the world-wide greenhouse gas emission. Indonesia and Brazil is the third and fourth biggest emission-producing countries in the world, respectively, which is mostly because of deforestation. To prevent a catastrophic climate change, deforestation has to be globally ceased in the next ten years.
In Indonesia, the rate of forest damage has reached 3,8 million hectare per year, which concludedly means that every minute there are 7,2 hectare of damaged forest area. According to World Research Institute, from the coverage of approximately 130 million hectares of forest in Indonesia, 72 percent of them has ceased to exist. This means that Indonesia has merely 28 percent worth of forest left.
If this condition is not wisely acted upon and no action of salvation by Indonesian government and Indonesians alike is taken, then in a matter of two decades, Indonesia would not have any forest left.
Over-deforestation would not only cause the lack of water absorption, abrasion, and natural disasters such as erosion and flooding, but also the loss of circulation and formation center of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Oxygen (O2), essential for man’s survival.
This is due to Indonesians’ critical lack of attention and awareness to the environment themselves. Indonesian forests will never be better if environment awareness is not improved through the means of either information or education.
It is undeniable that only a small fragments of Indonesian citizens can enjoy the flow of information through the internet as they haven’t the computer knowledge, in addition to the fact that Indonesian internet fee is still beyond the reach of Indonesian low-economy class citizens.
This is what motivated KabarIndonesia to publish printed tabloids to be freely distributed for those who need them. Through this printed tabloids, accurate information as well as counseling to the readers in the effort of increasing their ecology awareness. In the end they could actively participate to preserve the forest. Without the cooperation or aid from the local citizens all effort of forest protection would not succeed. |
More Less | | Bachelor's degree - Universitas Negeri Surabaya | | Years of translation experience: 9. Registered at ProZ.com: Jun 2008. | | N/A | | N/A | | N/A | | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Wordfast | | About me I am an undergraduate of English literature, achieving a GPA of 3,32. I have a ToeFL score of 623. I am able to translate rapidly and perform both formal and non-formal translations. I have writing skills and am able to perform a loose translation. I have a great deal of experience in translating references from various fields especially for educational purposes. My average translation speed is 3000+ words a day. |
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