[Dajjal]

I don't mean to say anything positive for Barry Soetoro, but in pursuit of accuracy, I do suggest Freepers skip Atlas Shrugs and go to the original blog of An American Expat In Southeast Asia. In the comments to the blog, several Indoneasian-speakers say that "menerjang harapan" does not imply a "military assault" nor "jihad" nor any violent imagery.

They say the phrase "menerjang harapan" does not have a literal meaning in Indonesian, but implies something like "a massive storm of hope" or "a lunge of hope" or "tackling hope."

The Indonesian-speakers do agree with American Expat that "keberanian" would have been a better, more accurate, translation of "audacity."

[Dajjal]

ping

(saw you posting at another thread)

[expatguy]

Thanks Dajjal, but a few things I feel are relevant here and I hope you will indulge me.

The Indonesian language has far less words than the English language, considering this, who do you think would be better suited to give a more accurate translation? A native English speaker or a native Indonesian speaker?

Translation is a two-way task, not a one-way task. A native Indonesian speaker still needs to translate FROM Indonesian INTO English ~ ideally you would want someone with native proficiency in BOTH languages would you not? Given that, that is an impossibility, who do you feel makes the best translation?