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Tuesday, August 31

Welcome to my SAWANG!


I think this is hilarious. Upon consultation from Amna who took IT for a month when she was 16, she said that the correct Bahasa translation for Website is….


(I don't know how to adjust so that you can click to see bigger image, but if you really want to see it, right click copy and view the image manually. OR, go to BNM's website)


Laman SESAWANG!!

Like seriously? I thought it was an error of some sort, but since this is a Government’s official website, then that must be the right translation....right?? So I “dey google lah” other official websites, but hey presto, they have it as “Laman Web”.

The Bahasa translation of Website. (click here for link)

Website (click her for link)


Not consistent lah. So tell me dear DBP, which is the correct translation?

I just think that there are certain words that just don’t make sense for you to translate because it never existed in our language in the first place, so instead we should just Malay-fy the spelling.

PS-One my favourite Bahasa Malaysia words from Nona Magazine.

Rona-rona.

A few of my favourite Bahasa Melyu Johor words from my late grandmother.

Sepatu (Kasut in offical BM)
Kancing (Butang in official BM)
Camca (Sudu in official BM)

6 comments:

ARZ said...

BABY,

There's sawang in the house, up on the ceiling. Waiting for U to be home. Mama's too old to reach out too high, she'll be giddy.

oops did I just say that? said...

Ok big boss. Will stretch my limbs up to clear the sesawang at home. :D

Unknown said...

1 month? Hey it was for the whole form 4. Imagine having to learn IT but in Malay. And having a guru pelatih for your IT teacher. Not only that because she was so young n pwetty all the boys sibuk nak gedik2, n bukan nak belajar. Hence why the following year, I decided that laman sesawang or mel elektronik was not worth the sakit pala, oleh itu subjek tersebut telah digugurkan dr senarai subjek2 spm sy.

oops did I just say that? said...

amna: hahaha there's no such thing as learning the wrong thing samapai sakit kepala. mel elektronik sounds a-okay, but sesawang?? no can do!!!

si IT drop-out said...

Laman sesawang ialah dokumen berisikan maklumat yang boleh dilawati di Jaringan Sejagat. Seseorang perlu menggunakan pelayar web untuk "meluncuri" Jaringan Sejagat.

Tapak web ialah himpunan bagi laman web, imej, video, dan dokumen-dokumen digital lain yang dihoskan oleh pelayan web.

Pelayan web ialah sejenis atur cara komputer yang menerima pertanyaan HTTP daripada pelanggan, lazimnya pelayar web, dan menjawab pertanyaan tersebut, lazimnya dalam bentuk laman HTML.

Untuk menyediakan perkhidmatan web secara lancar di Jaringan Sejagat, sesebuah pelayan web perlulah dijalankan pada komputer yang berkuasa tinggi. Komputer jenis ini dinamakan komputer pelayan.

by all means, sila translate.

i'm glad i drop the subject. =)

oops did I just say that? said...

AMNA: bijaknya u tau all these words