Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Indonesian term or phrase:
penuh nuansa KKN
English translation:
reeking of collusion, corruption and nepotism
Indonesian term
penuh nuansa
Feb 12, 2010 03:35: Catherine Muir changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/13030">Catherine Muir's</a> old entry - "penuh nuansa"" to ""steeped in""
Proposed translations
steeped in
"Like many other failing corporations, it's steeped in a culture of arrogance."
| Thanks, John. Captures the sense. |
Indonesia
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replete with
Note: 'akses' must be 'ekses'.
| Thanks, Hipyan. Regarding 'akses' vs. 'ekses', itu saya salah ketik! |
| Thank you for this very precise suggestion. IMO, I need to convey a sense of the poisonous environment and stench created by KKN, rather than just state the fact. |
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rampant
penuh nuansa KKN: rampant KKN practices
The rampant Corruption, Collusion and Nepotism (KKN) practices that brought Indonesia into a deep crisis, to the brink of collapse in 1997 ..
http://www.scribd.com/doc/26653858/Trends-in-Indonesia-Visio...
.. should be deeply concerned about the rampant KKN practices.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18141838.html
..had stimulated rampant KKN practices in the judiciary system.
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-113828655/kkn-can...
| Terima kasih, Pak. |
| In a different grammatical structure, i.e., one where an adjective is required, this would be appropriate. However, in this sentence, we need a phrasal structure, i.e., X of Y, as in 'full of water'. To use the word 'rampant', we'd have to save something like '... in which corruption, collusion and nepotism were rampant'. Thank you for offering your opinion. |
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colored by
atau mungkin "completely colored by corruption, collusion, and nepotism practices."
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-02-11 03:15:53 GMT)
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Pls see the following links:
http://www.wakemag.org/voices/of-corruption-and-congressmen/
http://www.innercitypress.com/un1monte010110.html
| Terima kasih, Pak. I think 'colored by' is more like 'warna nuansa', whereas this has a 'bau' about it. |
Indonesia
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dominated by
www.idec.gr/.../Tobias Dahlstrom Media and Corruption.pdf
| Terima kasih, Pak. |
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choked up with
Being a son of a pro-Soekarno, deeply nationalist reporter working for three newspapers that got banned by the extinct Dept. of Information, I felt that my future was strangled by such a pervasive cronyism.
| I am deeply touched by your openness. A very genuine and appropriate suggestion. Terima kasih, Erich. |
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permeated with
| Andrew, if you had posted 'reeking of', I would have chosen it, because the 'stench' of KKN is just what I want to convey. |
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