Assalamualaikum
Heyya peeps! How are you? I hope you are well. Please pray for mine too, aite?
Currently, I am in Kuantan. I am working here alone. I am working with an American lady. She is from Yale University. She must be very brilliant! Glad to have been given an opportunity to work with her. Alhamdulillah!
My job is to translate whatever she says to Malay. I am like a mediator between her and the people in Kuantan. Doing this job is very interesting, even though my vocabulary is not that like a dictionary. I do have issues such as ...
1) Unable to find the exact word. So, just make a sentence that conveys the same meaning.
2) Unable to understand the 'loghat' of Terengganu. I never knew that Kuantan is full of people speaking in 'loghat' Terengganu.
3) Dealing with old people with missing teeth. I am not making fun of them. Please get this clear, okay? Huhuuu~ It is just that I could not understand the way they pronounce certain words. They sounded weird and airy. I am sorry makcik & pakcik. I had to ask them again and again in order to understand what they were trying to say.
4) Hot weather. Kuantan is very hot and spicy! I just started my fieldwork today and my skin is already dark. I can see my watch on my wrist, even though it is not there (do you get me?). huahuahuaaaa~ I have two skin tones, light brown and dark brown. Very exotic, aite? haha!
So, above are a few of the issues that I encountered today. Hopefully tomorrow will be waaaaaay better than today.
Now, I need to translate a long questionnaire.
I'll get back to you later. Tata~
Currently, I am in Kuantan. I am working here alone. I am working with an American lady. She is from Yale University. She must be very brilliant! Glad to have been given an opportunity to work with her. Alhamdulillah!
My job is to translate whatever she says to Malay. I am like a mediator between her and the people in Kuantan. Doing this job is very interesting, even though my vocabulary is not that like a dictionary. I do have issues such as ...
1) Unable to find the exact word. So, just make a sentence that conveys the same meaning.
2) Unable to understand the 'loghat' of Terengganu. I never knew that Kuantan is full of people speaking in 'loghat' Terengganu.
3) Dealing with old people with missing teeth. I am not making fun of them. Please get this clear, okay? Huhuuu~ It is just that I could not understand the way they pronounce certain words. They sounded weird and airy. I am sorry makcik & pakcik. I had to ask them again and again in order to understand what they were trying to say.
4) Hot weather. Kuantan is very hot and spicy! I just started my fieldwork today and my skin is already dark. I can see my watch on my wrist, even though it is not there (do you get me?). huahuahuaaaa~ I have two skin tones, light brown and dark brown. Very exotic, aite? haha!
So, above are a few of the issues that I encountered today. Hopefully tomorrow will be waaaaaay better than today.
Now, I need to translate a long questionnaire.
I'll get back to you later. Tata~
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