Interesting blog.
Any chance of getting some English subtitles on those Indonesian videos?
If you read through my posts - I did translate them for you in the preceding paragraphs and on the video links I translated as well. "Musala Tempat Bermain Obama" means in English, "The Prayer Room Where Obama Played".
With regards to translations, you might find this post on my blog interesting. You will notice that not one Indonesian has answered my question concerning the title of Obama's book in Indonesia and yet they concede that the publisher has taken liberties in the translation in order to appeal to the local market.
From the post --
"...I suspect the local publisher changed the title to appeal to the local market, which is more interested in the fact that he grew up in Jakarta and is now racing to the White House. For an Indonesian.... "Menerjang Harapan: Dari Jakarta Menuju Gedung Putih" sounds a lot better than "Keberanian Harapan: Pemikiran Untuk Meraih Kembali Impian America."
You will see one commenter tell me that "jihad" means well... "jihad" in Indonesian - that would be like me saying that "deja vu" simply means "deja vu" in English. It doesn't.
I've pinged a few other people here who might be able to offer some valuable insight as well.
I know AmericaninTokyo and jveritas do a lot of translations here as well.